And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

DaveyDave

People on DoneDeal, it's like they think saying "first to view will buy" and "must be seen" will actually make someone buy the car.

It's a decade old, feck off with the "car is mint condition". Could have at least spent 5 minutes cleaning the engine bay?

colm_mcm

Artic white - so, like a truck then!

JohnBoy26

DaveyDave wrote: »

People on DoneDeal, it's like they think saying "first to view will buy" and "must be seen" will actually make someone buy the car.

It's a decade old, feck off with the "car is mint condition". Could have at least spent 5 minutes cleaning the engine bay?

I prefer seeing a car with an.engine bay that isn't washed tbh

pablo128

That very same car was on adverts.ie for 2950 2 months ago.

bear1

I actually dont mind it. I believe the 2.4 is a Camry engine too I think so probably not that bad to go.

colm_mcm

pablo128 wrote: »

That very same car was on adverts.ie for 2950 2 months ago.

Yep, there was one in Louth on donedeal for €3950 too.

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yep, there was one in Louth on donedeal for €3950 too.

Same one?

http://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/other-toyota/2007-toyota-other-toyota/13714063

selectamatic

A 3.5 2grfe one would make a great carvan

colm_mcm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Same one?

http://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/other-toyota/2007-toyota-other-toyota/13714063

Yep.

Muppet Man

I'm confused, why stick an extra 4k on to the price in the space of 2 months?

colm_mcm

Profit!

I’m guessing someone bought it and doesn’t want it anymore.

Foxhole Norman

"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", 2.4 with only 160hp :pac:

fonecrusher1

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", 2.4 with only 160hp :pac:

Its about a second and a half faster that the manual 1.6 vvti Auris.:eek:

colm_mcm

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", 2.4 with only 160hp :pac:

0-60 in 11.6 seconds!

emeldc

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Then why do I want it so bad :pac:

But more seriously, why is it advertised in the vintage section?

The ad says 'will deal in vintage'. I took that to mean he'd swap it for something vintage.

fonecrusher1

colm_mcm wrote: »

0-60 in 11.6 seconds!

Ah its not that bad, its about 8 and a half for the 0 - 60. The automatic must kill a lot of those horses.

Top Dog

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

But more seriously, why is it advertised in the vintage section?

Vintage, Parts and a few other sections are cheaper to advertise in than the cars for sale.

colm_mcm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Ah its not that bad, its about 8 and a half for the 0 - 60. The automatic must kill a lot of those horses.

http://www.oneshift.com/new_cars/car-overview.php?pid=1358

That's what I'm going off. There's also a 3.5 V6

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

The Auris is saleproof.

FUBO

original ( 1998) 3 litre Camry only produced 187 bhp JAP CRAP

morritty

FUBO wrote: »

original ( 1998) 3 litre Camry only produced 187 bhp JAP CRAP

That's just awful, an E38 728i ONLY produced 190 hp... JAP CRAP 90s engines.

JohnBoy26

FUBO wrote: »

original ( 1998) 3 litre Camry only produced 187 bhp JAP CRAP

Which still done 0-60mph in 8.7 seconds.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

FUBO wrote: »

original ( 1998) 3 litre Camry only produced 187 bhp JAP CRAP

Yeah you're missing the point entirely.

Quazzie

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Yeah you're missing the point entirely.

To be fair VW were producing 1.9 diesels capable of that output in the 90s.

colm_mcm

Quazzie wrote: »

To be fair VW were producing 1.9 diesels capable of that output in the 90s.

Which ones were they?

MetzgerMeister

colm_mcm wrote: »

Which ones were they?

TDi I'm guessing.

Quazzie

colm_mcm wrote: »

Which ones were they?

130bhp TDi were well within them limits with a simple remap.

fancy pigeon

Quazzie wrote: »

130bhp TDi were well within them limits with a simple remap.

PD? Thought they were 2000's... Open to corrections though

selectamatic

fancy pigeon wrote: »

PD? Thought they were 2000's... Open to corrections though

Technically the 115bhp pd is a 90's engine as I think it was an option on the 1999 Passat. The 130 didn't come along till 01 though.

Either way both Quazzie's and Fubo's points are pretty strange.

A v6 Camry was built to be a comfy cruiser with a mix of reliability, adequate power and frugality in countries that don't tax the bejesus outta cars over 2000cc if a man wanted just power he could have just bought a 2jzgte supra or aristo.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I think a lot of people missed the point.

Slow, massive tax, ugly, jap higher insurance and only a fücking Auris.

Utterly valueless, fit only for a crusher.