Congrats! Enjoy your new wheels!After 161 days it finally arrived. Only the second Cross sold in my county. The dealership experience was very good. No markups over MSRP and no pressure for add-ons, though I did take the TOYOGUARD package. I probably could have gotten a bit more for my trade-in but I'm happy. Now I just have go back to Grad school to learn all the features of the MID and Android Auto (actually the salesman set up Android Auto for me, since I've never had it on a car before.)
Next stop is the bike shop to get some advice on mounting hardware to carry my bike in there. Anyone have any suggestions?
Initial Impressions After Just 100 Miles
- Ride and handling are very good. Steering is light and responsive and the ride is smooth. Wind noise is present but not bad (I think the 18" tires may cause some road noise, too.)
- Acceleration from a stop is just adequate. 95% of my drives are suburban, so not an issue.
- Auto Start/Stop isn't intrusive, just annoying; you have to turn it off at every restart. I can't imagine it saves much gas.
- Seats are comfortable and the XLE has lumbar support.
- Fit and Finish are top notch. I didn't notice any gaps that someone here complained about.
- The glove box is smaller than I expected.
- Rear seating is good, but not as roomy as the 2014 Jetta I had.
- Visibility is good (the mirrors are huge), but the rear window is small and view could be better.
- Blind Spot Warning is nice to have. Never had that before.
- Audio quality is okay; I didn't get the upgraded speaker system.
- Cargo area is good.
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Finally Took Delivery of My XLE FWD Cross
After 161 days it finally arrived. Only the second Cross sold in my county. The dealership experience was very good. No markups over MSRP and no pressure for add-ons, though I did take the TOYOGUARD package. I probably could have gotten a bit more for my trade-in but I'm happy. Now I just have go back to Grad school to learn all the features of the MID and Android Auto (actually the salesman set up Android Auto for me, since I've never had it on a car before.)
Next stop is the bike shop to get some advice on mounting hardware to carry my bike in there. Anyone have any suggestions?
Initial Impressions After Just 100 Miles
Next stop is the bike shop to get some advice on mounting hardware to carry my bike in there. Anyone have any suggestions?
Initial Impressions After Just 100 Miles
- Ride and handling are very good. Steering is light and responsive and the ride is smooth. Wind noise is present but not bad (I think the 18" tires may cause some road noise, too.)
- Acceleration from a stop is just adequate. 95% of my drives are suburban, so not an issue.
- Auto Start/Stop isn't intrusive, just annoying; you have to turn it off at every restart. I can't imagine it saves much gas.
- Seats are comfortable and the XLE has lumbar support.
- Fit and Finish are top notch. I didn't notice any gaps that someone here complained about.
- The glove box is smaller than I expected.
- Rear seating is good, but not as roomy as the 2014 Jetta I had.
- Visibility is good (the mirrors are huge), but the rear window is small and view could be better.
- Blind Spot Warning is nice to have. Never had that before.
- Audio quality is okay; I didn't get the upgraded speaker system.
- Cargo area is good.
- I'm not crazy about the piano black trim around the Infotainment and center console as they are dust magnets. Also, in bright sunlight (I live in Florida) the Info. buttons disappear when wearing sunglasses (granted I have no window tint on this car.)
- When I first popped the hood I could NOT find the resting hole for the hood prop. Toyota hid it neatly on the far left of the engine bay; even the full manual doesn't display the position well. But, it's the best place as you have full access to the engine bay.
- I'm getting very good MPGs according to the display but I'll reserve judgment until after 1,000 mile break-in.
- I love the dual zone A/C. You can leave it on Auto and forget fiddling with it.
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1. I think they go with that glossy black for how it looks in the showroom, seems all corollas have some. As for the disappearing buttons, if you're wearing polarized lenses, trying cocking your head to either side to get more contrast.
2. Once I find hard to see things I get some whiteout liquid and paint a white circle around it.
3. The MPG display, depending on your driving style, will be from 1-3 mpg over real. That's pretty standard on most cars, apparently (my guess) because they don't take into account gas used each time the engine starts up.
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