Anyone wanna share horror stories with encountering terrible Corolla drivers? It just seems like everytime there is a Corolla, they're slow drivers doing all the wrong things (i.e. driving slow on the left lane)... not merging on the highway AT highway speeds... forcin gme to slam on my brakes.. or in general, just piss poor driving.

I work in Vaughan and live in SCarborough, I avoid the 401/400 combo like the plague cause of all the truckers with faulty brakes, and falling parts, and LARGE PIECES OF ICE coming off their roof at 100 km/h hour in your face.

So I take HWY 7 local home down Warden, then across 14th and down Brimley. It's a hell of a local drive, and today I did I count... during rush hour home, I followed exactly 12 Corollas.. I've spotted more than 30 along the way.

I truly despise Corollas.. most of them are driven by middle-aged men, or chinese women. I'm chinese myself, and I find chinese women, or south-asian women are the worst drivers ever...

Share some stories guys that you've had with horrible Corolla drivers?

I seem to run into the same Corollas!
Do slow unskilled drivers gravitate to the same boring car or does the Corolla just suck capability and enthusiasm out of the people who drive them?

BTW, Footman, are you coming to the D&B meet tomorrow night?

I sold Toyotas for a while. I hate Corolas. I hate most Toyotas in fact. Sold the hell out of them in spite of it. Camrys have horrable suspension. As does the Avalon. About all of the have terrible throttle response. Toyotas are so over rated. They have no personality and are so bland. But, I geuss that is what it takes to sell a lot of cars.

I could come, but I don't have an RX-8... yet... I'm hoping to get one this fall. I drive a white 1997 Honda Civic.

Am I still allowed? I'm sort of new to this forum (been on a few months), and I don't know anybody here. But I read this forum religiously like 10 times a day LOL!

Hey!, I just checked your profile, you're an engineer too!

I had a 1998 Civic and it sucked almost as badly as a Corolla! :stickpoke

Of course you can come out!

Edit: What kind of engineering?

Of course it sucked... 1997 year is the last year of the Honda Civic that still featured 4-wheel independent double wishbone suspension. So my Civic's front is just like the RX-8 and has double wishbone setup.. 1998+ even today's Honda Civic are all using MacPherson Strut setup in the front. I've driven a 2001 Civic in comparison, and oh man, that car handles like a turd... it just doesn't corner like my 1997 civic can.

It's a joke, cause that newer 2001 Civic had a 1.7L engine, with supposedly 115 HP versus my 106HP, and my 97 CIvic felt faster, revved freer, and cornered faster for sure.

I'm an electrical engineer graduate... Technically I'm not allowed to call myself an engineer in Ontario until I have my PEO, hence I can onyl say I am an E.I.T. (Engineer in training).

If I go tomorrow, I don't know anybody there, aside from I guess you're the friendliest person here then (since you asked me about going)... where can I find you?


BTW, I drive an AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, though I do plan to get a manual RX-8. ahahaha laugh all you want for me ratting on Corollas when I drive an automatic Civic :)

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If I go tomorrow, I don't know anybody there, aside from I guess you're the friendliest person here then (since you asked me about going)... where can I find you?
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http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=1716092#post1716092

A corolla break checked today when I was about 2 car lengths behind it on the 403.

...ei, I got a corolla! but it's a RWD (AE86) and a dedicated track car and I used to own 2 88-91 honda civics which was both used to compete in the NW SCCA.

Hey My winter beater is a 95 corolla, :( i kno i kno you guys are going to flame me for storing my 8 and driving a beater, I agree that toyotas doesnt exactly inspire heart pounding driving exhiliration, you gotta understand that its the drivers that are doing this not the car, add to fact that corollas are the number one choice in econo vehicles for asians and thats where the misperception comes from. I drive my corolla just fine, but my friends are starting to get tired of me saying "i miss my car"

