Thoughts on New Camry ?

The 4 cyl Camry will do what you need it to do but won`t be making you smile doing it,,except the reliability,the fuel mileage and the fact it will do it for 200k+ miles pretty easy with proper maintaining which I don`t think will a problem with anyone here.

I have a 2010 Accord 4cyl which has a lot less power than my Limpala had but it doesn`t break every 5 to 10 k like the Impala either,,I`ll take the tradeoff.
I bought mine as a trade in at the Chevy dealer I work at w/94k for a few thousand below book.

I grew up with VWs having probably 15 to 20 of them,mostly diesel Rabbits with a GTI,GLI Jetta and a Scirocco thrown in there along with a Rabbit truck or 2 and I worked at a VW dealer as a tech and detailer.
I just prefer Japanese cars for their ease of working on.
 
You would be hard pressed to go wrong with a Camry. I agree with others in that you should seriously consider new vs used. The four banger may please you at the gas pump but the V-6 will put a stupid grin on your face. The six is surprisingly easy on fuel considering how stout it is. I have a ten year old RAV4 with the V-6 and it still gets 28-29 highway with the A/C on. In town is 19-21. The Camry will easily exceed both.
 
There in nothing wrong with a new Camry 4 cyl.It has a 203 HP, which should be good enough for anybody. I have a Ford Escape with has a V6, with 200HP. The 4 cyl Camry has 3 more HP then the Ford V6. The Ford gets 22 mpg, the Camry get 30 mpg.
 
It all depends what your priorities are.

Mine are power and overall performance. And looks are a concern for me,too. If I hate the way it looks,I don’t care how it performs. Case in point-Tesla. I don’t like the exterior or the interior. They’re rockets,but I want the intake and exhaust sounds from a high-horsepower IC motor. I’m going to try and burn as much 93 Octane as I can before I get too old to enjoy it.

Good luck in your quest.
 
There in nothing wrong with a new Camry 4 cyl.It has a 203 HP, which should be good enough for anybody.
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No one said there`s anything wrong with the four banger engine....it is adequate. I guess I`m not anybody because adequate doesn`t cut it for me.
 
The 2018-2019` models have the new body style which has a similar "look" to a Lexus IMHO.
The paint is medium (on a soft/hard scale) and has a nice factory gloss and shine.
It`s an easy vehicle to get in and out of. No twisting/squeezing needed for exit/entry.
I don`t care for the proprietary head unit. I`d prefer Apple Car Play/Android Auto.
IMHO it is a good daily driver but for the happy foot folks, I`d go with the 6 banger.

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I am not sure about those in US markets, but those here in JDM are absolutely terrible in material and build quality.
Interior is filled with filmsy plastic and exposed nuts / bolts.
Also, the trunk opening was very small it is hard to load large items.
 
Noting that "industrial build-quality" doesn`t bother me in my Crown Vic...I`ll be interested to hear whether the Export/JDM cars are the same in that regard. I`d kinda doubt it.

Not that I`d even *rent* something that looks like that if I had any other option. Though, OK...it`s sure no worse than some recent Hondas.
 
Accumulator said:
Noting that "industrial build-quality" doesn`t bother me in my Crown Vic...I`ll be interested to hear whether the Export/JDM cars are the same in that regard. I`d kinda doubt it.

Not that I`d even *rent* something that looks like that if I had any other option. Though, OK...it`s sure no worse than some recent Hondas.
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How`s the front end on the Crown Vic? When we had them, the ball joints and tie rods would fail between 15-18k. Like clockwork. On every one of them.

Of course, that`s running them 24/7 year-round on big-city streets.

They also had a problem with some weird evaporative emission lines at the back of the car,(aft of the gas tank) that would get jarred loose and drag on the pavement.

They were pretty good in the snow since they were so underpowered. That helps when you have 4 mis-matched tires and at least 2 of them are worn down to the wear-bars.

The A/C worked nice, though.
 
Older- Yeah, the uhm....mode of service...can make all the difference. I`ve never had balljoint/evap line/etc. issues with mine, but can sure understand why they`d happen (such stuff simply *kills* other LE vehicles, at least you can fix the CVs). The current car was a DoJ/BoP car out of Texas (found a service receipt behind the glovebox during my new-to-me inspection), got it with <20K and no bad history, just lots of stonechips (and some bad repainting related to same) from the limestone access roads at the Club Fed. Yeah, it`s a real ringer, took me over three years to find it..exactly the one I always wanted.

Heh heh, sounds like you had to "just get by" when it came to winter; here the LEOs get 4 snows on the sedans (but not the new AWD SUVs).

Yeah, big long-wheelbase cars can be great in the snow, but I don`t drive my P71 in the salt, no real reason to and I`m keeping it in "never driven in salt" condition. I don`t want rust, even surface rust, to get going down there.
 
The best cars I`ve ever used were the Chevys. The square ones and the whales ,too. They had a ton of room in them and were much more durable than the Fords.

