1993 Toyota Camry Wagon LE V6: Regular Car Reviews
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Gold is fancy B R O W N.
FRANCY BROWN IS GOLD
ITS CHAMPAIGN JEEZ lmao
My Civic EJ was in what Honda described as "New titanium metallic" but was in all actuality Jewish racing gold. I lost it in a multi storey car park once, the coupe roofline hiding it from me. The attendant asked if he could help and I had to tell him I was looking for a beige Honda which brought about some laughs.
Strangely this statement reminds me of Gold from the Crayola multi-pack as a kid.
Anyway. Carry-on.
@@DamonBlack_Media I once said that I would f*** Angelina Jolie tickle me pink and I didn't even know anything about that at the time I just remember that tickle me pink was the funniest color..... Carry on
Mr Regular, please stop shaming yourself for making longer videos and owning good cars. There's a reason RCR has seen nothing but steady growth since the days of season 1 and 2. We're here to listen to what you and Roman have to say, unlike the thousands of other channels that just spew numbers and track times at us
No. He should make TikTok-length videos.
@@DoctorSkillz That'd be the worst
Exactly this, no shame whatsoever in a double serving of RCR.
EXACTLY! I love this channel because they're doing more then repeating the owner's manual and saying what the company wants you to say. They tell stories and create this like, personal connection. Probably my favorite car channel ever :-)
I come for the linguistic entertainment factor. Never let it be said Mr. Regular is squandering his English degree.
"There was nothing more irresponsible than a station wagon full of teenagers." Yes there was. An SUV full of teenagers.
Sounds like my sister in the mid 2000s using our 1986 Ford country squire as her first car. Sneaking out, speeding, drinking mikes hard and defying authority figures. And 7 year old me was a big snitch
a pickup truck full of teenagers
a full-size van or pickup bed full of teenagers with the one younger kid
Nah, try a Minivan full of marching band kids
Try a single cab 94 chevy pickup with 7 teenagers on a bench seat.
It's funny to think RCR has almost been around for almost 10 years now. The echo review is over 9 years old.
I just realized I’ve been watching almost 7 years, that is crazy
You can stop reminding me how old I am at anytime!!! Lol
Him and Doug are two car channels I’ve been watching since the beginning
I know right!
Damn i feel old 😕
Holy fuck that thing is clean for being 28 years old.
If I saw that odo reading correctly - 83tho miles.
Nice profile picture
Surely it has been detailed. A car like that can't be that nice.
15:26 I'm pretty sure that's when it happened? How did it feel?
Mine felt tingly...
Came here to say the exact same thing. C L E A N
Camry Wagon: *The official car of "it's just a normal camry." "But it's a wagon so it's instantly cool."*
Wagons were anti-cool in the 90s, dude. If you were driving a wagon, it was because you were driving your mom's car, and driving your mom's car was never cool.
Yeah never understood that one personally. There were a fair few cool wagons in the 90s. Stagea, Crown, Impreza wagon to name a few. I'd take a wagon over an SUV everytime, unless it is a Pajero EVO
@@chappy2121 Except apart from the Subaru wagons, none of those cars were available in the US, or even outside of Japan. So they might as well not have even existed. Also, the Pajero Evo is a 2 door with shit for cargo space, and is entirely impractical for someone wanting an SUV or wagon for its utility.
@@koopatroopa187 most modern suvs are 2 wheel drive or have token 4wd systems. The Pajero Evo is a proper suv and you can fold the rear seats to have extra space. We got impreza wagons in England. Most people buy these faux suv things in the England to sit higher up, but everyone else is driving them so no one ends up sitting higher up 🤣
@@chappy2121 I lived in Japan for 13 years. I damn well know what a Pajero Evo is. My statement still stands.
Can we just applaude and appreciate the _MINT_ condition of this 1993 nostalgia machine??
I’m up near Syracuse and pass one of these cars a couple times a week. My jaw dropped every time this thing was on screen.
I wish my 1993 kneecaps were this fucking mint. It's always awesome to see AM CARs that are well take care of.
@@Miata_On_The_Homestead I have a set of '93 kneecaps also. And I would like to point out that they are a poor design in terms of longevity... which should, but doesn't, stop me from beating the crap out of them on the ski hill every weekend.
@@ianholmquist8492 airsoft, construction, & gardening at home have relegated mine to a heavy maintenance schedule in the future. Hopefully just frequent oil changes will suffice.
This is a car that most of us didn't give much thought to when it was new, but 28 years later it still looks almost new. That makes me smile.
This, THIS is why I like rcr. Even tho I don't get the references and references to the culture most of the time. It's not boring. It is entertaining form start to finish because it's not just spec spewing and first impressions, it's about a story within a context.
this is probably one of my favorite rcr videos and i’ve only just watched it
Agreed, the videos are good but I often feel I need a millennial-to-English translation on terms, especially since I'm not a gamer and could care less about MCU, Star Wars U, or any other U with recycled storylines and billion dollar budgets.
Yeah - and I'm among those people who wasn't alive when this car was made, I was born in '94. My first vehicle-related memories were not until after 2000, and I had no involvement with cars myself until around 2010, easily 15 years after Mr. Regular and Roman. Yet despite growing up in a different time, I could relate to it. Memories of driving with high school classmates, in my case usually to Ultimate Frisbee games, in my case in a beat up old VW Bug (a would-be classic if in better condition - somewhat better now).
How do you not get the references?
If you havent seen iy i HIGHLY recommend the suburban video they did
Hipsters "Wagons are cool now"
Car Guys "oh hey you new here?"
"First time?"
I always knew shagginwaggons were great. For some reason practicality isn’t cool. But why?
Isn’t having the tool and capability to accomplish your aspirations WAY cooler than sitting around bemoaning your situation and blaming “the man” which is just an ambiguous description for ‘I’m too lazy and afraid to go out and make things happen for myself, It’s way safer to just do nothing and complain that your life is stagnant.
