Almost 100 t.km - normal flight - Toyota Camry, 2.4 liter, 2007

The car is already more than 3 years old, in September the warranty expired, soon there will be a mileage of 100,000 km. For any car — a big event, especially if it was the first and bought a new one. By the way, we even have a birthday on the same day - on June 26, she left the factory. In fact, we will have 100,000 km together with her. This is 2.5 times around the entire planet. This distance travels the light in a third of a second, and it took us 3 years. This is fucked up. Therefore, some kind of conclusion suggests itself.

For 3 years and almost 100,000 km, nothing broke in the car. At least by itself. 2 bulbs burned out - one in the dipped beam and one in the rear clearance (aka brake light). For 3 years, we had several minor troubles with her. On the third day after the purchase, I reversed the urn, making a hole in the bumper. Then, on the highway, I caught a stone from an oncoming truck in the windshield and PTF - they replaced it according to CASCO. On the bypass near Knyazh-Pogost, I caught a big hole at 100 km / h, which was recorded by the traffic police camera along with my flight right past the sign "30". As a result of that pit - a slight displacement of the left wing, and then the traffic cops took pity and did not deprive them of their rights - it's his own fault. Quite recently, in the yard on a shnive, an aunt drove into the rear bumper and dumped, then at the court I had no complaints against her and her rights were not deprived. Well, literally a couple of weeks passed the TRP in Ukhta without any problems,

We traveled a lot. Well, how many, somewhere around 2/3 of the run are tracks. We traveled a lot Ukhta-Syktyvkar, now we often go Kirov-Syktyvkar-Ukhta. We also traveled along the Kirov-Peter route. And in 2009 they rushed to the Crimea. We already know by heart the tracks north of Kirov, where is the pit, where the gays collect bribes, where you can accelerate to the whistle of mirrors and adrenaline in the blood. Perhaps the trip to the Crimea was the most memorable. This is an amazing feeling of freedom when you leave the city early in the morning, when everyone around is still sleeping, there is dew in the car, and there is still fog in a ravine not far from your house, like a sleeping cloud. There are thousands of kilometers of roads ahead that you have not yet traveled, and in the car a light snack for breakfast and a full tank of gasoline. On the first day we drove to Voronezh - 1300 km from Kirov, and on the second day to Dnepropetrovsk. Well, there is already a stone's throw to the Crimea. In Crimea, I really liked the ride to Mount Aipetri - a kind of rally with a bunch of turns, some of which were not always possible to climb on such a barge. Small buses there turn in 2-3 calls overcome.

Ahead of us is the jubilee scheduled maintenance-10, the usual oil and filter changes, the check of the units - everything is in normal mode. Well, then the whole world is open before us again. The plans are to visit Europe for a couple of weeks, to travel around Russia.

from other observations. Gasoline consumption is small and highly dependent on the driving mode. On the highway, if you feel sick within 70-90 km / h, then it will be a record low - from 5.9 to 6.5 liters. If you drive normally 120-140 km / h, then it will be from 7.5 to 8.4 liters. At speeds under 200 km / h, the consumption increases sharply to 15 liters. In the city, consumption is highly dependent on traffic jams and traffic lights. In principle, a typical day is 9-10 liters. With traffic jams it reaches 13-15 liters. It is not demanding on gasoline, but I always fill it with the 95th at Lukoil. I tried the 92nd a couple of times - the dynamics deteriorate noticeably, although the consumption is the same.
In winter, hellish salon creaks. Frozen plastic gives off a rattle from any crack in the asphalt. But in the cold, the car starts with a pinch. The battery is still native Panasonic, in -30 it starts up without problems. But at -35 I just brought it home for the night, then in the morning I put it on and the car starts up the first time.
In terms of practicality, there are also no complaints - the interior and trunk are large, which I just didn’t carry in the car. The only thing that the front bumper and low ground clearance — always strives to hurt something.
And the rest is a typical American car, practical, moderately comfortable, without frills - a workhorse with chubby forms.