2008 Toyota Avalon Owner Reviews

The Avalon delivers on luxury and reliability for less than 30K. The seats are roomy, comfortable, with high quality interior furnishings. The highway MPG is 30+, city MPG is 16. Toyota reliability is evident everywhere. The trunk is spacious. It handles well in all sorts of weather and roads. Exterior noise is non-existent. For a large car the performance and pickup are adequate. My only negative is that the clock is hidden behind the wheel such that the driver has to glance around the whe…

Bought an 08 Alalon LTD Over a year ago. Love it. Didn't get navigation. Duh. Everyone knew it sucked back then. Get a Garmin for 200 bucks and use it in all your cars. The stability control is magic. Same as my old FJ. I don't see how you could get crossed up. I've tried. I drive pretty hard and average around 28 mpg overall.

I love my Avalon and it's my third. Just one question though: It seems to me that each year the milage rating slips. I think that my Avalon 2000 was getting 30-31 on the highway, my 2002 was getting 30, and my 2006 is getting 28-29 on the highway. What's with Toyota? Why is this very good car falling down in the miage deppartment just when milage is more important than ever?

Although there is some good to say about the Avalon there is defiantly much bad to write about it. Having bought the Limited Series I was surprised to find that the GPS system was substandard to say the least. Unlike the Camray which is touch screened capable, the Avalon has an antiquated toggle switch system which takes at least one Engineering Degree. And of course if you are on the highway and your friend needs to find something for you, you have to pull to the side of the thruway to s…