SteveSatch, it's easy enough to tell if you're experiencing clear coat failure, depending on the severity, but one thing for sure is if it starts to fail, it'll continue to progress at an ever increasing rate until the affected area is compromised. I don't know how you maintain the painted areas of your car, but I'm meticulous and none of my cars have ever seen an automated car wash. I know every square inch of the exterior of my vehicle (and interior for that matter). Early tell tale signs: cloudy or white areas that appear on any body panel when wet or after it's been subject to water that seem to clear up after it dries or has been exposed to the sun. Trouble prone areas are usually along areas where body panels begin/end and along the edges of panels. It starts small, I only had a few 'spots', but will progress rapidly as time marches on. Do a search for clear coat issues. Others have posted pictures that are even easier to see than mine. On older vehicles, such as my 08 Civics, dull whitish spots started to appear on horizontal body panels and simply progressed from there. Take a look at any 06-08 Civic on the road and you'll find quite a few of them out there with roofs, trunks, hoods, and fenders with clear failure. For the 06-08 Civic, Honda extended the paint warranty to 7 years and was willing, rather quietly, to fix them. Be vigilant when looking at your paint. Mine appeared to have a rather thin, and I mean thin cover of clear which I predict will be problematic in the years to come.

 

kenchan... a Corolla is a step above simply because it's a car class larger. Forget about content, I'm talking overall interior and exterior size. It's a world of difference when it comes to comfort, ride, and refinement. You know all that NVH stuff. You mentioned getting an IS350... seriously dude? If money was no problem and NEED was no consideration, why would you stop there? You own and I owned a SUB-compact, just like all the others here on the forum. We bought them for various reasons, but for most it was a trade off between need and affordability. I'm through with near luxury vehicles mostly because my desire has waned and I no longer see them as an acceptable trade off for the expense. The Corolla is a Civic competitor. They share the same class. While not as agile, powerful, or technologically advanced as the latest generation of Civic, it isn't as expensive either and discounts can be had rather readily. Plus, there's a proven track record of reliability with the Corolla that is yet to be earned by the Civic. The Civic will most likely be a stellar car, but time will tell. As you may remember, I own a '10 Camry and the '16 Corolla is like a 2/3 scale of the Camry. It rides similarly, looks nearly the same, and best of all, used a lot of the time proven engineering and even parts that are on the Camry. I know what I'm going to face when I change the oil for the first time, already know how things are put together, and feel confident that the Corolla is simply a car with incremental changes rather radical new designs. That may not appeal to you, but for the long term it does to me.

 

I will never understand why people with no interest in cars join enthusiast forums.

 

It's likely for the same reason that someone who dislikes GKs and says he'll never buy one posts frequently in the GK forum.

 

0My enjoyment of this post outweighs my displeasure with your response to my last post. Touche(ay). ;-)

 

I enjoy reading about the suffering of those who make poor decisions

 

There's a name for people who enjoy the suffering of others, but if I said it I'd be banned from this place.

 

Very different levels of suffering, no physical pain, but the constant complaints about things that were present before purchase

 

I don't think it's that hard, you might consider investing in a Rogets (pronounced ROE-ZHAYS) Thesaurus, as you don't seem to know the German word.

It's called schadenfreude.

 

I'm well aware of that word. I was thinking of the kind of words my mother used to wash my mouth out with soap for using.


Unfortunately, my vocabulary has declined by about 30 percent since discovering the internet.

 

Your stock just went up 50 points Uncle Gary.

 

That's the purpose of emoticons

 

The interior panels have been a bit of a problem - not staying snapped together.