I forgot who coined the quote:“You can never fail if you never make any attempt”
Minivans are better. More room, more power, more versatile seating, room to sleep, room for moving, air mattress, etc. I've owned 5. Most versatile vehicles I've ever owned. Uber during the week. Visiting family on weekends, sleeping on air mattress after I've folded all the seats down, room for stand up paddle boards inside. Dogs bouncing around inside. Minivans are the most underrated body-style in existence, but I dare you to call them cool. Wagons are the same. Most are not cool (except of course a CTS-V wagon with a manual or an AMG E 63S), but damn are they versatile. Minivans are objectively superior to SUVs in all but 3 ways. They have low ground clearance. They can't tow anything more than like 3000 lbs, max. And 4wd is rare. I sold my most recent one for a truck. I regret it every day. Bed way too high to load. Can't load it to ceiling and keep stuff out of the weather. Cant access bed from any angle but the back unless you are 8 feet tall. Terrrible gas mileage. Slower when empty. Handles worse. Poor visibility. Comparatively cramped cab. Much more difficult ingress and egress. WAY more expensive. Servicing the engine is a much bigger pain in the ass because of how high the hood line is. Trucks are way overrated. Vans (and wagons) are way underrated.
Don't discredit payload on a minivan. My 2018 Pacifica has a tow rating just over 6000 pounds. That's right on the border of needing brakes on the trailer.
Combine that with a nearly half ton payload rating inside (or something like, don't recall for certain), and it's quite litterally just as, if not more, capable and versatile than most entry level trucks, for less price.
And I'm reasonably certain that AWD is available on three of the four minivans on the US market new. Not sure about the new Kia van yet. I know AWD isn't 4WD, but hey, it's still pretty good.
@@towcat Thats pretty cool. The capacity on that Pacifica is impressive. Moving forward, my vehicle choice will also be based more on practicality than hype or styling. Cheers
“I’m getting into a car without an adult”. I remember that feeling. That’s the reason I smile every time I see an old pontiac sunfire.
Best part is mine was in a Camry! It was an 05, not a 93. I have fond memories of a Cavalier too.
1964 Biscayne. That's a base model Chevrolet for ya'll youngins'
@@atombell991 You know I saw two mint condition Toyota Tercels the same week, two weeks ago? One was a white two-door and the other was a blue two-door. This was in Minnesota, by the way.
My friend had a 5sp Dodge Colt.
Did Reservation runs for smokes, then back to school for stage crew.
Fun times.
Out of our group it was a Pontiac T1000, a Chevy Chevette, an 83 Cavalier and my 83 Buick Regal Station Wagon. I want my wagon back dammit.
Disclaimer: The condition of this Camry does not represent the condition of other Camry’s of this age.
Surprisingly there are quite a few...because the original owners haven't driven more than 5miles a week in 15 years.
It's like 5th gen Accords, great cars but good luck finding one thats not all busted up
Even the wagon rcr reviewed was partially melted
Seriously, this is super clean!
That thing is CLEAN!!
They are pretty hard wearing, almost all of them have corner/carpark damage however.
As someone who details his own car, I tip my hat to whoever got this old Camry into the condition it is in for this video.
I know, it looked really good! When I was in college a few years ago, there was someone on campus that had a '95 version of this and it had like 140k on it. Same color too.
Yes! Mine looks pretty beat up. But has been extremely reliable for over a decade and has almost 400k miles on it now.
“Don’t WORRY this is about CARS.” The motto of this channel.
Let’s talk about literary theory and how it perfectly explains the fox body mustang
15:26 I'm pretty sure that's when it happened? How did it feel?
Mine felt tingly...
“No one PICKS tan cars anymore, you just GET handed down tan”
Hand-me-down*. Handy down sounds like an uncomfortable 2nd base move with your high school sweetheart.
Tan vehicles are ticketed at very low rates.
@@blairbuskirk5460 they're very close in color to the ambient reflected light on a sunny day, making them kind of blend in to the background, not catching the eye of the policeman.
@@cr4zyj4ck I haven’t ever been pulled over and I owned a tan XL7 before the buicks, a handymedown as well, tan, as well lmaoo
I picked out a tan buick lesabre
1993 Camry Wagon: The car that looks so regular that even mr. regular himself called it the 1993 Toyota Corolla Wagon
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed
Seriously messed with me
Man this car made Mr. Regular feel some type of way.
He felt the deep feel
Of course it did. It was a car from his childhood, so he didnt shit on it.
90s cars do that to him
I think the Chevy Lumina episode made him feel some type of way too.
Memorys of growing up in the 90s. It was the best. I fuckin would give anything to go back. Listen to the offspring, soundgarden, korn and linkin park
Man, that high school story makes me wish I actually did something other than just going home at 2pm everyday for four years.
15:26 I'm pretty sure that's when it happened? How did it feel?
Mine felt tingly...
Glad I'm not the only one then... hearing stories like that is actually depressing as hell. Although it does at least explain the passion for this kind of car. Which is ironic because last week he said the Bravada was too bland- but this car makes bland sound scary.
The Bravada was marketed as something that wasn't bland. Much more expensive than its GMC and Chevy cousins despite offering not much in compensation.
@@bryanstevens5901 Right but, tbh I don't think any car is marketed as being bland. It was more a criticism of what he sees; when I look at that wagon I see... nothing. It doesn't even scan. My brain can't recall any details because none stood out. But he talked about it like it was the best thing ever, which is all nostalgia talking but the car didn't earn it.
