They do feel different, but IMO not so much that it's difficult to adjust to them. No question that they don't provide the feedback of the best brakes out there on sports cars or true sports sedans. But I wouldn't put them outside the range of typical family cars. I drive over 20,000 miles per year in rental cars of all types, so i'm always having to adapt to different brake feel and response, throttle tip-in, steering feel, etc. The TCH is on the squishy side of what I'd consider the normal range, but I think Toyota did an admirable job of giving it any reasonable feel at all when in regen mode.