Thought I would post something Toyta related for a change.
Many of you may remember that I considered our 2001 Avalon a piece of junk. Still do.
2 years ago we replaced our 2 cars with 2 Hondas including an Accord Hybrid.The Accord Hybrid with its fast 6 cylinder engine got about 27 mpg overall. Not bad but not great.
However my wife found certain things about the car irritating. She missed the auto headlights, auto door locks and other auto features of her Chrysler
300M (still being driven and loved by her parents by the way). Also we are getting a bit old for the Honda's hard leather seats and hard ride.So she decided she wanted to buy a Camry Hybrid and took delivery about a week ago.
So far I have to say that although ugly, the Camry seems like a fine car. I can't imagine a Lexus being any quieter.
Meanwhile I may have a problem with the transmission in my 2006 Odyssey with just 12k miles on it. After getting off the highway the other day it had a weird siren like sound. When I checked the fluid, there were gray grindings on the paper towel. Of course the Honda dealer could not duplicate the sound today and they said the grindings residue are normal. I've been checking AT fluid since a 1971 dart and never remember any residue on the rag. Anyone agree that it would be normal?