With my eldest son finishing driving school and gearing up for his test, and two younger teenage siblings waiting in line, I've been thinking about buying a third car for the kids. And this opportunity fell into my lap.
The car- 2007 Toyota Camry LE
- 208,000 km
- Purchased for $4,000
The backstory- I bought this car new in 2006 for ~$27,000 tax in
- Back then we had a 97 Honda Prelude and a 95 Chev Cavalier 2 door (both green), a 12 month old and a new born...I needed a family car to replace the Cavalier
- Drove it for 8 years and sold it to my neighbour (for $10,000 wth 40,000km) across the street from me, after I bought my 335
- He got it to replace his 94 Camry that had ~400,000km and for his three kids who started driving
- Fast forward to last week, his kids are independent, he's retiring and downsizing his cars...and here I am
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- Also incidentally, when our third kid came along I had to finally sell the Prelude to buy a minivan, and guess what, I purchased a 2005 Odyssey from the same neighbour
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- That 2005 Odyssey I sold 6 years ago to a forum member you may remember: Solstice2006
Anyway, I thought that was interesting. The car needs some work, but has been maintained. Power steering needs makes some noises, possibly just low fluids. There's a clunk in the rear suspension. Came with relatively new tires, including a set of winters. Plan is to work on it with my son (oil change, small repairs and such). I'll first take it to TheHire's shop for a safety and look over.