Hey My winter beater is a 95 corolla, :( i kno i kno you guys are going to flame me for storing my 8 and driving a beater, I agree that toyotas doesnt exactly inspire heart pounding driving exhiliration, you gotta understand that its the drivers that are doing this not the car, add to fact that corollas are the number one choice in econo vehicles for asians and thats where the misperception comes from. I drive my corolla just fine, but my friends are starting to get tired of me saying "i miss my car"

Hey, bring it out to the meet tonight! I've got to see you and Footman discuss this in person! :fight:

Not just Corollas, most Toyota drivers in general pisses me off. Even Lexus driver, anything Toyota related cars and their drivers suck crap

Not just Corollas, most Toyota drivers in general pisses me off. Even Lexus driver, anything Toyota related cars and their drivers suck crap


that a lil too much, when u don't even say why.

i could just say i hate "Davut"...or anyone related to him i hate..

does that make any sense to u?

Yep, those corolla drivers need a driving act badly.

They got no repsonse to horn, flashing beams and signal light..

Be aware, especially if you see the color in GOLD / TAN !!!!!!!!!

that a lil too much, when u don't even say why.

i could just say i hate "Davut"...or anyone related to him i hate..

does that make any sense to u?


That's just my experience/feeling with the majority of these cars/drivers
The reasons are the same as the ones from other members posted before me.

You can say you hate "Davut" if you know a lot of ppl called "Davut" and they all piss you off. :cwm27:

Hey, bring it out to the meet tonight! I've got to see you and Footman discuss this in person! :fight:

Footman is ok, Its davut who is being ignorant

Tercelis the only piston powered car i've ever owned, and will be buying one for next winter.

Smokin... you never came yesterday. I was hoping to meet you, cause you were the "other chinese" guy hahaha

lol sorry dudes I am not gonna come in my corolla I will feel out of place with all u toyota haterz there lol just kiddin :P, I would like to meet some of you and I imagine being around other 8s would be a kick ass time, esp meeting another chinese person with the same great taste that I have heh heh heh next time in the spring when I get my 8 back, I will def come to the meets

You shouldn't worry too much 'cus we only give people a hard time on-line. Our meets are friendly and casual.
Come out and have fun.

kewl next meet I will be there

BTW footman how did you know I am Chinese your right I am but just want to know how you know heh heh heh

Okay, I was generalizing TOO much, I would just stick with hating Corollas and Camrys. And the Lexus "ES300" Camry.

But if you drive an 8 and only use the Toyotas as a beater, you're fine. =)

I've been on this forum for a few months, I've read your other posts. Somewhere in your other posts, you mentioned you were Chinese.. it was funny when I read it...

I actually showed up in my White Honda Civic 1997 as I promised... was looking forward to meeting you too Smokin' La La

Okay, I was generalizing TOO much, I would just stick with hating Corollas and Camrys. And the Lexus "ES300" Camry.

But if you drive an 8 and only use the Toyotas as a beater, you're fine. =)

sorry for taking it the wrong way since you put it this way then thats fine :D:


Thats cool footman sorry I didn't show up, I just feel embarrased that my 8 is stored :crying:

LOL!!!! The evidence just keeps PILING on...

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_7842.aspx

Look at the main photo in this article! :hahano: :hahano: :hahano:

I cannot agree more Footman. I live in Richmond, BC, also am a Chinese, but man ~ ~ ~ I hate those Corolla Chinese "happy auntie" drivers ... they normally have both hands tightly grabbing the steering wheel, distance between their chests and their steering wheels must be less than 2 inches. Drive around 40km/hr constantly ... do not response to horn ... what makes it worse is that ... sometimes they even have their cell phone on ...

oh man, they took out the actual photo of the car that caused the crash in my link...

just to let you know in case you missed it. it was a WOMAN driving the legendary "gold/tan" colored Toyota Corolla, and you see it at the side of ditch! hahah

I cannot agree more Footman. I live in Richmond, BC, also am a Chinese, but man ~ ~ ~ I hate those Corolla Chinese "happy auntie" drivers ... they normally have both hands tightly grabbing the steering wheel, distance between their chests and their steering wheels must be less than 2 inches. Drive around 40km/hr constantly ... do not response to horn ... what makes it worse is that ... sometimes they even have their cell phone on ...

