1987 Toyota Camry LE from North America - Comments

28th Dec 2004, 20:31

"Good first car - if you can get for under $1000 dollars take it"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Distributor cap cracked at 128k, starter strips sometimes can be fixed by rocking the car though, transmission slowly went around 133k - kind of my fault though, I beat on it pretty bad.

General comments?

Very small, reliable car, but feels like a go-kart at times, pretty ballsy for a v4 anyway - the 17 year old car got chugging to 110 mph before it topped out.


29th Dec 2004, 10:43

A V4? Please explain.

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29th Dec 2004, 11:52

Hey pal... I see you don't have much car experience seeing how you refer to your car as a V4...there is no such thing.

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30th Dec 2004, 07:18

Maybe somebody cut a V8 in half.

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18th Apr 2006, 12:30

Why don't you just back off. He made a simple mistake. Don't read into everything so much.

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6th May 2006, 19:29

Wow! People are so quick to pounce. Thanks for your insight.

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7th May 2006, 02:46

V4 engines do exist, but the Camry has never been fitted with one.

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8th May 2006, 11:15

Ford of Europe fitted V4 engines to the Corsair and to the Transit van in the 60's.

These engines were a little lumpy on tickover, but had plenty of power and were generally very good engines, I think, based upon my ownership from new of a Ford Corsair 2000E.

The engine is compact, very short, so is suitable for applications where space is limited.

It has more parts than an in-line four-cylinder engine as you obviously need two cylinder heads and two intake and exhaust manifolds.

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