Originally Posted by pajasper

Well, today I found myself in the alternate universe described in Droid13's original post.

We've had our Jasper Pearl TCH for a few weeks now, and I've become quite accustomed to it. Yesterday I drove it for over 4 hours, and loved every minute of it.

Fast forward to today. I rented a 2007 Camry (non-TCH) for a business trip, and drove it for 4 hours. What a strange experience. The starting procedure seems so crude. And what's with all this revving and shifting just to go up and down hills on the highway? As much as I tried to pulse-and-glide, I just couldn't get the darn engine to turn off! When I got to my destination, I was shocked to see the fuel gauge down to half already. Then to add insult to injury, it didn't even tell me I did an "Excellent" job of driving it! What a weird car.