Toyota Camry: can anything stop a chevy

"bob shiply" <com> wrote in message
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But other than that do you like it?

Mind you if that was happening to my car I might be a tad pissed too.

Based on your experience I really can't blame you for going back.

My experience has been the exact opposite over the last 2 1/2 years the XLE
has outperformed and been far more reliable than any murcan car I have
owned.

I have been told domestically built Toyotas however do not stand up like the
jap versions of which mine is one.

"the engine intake manifold gasket leaked"

I have this problem too on my 03 Camry, Japanese built. Dealership won't do
anything about it...they call it "sweating" !!!

Sorry you hate the Cam so much, I don't blame you at all. The best years
were from 92-96...the 97-01 were the worst built by far!



"bob shiply" <com> wrote in message
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I have an old Camry (1992) with 130 000milles and it's still running like
new, no major component were changes ant it's the original exhaust system,
but this car was built in japan not in USA.

That mean if you want a reliable car you have to buy one made in japan.


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sylvain gagnon wrote: 

Same here at 180000miles. Front brake pads are still the original ones (!),
front exhaust was replaced.
Still drives like day #1: same mileage, no oil consumption at all.

Luc K

> Same here at 180000miles. Front brake pads are still the original 

That's hard to believe.

"bob shiply" <com> wrote in message news:<bphaia$d1i$northgrum.com>... 

For those of you unfamiliar with the related thread from which this
post is "borrowed" it is:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=odCsb.35034%24vn.76346%40sea-read.news.verio.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26q%3Dsun%2Bshell%2Bcracked%26meta%3Dgroup%253Da lt.autos.toyota.*

badgolferman wrote: 

I know, I've never seen this before (previous car was Audi 100 diesel manual
transmission, so a Camry with auto trans should need brake pads earlier...)

At 100000miles, the technician asked me 'do you ever brake?'
I responded: "Yes, even for animals!"
According to the technician, the brake pads had only lost about 1/4.

The rear brakes had to be replaced because the brake cylinder got stuck on
one side...

Luc K

Yeah, a number of things can stop a Chevy.

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