This Camry has everything a modern car lacks. Simplicity and solidity. No screens, no push to start, no turbos or CVTs. Of course this car is not as safe as a newer car, it's slower, and probably gets worse gas mileage. But I would take something like this over a modern car with excessive electronics. This car is simple.
Exactly, all I need to just a car to get me around, don't need anything such as electronics because its stuff that's gonna break and cost a lot of money to fix. All I want is a radio and cd player, no screens
thank you! i just got my permit weeks ago and my first car is a 2001 toyota camry... i got it for free from it being passed down so im lucky to have one i didnt have to buy! its good to see someones POV driving a car ill be driving in a couple months!
i have an update! i have my road test tomorrow. it was supposed to be last week but due to severe thunderstorming we thought it best to reschedule for tomorrow. i will have an update with my road test tomorrow!
@@kevinyanni8972 i passed! although it was kinda tough for me to accept that i did. the road i was on had a lot of potholes so i was slow mainly on roads that had that so i thought i failed for going alone turns out, that was the good news that i was able to navigate my way around things that can damage my car!
I have one now. Can you share how you maintain it? And how often do you change your car parts or fluids? Also which brand do you use for oil change? Is it high mileage F.S. or just full synthetic? Sorry, I got a lot to ask lol
The camry was the introduction of bigger japanese sedans for the american market. America loved it! Everyone loved it. Then everything just got bigger and bigger from here on out.
Man this brings me back…my first car was very similar to this, a 1999 Camry LE in burgundy. Sold it for $2,000 back in 2017. It was the perfect car for the beginning of my driving journey, never gave me any problems. Absolutely awful acceleration though, so I don’t really miss it too much haha
Way better than these new cars more simple not with all these stupid cvt and turbocharged four cylinder engines and useless gadgets. Not a fan of older Toyotas it’s slow not fast by any means but super reliable and fuel efficient that’s what consumers want
Oh hey, my first car. 290K miles and around $10K in consumables, repairs and parts. This one is in immaculate shape. I still remember how to remove the gauge cluster and radio/hvac controls for this thing. I replaced my radio, speakers, gauge lights and hvac lights on this thing. Fixed all the oil leaks that my mom left for me, main seal, freeze plug, valve seals. finally gave me compression loss in cyl4 and I sold it for $2500. I still kinda miss it sometimes.
I had the exactly same spec 2001 Camry LE. So many flawless cross country roadtrips in the car. Put it into OD on the freeways, and it would return 37-38 mpg. Sold it because I had to give up a parking spot in Chicago. 😢
my first car was a 97 nissan sentra and i tell you what i was in the market for a ford f 150 or something well we said well we just gonna find me a car to get me to point a to point b as soon as possible so we lookjed around on market place found a 97 nissan sentra and i tell you its the best car out of all the vehicles ive droven
I miss this era of cars. They had just enough options like power windows wnd cruise control and it was so essy to upgrade the stereo with the old school "din" slots. 😅 Cars today are so ott
Solid rustproofing these Camrys got by the refresh of this gen. Not to say they haven't succumbed to the steel herpes, but they do a lot better compared to even trucks of the era. Especially their 4Runners, oof.
It sounds alright to me, it could just be the timing belt that is starting to wear, which is common with these older Toyotas, every 70-80k miles or so they need to be replaced, youll often hear ticking or feel vibration if you have a worn timing belt. But the engine itself sounds pretty healthy, these 4th gen Camrys are absolutely bulletproof, with proper maintenance they will literally run forever, there have been several late 90s early 00s 4 gen camrys that have been driven 1 million miles.
