Oh What Feel..Meh: 1991 Toyota Camry
This next car comes a tip from Safety Fast who writes; Oh what a feeling… blue… on blue. I don’t know why I’m sending this in to DT instead of just going out right now to buy it. I’ll be surprised if it lasts through the weekend. When I first saw this car I had competing feelings of respect and disgust. Respect because this blue-beige machine is so clean and I have to give props to the owners who kept it from the sun, shopping carts, kids, and the crusher — disgust because out of all the cars to save from 1991, why would someone choose something from the underwhelming buffet of beige like a Camry to save from the elements and shopping carts. I guess it doesn’t matter, because if you want to drive something from 1991 that makes it feel like 1992…this is it. Oh…what a feeling. Find this 1991 Toyota Camry offered for $5500 in Sacramento, CA via craigslist.
From the seller;
1991 toyota camry le v6
condition: excellent
cylinders: 6 cylinders
drive: fwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 103272
paint color: blue
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: sedan
Selling One owner, Clean Title, rare 1991 Toyota Camry LE V6 with Only 103,272 original miles on it.
All regular maintenance always on time.
Clean CarFax. Drives great. Garage kept.
Very reliable and dependable sedan.
Everything works. New smog certificate.
Car has no problems at all.
Engine: 2.5L
Transmission: Automatic
Interior and exterior are in great shape.
A/C and heater work.
Non smoker, no pets. No oil leaks.
Good tires.
Price $5500. No low ballers. Serious buyers only please.
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Could drop a stick in that, right?
Likely the second best generation ever made (only behind the generation that immediately succeeded it in 1992-96). These two generations were the absolute pinnacle of “quality first” Toyota production abilities, something that was unfortunately lost when the 1997 model came out, as it marked the beginning of decontenting quality measures that couldn’t be seen nor touched (gold plated connectors, sound deadening, etc) and every Camry afterwards was an exercise in “how low can we go?” rather than “how well can we build it?”
Right? The 2010 we bought new was a terrific vehicle in many respects, but I kept bumping into ridiculous cut-corner cheap-outs. Bare minimum battery, tires that wore out in 18 months, etc.
I always understood the origin of “cut corners” to be from when coins were actually made of gold and silver. People would shave a tiny bit off many coins, which adds up slowly but surely. Toyota sells a lot of cars, so the $5 they saved on my cheap-ass battery inconvenienced me and millions of others once in a while, and saved them billions of yen.
The fact that stealing from the Crown by shaving coins was at one time punishable by extremely harsh punishment didn’t seem out of proportion when I had a crying baby in the car seat and the minivan wouldn’t fire up.
I dunno, my wife’s 2002 Camry was pretty solid. It’s the ‘bloaty-est’ looking camry, but that thing carried both my sons home from the hospital and gave us 13 years of solid, no-bs service while raising a young family. It did everything we wanted it to do, and we didn’t ask it to things it couldn’t….
If this was a stick, I would have to grab the trailer and run up to Sacto. Loved this generation before they decided to go all around on the shape. 🙂
This thing has the V6 which moved the car pretty nicely for a malaise type sedan. I worked at a Toyota dealership in the late ’80s and remember these coming with an optional 5 speed. The shifting was slick and unlike any other Toyota at the time, plus it pulled way harder!