Used Toyota Avalon for Sale in Sacramento, CA
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Steven from Rural Oregon,07/18/2019
2019 Toyota Avalon
It is a little hard to understand why Toyota offers an upscale Avalon while it offers such diversity, not always luxury, in its premium Lexus brand. Cars in general have inflated base prices, MSRP, invoice, dealer, whatever, The Avalon costs a bit less than its sister vehicle in the Lexus ES class, and astute reviews catch a couple trim pieces that may cost slightly less to make. … However, choosing is a matter of buying the currently most advanced model, right now that is the 2019 Avalon. I find it considerably better than advertised. Reviews are obviously not written by skilled drivers. Comments about the automated and assisted driving features do not begin to describe the capability. My practice (and suggestion here) is for the interested buyer to read user comments, then read the online manual, then test drive the car in conditions you will use it. Example: we live over an hour off an interstate. Going home means we enjoy a charming, curvy, mountainous state route. Sometimes there is no traffic, other times it is follow the leader, passing opportunities are limited. So set your adaptive radar to 130 feet and engage assisted lane keeping. Set maximum speed to ten per cent above the speed limit and proceed. If there is heavy traffic you may never use a foot peddle and only a gentle guidance on the steering wheel. If you have an Apple Watch, it will tickle your wrist should you approach the edge of your lane, then go ding ding just as you hit the little pavement bumps, we still think are designed to wake up drunks on late night stupid drives home from a party. Our first trip home in the new Avalon was after my wife had another oral surgery. She commented that the Avalon was a much smoother driver than I am. I felt at once irritated, slighted, unappreciated, and then smart for having bought the classy car. Such details are not available in most reviews and unknown to most dealerships and salespeople, whose "Around Town" driving experiences make little use of the latest technology, let alone suspension, acceleration, cornering ... The Avalon has a hair more tire noise than I like. It still gets dirty quickly, but its low stance makes it easy to wash, unlike our very nice Highlander Limited which begs us to use a ladder or just leave it dirty. Sure, the Avalon should have a powered trunk lid. Sure, the Avalon should have separate voice activation for its own infotainment and Siri. Even when I am very careful, sometimes Siri misses, and instead of getting CarPlay, I get Entune, which you really won't want very often. Entune uses a female voice, so I have Apple set to use a male voice, that way I know instantly who is talking to me. There is no convenient kill button when I accidentally, er, unintentionally activate, say a navigation, in Entune. This is messy and the only safe thing to do is to park and reset everything. But, of course, none of us parks, we think we are clever enough to turn off the durn machine without delaying our trip. Sirius is still the dumbest possible interface, and it still uses a weak antenna, so if you live in a mountainous or wooded area, you will enjoy predictable silence and miss the punch line now and then. Plan some ferry trips and use the wait and travel time to set up your systems. Or, be prepared to drain your battery. Getting the vehicle just right takes hours. I went back to our dealer who provides an expert trainer for customers who purchase new. I had a list of 12 problems in2016 Entunes on the Highlander and after an hour we agreed Entunes could not do ten of the simple tasks. So, if you have Carplay, the 2019 Avalon makes sense. Actually, if you don't have an iPhone, switch, even buy a cheap used iPhone and dedicate it to the Avalon. And then, be prepared, switching on a smart car is like herding sheep, it all works in due time, but don't expect to jump in the car, depart and have everything working right away. Be prepared for an amazing experience. It is way better than advertised. Toyota finally has a car that is worth waiting for every time you turn it on, every time the driver seat envelopes you into your custom seat, mirror, wheel position, every time you read that No iPhone is available, and then see that screen switch to Apple Car Play, tap it, press the voice input button on the steering wheel, talk to Siri, say Hey Siri, don't forget, every time.
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