In this article, I will tell you about the wonderful car - Toyota Avensis, happy owner of which I am already more than 2 years. So, what is this machine? Should I buy it at all? Which is better to take the engine, diesel or gasoline? And finally what the approximate cost of services, it swallows? "Everything about this I'll tell you now.

Despite the fact that the model Avensis has Japanese roots, it is intended purely for the European market and are produced only in the UK (a subsidiary of Toyota in Burneston). Is this good or bad - to say difficult, but many intelligent experts argue that the English assembly, in no way affected the reliability of the machine - in what is traditionally strong Toyota.

A small pair of concern is perhaps the only recorded a couple of times the case of small leaks to seal the steering rack. This design - in principle little use at all for repair, and in the event of such a problem should immediately change the steering rail and of course this will require significant financial investment. The next problem is the steering - a gimbal connecting the steering column to the rack, sometimes it is, there is an unpleasant noise, which can often be accompanied by a jammed steering system, the reason for this is a worn out needle bearing in bowls of frogs, which have occasionally changed.

But in general, and all the problems are no longer observed. In terms of the onset of repairs and maintenance costs of other sites chassis Toyota Avensis confirms its fairly won the title of a reliable car. Can not believe it, but the bar and stabilizer bar bushings nursed at Toyota Avensis 50 000-55 000 km, although, as you probably already know, a good number of other machines, they need to be replaced much sooner. The suspension, by the way, Toyota Avensis is independent not only from the front, but also from behind. And from this it follows that after some repair interventions in the rear suspension will need to adjust and check the wheels on the "collapse of convergence" and also the rear wheels. This, of course, increases slightly the cost of servicing cars, but the benefit but that the need for such repairs occurs very rarely.

The main feature of the Toyota Motor was the lack of hydraulic thermal gaps in the valves. Of course, on the one hand, it is reliability, but on the other hand - there is a need at times to check and adjust the data gaps, which again affects the cost of care. But, according to inveterate mechanics at breakage timing the pistons in the engine Avensis not "meet" with valves.