Thank you very much for this video tour and review, I definitely enjoyed seeing it and followed through with your review, your grandpa's car is very clean and well maintained. I currently own a 2011 Toyota Camry in the same color, and I love it, mine is an LE, same rims, with the 2.5 liter. Got it used at around 135k miles on it, and it currently sits at 195k+ and it's an absolute performer. I have so much love for the Toyota Camry. Cheers from Nigeria, I have subscribed to your Channel.
I grew up with a Camry le v6 from 2002 since new and sold years ago to the next owner whose old Avalon got into an accident, interior felt cheap with the plastic door handles on the inside (driver's one got replaced 8 years later after broken), headliner got fixed in 2012, went through 2 starters, and everything else is normal maintenance. I still see these everywhere mostly le with the 4 cylinder, but le with v6 of this generation is super rare compared to the xle v6. I have an uncle with a Camry from 2011 xle v6 fully loaded in dark blue from someone who no longer needs it years ago and I had a teacher whose wife has a Camry le 4 cylinder in silver with alloy wheels bought new at the end of 2011 on sale.
I used to drive an 08 that was the same color. Only things it did not have that this Camry has is it didn’t have bluetooth, the JBL system or the V6. It DID however have a sunroof. I drove the car for seven years. During my time with it, the major issues were three cylinder misfires and the abs failed. Luckily where I bought the car from it was under warranty and I got that fixed no problem. The dashboard got all cracked and sticky so I ended up buying a cover for it. Like this Camry, tps went bad and the light was still on when I got rid of the Camry. Also the driver sun visor would NEVER go all the way up no matter what I tried to do and the headliner was peeling in a few places, ended up having to staple it in place. But this car was always dependable, took me on quite a few journeys (including one where I had to drive through a horrible hailstorm but the Camry got through it like it was nothing), it also came with me when I moved to a different state. I just got rid of it a month ago after I bought an Outback. All in all, despite the setbacks, the car was comfortable and the ride was smooth and I hope whoever has the car now is happy with it
yes the LE V6'S are rare not very common for these i had one now i have an another one but this is the xle trim.. same year i love these cars and one things that's different from my old 2009 le v6 is that it had sun roof wood trim and leather with out nav and no JBL... and the smell thing funny you brought it up my new one smelled just like old one. and one thing i never had the "dashmelt" problem my dash looks good no sticky dash here... i have had 2 of these. keep them in your garage and it won't happen. also use a windshield sun blocker when parked outside.
The seats on the 2002-2006 are miles ahead more comfortable than the 07-11. Toyota did go backwards in quality with this gen. But at the same time, I love the exterior styling of it.
Yeah the interior fit and finish is terrible on these 07 Camrys. I own an '05 Camry XLE V6 and the materials quality is way better than any 07-11 Camry. Also love how small and maneuverable the 02-06 were compared to later Camrys.
@@hakeemsd70m small and maneuverable? Camry’s from 2002-2017 all ride the same wheel base and platform. Toyota K platform. So the interior and exterior space on 07 is no different than the 05. Only styling and materials change.
Yup. Camry seats used to be great, but they have just gotten worse and worse over time. the seats in my 2015 weren't good, and the seats in my friends 2019 were pretty bad.
The 2.5's seem fine but I've known multiple people that had meticulously maintained their 2.4's and still had them start CHUGGING oil and even lock up.
my sister had an 02 xle 2.4 and never had an issue, oil was always full and my neighbors 06 never burned oil. But my other neighbors 07, that leaked out it's oil and locked up. I believe it's the 07-09 2.4's that have oiling issues. @@Jakeman21642
@@Jakeman21642 facts bro the camry needs more power for the weight of this car. 2.5 overheats more easily cus u gotta press the gas pedal so hard i think
An advantage Toyota has over Honda is that the use non-interference engines with timing chains while Honda continued to use interference engines with timing belts.
pov you see a toyota camry anxious level: 0-10 you see a toyota camry: 0 it's white: 1 it's from 2009: 4 you have to get in the car: 6 it's august 2009: 7 you see your name is mark sailor: 8 you get on the freeway: 9 the accelerator is stuck: 10 you crash: !!!
This generation, Toyota's build quality went down. They used cheap hard plastics in the interior. The previous generation (2002-2006) was better and some say the last great generation. Same this for this generation Corolla (2008-2013)
Agreed, the interior fit and finish was really bad on the 07-11 Camry. That silver plastic on the center stack looks so cheesy and feels worse than a $30 boombox from Kmart would have in '09.
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Haven’t seen an LE V6 in a VERY long time. Love the simplicity of this.
I see em all the time in my area.
Thank you very much for this video tour and review, I definitely enjoyed seeing it and followed through with your review, your grandpa's car is very clean and well maintained. I currently own a 2011 Toyota Camry in the same color, and I love it, mine is an LE, same rims, with the 2.5 liter. Got it used at around 135k miles on it, and it currently sits at 195k+ and it's an absolute performer.
I have so much love for the Toyota Camry.
Cheers from Nigeria, I have subscribed to your Channel.
Your grandfather has great taste in cars!
