Selecting a perfect car to suite your needs as well as tastes must be such a huge pain in the neck. I am nowhere close to purchasing a car but as I peek into my future and see myself confounded with serious conundrum. Starting with what genes: Should I go patriotic [now don’t take that literally] and choose one from the American Big 3, or the frugal and reliable Japanese or arrive at a compromise with the value loaded Koreans? Should I go sporty with a 2 door config or the 4 door family car, Silver / Black or Red/ Well equipped or Stripped / Hybrid or conventional ........if I go on listing my concerns it will be a never ending roster. If you have begun to think that what follows is a "Car buyers guide to the perfect match", you are reading the wrong post. This post is not about car selection, it’s about a car that is a perfect NO NO!
The car in question is the Toyota Matrix hatchback. The car has everything wrong going for it - starting with its name. Come on, Matrix cannot be a car name at best it can be a desktop or laptop model name or may be some game cube or something. Matrix represents something very digital, very complex, very rigid and something very artificial- and is a clear misfit name for something as simple and fun as a car.
The cockpit is very clumsy and plasticy making your mood very sober the moment you assume seat. Your worst fears come true during the night when you stare down at bright red lettered switches and controls. The only thing that comes to mind staring at the dashboard is red burning coal in pitch darkness.
A drive for a couple of hours in this vehicle has given me a very important criteria for car selection - Tire noise! Inside this car you don't hear the engine, you don’t hear the traffic, you don’t hear the wind BUT you don't hear the stereo either- because the most predominant noise is the tire noise. The purpose of the tires in an automobile is the isolation of shocks and vibrations, but here the tires are the most vociferous correspondent between the road and you.
Another important phenomenon you experience in this car is Kinetosis i.e motion sickness - Cleary a case of wrongly tuned ride frequency of the vehicle. I enjoy road trips thoroughly, but in this car I was struggling to keep awake. So was the case with some fellow passengers. God save the driver.
No wonder that the Matrix is one of Toyotas poorest selling vehicle. One car certainly you can keep off your buying list.
The car in question is the Toyota Matrix hatchback. The car has everything wrong going for it - starting with its name. Come on, Matrix cannot be a car name at best it can be a desktop or laptop model name or may be some game cube or something. Matrix represents something very digital, very complex, very rigid and something very artificial- and is a clear misfit name for something as simple and fun as a car.
The cockpit is very clumsy and plasticy making your mood very sober the moment you assume seat. Your worst fears come true during the night when you stare down at bright red lettered switches and controls. The only thing that comes to mind staring at the dashboard is red burning coal in pitch darkness.
A drive for a couple of hours in this vehicle has given me a very important criteria for car selection - Tire noise! Inside this car you don't hear the engine, you don’t hear the traffic, you don’t hear the wind BUT you don't hear the stereo either- because the most predominant noise is the tire noise. The purpose of the tires in an automobile is the isolation of shocks and vibrations, but here the tires are the most vociferous correspondent between the road and you.
Another important phenomenon you experience in this car is Kinetosis i.e motion sickness - Cleary a case of wrongly tuned ride frequency of the vehicle. I enjoy road trips thoroughly, but in this car I was struggling to keep awake. So was the case with some fellow passengers. God save the driver.
No wonder that the Matrix is one of Toyotas poorest selling vehicle. One car certainly you can keep off your buying list.
Fun and Toyota rarely can be used the same context. Infact, why abhor the Matrix? All toyotas suck if you actually wish to have an involving driving experience.
ReplyDeleteI take your word for that dushy, but i'll take them one at a time. My first xp travelling in a toyota and it was horrible. far from fun , it wasn't even comfortable, was a torture!
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