Rental Car Review
So, a few weeks ago I was on a business trip, which means I got to drive around in a rental car. This time I got a Toyota Corolla S (the S stands for Spoiler). It's got a pretty low-power engine, which is no big problem, unless that low-power engine is attached to an automatic transmission. And this is an American rental car, so there you go. Basically, the only way the car could accelerate at any reasonable rate was if you punched the gas really hard, and then the engine starts sounding (more) annoying.

The Corolla, like my old Focus, also has the seats set rather high for my liking. It seems like a lot of cars are doing that sort of thing, which I assume is some misguided attempt at stealing SUV sales. Of course, the height of the car combined with the short hood and trunk means that I really have no idea where the ends of the car are when I am driving. As for various bells and whistles, it also had a satellite radio (which I didn't use) with an aux-in jack (which I didn't use) and cruise control (which I didn't use). The A/C I did use, and it worked reasonably well, better than my Focus had and not as good as the RX-8's. There were also automatic headlights on the Corolla, which I thought took too long to realize it was dark out and I usually just switched the lights on manually. I still do think that automatic headlights are a good thing to have on a rental car, though.

Overall, it was pretty much exactly what I would expect from an automatic Corolla, which is not really saying a whole lot. I was glad to have my car back at the end of it.