Met most of my expectations
When my 2008 Caddy blew up, this old man knew he needed to buy a new car. I had not purchased a new car in over 50 years, preferring to get a low mile used one from car rental firms. But what the Hell: being closer to 90 than 80, I decided to treat myself. I bought the car during the midst of the Covid slow down in finding cars available. Dick Hannah's group wanted a bonus over the MSRP. I told them where to stick it! McCords was happy with the regular full rip, no negotiating. I wanted the hybrid but none were available for almost a year! The XLE was on the lot and I took it. Sticker shock notwithstanding ( I paid more for the vehicle with the extended warranty for the computer crap) than I did for my wonderful home in 1974! But you never see a U-Haul following the hearse to the funeral with one's possessions, so I bought the car. It has been a pleasure to own and use. It took me some time to learn how to put down the rear seats, but that is on me. The cruise control is a bit awkward to use: two steps and seems not a friendly operation ( on my big Dodge van...made by Mercedes a long time ago you just flick a lever on the steering column and cruise engages) as you have to look down while driving to use it. No matter how I drive to conserve fuel, 22.1 (which is what Toyota claims) mpg is all one is going to get. The hybrids get almost 40 mpg. The car rides rather smoothly for a fairly large beast. It is so quiet that on long straight stretches (like 84 on the way to Idaho) you have to be careful not go exceed 100 mph because with no traffic as a frame of speed reference, you can find yourself going triple digits and it seems like 65 mph! I looked into an upgrade to a 2024 hybrid.Two problems: still a long wait to get one; the darling saleswoman said the upgrade would cost me $34,000 even though the 2022 at the time had only 18,000 miles on it and was without a scratch. So I will drive this white beauty until the long black Caddy comes to take me away.
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