Well a little while after we got the car the exhaust gasket broke and the car sounded like a tractor, got that fixed (for free under the dealers warranty).
Then I noticed a smell everytime you get out of the car after you have been driving it. Some how the transmission fluid is leaking out onto exhaust and that is why it smells.
A pretty good solid car, but the motor struggles to pull the load as the car weighs about 1300kg and only has a 2.2L motor.
A good cruiser on the highway and good for long trips, also gets good mileage.
The car is very bad at overtaking and pulling heavy loads.
Also some reliability problems with the motor and transmission.
Toyota Camry Executive, bought 02/06/2001 with 160000km for 8900$ Australian, now 173000km.
Problems:
Oil leak from the cooling system.
Oil leak from the timing belt bearings.
They fixed all of it under guarantee, and now a very little oil leak from the cylinder head gasket. The mechanic told me that is a really common problem, 4 cars of 10 have it, but that is really annoying because when it's hot you can smell the oil burning in contact with the exhaust pipe. If it wasn't for this problem this car would be the best.
With normal maintenance it give you a family size car consuming between 7 L to 10L per 100km, we are really happy with this good car.
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