Hybrid Camry: Interim report.
- Thread starter Sunfish
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A two year old version wouldn't be affordable?
The major depreciation hit has already occurred (for someone else) and the car is still pretty new.
As a workshop owner, what we see A LOT with Euro cars is they are often owned by folk who have absolutely no clue at all about cars - other than to drive them.
It is very common for us to see Euro cars coming in that are:
* Way overdue for services.
* Tyres almost to the steel belts
* Tyres way under-inflated (and when we mention this to the owner, their response is often "I don't know how to work those air thingies at the servo"
- add most female car owners to that one )* Spare tyre nearly flat (never been checked)
* No coolant in radiator
*No oil in engine ("Can you have a look at my car - what's that light on the dashboard?").
and so on.
As a generalisation; my assumption is that a big number of these owners leave it all to their service people, and assume they ever have to do any preventative maintenance themselves, and/or assume that because it is a top of the line Euro masterpiece that things won't go wrong with it.
We had a lady who put normal unleaded into a VW turbo deisel not long ago (one of our customers).
I ran servos back in the days when you had to give service. I shudder to think how many cars would have come to grief had we not been opening the bonnet regularly.
The plug-in electric cars are nowhere near ready for general use, especially in the tropics or the tundra, while the hybrid looks to be mature technology now.
The plug-in electric cars are nowhere near ready for general use, especially in the tropics or the tundra, while the hybrid looks to be mature technology now.
I just came out of a V6 Honda and for get up and go, there is no comparison. The 2.4 l hybrid engine is a detuned version of the standard model, designed for torque and low consumption. It relies on the electric system to make up the difference. Not to my taste but would suit others perfectly.
It is odd to drive. It doesn't have a starter motor as such. The engine shuts down while waiting at the lights and the hybrid motor restarts the engine as you move off, nearly seamlessly. It's odd to be backing out of a park without the petrol motor having started. You could give any unsuspecting pedestrians a start.
them was the days when I would roll in with my "car" and ask
pls fill the oil and top up the fuel
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them was the days when I would roll in with my "car" and ask
pls fill the oil and top up the fuel
ta
rolf
I was only thinking last night that you could make a business case for having a driveway attendant, through put could be boosted dramatically. my 5 minute fill last night took about half an hour whilst people fluffed around scratching themselves and browsing the milk cabinet, seemingly oblivious to the stream of cars waiting behind their parked heap of junk
It is odd to drive. It doesn't have a starter motor as such. The engine shuts down while waiting at the lights and the hybrid motor restarts the engine as you move off, nearly seamlessly. It's odd to be backing out of a park without the petrol motor having started. You could give any unsuspecting pedestrians a start.
Haha Sunfish- I can relate. I've had my Hybrid Camry for just on 2 yrs now and I LOVE it! Easy to drive, very economical on the fuel (OK I drive like a girl but I rarely go above 6.5) and quiet as.... I've had to toot the horn in some carparks as peds truly don't hear me creeping up on them
I also upgraded to leather seats and the GPS (need that one for work!) and haven't looked back. Only downside I've had is the battery carked it after 9mths but Toyota replaced in full no questions asked. Great car.
Need?
What about the days (not that long ago) when all you had was a Melways?
What about the days when you didn't have internet forums? I look forward to reading your letters.
That's possibly the worst analogy I've ever heard.
Anyway; Jacque's comment is like saying I need a mobile phone/Iphone/car/bluetooth earpiece...
you get the idea.
How come you're defending her?...in love with the photo??
I am.
OK Ok Bayview you win..... I "wanted" it for work
Much the same way I also don't need but find the following appliances, tools and lifestyle gadgets highly useful in my life in making it easier and thus more enjoyable:
washing machine, mobile phone, dishwasher, hair straightener, potato peeler, electric toothbrush, TV, air conditioning etc etc
I'm sure you get the idea
Much the same way I also don't need but find the following appliances, tools and lifestyle gadgets highly useful in my life in making it easier and thus more enjoyable:
washing machine, mobile phone, dishwasher, hair straightener, potato peeler, electric toothbrush, TV, air conditioning etc etc
I'm sure you get the idea
Need?
What about the days (not that long ago) when all you had was a Melways?
And Melways (along with street directories or Refidexs as they're commonly called in good ole Qld) are declining in sales as more drivers rely on GPS devices
http://smh.drive.com.au/roads-and-t...rectory-comes-to-dead-end-20110818-1j077.html
Having said this, however, I always have a Gregorys in the car... after all the GPS with the bloody calm male voice has known to be wrong on more than the odd occasion
How come you're defending her?...in love with the photo??
I am.
Hahaha classic. My wife lurks here so I will simply say I am sure she is a very nice lady.
after all the GPS with the bloody calm male voice has known to be wrong on more than the odd occasion
You sure that's not just your husband talking?
Boom, if my husband was a navigator whilst I was driving we'd be the divorce courts by now.... trust me
I spent three weeks lost in Spain with Mrs Fish as navigator. She is one of those who need to turn the map upside down and still gets left and right mixed.Boom, if my husband was a navigator whilst I was driving we'd be the divorce courts by now.... trust me
Off to Cairns tomorrow so I found the Tom Tom. I may not NEED it, but it saves petrol. Must admit the first time I used it it sent me down this road so stony I busted one tyre and had to turn around and crawl back to the bitumen. I thought I'd told it to stick to sealed roads.
But you sound like the perfect hybrid owner Jaques. Happy to know it works for you.
