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Actually now that I own 2 Honda's and pay attention to the Honda group,
apparently Honda AT's are a pretty bad weak spot.


"Built_Well" <Built_Well_Toyota@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1149105811.166509.36310@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> slatt333 wrote:[color=green]
>> What is wrong with the transmission? Was there a recall or something?
>> What is going on here? I do want a 6 cyl, but I can't...[/color]
>
>
> Please let me toot my own horn and say I was the first in this
> newsgroup to
> report issues surrounding the new V6 Camry's transmission.
>
> In January, two months before the '07 V6 first appeared on dealer
> lots, yours truly mentioned:
>
> One of Toyota's engineers had this to say about the new
> 6-speed automatic transmission that comes with the
> six-cylinder '07 Camry:
>
> "The old five-speed automatic transmission was much more
> expensive than the new six-speed automatic. The new transmission
> has 20 percent fewer parts and reduced weight. I don't know how much
> less it costs to build, but from the start of development, engineering
> was working to reduce parts and increase performance."
>
>
> Slatt333, if you'd like to read more, here is a link to that 4-month
> old thread:
>
> [url]http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.toyota/browse_thread/thread/21866a77fc6412fb/2dc63d561c7f0e69?lnk=st&q=transmission+parts+group%3Aalt.autos.toyota+author%3Abuilt_well&rnum=1&hl=en#2dc63d561c7f0e69[/url]
>
> By the way, I shouldn't say the new tranny is bad, just that it is
> unproven and
> seems not to be as good as the tranny it's replacing. Still, would you
> rather
> have a Toyota tranz or some other company's? I know I vote Toyota.
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