Year One

The new 2007 Camry, expected at dealerships in March, sure
does look sytlish.

What do you think of the conventional advice to
avoid a new car model's first year of production and wait
for the second year, when possible problems with the car
may have been ironed out at the plant?

In article <YMadnbAUYbiD31neRVn-uQ@sysmatrix.net>,
"Built_Well" <bw@bbbb.com> wrote:
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> The new 2007 Camry, expected at dealerships in March, sure
> does look sytlish.
>
> What do you think of the conventional advice to
> avoid a new car model's first year of production and wait
> for the second year, when possible problems with the car
> may have been ironed out at the plant?[/color]

It seems unwarranted with my '03 Matrix and seems like it might have
been a good idea with my '04 Chevy Colorado.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:19:13 -0500, Built_Well wrote:
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> The new 2007 Camry, expected at dealerships in March, sure
> does look sytlish.
>
> What do you think of the conventional advice to
> avoid a new car model's first year of production and wait
> for the second year, when possible problems with the car
> may have been ironed out at the plant?[/color]

That's what I thought when I bought my '80 Corolla SR-5

The damn thing only went 224,000 miles, and blew a water pump about
halfway.

--
A young girl I know told me I drive like an old man

I told her, actually, I drive like Mario Andretti.
It's just that too many other people on the road
drive like Paul Tracy...

Probably not a bad idea if the bizarre problems we've seen this past year
on a bunch of new Avalons are any indication. But maybe they got them
worked out, who the hell knows. I don't even know anything about the new
Camry. Are they going with the Avalons V6 (the designation escapes me), or
are they sticking with the 3MZ-FE?

"Built_Well" <bw@bbbb.com> wrote in message
news:YMadnbAUYbiD31neRVn-uQ@sysmatrix.net...[color=blue]
> The new 2007 Camry, expected at dealerships in March, sure
> does look sytlish.
>
> What do you think of the conventional advice to
> avoid a new car model's first year of production and wait
> for the second year, when possible problems with the car
> may have been ironed out at the plant?[/color]

You may find the body panels have some minor cosmetic issues that they
didn't have time to get fixed. Like above the fuel tank filling door, around
the door handles, along door edges.

This may not bother you, however. Very few people actually notice these
issues.

Regards,

Robin

Built_Well wrote:[color=blue]
> The new 2007 Camry, expected at dealerships in March, sure
> does look sytlish.
>
> What do you think of the conventional advice to
> avoid a new car model's first year of production and wait
> for the second year, when possible problems with the car
> may have been ironed out at the plant?[/color]

I saw a study on this recently, I believe in Consumer Reports. This
wisdom was generally true for most auto makers, but Toyota was one of
the very few (two?) who had low defects in each year, beginning with
the first year. I think Honda or Nissan was another.

I'd probably just go for it. My 1993 Nissan Altima (first year of the
car) is still running at well over 250K miles. Very few issues and
most only recently.

qslim wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Are they going with the Avalons V6...or are they sticking
> with the 3MZ-FE?[/color]


It looks like the new '07 Camry V6 (3.5 liter) will
be 2GR-FE.

2AZ-FE for the 2.4 liter 4-cylinder.

The page below has more info, including the hybrid's engine designations:

[url]http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/01/12/207257.html[/url]

By the way, I meant the new '07 Camry is
stylish, not sYTlish (interposed characters).