2007 camry

Anyone know if 1) this car can safely fit two small children in the
back seat and 2) if it is equipped with side air bags?
Thanks

"slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone know if 1) this car can safely fit two small children in the
> back seat and 2) if it is equipped with side air bags?
> Thanks
>

1) Yes.
2) the driver and front passenger seats have seat-mounted side air bags,
plus there is a front and rear side curtain airbag as standard equipment.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

slatt333 wrote:
> Anyone know if...it is equipped with side air bags?


And let's not forget the driver knee bag, also standard on the '07
Camry.

The side air bags were NOT standard on the '06 Camrys--neither were the
telescoping steering wheel, the 16-inch wheels, or the tire pressure
monitor. So you get all kinds of new goodies with the '07--EXCEPT a
good transmission ;-)

Quote from Edmunds.com, where you can find a whole lot more:
"Every ['07] Camry comes with seven airbags (dual-stage front airbags,
front-seat side and full-length side curtain airbags and a driver knee
airbag)..."

"Built_Well" <Built_Well_Toyota@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> slatt333 wrote:

> So you get all kinds of new goodies with the '07--EXCEPT a
> good transmission ;-)

Unless you want a 6 cyl and bought it in early March.

PAUL wrote:
> "Built_Well" <Built_Well_Toyota@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1149018890.206874.124880@i39g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > slatt333 wrote:
>
> > So you get all kinds of new goodies with the '07--EXCEPT a
> > good transmission ;-)
>
> Unless you want a 6 cyl and bought it in early March.

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 buy it in
March..(mr. happy:)

slatt333 wrote:
> 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...


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:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.toyota/browse_thread/thread/21866a77fc6412fb/2dc63d561c7f0e69?lnk=st&q=transmission+parts+group%3Aalt.autos.toyota+auth or%3Abuilt_well&rnum=1&hl=en#2dc63d561c7f0e69

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.

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
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> slatt333 wrote:
>> 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...
>
>
> 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:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.toyota/browse_thread/thread/21866a77fc6412fb/2dc63d561c7f0e69?lnk=st&q=transmission+parts+group%3Aalt.autos.toyota+auth or%3Abuilt_well&rnum=1&hl=en#2dc63d561c7f0e69
>
> 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.
>

Art wrote:

> 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.

This applies mostly to V6 models. In fact, it was worse from about '98 to
'02, but at least Honda worked (and probably is still working) to fix that
and other issues that come up, just like Toyota does. Again, you are less
likely to see a big 3 company do that.