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Maybe I just have to get use to a bigger car. I'm coming out of a 92 Accord EX while the dials sat on top of you seemingly.
Just wanted to vent that! Overall, a great car.
Does anyone else find XLE's available without the major option packages?
So I'm talking about generic car air conditioning.
You are recirculating the air inside the car, not bringing in outside air. And you do agree that when you are cooling air you are condensing moisture out of it? And this condensed moisture is dumped outside of the car down the drain?
Therefore, the humidity will be much lower inside the car with A/C and recirculate rather than bringing in outside air (FRESH, whatever is on the dash).
As I said, I don't know how the Camry climate controls work exactly. But the above is how physics works. And running on recirculate will get the moisture reduced in a car more than on outside air, with the A/C also running.
Where did you get the tires from? Tirerack? How do they handle in snow and ice? Is the H rated tire a dedicated winter tire or a higher speed-tolerant unit? Thanks again.
Where did you get the tires from? Tirerack? How do they handle in snow and ice? Is the H rated tire a dedicated winter tire or a higher speed-tolerant unit? Thanks again.
However, I recall reading a post from someone in the US who said he saw an SE on the lot which was assembled in Japan. Perhaps that was a short term thing to fill the pipeline for the new model launch. Who knows?
Also, I notice we can't get the navigation system in the XLE, even if we wanted too! I guess they don't produce that in Japan.
I think the P-600's H rating is speed, not dedicated winter. They behave well in the snow, and channel water away pretty effectively. I can't complain in terms of their performance/$$$ spent. Without the V6, you won't need the speed rating.
Armtdm: I think the Goodyears that came on mine were Eagle GA? They were awful. They squealed regardless of pressure, and I hit the treadwear bars at 30,000. I was pissed about that. I think I got 67K out of the 1st set of Pirellis, all highway miles with proper rotation and pressure.
Good luck
: )
Mackabee
Your answer, in general, was FRESH.
I, knowing nothing about Camry climate control, but thinking the defog could run in either mode because of how the question was asked, disagreed with you and described why.
Now you tell me the system in defog will only run in FRESH and turns the A/C on automatically. (Which is how most/all of the American built cars I am familiar with work.)
Why didn't you say this in the first place? I responded to what appeared to be your misunderstanding about what would be the most efficient method to defog a windshield if both options were available.
Physics or no physics, your problem leaves out the fact that the human body along with exhaling puts a ton of moisture into the air. Ever notice that when you have a car load of gabbing people the car will fog up easier?
Many newer vehicles I've driven only have the recirculate available for max-AC. The system automatically selects fresh-air and runs the ac when any other setting is used. When it's hot and not raining, the recirculate is definetely better than bringing in hot-humid air. But I've never had my windows fog up on a 90 degree clear, sunny day either.
If someones having a problem with fogging windows, I've found many that are running on recirculate and when they switch to fresh everything is fine. But whatever works for you, I don't have any problems with fogging windows.
I am hoping that the small increase in power might make the acceration somewhat better than the older V4. I have a 2000 Camry LE, with I believe 133 horsepower. I would like some extra power, but I do not want to pay $2,000 to $3,000 exra for the V6 and the required allow wheels.
Any comments on the new engine would be appreciated?
Blue smoke is a very bad sign. Could be bad valve seals or rings, at any rate the car is burning oil. Can you tell if there is any sludge under the valve cover (look under the oil fill cap)? How much oil does it use? How often did you change your oil? Some people have had problems even if they stuck to the 7,500 interval Toyota reccomends. Go look at the maintenance and repair board. There are several topics on this. Sludge may be rearing its ugly head. I have a Honda 2.2L engine (that my mechanic thinks the previous owner never changed the oil on in 42,000 miles) that was severely sludged, but there was no damage yet. I changed oil every 1,000 miles for a while, and now it is fine, but it never did burn much oil or have blue smoke. I fear once you are at the blue smoke stage you will need expensive repairs.
side note: The Honda engine is more primative than the Camry engine and has mechanical valve lifters that need to be adjusted manually every 30,000 miles or so - a real pain. The Toyota has automatic hydraulic lifters that don't need adjusting. My mechanic says that if my car had self adjusting valves it would have been toast because of the added complexity.
tomccoy1
The new engine has significantly more power. Give it a try. If you really want to scoot get it with the 5-speed, and you will save yet another $1,000. :^) The 5-speed 4 cyl is comparable to the automatic 6 cyl for acceleration, and much much cheaper.
As far as the 6 cyl being smoother and quieter - if you can't even tell the 4 cyl is running at idle why do you need the extra isolation of the 6 cyl.
I guess it comes down to how many mattresses you need over the pea. ;^)
I received an offer from a dealership on a 2002 Camry LE V6: $21,063 + tax and Tags, which is about $768 above invoice listed by Edmunds.
However, the salesman said that I would have to pay for $404 non-negotiable advertising fee, which brings the deal to only $364 above invoice.
My question is: Is there a true $404 advertising fee charge to the dealer? Does the Edmunds invoice price already include it? How could I negotiate around it?
Thanks,
-Frank
I found the same thing with the advertising fee on CarsDirect - about $404 to $408 additional 'advertising' charge. I believe that Edmunds did not include this for the 2002 XLE V4 in their invoice prices, however, Edmunds appears to have the correct invoice pricing for a 2002 SE V6.
I believe this is a real expense to the dealer in the price of the car, and I can see why they would require the customer to pay for it (or it would come out of their own modest markups).
How do you get around it? I cannot think of a way, beyond simply negotiating the best price possible.
Additionally, see the Edmunds SmartShoppers web board, "2002 Camry price, what did you pay?" discussion on prices.
I would be interested in other people's comments on advertising fees.
-RAVvie4me
What were you driving? The Solara?
-RAVvie4me
Thanks
Thx - I was just looking for an easy way to designate the 4 cylinder model Camry - to avoid being confused with the V6.
How is your car shopping going by the way? Do you buy anything?