LOL LMAO that is so true in richmond hill we have the same thing here, the way they drive I call it Mantis or Crane technique they musta picked it up from their old kung fu master LOL

I am almost too afraid to comment on this.
We also have the "chinese woman" driver situation in Winnipeg, with the exception being that the cars are usually Honda Civics.
I brought this up, along with a reference to our wonderfull cab drivers (which a large number of cabbies being of a certain ethnic background), on the canadiandriver.com forums.
I was blasted and flamed beyond belief, and called a racist white boy.
These were the same people that thought I was ignorant by painting most car dealers as crooks.
I do not post at canadian driver anymore.

I am almost too afraid to comment on this.
We also have the "chinese woman" driver situation in Winnipeg, with the exception being that the cars are usually Honda Civics.
I brought this up, along with a reference to our wonderfull cab drivers (which a large number of cabbies being of a certain ethnic background), on the canadiandriver.com forums.
I was blasted and flamed beyond belief, and called a racist white boy.
These were the same people that thought I was ignorant by painting most car dealers as crooks.
I do not post at canadian driver anymore.


:flamed: Ignorant racist white boy! jk, LOL
I hate every 40km/h in the fast lane, cell phone clutching Corolla driver...

How has this Corolla hating thread grown to 3 pages? Bullshivism. Sheer bullshivism!

I'm telling you folks... when something like this grows to 3 pages long, you know there HAS TO BE TRUTH....

it ain't racist when it's a fact..... hahaha

Not a corolla, but it's bigger brother the Camry. My wife and I nearly got runned down by this road raged Camry driver at night. We were on a traffic light, he was on the merging lane which means his lane will end after the light. I wasn't even gonna contend, if he beats me off the light then sure I'll be happy to stay behind.
When the light turned green, he didn't move, so I made my way across the intersection. After the intersection, we presumed he was going to tuck behind us like any common courtesy driver. But next we know we hear this loud engine sound from our right side and he was running at the end of the merge and onto the shoulder to cut us off! I was mad, and blasted my horn at the Camry. But didn't want to risk and accident as it is clear he was mad that somehow we were ahead. I was pissed that it was uncalled for. But nevertheless no point in returning the rude and dangerous gesture.

Corolla drivers are the same here in Southern California! I hate them with a passion! :mad: They always think that they should be cruising in the passing lane on the freeway at 60 MPH. They have no idea where they are going and will dart across 3 lanes of traffic to make a turn rather than bust a U-Turn at the next intersection. They take like 30 seconds to actually change lanes after signaling and when they do they do it like they avoiding a tree in the road. :mad:

This all seems to hold true for 75% of Corollas I see on the road.

I have no respect for Corolla drivers. Idiots and their f'in toasters!

Corolla drivers are the same here in Southern California! I hate them with a passion! :mad: They always think that they should be cruising in the passing lane on the freeway at 60 MPH. They have no idea where they are going and will dart across 3 lanes of traffic to make a turn rather than bust a U-Turn at the next intersection. They take like 30 seconds to actually change lanes after signaling and when they do they do it like they avoiding a tree in the road. :mad:

This all seems to hold true for 75% of Corollas I see on the road.

I have no respect for Corolla drivers. Idiots and their f'in toasters!

+1 except I'm in Ontario so I guess that they're the same everywhere!

No... not corollas in particular. However, living in BC, I live next to SURREY.
SURREY: - The average car is not corolla (probably out of most peoples price range) The average car is the Cavalier - the average sports car is also a Cavalier, but it's not a sports car! - so try telling that to all the cavalier drivers who insist their cavalier is a challenge for our RX8s!!

It's like I'm entering a fish bowl where cavalier people's attention span extends about a block or two - because they challenge me over and over. I beat these people in races every single time. It's not like, woops I'm not paying attention, just my average spirited driving is going to put them in my rear mirror, but time and time again again I hear the screams of a little cavalier engine barking in my rear view mirror... sigh.

