I finally got my test drive. One dealer in my area secured a demo car and I put about 20 miles on the odometer right off the truck.

It was a blue model with moonroof, heated mirrors, and no navigation. Know that I come from driving a Jeep cherokee for the last 12 years and that I am not traditionally a car driver. That said, I am not an auto-afficionado and handling, suspension and the like are not things I claim to understand.

1. First off, I love the push-button start. I may have to buy a few extra key fobs to hide around the neighborhood in case I lose mine but I really dig the geek factor of just getting into a car and pressing the button to go.<
2. The styling is very sexy and aggressive. I was getting grief from friends about looking into an old-lady car but this new body style is very sexy. The car seems big, like a Taurus in size.<
3. The trunk is quite deep and the small pass-through seems much more functional than the photographs lead one to believe.<
4. The back seat may be cramped for leg room, I noticed it seemed tight when I glanced over from the front seat.<
5. The rear window area definately is restrictive in the viewing angle and the back corners make strong blind spots.<
6. The car felt very luxury-styled inside and I was impressed with the build quality. Although, there is a lot of flimsier plastic doors and pop-open trays but they all seem to fit together tightly in this brand new car.<
7. When driving, I learned to notice immediately when the combustion engine came on. There was a noticable "clunk" that I could feel. It wasn't annoying, just more noticable than what I expected.<
8. I found the car incredibly quiet.<
9. Driving in Electric only mode on a flat city street takes practice. I very very gently throbbed the petal for about a mile to try and stay in EV mode and it was a challenge to maintain speed. It seemed the car would barely maintain speed if I depressed the petal to only EV mode. I can see this game could get addictive and once I started playing with throbbing from coast to EV to coast, my average mpg went from a paltry 26 MPG to 36.<
10. I finished my pretty leisurely test drive with a high of 36 MPG and a lifetime average of 20 MPG for the 30 miles on the car.<
11. I found it had just enough acceleration. My V6 Jeep has quite a bit more noticable oomph in the acceleration but I wasn't displeased with the Camry.<
12. I like the climate control, phone, and radio controls on the stearing wheel. In even my quick test drive, I configured my bluetooth cellphone to work with the car in no time.<

I hope that helps.