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Interior Specialists? Every time I go over some bumps my seats squeak quite loudly and there is a massive rattle of a nail undone coming from inside the dashboard, anybody got any suggestions I could go to? My usual mechanic just said "turn the radio up"
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@Hyaenidae Yeah that's the issue, but it is so loud dude, no point in me spending so much on the suspension and related tit bits if the car dashboard is just rattling like a jackhammer, so frustrating.
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I woke up one day and I now want to buy a W140. The brain works in mysterious ways. It definitely doesn't understand the concept of money since I am nowhere near affording one.
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@Gummybr yessir, I made a decent return on some crypto but then I saw some Omega Speedmasters on Chrono24 and hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Kinda want to buy an unreliable German, idk life seems to be too peaceful these days?
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@matroska haha you bet, not sure if I want to sell the Camry, but I kinda want to see what the other side of reliability has to offer, regardless of any car I get its only going to be a weekend toy since my 9-5 is WFH
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@AVANTE makes sense, just means it'll take a bit longer for the capital to come around but should be worth it
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Camry cools a bit too much on the highway o.0 should I be concerned?
If the temperature scale is from 0-100, normal/spirited driving means the temperature is at 45%, little below half, but I was cruising on the highway and it drops to like 25-30% -
I drove a 2013 Premio for 400km recently. It was the full works. G Superior Badge, Doctor Badge and an owner who kept on claiming it was the ideal car.
0-80% of the Throttle amounts to 0-20% of power and the last bit is where the rest of the powerband lies (more like nopowerband), it had a hard time keeping speed at 140 on a highway, but i will say the suspension is very pudgy and comfortable. Features wise it had the same stuff (sans Cruise Control, Auto Wipers) to my 9 year older car. Good fuel consumption though?- Show previous comments 1 more
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wayin red with bejj interiyal. Premio ciyanne agamac mcn.
On a serious note - How do you rate the noise insulation on the Premio vs the camry?
I fully understand the appeal for the Premio by the masses - it's a simple reliable appliance that gets you from A-B and it generally survives a bout of makabassery so for your doctor friend it is possibly the 'ideal' car. One premio owner mentioned that the lighter coloured interior has a calming effect on him after a stressful day at work and for people like him the car should be just a trouble free appliance that gets him back home without any drama. Not for anyone with a smidgen of enthusiasm for cars though.
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Well....don't forget that the Premio 260 is actually a car from 2007 based on a platform that is at least another 7 years older. So...what you get in terms of features and performance is what was there in the 2000s. In the mid 2010s Toyota stuck safety features to keep the car road legal in Japan but that was also not very good (as it was an after thought).
People in SL are crazy about the Premio/Allion just for this reason. It is old technology and is reminiscent of (or akin to) the Corollas and Carinas of the 80s and 90s they themselves or their parents bought and just ran with minimal maintenance.
By your description I am 100% certain you drove the 1.5 (so the G Superior badge is just a fake one). The 90% of 1.5L variant that were sold here seem to be fleet vehicles (rental cars, business cars, taxis). I recall seeing only a very few 1.5L variants owned by "families" and almost all of them by old people who are definitely retired. The 1.5L is perfect for sitting around in traffic (as most fleet vehicles would). The 1.8 and 2.0 variants are so so different and these are the ones that were popular with non-fleet buyers.
Irrespective of the variant, the Premio/Allion just stopped being popular in Japan around 2012ish as the car was outdated and it was obvious. Cars like the Axela (which were now large and felt premium as the Premio) sold much better. The joke that Toyota kept producing the Premio/Allion just because of the car exporters is actually true.
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@fiat fan yep pearl white, car broke in Arugambay, the throttle sensor module got jammed for some reason and it refused to accelerate (would just idle).
@matroska tbh I like the Camry's insulation better, but I like the noises my engine gives when i give it the full beans so I'm not the best person to ask this. Also yeah, that car has not been maintained at all, we learnt there was no coolant in the radiator after we went to Arugambay. The mechanic we found also took one look at the throttle area and said "the owner of this car doesnt drive fast does he?", needless to say I gave it a good Italian tune (drive it like you stole it, much to its discomfort, and a weird belt noise that came from the front idk). Also lmao "calming" istg these guys will come up with the most absurd shit to justify a purchase.@iRage bingo, it was a 1.5, honestly if you could afford the fuel, I'd 100% choose a Mark X or a newer Camry over this everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. I remember going full throttle for a good 10 -15 seconds only to be like "wtf do you mean I'm only doing 60!?!" when the Camry would be in the triple digits, I guess just difference in needs and wants
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Ferentino update:
Shape tire (for 25k a tire I aint complaining) but seems to lack grip for any spirited driving. Anything beyond a 75* turn at full throttle and the tires start squealing (dript noize) but thats also probably because of the lack of LSD. Unsure. I dont remember having this issue on 8 year old Continental ContiComforts -
After owning the Camry for 2 years I just realized I have never been driven in the backseat. The only other person who has driven the car other than myself as well is my Mechanic
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Gearbox seems to refuse to go into Drive without being warmed up now, it has gotten considerably worse in the past year, quick investigations suggest that it is time to rebuild the Gearbox, there's a place that offers 6 months warranty and has the repair kit for it. That's 75k (25k of it being the damn fluid) gone
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@Hyaenidae haha thanks buddy, padinawa hadanawa, restaurent eke wathura order karanawa, that is the life!
@PerfMad haha! Yes that's where I got her fixed, took only a day :D, have to do a cold start to see if issue is fixed, they used the RAV4 Kit (2AZFE and Gearbox are the same)! -
@matroska looks like it!