I hate you Cavalier drivers! all of you, you wasting my gas! you will never get me! never! Surrey Cavalier jerks!

Don't ever drive to Surrey, you'll be Sorry.

Thanks, I needed that.

Just goes to prove its the drivers not the car

It's amazing if you're looking for it.
If a line of cars is being held back by someone driving slow - It's a Corolla
If someone is driving slow in the fast lane - It's a Corolla
If you're waiting in a long line at the car wash and some driver is too stupid to figure out how to enter the wash code and holds up the whole line for ages - he drives a Corolla.
All these observations have been in the last two days!

That's so JOKES, I've been blessed recently not to be stuck around Corollas. However, I have been actively avoiding them.. i.e. if goes in front of me, I have been switching to another lane EVEN IF IT's slower, hoping that it may become faster later on....

ahahaah

No... not corollas in particular. However, living in BC, I live next to SURREY.
SURREY: - The average car is not corolla (probably out of most peoples price range) The average car is the Cavalier - the average sports car is also a Cavalier, but it's not a sports car! - so try telling that to all the cavalier drivers who insist their cavalier is a challenge for our RX8s!!

It's like I'm entering a fish bowl where cavalier people's attention span extends about a block or two - because they challenge me over and over. I beat these people in races every single time. It's not like, woops I'm not paying attention, just my average spirited driving is going to put them in my rear mirror, but time and time again again I hear the screams of a little cavalier engine barking in my rear view mirror... sigh.

I hate you Cavalier drivers! all of you, you wasting my gas! you will never get me! never! Surrey Cavalier jerks!

Don't ever drive to Surrey, you'll be Sorry.

Thanks, I needed that.

Hear, hear!
Cavaliers and Neons (or next gen SRT or whatever the hell Dodge decided to rename them). Everywhere! These are the ones I get that come screaming up beside me with some kid (not to insult any young individual that may or may not have an 8;)) revving the crap out of his engine and then taking off showering me with gravel.
I get a little peeved when a chip appears in my paint and or glass due to complete ignorance such as this. What to do, what to do?

Lose the DSC, take off and pass, punch it and what happens?
Rooster tail of snow/slush/gravel... point made. I win. :ylsuper:

I also find alot of minivan drivers dont have a clue. Of how to drive or otherwise. I get alot of dirty looks from the middle aged heavy set woman on her phone with her 2.5 kids in the back as she passes me and flips me off.. for what? Doing only 4 over the speed limit? Minding my own?

Sigh. I would hate my 44km commute SO MUCH if I wasnt doing it in my 8 :)

Edit.. I also wanted to add I have read this thread before, and just the other day saw the gold/tan Corolla that has been spoke of in the ditch on its side... I decided to comment :D:

Last week when I was driving my parents in their Mazda MPV, saw a (yep, u guessed it) gold/tan Corolla almost causing an accident right in front me, and could quite possibly caused other cars to hit me as well.

The story is, I was going to drive the car across a main street (from entrance to entrance). As there are cars going in both directions, I need to time my start or else i would wait indefinitely. So there were no cars coming on the adj lane, and there will be no cars coming on the opposite lane after that Corolla and the Volvo that was behind it. So I started my crossing.

When my car got to the middle of the two lanes, the Corolla driver realized that she just missed the entrance and out of all the possible options that she can perform, she decided to slam on the brakes and performed a dead stop in the middle of the road. The Volvo behind was two inches from crashing into the back of the Corolla HARD. Worse yet, now that the two cars are blocking the entrance, I am stuck in the middle of 2-way traffic and cars are approaching from both directions.

Luckily after like FIVE LONG SECONDS, the Corolla decided to enter the mall on the wrong side of the entrace (separated by a traffic island), and the Volvo moved forward, so I could enter the mall.

Keep this topic rolling guys, lol.

The evidence continues to pile on.....

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_8657.aspx

See the main pic.

perhaps the problems lies in that corolla drivers are watching their wallet, instead of the road

Another one doing 95 km/h in the fast lane on the QEW this morning blocking all kinds of traffic.