07 Camry hybrid test

[regfootball]

Canadian Driver

the car is in flybrian's favorite color!

and the radio........

Edited December 2, 2006 by regfootball

[Polish_Kris]

Hey Reg, I know this may be off topic, but have you ever been up here in Canada? I noticed you enjoy reading the Canadian motoring press.

[regfootball]

canadian driver is a nice simple web site with objective reporting.

Edited December 3, 2006 by regfootball

[ToniCipriani]

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

[caddycruiser]

Everyone one I've ever seen underhood--from brand new on the lot--looks like that^^, so I'm not really sure. Looks like the typical surface stuff that happens on the manifolds of just about every car, even from new--some are just more hidden.

[CARBIZ]

All cars melt up here in Ontario, don't ya know?

[Z-06]

canaidan driver is a nice simple web site with objective reporting.

223338[/snapback]

+1, They just have honest opinions, and their reviews I think are decently fair.

[regfootball]

+1, They just have honest opinions, and their reviews I think are decently fair.

223434[/snapback]

and its easy to read and not full of garbage like most US auto sites. and they have big pictures.

[Flybrian]

This is true. No one is trying to be F. Scott Fitzgerald writing these reviews.

[pow]

This is true. No one is trying to be F. Scott Fitzgerald writing these reviews.

223443[/snapback]

But there is a sweaty fat man who tries to be Jeremy Clarkson in his videos...

http://www.canadiandriver.com/video/07saturn_aura_wmv.htm

[siegen]

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

223381[/snapback]

Looks like there's no heat shield over the exhaust manifold. I wonder why.

[Flybrian]

:rotflmao:

[PurdueGuy]

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

223381[/snapback]

Exhaust manifolds almost always rust, unless they're stainless, and then they discolor.

*edit* Did this part stick out to anyone else?

As with the regular Camry, the new centre instrument panel controls features skinny metal buttons and a greeny-blue plastic background. Instead of the buttons being lit at night, the background around them is lit to make the buttons visible. Personally, I find this a bit ass-backwards, and I don't like the skinny buttons. Give me big buttons that I can't miss.

The rest of it seemed to be staying in the middle - this was by far the strongest opinion given in the whole thing. lol

Edited December 3, 2006 by PurdueGuy

[ponchoman49]

The Camry Hybrid is the family car that doesn't let you take along the family luggage. 10.6 cu.ft trunk! Thats pathetic for a car of this size even with the hybrid crap back there. His annoyance with the tiny buttons and not so smooth drivetrain were interesting.

[Intrepidation]

Reg do you go to auto123.com? I thik some of their articles overlap with Canadian Auto Press, but it's the same principle: objective, fair reviews.

Also...I happen to like teh Camry's stereo, if only because it's integrated andnot the same damn thing in every car Toyota makes *cough (GM)* *cough (Ford)* *cough (Chrysler Group)*