I'm extremely glad I didn't join marching band. Sure a lot of people like it, but I wouldn't have. Standing outside in the heat for hours listening to my temper-having teacher with a bunch of people I never vibed with. I don't regret being like you and doing fuck-all after school. I actually met up with friends most Friday afternoons
"Feel a nostalgia for a time in which you never existed." I was born in 1990. I remember a lot of the cars you review. I remember the "like a rock" Chevy truck commercials. I remember redesign "bubble Taurus" and the Plymouth Prowler and the Chuck Norris Walker Texas Ranger Dodge Rams and my grandpa freaking out when my parents bought a used 93 Hyundai Excel hatchback. I remember my mom wanting a minivan. I remember the "chick chick" noise on the early car alarm and remote entry- that sound was the was sound of sophistication, the sound of class, the auditory signal of "excuse me peasant, but I'm important." I was a complete band nerd. I graduated in '09. I remember every day of summer band we loaded up and went to the mom and pop cheapo burger joint, Pac-a-Sac. (Yup the owner was that old, he didn't get the jokes about the name) My car was a 94 Ford Export in which I could load up a double bass (I was in orchestra too) My friends drove a 91? Ford Tempo (oh yeah) an 86 3/4 Suburban 454 Th400, an 84 S10, a 98 Sable, an 85 Dodge D150, an 86 Accord, a 91 S10, a 96 Grand Am. We listened to Bowling For Soup, Chevelle, Green Day, Dragonforce and Panic at the Disco. It was great time to be alive. And although I remember the 90s I feel that nostalgia at times for the 70s and 80s through cars. My family always has driven old cars that aren't classics lol. Growing up my mom had a 92 Chevy Lumia Euro, Dad's car was an 84 Cavalier, my grandparents had a 77 C10, 2 85 C10s, 91 Mazda MPV, a 97 Malibu and an 84 Impala. I have to talk myself almost daily out of buying an 85 Cavaler Z24 convertible because I don't have a way to store it properly. Sorry for rambling but I guess all I was trying to say is thank you for bringing up those memories. And I was on car 18 at 21. Lol
thank you for this. I was supposed to be driving last year along with my friends but covid fucked all of that over. I appreciate a story for me to live through
I’m 12 right now and me and my mom have a 98’ Nissan Altima GXE that has 4 Trader Joe’s stickers on the back and garbage on the floor in front of the passenger seat that gets thrown in the trash every week. My mom would drive it every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to go to work on the Fowler side of Tampa just to come back home at 9am the next morning. It gets a cat wash once and has to wait for two months until I remember to wash the car again and remind mom about it. The car from what I remember was bought in 1997 and sat in my dad’s grandparents backyard until 2016 when the 05 passat died because of the starter. Overall. The 98 Nissan we had lived a good life. It’s still used to date and still drives with some minor problems sometimes. It will probably last into the near future.
TOYOTA | everyday
"The ideal car for a late 1990s educator."
Story checks out-dad is a professor, drove one of these from '96 to '05.
This took me back to high school in the nineties. I remember my humble history teacher driving this!
Absolutely. My mom was an elementary school teacher. Didn't have this car but had had 3 Ford Taurus wagons in a row from '87 or 88 into the 2000s.
My school-teacher uncle drove one of these at the same time, lol.
LOL, I hadn't even heard that in the video and I posted a story about how my high school principal who was also my driver's ed teacher drove this and I passed driver's ed in it. It was a smooth riding car and had a lot of power.
83k on the clock, shewee that’s probably the lowest mile camry wagon ever. Pretty sure they came off the line with 200k
83k on a 1993 family station wagon is insanely low mileage!
@@cr4zyj4ck Yep That one is a keeper...
My 92 camry wagon has 87k, but it's not quite as clean as this one. Absolutely love the car. I won't ever get rid of it.
I LOL’d
249k
I was alive in the 90’s, Chuck E. Cheese, champagne and forest green colored cars, Hollywood video and blockbuster, cable tv and TV guide channel to see what’s on, borrowing games and talking about the levels and stuff, wearing the same sneakers for the year of school, events had a lot of excitement because phones didn’t have internet and distract you from the event
I always wondered why forest green appeals to me so much, that was the shit when I was a kid
@@ranger9047 My 1994 Dodge is forest green.
Some of the cars were even indigo! You don't get that anymore.
I miss forest green. Bring back forest green.
Green, indigo, maroon, orange, yellow, outside of chrysler these colors dont exist anymore.
Bring back the colors! Enough with grayscale, lets have some fun.
That memory of getting in a car for the first time with no adult supervision hits hard.
We had a 79 caprice classic Way again this summer of be going into junior year in high school was the best I just got my license
Just got my license last Wednesday, shit feels awesome
I remember the first time I experienced that. It was 7 of us guys from ROTC. We all crammed into the back of my buddy's e100 Corolla when we went to the mall to celebrate graduation. Sure it was nut-to-butt, but damn that was memorable.
This things makes me wanna go on a biggest car journey ever
Im in. I drove my Camry to 330k before a school bus took her from me 😭
@@collinmanning8334 count me in.... i had a 91 camry with way over 300k miles that was handed to me when i first got my license. my friends used to make fun of me because they had hondas and every weekend we'd hang out and go drag race on local back roads. ohhhhh boy let me tell you, my camry saved so many of my friends lol! while they're cool little civic or s2000 would break down, my camry was always there being the most reliable whether it was me bringing tools or on a getaway with friends.
I feel the camry pain Brothers. My first camry, a 95 caught fire while I was driving it. My second camry a 94 died and so did my taste for camrys lol. I have a 2nd gen 4runner with the 3vz mr regular mentioned now
Burger King being the "cool" fast food is peak 90's. One opened up near my high school senior year and it was hands down the place to go. Thanks for the memories from a 90's high schooler.
That was a big marketing thing back in the day from would-be usurpers and underdogs.
Pepsi was cooler than Coke.
Sega was cooler than Nintendo.
Energizer was cooler than Duracell
Etc
Just realized he called it the "Corolla Wagon" accidentally a few times.
Yeah, I noticed it too. It's easy to confuse them.
They both look alike in that Generation.
i thought it was on purpose
I came back a second time beause i wasnt quite able to finish this the first time.. and realized he was calling it a corolla. Surprised I had to scroll down this far to find someone who points it out.
