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I just bought a 1996 Toyota Camry Station Wagon - walkaround 2nd owner
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2019
- 1996 Toyota Camry automatic transmission station wagon purchased from second owner Rhode island clean original OEM interior all stock works great silver weird color
. I bought a 3 year old 1996 Camry Wagon that came out of the south with the 4 cylinder engine . White, beige interior, black roof rack, gorgeous and with the gold badges all around. Even found two extra CAMRY gold badges and stuck them mid line on the front doors near the hinges. Looks original And yes, they are GOLD PLATED! $32 on Ebay. I have been driving it ever since and still own it down here in Florida. Has never seen snow, salt, etc. and is solid as a rock. In the same condition as this video! I did add a great Kenwood Bluetooth Radio just to keep up with the times!
Then....IT happened after 258,000 miles (my goal when I bought it was to rack up enough miles to get me to the moon...about 243,000 miles). Just changed the oil and was coming back home when it started to rock and roll. Got it home only to have to tow it to a great Toyota repair shop I found near me. Failed the engine block test. Bummer. Opened the top of the engine to do the repairs and was told by the mechanic because of excessive wear he found in spite of the care it has received over the past 25 years, that it was better to find a new engine or a rebuilt one. Scoured the entire US and found nothing but high mileage drivers that had more miles than mine. And then, I hit paydirt. A guy in Miami (I am from the Tampa/Clearwater area) was selling his 95 year old dad's 1996 Camry COUPE (complete with sunroof) with only 65,000 miles on it. Since it was the only option at the time, we bought the entire car, drove down to Miami with a flat bed U Haul behind our Sequoia(!) and got it home. The car was a MESS having sat unused for a long time, quite dirty in the engine bay, and according to the shop, some kind of black OOZE was found in the transmission pan. But the engine sounded fine (seller said he has all the service records from his dad who only drove it within a 5 miles radius from his home)...but hell, only 65,000, one owner miles. Got it to the shop, they dropped my engine and the one from the donor car and by the end of next week, I should be doing the ole' Willie Nelson, "On the Road Again." Next goal is to get it to 500,000 miles. Total cost of the repairs, $5700.00 and that includes the purchase of the car ($2300). But we were able to pull about $4000 worth of engine components off of it so it turned out to be a great deal. Try to buy a decent car for THAT little.
And I should tell you not a week goes buy when someone will ask to buy my Camry. Either at parking lots, on the road, or one guy who drove right into my driveway as I was detailing the car. I kid you not. Now here is the best news of all. My shop mechanic "dialed' in the donor engine to such an extent (far better than factory), that on two 100 miles MPG runs just to see how the engine performed, I went from around 20 MPG with my older engine (2.2L) to 31.77 MPG! Incredible increase. I also added a treatment of Auto-RX to the oil to clean out any sludge, deposits, etc. After driving around a bit more, drained the oil and out came much darker, but not sludgey oil. New oil change with the following cocktail: 3 quarts of Mobil 1 High Mileage Full Synthetic, one quart Marvel Mystery Oil and one pint of BestLine Nano Technology Diamond Oil treatment. The engine now has the proper "whine" as it should and is so smooth and quiet, even my shop was amazed at how well it performed. So, fellow GEEKSTERS, take heart. You now own something that others always wanted. Like getting to date that prom queen back in high school. They call that KARMA. Enjoy. Dr. Z (Lou)
Got my '94 15 years ago with 84.000, and now have 230,000. Keep it maintained, keep it going! The best!
Very clean car for its age! This is the 3rd Gen Camry and the last wagon for the US market. I own a 4th GEN Camry wagon (second owner, in Australia) and it's awesome!
Bro I just bought one for $500 bucks runs so smooth....150k miles. Classic!! Nice video bro!!
Where did u get it?
one of the best cars ever made
No viewing of the engine? hahahaha. That's the most important part.
Damn that interior is mint!!! 👌👌👌👌
This is some Gran Turismo collection stuff if you are into that you know bro!!
Pristine example of a rarefied model.
Very nice.
You can always switch out that double din radio with a Sony XAV unit from Crutchfield.com
That way you can have Android auto/apple Carplay with navigation.
Well that's me anyway :p I have a Lexus es350 but always wanted a wagon. Congrats on the purchase brother !
Damn shame to use this as a winter rat. I've been looking for one of these for a long time.
Got the exact same car in white
Great video!.always looking for new camry wagon videos because most of them are older. Looking for a camry wagon my self down here in San Diego CA. Hows your going?.
Hey I'm looking to buy one of these shortly here locally. I'm not mechanic, but any tips on what I should look for before buying it?
Did this wagon ever come with a V6 manual transmission combo?
Did not. In US all wagons are automatic both V6 and I4 engine options in this generation
How much this car?
I have the same car but mines is a 93 with power moonroof v6 engine and it has a 2 passenger seat at the cargo area for a total of 7 people
How do you like your v6?
Earthsperfectphotos rides nice a smooth 😎