New Car Blues!

Sounds like a line I hear from people seeking worker's comp or disability. It doesn't pass the laugh test;-)

I would have ask why she did not notice this discomfort on the TEST DRIVE! The five minute drive around the block with the salesman talking your head off does not constitute a real test drive.

Relax. There is a simple and fairly cheap solution. GOOGLE "orthopedic car seat" or something like that. For under a few hundred dollars you can buy an orthopedic seat thingie that can be tied over the existing car seat. Some even have air bladders that can be filled or relaxed to your preference. And see your chiropractor. You many have a misalignment that can be fairly easily corrected.

Reminds me of the time I bought a used Toyota Corolla with 189K miles, back in 1973, seat springs were shot and my hemorrhoids popped out.

Thanks for sharing that...I think...

We have an 02 Highlander and had an 02 Avalon til last weekend when we got a new Avalon.

Point is that my wife had microneurosurgery about 10 years ago on lower spine. She prefers riding in the Highlander over the Avalon because its taller and better on her back.

Now, with the new Avalon might be different but I think the Highlander seats are not bad, at least with our experience.

Better get it (your back) checked, and enjoy your Highlander for next

Ron

Thanks to all...

Just goes to show you that it all must be individual preferences... I also have an '02 Avalon XLS with leather seats, and just love 'em - even on long trips. HOWEVER my '04 Camry seats (also leather) are just terrible. Feels like a basket ball under the part of my legs just north of my knees. Nothing I do with the electric seat adjustments help. And yes, it feels ok for the first 15 minutes (hence no problem with the test drive), but after about an hour, it's all I can think about. I'd gladly spend several hundred dollars to replace that driver's seat with an Avalon seat. But, alas, it looks like they made them JUST enough different in the mounting department that I don't think I could do it without expert help. Otherwise, the Camry is a great car. .

Steve