@@zacharyreynolds4303 Too bad yanks never buy wagons anymore. The US corolla wagon ended with the 7th gen. Even those were pretty rare so I doubt I'll ever find one in good condition where I live.
My mom had one of these. Most reliable car ever. We used to take it through Montana when there was no speed limit. It could happily sit at 110 MPH for hours.
Parents had this exact year and engine. Crashed it head on twice and both had engine damage. Still survived. Sold it for $1300 at 180K mi 5 years ago to our gardener with a broken power window and a broken tail light. Still running strong. Jump seats were amazing.
@@wh3998 that's equal opportunity.... hiring a gardener with a broken window and taillight
Jealous of the Montana drives without speed limit
That's why you gotta love these things.
@@Chrisc205 It was a good time! We had fewer bad accidents too, but they still took it away after a year and put the 65mph limit back on the highways. I remember racing my parent's '72 Nova with a 307 and 2-barrel against my buddy's turbo Ford Probe and thinking we were cooling going 115mph.
"It's ideal for a late-1990's educator."
Interesting. In 1998, I started 9th grade. My English teacher that year had a grey one of these.
I woke up early enough just like the original buyer demographic for these
😂
I have you seen that video where the pet pig wakes up. And eats the cookie the owner sets down for it? That was me clicking on this video.
Wish I had one of these to take my kids to school in. But I've got a 98 4Runner. So it's kinda the same, right? Good morning!
"RCR has been around for 7 years now"
Me almost at 30....no...nooo....nooooooooooooooooo
*existential panic sets in*
When he was talking about 1993 I realized that it was the year I turned 30. Good lord, I'm old.
@@LG123ABC I'm a year older, kid. We still have some life left in us.
@@LG123ABC I'm just glad Bryan and Roman have viewers from such a wide age spectrum. They really should have passed 1 mil subscribers years ago.
Don't fall for the feeling bad you're old trap. When you turn 30 you will complain you are old, at 35 you will complain you are 35 and how silly you were at 30 for thinking *that* was old. Just be
Most of us other viewers aren't much younger than you I'd be willing to bet
That thing is PRISTINE for its age, what an ugly masterpiece. Love it.
You've heard of mom vans, now theres a D A D W A G O N
I called mine "the dad and the furious"
Comes with Nike monarchs
15:26 I'm pretty sure that's when it happened? How did it feel?
Mine felt tingly...
Dad wagons making a comeback: 3 series, E-class, allsport, magnum, Camry, TL! Dont even get me started on the E63 S or the RS6. Scoop up all the wagons!
@@carlosronco9764 There's two Magnums outside my dorm right now. One red, One gray
His story at the end is why I’m clicking the like button.
Yeah, Nominate that man for some sort of story telling award. I felt so much nostalgic, love and warmth inside. First ride was 6 of us in a 323i convertible without parents to MCDs.
That's why I subscribe.
When he this car was “For the teenager who is morally compromised by his own jaw line”, I felt that
"Sit in these seats, and you will feel a Nostalgia for a time where you never existed yet."
Damn son, that's deep and on point. I'm from 1984 and every time I step into a house from the 60's-70's I feel like I'm home.
OH MY GOD IT HAS DUAL REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS THATS SO 90'S I LOVE IT
The FJ Cruiser has three front wipers. Toyota is crazy like that.
@@5roundsrapid263 90 DEGREE WINDSHIELD AND 3 WIPERS YEAHHHHHHH
That huge window needs it. It's so refreshing to see a car with wide rear visibility instead of a window that's half blacked out.
I always got a hard-on for the nerdiness of the Merc single front wiper. Just sooooo MUCH EFFFFFOOORRRTT, and absolutely no need, but with zero pomp and ceremony.
Its weird, how its the little things.
I wish my Tahoe had this...seriously thinking about dumping the 'Hoe if I could find a wagon. They are almost like unicorns now.
"the way IPAs taste like angry produce" that one gave me a case of the chuckles.
Angry produce...sounds like a Nickelodeon cartoon pitch back then too.
You just nailed it.
We might be the last generation to feel this way about cars.
Ehh I'm 20 I vibed with that reminded me of the 2005 Pontiac g6
I remember in high school as a senior (year 12) only privilege we were allowed to leave campus for lunch. Running out to the car to drive to get McDonald's or something was the best thing ever. Unsupervised! Woohoo!
Lmao my school didn't allow us to leave, even for lunch. Even if you were 18 🙄
He's 21?? Dude looks like he's been a dad for at least that long.
Proud member of the elderly youth club.
Nice profile picture :)
RCR has officially been going so long that the Zoomers have arrived
@@RallyLancer95 hi
It's the Camry; hard to imagine a non-dad behind the wheel.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. That story at the end brought back so many good memories from high school. I was literally able to sit there and visualize riding around in my best friends 97 Camry, even to the point I could remember the way that car smelled and the way the fabric seats felt. Man, we had some good times back then...
12:55 "Don't worry this is about cars." Probably the most RCR moment ever.
Man, your story made me nostalgic for high school, even though those were really rough years for me.
I'm still in high school and I feel nostalgic
It's funny he mentioned the high school end of day since at my high school the student cars AND the busses all left at the same time - massive traffic jams and, surprise surprise, 'cool' kids driving on the sidewalks and other illegal areas.
@@LearnAboutFlow at my school alot of the "cool kids" love reving they're shitboxes and putting obnoxious wings on them
Same here, I think it's just time heals wounds, gives you perspective, and maybe even appreciate the good times? High school wasn't that rough, just the typical bully nonsense, I never fit into cliques, I was way more interested in the things I wanted to be interested in, and the combination of conformity and adherence to structures and rules was a struggle that I couldn't wait to get out of, and never felt free of until university. I was also in band.