The current rage of SUV`s for PD use is just asinine. Try to get a prisoner into or out of one. You can`t put him in feet-first. You have to lift him up to get him in, which is MUCH more difficult when he doesn`t want get in.

Getting him out is a joy,too. Since he`s higher up, he can more easily kick you.

Big departments are arresting people constantly and you find out real quick what works and what doesn`t.

The chiefs love them, though. They never lock anyone up. What makes life difficult for the troops doesn`t matter to them.
 
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Older- Yeah, the uhm....mode of service...can make all the difference. I`ve never had balljoint/evap line/etc. issues with mine, but can sure understand why they`d happen (such stuff simply *kills* other LE vehicles, at least you can fix the CVs). The current car was a DoJ/BoP car out of Texas (found a service receipt behind the glovebox during my new-to-me inspection), got it with <20K and no bad history, just lots of stonechips (and some bad repainting related to same) from the limestone access roads at the Club Fed. Yeah, it`s a real ringer, took me over three years to find it..exactly the one I always wanted.

Heh heh, sounds like you had to "just get by" when it came to winter; here the LEOs get 4 snows on the sedans (but not the new AWD SUVs).

Yeah, big long-wheelbase cars can be great in the snow, but I don`t drive my P71 in the salt, no real reason to and I`m keeping it in "never driven in salt" condition. I don`t want rust, even surface rust, to get going down there.
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I`ve had cars with rust-holes in the floor. Those were the Fords. I can understand your concern with rust.:)
 
Older- Yeah, I agree on all counts.

And yeah, the Chevy 9C1s (my fave was the `95) were *wonderful* cars, I loved `em. I do find the oe brakes on the Fords better though, the ABS is much more sophisticated and can do stuff that humans simply can`t (despite what some people think they can do ;) ).

Good observation about the Prisoner Transport issues with the SUVs, I never thought of that...oh man, the [stuff] LEOs have to deal with!

Back on-topic...the Crown Vics do tie in to the discussion of the Camry because they`re an underappreciated car that does most things better than most drivers could ever dream of doing and (absent real abuse) they just keep on ticking. As the guy said, "it`s not about the bike". When some vehicle "isn`t enough" for somebody, I usually kinda chuckle.
 
Accumulator said:
Older- Yeah, I agree on all counts.

And yeah, the Chevy 9C1s (my fave was the `95) were *wonderful* cars, I loved `em. I do find the oe brakes on the Fords better though, the ABS is much more sophisticated and can do stuff that humans simply can`t (despite what some people think they can do ;) ).

Good observation about the Prisoner Transport issues with the SUVs, I never thought of that...oh man, the [stuff] LEOs have to deal with!

Back on-topic...the Crown Vics do tie in to the discussion of the Camry because they`re an underappreciated car that does most things better than most drivers could ever dream of doing and (absent real abuse) they just keep on ticking. As the guy said, "it`s not about the bike". When some vehicle "isn`t enough" for somebody, I usually kinda chuckle.
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I had a 1984 Mercury Marquis sedan that I drove to work from 1992-1998. As I was working in the hood,I couldn’t drive anything nice. We had to park on the street,sometimes 2-3 blocks away from the station. Heck,I used to leave the doors open so the windows wouldn’t get broken.

That car was enough for me. And there’s a certain freedom that comes with not obsessing about having the latest,greatest thing.

I am spoiled now,however.
 
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.. there’s a certain freedom that comes with not obsessing about having the latest,greatest thing.

I am spoiled now,however.
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I`m spoiled too, to say the least :o but yeah...my Crown Vic is my "just take/park it anywhere for however long" car and sometimes it`s nice to Just Not Worry about the car.

IMO the "newest" isn`t the "greatest", though I`d like to mix and match stuff between today`s cars and older ones..RestoMod/etc. is kinda appealing.
 
Accumulator said:
I`m spoiled too, to say the least :o but yeah...my Crown Vic is my "just take/park it anywhere for however long" car and sometimes it`s nice to Just Not Worry about the car.

IMO the "newest" isn`t the "greatest", though I`d like to mix and match stuff between today`s cars and older ones..RestoMod/etc. is kinda appealing.
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I like the restomods too. I want the look of a classic with the ride and amenities of a newer car. Im old enough to remember how bad sports and muscle cars actually were in the 60’s and 70’s. Especially old Vettes, bone jarring rattle traps, but great styling.
 
rlmccarty2000- Yeah, my mother drove some of the now-sacred Muscle Cars when they were new, and they were absolute POS in many ways. The ones I then bought used weren`t nearly as fun as I`d expected either. Eh, to each their own...but I`m over `em.
 
Does any one have any updates on the Camry? More owner stories and such. I started this thread about 1 1/2 years ago. I am thinking about car shopping again. Thanks
 
Honda Accord, C&D 10 Best 2020. I personally can never warm up to Toyota’s but obviously they’re not hurting because of me. ^_^
 
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