Why would you buy a car like this?

[fdexclpl]

Last weekend I went to a function for my niece. When we came out to leave I saw this Camry parked next to my Mazda.


I know everyone's tastes are different but, does anyone think that this looks nice or complements the style of the car?

[DrewsCam]

older people like them, there was a thread like this a few weeks back about the same thing different colored camry though

[Asteroid]

Wow vinyl roof disappeared in the early 70s here. Yeeeesh.

[fdexclpl]

It was fabric.

[Archosman]

Fugly...

[ben805]

Obviously that camry owner wishes he has a camry convertible,.. LOL

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by fdexclpl

Last weekend I went to a function for my niece. When we came out to leave I saw this Camry parked next to my Mazda.


I know everyone's tastes are different but, does anyone think that this looks nice or complements the style of the car?

WTF??? At least it match the color of the dirt on the ground.

[CharmCityES]

gross...ive seen a few gen 5's with these...looks cheap and stupid

[PhatRoyale]

It's just personal taste.... I've seen quite a few Corolla's sporting that top.

[ekpolk]

Originally Posted by DrewsCam

older people like them, there was a thread like this a few weeks back about the same thing different colored camry though

I'm way older than most of the folks who participate in forums like this (grad from HS in 1979...), and when I was "young" we thought these silly things were laughable and hideous. I do remember as a kid when they were heavily pushed as original equipment by the domestic makers as some sort of "classy" styling cue. I think my distaste for the term "styling cue" is probably tied to these awful things. I can remember them being defended as being "like having a convertible" without the hassles. Good heavens no. If the roof doesn't open up, all the way, then it's absolutely NOT "like having a convertible". They were usually vinyl (as in "vinyl top"), but now, in a perverse retro touch, you occasionally see cloth-ish ones like this. Hey, if it floats the owner's boat, and he's willing to pay for it -- oh well. But no, I would not buy one.

One last thought about these atrocities:

[Omer]

Well, at least it's unique...

[Zembonez]

UH... maybe the guy just realized he bought an ugly car and was trying to cover up part of it?















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That top is horrible.

[Frodo65]

Hey, it's missing the Vogue Wide Whites, the thick wire 'dubs (wide ones in the back), and the fake dual exhaust.

Along with curb feelers, a Continental kit, and the requisite fuzzy dice. Guess all of these were part of the 'level 2' barf package.

[sundarpn]

He should at least paint that fabic black or something!

[Yazovets]

Those kinds of roofs belong on Cadillacs, Lincolns and Buicks only.