@@theidiotbox9056 Same
What a fantastic video. When you mentioned how old cars let you feel nostalgia for a time you weren’t alive for that resonated so hard with me. I was born in 2000 and have dailyed a Volvo 240 wagon for a little over a year and that’s a big part of why I love it so much! I sit in those leather seats and get to experience the past. I had an 86 Tercel wagon for a while and under the back seat I found some toys; it was so interesting to think back and picture that beater once being the car that filled the space that a Chevy Astro and a PT cruiser fill in my memory as the thing we’d all climb into to go anywhere in the world.
On a separate note, it’s insane that in 1993 you could choose from this Camry wagon or you could still go pick up a Volvo 240 wagon. A car from the 60s/70s alongside something that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a dealer lot in 2000.
I'm almost 40, and when you give us the flash bulb memories of youth it brings a tear to my eye sometimes.
Dammit thought this was a channel about cars.
The nostalgic marching band story really hits home. I miss those days.
Between all the northeastern PA call-outs, 90's music references, and now this, wonder sometimes if we shared our adolescence. I'm here more for the nostalgia than the cars sometimes.
These videos make me feel nostalgia for things I've never experienced in the first place.
the crown jewel still being the vagabond falcon one for me
I lived the marching band life but in my parents Toyota Previa.
@@arlodolivine1153 I'm across the Atlantic from you guys and it resonates here as well. The time before the internet was special. As if people were sharing experiences worldwide without even knowing it.
That rant that ended with "Doom, and this Camry Wagon" really brought me back to '93 when I was 17 years old.
Now this is a regular car, perhaps the most regular of all the cars! 😊
I haven't seen this car well I've seen a camry sedan but not the wagon
That's why I like RCR: to a European like me, I cannot remember ever seeing one.
Watching this videos is like having an alternate life as an American petrolhead, rather than a European one.
You have to be the opposite of regular to keep a camry wagon all these years
@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X Yeah, the engines (particularly the 5S-FE) where bulletproof because they where so simple, for example they had no variable valve timing, hydraulic tappets and the valves where non-interference. Unfortunately that meant they didn't quite get the fuel efficiency Europeans expected. Also at the time the Germans where still churning out fairly reliable cars that had more 'status' with Europeans. However in the US and Australia these are ubiquitous because they just live on.
This is definitely not a regular car
"The infidelity of car ownership" is one of the most creative and accurate lines of commentary I've heard on chis channel in a while. The unspoken dedication we have towards specific cars seems more like marriage than one might expect. Some get married for appearances, some for utility, some for love, etc. That was a clever bit of commentary on this episode.
I think there are a couple of reasons for it: for many people, they haven't ever owned their aspirational vehicle. There's a vehicle they think about a lot, and imagine themselves in, and believe it would become an indelible expression (or extension) of their personality. When they hear that someone else GOT their dream car but then only drove it for a couple of years, it threatens to undermine the narrative they've developed for themselves about theirs. Then you have folks that saved or searched for, or worked to restore their dream car and now they've got it, and their pride won't allow them to accept that the investment isn't paying off in the way they imagined - that all that mental bandwidth, time, and treasure spent to achieve the goal isn't going to produce value for a lifetime. They, too, would prefer to see through others that pursuit and attainment of a dream car is true and real so that it can reinforce their commitment to maintaining the fantasy, and that anyone who behaves otherwise is somehow misguided, or deviant.
The infedelity of car ownership? I'm on my fifth Camry wagon -- A clean 95 V6 LE. It has still functioning ABS, more factory speakers, and a sunroof.
@@siliconinsect I'm also a "monogamous man." I saved, bought my dream car, and I still drive it happily. BuT i StIlL gLaNcE aT mInIvAnS
Fun fact: the 3VZ-FE and 3VZ-E have almost no interchangeable parts. Including the block. The 3VZ-FE is also easily tunable and underrated from the factory, unlike it's -E brother.
i have a 3vz-fe camry sedan, i love the damn thing. Overbuilt as shit, it sees wide open throttle at least once a week. Not winning any races, at least not yet anyway, but it sure does surprise people to see a _camry_ keep up with cars most people think it shouldn't keep up with. Also with a bigger rear sway bar, it's damn fun to throw around corners.
Out of the factory it was 185 hp, but the 92-93 year models you could gain an extra free 10 hp just by advancing the timing to 17 degrees, and adjusting the air flow meter cog for a leaner burn since toyota set up these engines to burn VERY rich. This is a partial reason for this engine's very high resistance to detonation, the other reason is just because the block is so tough. Another extra 10 hp could be gained by increasing the factory 1.75" front Y pipe to a 2 inch pipe with a smooth bend from the rear bank to the collector. I spent 400 bucks to do that, and when I rolled out of the exhaust shop, there was a noticeable difference in the power. Wouldn't knock your socks off, but you could definitely feel that it had a bit more oomph than the stock setup.
While we're on the topic of how overbuilt the engine is, this engine was rated for 185 hp from the factory...the crankshaft is good for 400. People have apparently pushed it to 600 but I can't confirm...
94-96 year 3vz-fes (not available in the US) had their ECUs set up differently so they now had 200 hp, upgrading the front exhaust pipe probably ups that to 210/220.
Get excited when I see Camry wagons, screw crossovers, we need wagons again.
I'm pretty sure crossovers are slowly morphing into wagons. We'll get there.
I get excited when I see a wagon of any sort.
The new Camry would look sick as wagons. heck a lot of sedans would be sick as wagons. Charger wagon anyone? (oh yeah the Magonom).
I wish we could get the Corolla Touring wagon in the US. It's so frustrating that the rest of the world gets that car, but we don't.
@@kylesoler4139 it would be a new magnum so indeed magonom is right
I really like how the LS400 wheels look on this car. It fits so well!
"RCR has been around for 7 years"
Me, now turning 22, being subscribed since I was 17: _fuck why do I feel old_
Subscribed my freshman year of hs, now finishing 2nd yr of college, wtf time flies
Ohh boy, wait till you get about 27 or so. You're just going to be sitting there saying, "wait, what the fuck?"
I get a lot of Mr. Regular's childhood references, they make me remember being like 12 years old. Then I realize he's 40 this year...
