Canadian Driver

the car is in flybrian's favorite color!

and the radio........

Edited December 2, 200619 yr by regfootball

Hey Reg, I know this may be off topic, but have you ever been up here in Canada? I noticed you enjoy reading the Canadian motoring press.

canadian driver is a nice simple web site with objective reporting.

Edited December 3, 200619 yr by regfootball

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

Everyone one I've ever seen underhood--from brand new on the lot--looks like that^^, so I'm not really sure. Looks like the typical surface stuff that happens on the manifolds of just about every car, even from new--some are just more hidden.

All cars melt up here in Ontario, don't ya know?

canaidan driver is a nice simple web site with objective reporting.

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+1, They just have honest opinions, and their reviews I think are decently fair.

+1, They just have honest opinions, and their reviews I think are decently fair.

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and its easy to read and not full of garbage like most US auto sites. and they have big pictures.

This is true. No one is trying to be F. Scott Fitzgerald writing these reviews.

This is true. No one is trying to be F. Scott Fitzgerald writing these reviews.

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But there is a sweaty fat man who tries to be Jeremy Clarkson in his videos...

http://www.canadiandriver.com/video/07saturn_aura_wmv.htm

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

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Looks like there's no heat shield over the exhaust manifold. I wonder why.

:rotflmao:

Is that a rusting part I see? How many miles on this car it is?

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Exhaust manifolds almost always rust, unless they're stainless, and then they discolor.

*edit* Did this part stick out to anyone else?

As with the regular Camry, the new centre instrument panel controls features skinny metal buttons and a greeny-blue plastic background. Instead of the buttons being lit at night, the background around them is lit to make the buttons visible. Personally, I find this a bit ass-backwards, and I don't like the skinny buttons. Give me big buttons that I can't miss.

The rest of it seemed to be staying in the middle - this was by far the strongest opinion given in the whole thing. lol

Edited December 3, 200619 yr by PurdueGuy

The Camry Hybrid is the family car that doesn't let you take along the family luggage. 10.6 cu.ft trunk! Thats pathetic for a car of this size even with the hybrid crap back there. His annoyance with the tiny buttons and not so smooth drivetrain were interesting.

Reg do you go to auto123.com? I thik some of their articles overlap with Canadian Auto Press, but it's the same principle: objective, fair reviews.

Also...I happen to like teh Camry's stereo, if only because it's integrated andnot the same damn thing in every car Toyota makes *cough (GM)* *cough (Ford)* *cough (Chrysler Group)*