So for the first time since I've owned it (three years, though a relative was driving it for most of that time until last month) I took a trip in my Corolla for a work/pleasure trip to Las Vegas with a friend. Here are a few things I learned: :yes:
1) The stock radio will pick-up AM talk radio from LA just before dawn.
2) 80 is where this car wants to cruise at on the open-highway.
3) There are a lot of grey Corolla's like mine in 'Vegas. I walked-up to the wrong one more than once.
4) If you stay at Bally's on the strip, your car will be staying at the Paris next door.
5) Driving a Corolla down the strip does not make it cool.
6) Added all together the numbers in a Corolla's gauge cluster equal 3,118
7) 80 on the highway equals 3,200 RPM and makes for a lot of engine noise.
8) Semi's look larger from inside a Corolla.
9) A grey Corolla looks out-of-place at a truck stop (it's where my fleet card works)
10) After 500 miles my friends still refer to it as 'the boring car' :laughing:
Seriously it did great, a little low on power for some of the grades but it stayed-up with traffic fine and even saw 90 a couple of times. Sunday afternoon we made it from Northern Orange County to the southern-end of the strip in 3.5 hours, stopping once in Baker for 10 minutes. My best time ever though typically when I go to Vegas I'm towing or fighting weekend traffic.
Kevin
1) The stock radio will pick-up AM talk radio from LA just before dawn.
2) 80 is where this car wants to cruise at on the open-highway.
3) There are a lot of grey Corolla's like mine in 'Vegas. I walked-up to the wrong one more than once.
4) If you stay at Bally's on the strip, your car will be staying at the Paris next door.
5) Driving a Corolla down the strip does not make it cool.
6) Added all together the numbers in a Corolla's gauge cluster equal 3,118
7) 80 on the highway equals 3,200 RPM and makes for a lot of engine noise.
8) Semi's look larger from inside a Corolla.
9) A grey Corolla looks out-of-place at a truck stop (it's where my fleet card works)
10) After 500 miles my friends still refer to it as 'the boring car' :laughing:
Seriously it did great, a little low on power for some of the grades but it stayed-up with traffic fine and even saw 90 a couple of times. Sunday afternoon we made it from Northern Orange County to the southern-end of the strip in 3.5 hours, stopping once in Baker for 10 minutes. My best time ever though typically when I go to Vegas I'm towing or fighting weekend traffic.
Kevin
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