The thing kids will never get to experience again is that freedom you talked about.... no phones. Man I miss the 90s...
11:09 When you bring it up, I realized that I have been watching this channel for 8 years since I was in middle school. I'm in Uni now and this channel has been one of the few consistent things in my life up to this point
This video made me want a station wagon more than I already do.
Damn ...this video makes me feel old. The nostalgia of a Camry Wagon, the nostalgia of the 90s. That story of marching band - oh what a time to be a teenager. Thanks RCR. And long live the booty wagon, lord knows it’ll outlast all of us around today.
This is the most relatable car review I have ever witnessed. Born in ‘88.
Hits soo hard.
I'm honestly more impressed that the "D" light isn't burnt out haha
Me too. The 'D' light in my Previa is on its last legs. You can very clearly tell it's dimmer than all the others since you spend all your time in drive :)
That is more common than I thought it would be.
Mines out in my new to me 96. Can it be replaced?
@@timothypaul581 I'm not sure about the Camry but in my Previa, you have to either solder new bulbs to the pcb or replace the entire board.
I had a 92 Camry sedan for a couple years. It had a device which was supposed to detect if any of the tail lights or brake lights burned out and light an indicator on the dashboard. These had a tendency to stop working eventually, which would keep any of the rear lights from working, and I think a new replacement was like $200 or something, so I just went to the junkyard and got one from every Camry they had from that generation, in the hopes that one of them wouldn't be fried. One of them worked, but it made the "R" light come on whenever you stepped on the brakes. Also, the "D" light was burned out when I got the car.
“Let’s talk about the Pontiac Aztec.”
Me, out loud: “No!”
😂😂😂
When he said that, I legit got butterflies and wanted popcorn.
Mr White
me literally out loud: "why"
Me, out loud: “Wait, what?!”
Holy shit man us band kids really all lived the same life. That band story at the end reminded me of my best high school memories.
was it most of you loitering in the parking lot, hooking up with the hot band girls (mostly in your heads)?
@@oldfrend there were girls in your band? Lucky. Ours was like 90% dudes and all the girls were already dating someone cooler than the rest of us.
@@notgray88 hence why i said 'mostly in your heads' =P
I wasn't even a band kid but that was totally a swim/cross country/ history bowl type experience too
I was a band kid as well, first girl tenor drum our band ever had, eventually became tenor 1 and then only tenor when the senior left (I was sophomore that year), all the girls were in guard or sapphires, so it was unique to be the only tenor drum, another girl joined tenor my senior year, which was the year I was drum major, (our team made it all the way to semi-finals) it was an amazing experience, and it was my best high school experience, I’m still friends with all my band buddies from high school and now college at Chatham University (marching band through University of Pitt)
May not be same generation as him or have the same life experiences, but Mr. Regular’s humour, sense of nostalgia, and weirdness really resonate with me. One of my favourite channels of all time.
I remember taking a school trip sitting in the back rear facing 3rd row. Playing tailgunner on the highway!
In the 70s we flashed peace signs at people and hoped they'd give us one back. I remember that so well from going to swimming lessons.
My favorite color. " Jewish racing gold"
haha
now also my favourite colour
I did marching band from 2012-2016 and it's remarkable how similar we feel looking back. The cars were newer, everyone had phones, but that feeling of freedom between school and a football game or the ride to a competition was totally unique.
Oh also, my first car was a V6 '98 Camry (not a wagon) so maybe I just felt particularly seen by this video in particular
"IPAs taste like angry produce." Best way I've ever heard this described...
I was sipping an IPA when he said that and almost spat it out
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's not beige, it's "Champagne".
In the 1980s our Vermont family had a Gold 1983 Subaru GL wagon and a 1987 CHAMPAGNE wagon, both all wheel drive because of course ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
pronounced "sham-pag-in"
Wow, Friday late afternoon/early evening marching band experiences must be universal... you described the experience PERFECTLY.. just wow
6:21 - 6:48 That bit about the MR2 brought a tear to my eye.
As someone that also idolizes the MR2 as a dream car, yeah, it really does.
I noticed he still called it "my car" after selling it off.
Had a camry sedan back in high school during the same years...those memories driving with no parents around town with friends is pure joy.
I was born in 2001, and yet I have an insanely strong nostalgia for the 90s. A time in which I never existed and yet I feel attached to things from said era like I remember them in their own time. Of course, I don't remember them existing in the 90s, but instead I use them to try and feel what it would've been like to exist in an era I missed. An era by all intents and purposes, I have no reason to feel more affection for than the 2010s, which I very much lived through and more. Sometimes I'll be lusting after literally any BMW from the time. Or I'll be watching Trainspotting for the nth time because it's the only reliable way to see what my home city (and Glasgow) looked like just a few years before I was born.
I'm yet to actually buy my first car, I live in the centre of a UK city, and I'm a student, so spending so much money on something I don't need wont make sense for the next few years. But when I do get one, it will be something at least 20 years of age. Simply so I can feel some sense of the 90s, just like what Mr. Regular perfectly described here.
I am reminiscent of 2009-2013, but more so the experiences I had during those years and not so much the times themselves. Actually having existed then I remember the evenings of Halo 3, and discovering Half-Life 2, Garry's Mod and Minecraft. I recall long bicycle rides through the surrounding countryside with family and friends on warm sunny Saturday's. But none of those are an era, a time that can be defined in history. Rather they are a selection of experiences that I merely associate with the era. I play only these video games today simply because I enjoy them for what they are. I only cycle today because it is pleasant form of exercise. I do not expect to ever have those experiences again, I am not nostalgic per say of that time. And yet I obsess over anything older than 20 years simply because it came from the 90s, like I feel some desire to return to the time despite never living through it. But I don't feel a desire to return to the time which I have lived through.
Sorry for the long rant. I just haven't heard anyone, like Mr. R who has lived through the 90s, talk about how a younger person like myself would feel nostalgic for that decade.
