Hi, I've reserved a Corolla "CE" when the dealer
receives it in about 10 days. It's an automatic with
convenience and all-weather guard packages.

I would just like to confirm that the CE's are just as
mechanically reliable and durable as the upgraded "LE"
model?

For example, won't the CE's engine and transmission (and
other mechanical parts) last just as long on average as
the LE's before major repair might be required?

By choosing a CE over an LE, I just would like to be certain
I won't be sacrificing quality-of-build or anything
else--other than the keyless entry, seat height adjustment,
fake wood trim, and electroluminescent gauges that come
standard on the LE?

Thanks a bunch for any helpful insights.

"TenPercent" <tenpercent (AT) not-real-address (DOT) com> wrote

The CE and LE are made on the same assembly line. Reliability and quality
of the CE will be the same or better (fewer components to break).
--
Ray O
correct the return address punctuation to reply

In article <3d8c7$4363062a$180fead6$16520 (AT) msgid (DOT) meganewsservers.com>,
Ray O <rokigawa (AT) tristarassociatesDOT (DOT) com> wrote:

That's true. The less you own, the less you'll pay for maintaining it.
:-)

As to cars. Consumers Reports advises buying the less loaded models if
it's reliability you're after.

OTOH, on my '94 Continental the power windows always worked but the
engine had to be replaced at 50K miles and again at 111K. I traded up
to an Avalon.

Brent

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:54:53 GMT, "TenPercent"
<tenpercent (AT) not-real-address (DOT) com> wrote:

Make sure you check all the standard equipment you need - I bought
the CE to save 1500 but then realized I had to install a cruise
control over 500 - plus you get bigger tires and mags with LE- also
the adjustable seat might be very handy on those long drives as the
seats in the base Corolla are not the most comfortable to start out
with. Mechanically it's bulletproof.
Bob

Bob wrote:

My brother has a 2005 Corolla CE and it has height-adjustable seats.

In article <pan.2005.10.29.12.43.52.22786 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts>, Hachiroku
<Trueno (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote:

<Hehe> You know too much. :-)

I bought the 3.8 because it was in the Taurus and Sable, and I figured
hey, they wouldn't risk the reputation of the mainstays. Ha!

Actually, at 50K they had to rebuild the engine (short block). It
literally sat on the dealer's lift for 6 weeks while Ford decided which
of its divisions would pay for the warranty work! When the symptoms
reappeard 60K later, I didn't wait around for a diagnosis.

It was the mix of aluminum heads on an iron block, wasn't it?

And when I bought the car I thought the salesman said the car had an
air suspension. I guess he said "err" suspension, because it never
passed 10K miles between repairs (seriously). They replaced the
computer (twice), and the springs/strut/airbags (all, some more than
once) before they found that the problem was a chafed wire. I remember
back to when mechanics inspected the system and used their heads before
picking up the company's now-do-this manual. When the regional whiz
finally came in on the job at my demand, he found the problem and
remarked, "That (the chafing) happens a lot on the '95 but hardly ever
on the '94. I bet the "hardly ever" cost Ford thousands. I hope so.

I love my Toyotas.

Brent

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:34:24 -0400, High Tech Misfit <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net>
wrote:


My Corolla 2003 CE edition didn't have adjustable seats so glad to
hear this has been added as standard - still like to have the cruise
for those long trips though or is that also included in the 2005
model?
Bob

Bob wrote:

What I am saying here applies to Canadian models, so I don't know if
American models are similar or not.

As I understand it, cruise control and power windows were made available for
the CE for 2004 as a group option package, and height-adjustable seats were
added as a standard feature for 2005. My folks' '04 CE has cruise control,
but not height-adjustable seats. My brother's '05 CE has both.