Toyota Corolla Hybrid

 Toyota Corolla Hybrid...  All I have to say is I have never driven a more ornery car in my entire life.  It's like riding a stubborn mule.  If you change lanes without using a turn signal, the wheel fights against the will of the operator.  If the car deems you are following the car in front of you too close, it automatically applies the brakes.  It's got a CVT transmission.  It doesn't shift gears - the engine revs and it feels like a rubber band. I don't like driving a car that thinks it knows more than the driver.  If I want to change lanes without signaling that's my business.  If I am at a comfortable distance to the car in front of me that's my business.  

Also because it's a hybrid, when it is traveling less than 20-25 miles per hour, it makes this hideous sound - like a cross between a whirl, a hum and a whine.  Then it turns off when you speed up.  

The engine starts and stops randomly.  The car doesn't even drive like a regular car.  I hate it.

If this is the future, I will continue buying cars made 15-20 years ago.  Driving used to be relaxing.  With this nanny laden piece of garbage, driving is stressful.  The car does what it wants to do.  Not what I want it to do.  Herding cats is easier than driving this thing.  

If they want to reduce fossil fuel use and carbon foot prints start making more cars like this.  Who wants to drive a car that does nothing but argue with the operator.  I think I'm going to request a swap because this car is trash. It’s not Toyota’s job to regulate my driving or make me a more courteous or safe driver. Once again it is an example of corporate and government over reach through regulation of behavior. What ever happened to freedom?

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