I feel the same way. I was born in 2002 and have a strange nostalgia for the 90s. I often find myself watching videos of people driving around in the 90s and early 2000s to get an idea of what cars were in the road and what everything looked like. I currently drive a 90s car, a 1995 Infiniti Q45. It feels so much different than my parents' more modern cars.
It was cool to have someone born in the 80’s relate to the nostalgia I have for a time I do not know. Born 1999. Mr. R just gets it. He’s the philosopher king of cars.
If you have memories on riding backwards in moms wagon and waving to the drivers behind you, then you know you had a good childhood.
Dad drove an Accord Aerodeck (not released in the US) with pop-up headlights. Made me feel pleased to hear how excited other kids were to see the lights go up and down.
I remember doing that in my grandpa's roadmaster
My folk's wagons didn't have the third seat, but I rode back there in plenty of car pool cars. It was the late-60s/early 70s. Every family had a wagon.
I remain convinced that this generation Camry is one of the best cars ever produced in all of human history.
Having owned two with one of those still being in my family I concur. Actually the XV10 and XV20 Camry where the same car mechanically.
Triple sealed doors, asphalt insulation, and excellent interior quality. The 4cyl engine had a bunch of work to smooth it out. This car had all the engineering and r&d that built the reputation of Lexus thrown at it. They regularly surpassed 300k miles without major work.
This was the high point of value/quality/sophistication in Japanese cars, along with the Lexus LS and the 90s Hondas, where the curve of high tech vs cost cutting hit the best point. After this, the tech got more advanced but the companies started serious cost cutting. I have a 7.5 gen Accord now (Harold Slivinski) it's a great car but in a lot of ways it's worse than the 96 Camry I used to drive.
Agreed. I think that this era was peak most Japanese brands in the US in my opinion. early to late 90s.
Gotta watch out for failed capacitors on the pc board of the ECU on these. Had a 94 and it about drove me crazy.
Absolutely. They were effectively indestructible, and in sedan form, even handsome. I recommended them to several people. There are very good reasons these things were as popular as they were (the wagon not so much). The following generation was ragged on by the automotive press for being cheapness, and it was a bit.
There's something endearing about these nostalgic car reviews. I mean, there's reviews of sports cars and super cars that are exciting and all. But when you see a review like this, a car that doesn't appear like much on the surface, but it evokes memories and emotions, it leaves behind good feelings.
The brown is strong with this one.
Reminds me of my Mom's '92 Dodge Spirit with column shift automatic, everything was that light coffee brown,and she had a Yankee Candle air freshener hanging from the column shifter,and the car always seemed to have a funk about it,not a bad funk though, I still have the license plates from it because it was the first car I remember "driving"
I'm older than 21. I can't even claim a quarter of the amount this kid has gone through. He's doing life right.
Dude, live your own life. Its not a bloody race.
*He's a true car guy. You have to LOVE LOVE cars to wanna drive so many of them.*
Im on my 5th car. Thanks to deer and buying junk. 😄
@@MrSilence99 I’m on my 5th one too lol
That Star Citizen reference is quite unknown even across some of the gaming community, and I love it-
This man may grow old... *but he doesn't*
I still remember an amazing line from an earlier video. "We go back in space, cause we can't go back in time."
I had a 2000 model Camry as my first car, graduated in 2012 for reference. I wasn't in marching band but I was on the robotics team, and we very frequently piled into my Camry, five or six or seven or whoever how many people wanted to go, sometimes people even rode in the trunk for the shits and giggles, And we would drive up the street to go get Taco Bell for an hour before we had to stay in the dungeon wrenching on our pride and joy until the teacher wanted to go home.
Your story brought so many of these memories back to me, thank you so much ❤️ these old model Camrys holds such nostalgia for some people,, they're not much car, but they can be as much car as you make it.
My first car I got myself was a 2013 Camry SE. It stood out cause it had a grey color names attitude black that me and my mom couldn't get over and came with tinted windows and aftermarket rims.
My dad want me to get a SUV but I knew I could get a newer sedan for the same price. I realized sedan body style ain't my thing but I really loved it. Everyone always complimented it and it was so big inside. And I babied it to death and drive like a grandmother.
Sadly I wrecked 6 days before its 1 year anniversary of owner ship on December 15 2020.
Now I drive a 2016 4runner even though I'm only 19 I got a good job. I really love 4runners cause I shared my first car with my twin which was a 4runner. But I just havent felt the same connection in the month I've had it. The idea of fuel prices going up is constantly in the back of my mind.
Me currently a freshmen in high school and logging onto zoom:(
Thanks to our government overlords we don't get to live anymore.
misery
This looks like one of the NPC cars in Crazy Taxi. It's just so generically Japanese.
If I ever get asked "what is RCR?" This is the review I will link to them. This is brilliant
This is the most thorough RCR video I have ever watch. You did not cut corners, plus it was extremely entertaining. God bless you RCR! 👍✌️🤘❤️ Plus I was also a band nerd. Thank You.
"Some of you were born in 2000." Mr. Regular is talking to me!
Try 1999! Ahahaha, I'm fucked.
YAY I am finally being noticed for once in my life!
@@notgray88 And with that Princess Celestia icon I can tell!
No, I don't judge anymore cause I WAS one before. It's just be an downer if I just made fun of you and I am not any better for what I like you know?
@@haaxxx9 Yeah true. I would have known anyways if you somehow immediately recognized Celestia haha
Thanks for joining the car world then. Yeah, that's how it was.
I was a band kid in highschool too, that nostalgia trip you were on about was exactly what I had experienced in 2014.
“There is nothing more irresponsible than a bunch of teenagers in a station wagon”. You’re not wrong lol
Clearly you haven't seen a bunch of teens in a hatchback
@@the-boring-car-guy absolutely true. Our friend group was always in a Honda Fit Sport manual trans. That poor car got three separate engine swaps.