I grew up with a Camry le v6 from 2002 since new and sold years ago to the next owner whose old Avalon got into an accident, interior felt cheap with the plastic door handles on the inside (driver's one got replaced 8 years later after broken), headliner got fixed in 2012, went through 2 starters, and everything else is normal maintenance.
I still see these everywhere mostly le with the 4 cylinder, but le with v6 of this generation is super rare compared to the xle v6.
I have an uncle with a Camry from 2011 xle v6 fully loaded in dark blue from someone who no longer needs it years ago and I had a teacher whose wife has a Camry le 4 cylinder in silver with alloy wheels bought new at the end of 2011 on sale.
I used to drive an 08 that was the same color. Only things it did not have that this Camry has is it didn’t have bluetooth, the JBL system or the V6. It DID however have a sunroof.
I drove the car for seven years. During my time with it, the major issues were three cylinder misfires and the abs failed. Luckily where I bought the car from it was under warranty and I got that fixed no problem. The dashboard got all cracked and sticky so I ended up buying a cover for it. Like this Camry, tps went bad and the light was still on when I got rid of the Camry. Also the driver sun visor would NEVER go all the way up no matter what I tried to do and the headliner was peeling in a few places, ended up having to staple it in place. But this car was always dependable, took me on quite a few journeys (including one where I had to drive through a horrible hailstorm but the Camry got through it like it was nothing), it also came with me when I moved to a different state. I just got rid of it a month ago after I bought an Outback. All in all, despite the setbacks, the car was comfortable and the ride was smooth and I hope whoever has the car now is happy with it
yes the LE V6'S are rare not very common for these i had one now i have an another one but this is the xle trim.. same year i love these cars and one things that's different from my old 2009 le v6 is that it had sun roof wood trim and leather with out nav and no JBL... and the smell thing funny you brought it up my new one smelled just like old one. and one thing i never had the "dashmelt" problem my dash looks good no sticky dash here... i have had 2 of these. keep them in your garage and it won't happen. also use a windshield sun blocker when parked outside.
The seats on the 2002-2006 are miles ahead more comfortable than the 07-11. Toyota did go backwards in quality with this gen. But at the same time, I love the exterior styling of it.
Yeah the interior fit and finish is terrible on these 07 Camrys. I own an '05 Camry XLE V6 and the materials quality is way better than any 07-11 Camry. Also love how small and maneuverable the 02-06 were compared to later Camrys.
@@hakeemsd70m small and maneuverable? Camry’s from 2002-2017 all ride the same wheel base and platform. Toyota K platform. So the interior and exterior space on 07 is no different than the 05. Only styling and materials change.
Yup. Camry seats used to be great, but they have just gotten worse and worse over time. the seats in my 2015 weren't good, and the seats in my friends 2019 were pretty bad.
The gage cluster looks similar to 05-06 Toyota Camry too!
This car and this model is very expensive here in Northern IRAQ ...It's worth like a 12000USD to 15000USD 😂
How come you stopped making videos as often?
Hey Jake -- Is this car for sale? Thank you.
16:02 I wonder how is it possible that this engine is in the Tacomas, however they're instead called a 1GR-FE.
What's the fuel efficiency of this v6 ?
I actually prefer the 2.4 and 2.5 engines over the V6 for fuel economy. The 2.4 was fine as long as it's maintained and oil kept full.
The 2.5's seem fine but I've known multiple people that had meticulously maintained their 2.4's and still had them start CHUGGING oil and even lock up.
my sister had an 02 xle 2.4 and never had an issue, oil was always full and my neighbors 06 never burned oil. But my other neighbors 07, that leaked out it's oil and locked up. I believe it's the 07-09 2.4's that have oiling issues. @@Jakeman21642
@@Jakeman21642 facts bro the camry needs more power for the weight of this car. 2.5 overheats more easily cus u gotta press the gas pedal so hard i think
@@Jakeman21642 interesting. I know only one person that ever had a 2.4 fail.
Fuel mileage won’t be much better from the four cylinder only slightly I prefer the V6
An advantage Toyota has over Honda is that the use non-interference engines with timing chains while Honda continued to use interference engines with timing belts.
Honda's 4 cyl. are timing chains LOL and I'm pretty sure if the chain broke on a Toyota, it would bend the valves.
pov you see a toyota camry
anxious level: 0-10
you see a toyota camry: 0
it's white: 1
it's from 2009: 4
you have to get in the car: 6
it's august 2009: 7
you see your name is mark sailor: 8
you get on the freeway: 9
the accelerator is stuck: 10
you crash: !!!
Hello Jake!!! It's me from my main channel.
The driver's side headlight has a little yellow at top
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This generation, Toyota's build quality went down. They used cheap hard plastics in the interior. The previous generation (2002-2006) was better and some say the last great generation. Same this for this generation Corolla (2008-2013)
Agreed, the interior fit and finish was really bad on the 07-11 Camry. That silver plastic on the center stack looks so cheesy and feels worse than a $30 boombox from Kmart would have in '09.
@davinp agreed the 2002-2006 was the best Camry of all time
unfortunately to big
Kia is not as reliable as a Toyota. Toyota don't make wagons anymore, at least not in the United States
Jakeman21642 makes the best videos ever :)