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Anyone own a camry?

  • 11-08-2015 9:17pm
    #1
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭


    They look like comfortable beasts! Even older ones! Would like to know if anyone had any experience with them?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,544 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    They're big, but very low slung, so not as comfortable as you might think.


  • #3
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Share quite a few parts with the Lexus range also.


    They don't have the upper class image though...:(


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,479 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    They were a taxi man's dream.


  • #5
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    nice wide cars
    about 4 inches wider inside than similar cars
    apart from that they a a nice reliable big car


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,544 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Auto&leather was pretty much the holy grail :)


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  • #7
    sblythe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭sblythe


    I got a 3.0 one for 100 quid last year.

    It was so ****


  • #8
    irishmover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭irishmover


    Almost every second Car on the roads here in Australia are Camry's*

    Can't go wrong really.

    *complete exaggeration but they're a popular reliable car


  • #9
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,544 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    sblythe wrote: »
    I got a 3.0 one for 100 quid last year.

    It was so ****

    As €100 items go though.....


  • #10
    sblythe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭sblythe


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    As €100 items go though.....

    Well I drove it home after putting a battery in. Ex taxi, loads of miles but pretty clean. Still though, it was mad bland.

    I got 4 for it after a valet and new battery though


  • #11
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,479 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    The Yanks love them too. Best selling car over there for years.


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  • #12
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    bazz26 wrote: »
    The Yanks love them too. Best selling car over there for years.

    They stir erotic thoughts within me


    Saw a nice 04 (?) one today, had a nosey inside, nice leather and auto/semi auto


  • #13
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,544 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Just auto. No fancy tiptronic or the likes


  • #14
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Just auto. No fancy tiptronic or the likes

    Seems to be a lot of 04s for sale, with pretty hefty price tags, still they look the buisness!


  • #15
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,565 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Ive had 2, an 02 one and an 04 one.
    Both the 2.4 VVTi Auto versions.

    Both were taxi's. They were so good for taxi use, so comfortable and effortless.
    very light at the front, wheel spin without even trying and light going into bends, but again, great for passengers etc

    they can suffer from blocked mesh at the top of the head, i used to throw a can of oil cleaner thingy in a day before servicing to loosen up anything up there.

    I went from them to an 05 D4D Avendid T-Spirit, if only the Avensis had the Camry's Auto box or the Camry had the
    D4D engine!

    Quite heavy on petrol too from what i can remember.


  • #16
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,544 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Aren't the auto gearboxes very similar on the Camry and Avensis?

    I guess you mean in the diesel.

    I always thought the Hyundai Sonata was a good Camry replacement. I know it's not a Toyota but the diesel auto is ideal for taxiing and it's in a similar style to the Camry.


  • #17
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,565 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Aren't the auto gearboxes very similar on the Camry and Avensis?

    At the time, there was no auto in the D4D Avensis.


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