There’s actually a Facebook group I’m a member of called Underappreciated Survivors. I’m the guy with 2 V20 Camrys, a 4 Cylinder DX with 280,000 on it I got when I was 16 and an 88 LE V6 my folks bought new and traded in 93 with about 71k on it.  The 88 luckily was bought by a retired lady who drove it a whole 11k in…

The “mouse belts” seem to be reliable, if not the state of the art in safety.  I’ve never had one quit working.

I wish they still offered fabrics like they did back then. Even the plush in my Camry LE and our Supra is in excellent shape

To each their own, but I am a car enthusiast and I have two, one 4 and one v6.  Plus there’s a Supra in my garage as well.

And that tweed is durable!  I had to have a small hole in my drivers outer bolster patched in about 2014 in a car that had seen about 270k by that point. 

Bingo!  The S-Series engine was used in various displacements and applications from the early 80's until the mid-2000's.  They made the turbo, the GE head variant, and the final version was a 3S-FSE which was their first production Direct Injection engine.  The direct injection one could burn as lean as 50:1 and it…

These were not the bland beigemobiles that later Camrys became. This gen and the XV10 that came after it were great cars. I prefer the boxy styling and chrome of this gen over the XV10, but they were great cars until Toyota started cutting costs with the XV20 of 1997. It was downhill for the Camry from that point on…

The 3S-GTE out of the Celica and MR2 of the era and later in the Caldina in Japan will bolt right in... might want the transaxle out of the Celica or Caldina to handle the extra power though as well.  This car pushing as much power as a modern V6 Camry would be a blast considering its curb weight. 

I’d take that one, even though I’m not a fan of the burgundy interior. 

The Camry of this era is considerably smaller than the ones that came after and shared a lot of components with the Celica of the era.  there are folks who have swapped the turbocharged version of the block in this Camry in one pushing as much power as the optional V6 in the new ones... it can be quite the sleeper. 

And later the Corolla and Geo Prism followed by the Corolla Matrix and Pontiac Vibe.  The Prism was the JDM Sprinter sedan and hatch, and the Vibe bodied variant was sold in Japan as the Toyota Voltz

The coupon on the Ravpower magsafe charger is only available on the one without the power adapter. Even with the code, it is still over $20.

The coupon on the Ravpower magsafe charger is only available on the one without the power adapter. Even with the…

That was pretty progressive for that era, but it was France so...

They are very adjustable, but I kinda wish there was a lever instead of a knob for the seatback... it takes forever to lay the seat down and put it back up. 

They do. I don’t have an All-Trac, but I do have a 90 DX 4 cylinder and an 88 LE V6. There is a small but active Facebook group for the V20 Camry/Vista/ES250.  Most of them aren’t stock however.  If it was in the budget and I could find a clean All-Trac LE, I would love to swap the 3S-GTE out of a Celica into one. 

Buy it, you won’t regret it.  I have a 90 with 280,000 miles on it that is still stupidly reliable.  The All-Trac power penalty will probably be fairly mitigated by the manual.

Still carry my iPod classic with me everywhere I go!

Oh I know.  I worked for a dealer and the brand required the salesmen to take online courses for new products... several of them paid me to take the certification quizzes for them!  They didn’t care about anything but making the sell.  I was just an underpaid service advisor.  I only hacked it for about 10 months…

If it paid well, I would gladly be a product advocate.  I have no desire to sell, but I have passion about vehicles I like so I would enjoy that model.  

Had Covid in October and still got the vaccine.  I feel very fortunate that my Covid symptoms were fairly mild, along the lines of a severe cold/mild flu but don’t want to chance it again.  I still have lingering issues with my senses of taste and smell.  Both doses of Moderna knocked me down for a day, but still not…