If I was superstitous, I'd think the Aveo was mad at me....I hit a deer with the Corolla. The deer ran in front of me (at full speed like it was being chased) after dark from my right. I had virtually no time to brake and had deer in my grill about a second after it came into view.
Toyota tpms is pretty easy to defeat, but it doesn't really matter because the Toyota sensor can be swapped to a new wheel using only a 12mm deep socket.
Toyota cars do tend to be boring, but I really like the way the 1zz engine makes its power; it makes reasonable torque at 1200rpm making it quite capable of towing 1200lbs without abusing it. The engine wasn't great when it first came out though...the 98-02 1zz had a tendency to drink oil at an alarming rate.