QuestionI appreciate your suggestion to replace the right front motor
mount on my vibrating '92 Corolla. I assume you mean the
mount I remove when I change the timing belt.
In the interim, my father (almost) traded his '91 Camry 4 in when
he purchased a new Camry. At the price he was going to get for
trade, my parents felt better in giving the car to me. When a
product gives outstanding service, you want to see that it is
continued to be appreciated. It has 120K miles, mint condition,
garage kept, and only serviced at Toyota dealers.
I am at a bit of a dilema-keep my '92 Corolla with 145K (NC-
warmer climate) miles and the Camry, or take a gamble and go
with just the Camry. That car is from IL-COLD in the winter. Cold
used to mean shorter life, but I don't know if that is true as it
used to be.
Obviously, even with meticulous care, you can't predict the life-
span of a car. But, does the 2.0 have a better service life than
the 4AFE, or about the same? I know neither are a 22RE! What
are the weak(er) spots of the 2.0? The 4AFE is easy to work on-is
the 2.0 roughly the same? Drive axles have been rebuilt, new
starter, timing belt, tune up-all recently done. Neither use oil/
leak. FYI, my Corolla has the 4 speed O/D tranny.
If you felt the 2.0 in the Camry were a more solid motor, I would
feel better about going with one car-I only need one. However, if
both have similar life expectancies, it may be better to keep
both for around town/road trips.
My father did keep his other '91 Camry LE V6, but from what I
have read about leaking transmissions, the 4 may have a better
life ahead. The LE was our families first of many Toyotas after
years of wretched domestics. I think we have had less problems
in 7 Toyos x 15 years than we had in one month of any single
domestic!
Any advice is appreciated.
AnswerThe last sentence of your post is probably why Toyota will soon be the #1 car manufacturer worldwide.
Now I'll try to help you decide but ultimately only you can make the decision, both the camry and the corolla are extremely reliable as you already know, especially when they receive the proper maintenance and care.
The camrys do have a problem after a lot of miles with valve seals leaking, this will be indicated by some blue smoke at cold starts, the corolla does not seem to have this condition at this mileage, if there is no smoke on the camry there is nothing to be concerned about at this time but it may be in the future.
Personally I prefer the camry, it's bigger and it rides smoother and is more quiet, the corolla is more noisy in general.
Either one of them will need some repairs in the furure because of the miles accumulated, timing belts, brakes, shocks, water pumps and oil leaks, this is normal for any car with a lot of miles, things wear out, if you can afford to keep them both do so, if not I would personally keep the camry.
