Moving over to the dark side...

[Retrospekt]

Well as some of you know my Camry's crankshaft broke and the crankshaft main bearing split apart too. The engine was garbage and I sold the body off for 750 bucks. I'll miss her dearly.

Unfortunately it looks like I may be crossing over. Yes, Honda. My dealer friend is bidding on this for me. Said it might go for 1,300 bucks. Who wouldn't take a 95 Civic with 71k miles for that money?! It's got a bit of cancer but I don't care much.

I'll drop by from time to time. :p

[the_professional]

join the club.
I drive an Acura Legend now.
But I drive my camry half the time, I just can't give her up, she goes & goes, and has a smoother ride, and an even smoother tranny.

I love my Camry.

Best of Luck!

[eyeball96]

Nothing in the rules say you have to drive a Yota to be a member here!

Congrats on the new car, I hope your friend bids well!

[haux]

Off with his head!

[Gothmog3VZ]

Originally Posted by haux

Off with his head!

And the battle between toyota and honda spreads



I've been looking for an excuse to use that one

[Nervous]

Well.... Replacing Camry by Civic..... No way I can do it (as well as replacing by Corolla or something else that small). I would understand Accord, but Civic?

[hill8570]

Just when you know damn near everything that can go wrong with a Camry, now you move on? Glad to hear you managed to score $750 on the rig -- I sure wouldn't be able to get that kind of money for a hulk around here.

Gotta agree with Nervous...a Civic is serious step down in size from a Camry. OK for a DD (killer gas mileage), but seems like you had a couple of cross-country trips coming up. Years back, I drove a Corolla from Texas to Idaho...OK for one person, would've been cramped had it been a family trip (and that little motor barely got me over the passes in Wyoming).

[quangtran89]

At least with a civic you will have more aftermarket parts available.

[Retrospekt]

I know it's an odd trade off. Part of me wants something big again. I was looking at Maxima's but saw this one and I'm going to try and get it. I never really needed anything big. Mileage is fantastic so I'm excited for that.

As far as the trips go, they're still planned, and I'm still driving! They're both only with 1 person so I figure we can pack it till the doors don't close anymore. The 35mpg on the highway will be a treat compared to what the Camry got.

As for getting 750 bucks, I was surprised to. The car did have brand new tires though and the body was pretty good.

Plus, I only need this car for 5 months until I'm off to school downstate.

[the_professional]

i quoted myself in my signiture,

"The problem with being a gen 3 Camry owner is every car thereafter is a downgrade." - the_professional

couldnt be more true...

but atleast your thinking about mileage, my legend takes premium & gas mileage blows city wise, hwy, its forgivable, but there is not enough hwys in NYC.

[zythr]

Why not try for a Camry Wagon if you had not owned one before?

[Nervous]

Hard to find?

[MickyB]

Go for it! My first Honda was a 90 accord LX used of course. Wife owns a 01 civic and she loves it. Heck I may go back to Honda if my Highlander keeps iving me these tit for tat issues. Good Luck!

[Retrospekt]

I was going to bid on it but on 2nd look I noticed the odometer reads EXACTLY 71000. That seems a little fishy to me. Copart is usually pretty good about reporting not actual odometer readings, but I don't know about this one.

[bigbird]

Originally Posted by Gothmog3VZ

I've been looking for an excuse to use that one

not much of a battle right now, honda's like "and we've had problems when?"

Originally Posted by the_professional

i quoted myself in my signiture,



couldnt be more true...

but atleast your thinking about mileage, my legend takes premium & gas mileage blows city wise, hwy, its forgivable, but there is not enough hwys in NYC.

I had to really think hard on that one and yeah i think it may just be true.