"Read about the Avalon in AutoWeek, sounds like a nice cruiser."
This isn't a car, it's a transportation appliance. Any car review that contains phrases such as "AARP years", "direct aim at .... Buick, Cadillac and the like", or "the new engine is so quiet and smooth that you not only forget it's on, you forget why you got into the car to begin with" sends me running for the tall grass!!! Give me a car with some quirks and some character!