@@the-boring-car-guy A hatchback with 7 teenagers + instruments crammed in it when there's only 5 seats.
This thing would do incredibly well on Cars and Bids.
Do you think if 3 people say it, a wild Doug appears to promote it some more?
@@vtr0104 oh god please no!!!
@@Dockhead You're right... probably for the best if we don't find out..
I just bought this exact Camry Wagon on Cars and Bids.
@@texasBMXer I knew it!
“My farts sound like a Wesley Willis song” I died
The real McDonalds rock and roll comes out my aaaaaasssssss!
Rock over London, rock on Chicago!!
Toyota: the one you own till apocalypse
@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 “Blockbuster: Wow! What a difference!”
@@zanderdrivescars "Toyota: Oh, what a feeling!"
@@b1merio Big Mac - will put the pounds on you
I went to one of the best schools in DC as a kid. I remember in 2001 after 9/11 our parents picked all of us up, except mine. I was fortunate though. Two of the kids in my building went to the same school. One of the kids rode around in a G500, and the other, a Toyota Camry wagon. Needless to say I rode home facing towards the rear in those iconic seats. Double rear wiper gang for life.
Beautiful
"let's talk about Pontiac Aztek"
Interrupted by a Honda HRV ad
The sin of trying hard lol
Lol. Me too.
I got the Ford Escape one
Nissan Kicks for me lmao. Crossovers suck
I got a geico ad
When you think about it, the Toyota Camry went from being unhip to being one of the most regular modern cars out there next to the Corollas, Accords, and Civics.
Honestly economy cars like accords and Camrys look really good nowadays. They’re not super bland like how they were 15 years ago
@@chiefbeef2059 That's what I miss about them, though. Back when economy cars were simple and weren't trying to be luxurious.
I was driving through Utah and spotted one of these on the interstate. I had no idea what it was until I saw the Camry badge on the back. I immediately looked it up and was shocked to learn these things existed. I knew I had to get one. I searched and searched for about two years until I saw one that I knew I wanted. I flew from Arizona to Oregon and purchased a 1994 Camry Wagon. Drove it back home and have loved it ever since. I’m 25 and I sincerely believe that I’ll keep this car forever. I’ve made so many memories with it in the short time I’ve had it, 7 months and 21,000 miles. These things are awesome, and reliable. Parts are easy as it’s a standard Camry from the front doors forward.
"Keep giving money to star citizen."
I felt that.
I haven't pumped money into that hole for nearly 5 years and I'm still over 600 dollars into it.
Rip my $75. To add insult to injury my Avenger is probably already obsolete now thanks to all the new ships they keep adding.
@@TheMsdos25 I know that feel, my M50 was made obsolete about a month or two after I got it.
@@TheMsdos25 Shoulda kept it just to the Avenger package, but no, I FOMOed into buying an LTI Retaliator when they offered it like 4 years ago...
its honestly genius how much they've kept that money train going.
"Know those memories are in these seats." I've never heard the nostalgia of a well worn-in car described so succinctly.
yes, I do agree......................................
The 90's.. such a good period of time, like taking a warm blanket fresh out of a dryer and embracing yourself in the warmth.
"IPAs taste like angry produce" HA!
what a waste of ingredients that could make plain drinkable beer, stuff is wretched.
@@signlsirchir2156 I try one maybe one or twice a year to double-check if they're as nasty as I remember. Yep, always gross.
@@nonessentialoils yeah I don’t understand it. My bro in-law and friends drink and “collect” them. It’s like they know it’s gross but won’t admit it because “IPA is the cool thing”. Also $60-$80 for 12 packs...GTFOH
@@stevenllewellyn8906 IPA'S aren't cool anymore. Now it's sours, which taste like an old gym sock smells.
Troeg's Perpetual for the win babyyyy.
The effect a "blunt" car can have on a human is astonishing.
To me cars are like references in time, phases of my life, realizing that time goes by, but memories stay linked to cars. It's just beautiful when RCR takes me on a ride back to my memories..thank you so much for your work
You just made me realize that I started watching your videos when I was a freshman in college. 7 fucking years ago.
My 94 Camry wagon died 7 years ago today. This brings back some great high school memories
This was our family car growing up. Lasted 12 yrs 200k until some jagoff T-boned it into the grave. So many memories playing "sweet or sour" in the third row, loading it up for camping and road trips. Everything fit into that in that bodacious back end. I learned to drive in that boat. What a badass vehicle. RIP Toyota wagons man.
Back when station wagons were designed to be practical; not now when they are basically supposed to be sports cars with 5% more cargo room
My 97 Outback is my utility vehicle I use for hauling stuff around. It's amazing.
Senior year, 1993, my friend's old Pontiac. GM B body with a bench front seat, seatbelts for 6, room for 8+. The memory is freedom and the sense of self determination. Good memories Mr. Regular, thanks.
Also, "Station wagon full of teenagers." Stop giving me the feels.
Seriously!
This absolutely brought some high school memories to the surface circa 2000. Also with high school band friends, also in a wagon ('92 Taurus)
I didn't have a wagon myself, but my first car was an old 83 300D and I was one of the first of my friends to drive and I remember all of us piling into that car, 4 sometimes 5 squished into the back of that thing. Man it was a blast. Even though that was the slowest car I've ever had haha
When I was in high school in the late 90s, myself and one of my best friends both had wagons LOL. I had my parents hand me down 87 Chevy Celebrity, he had a 85 Peugeot 505. The Celebrity was way more reliable, but the Peugeot was rear-wheel-drive with a LTD slip and was WAYYYYY more fun in the snow.
Also, this car reminds me of my high school biology teacher, he drove the sedan version of this, and would always ave about how it was "like a Cadillac LOL".
At my high school, you had a small window before the buses left to get out of the parking lot. It was like a LeMans start to run to your car and out before the buses started rolling, because once the first bus moved, you were trapped.
@@trailrunnah8886 My first car was a huge, green '72 Chevelle wagon. It was a raging beater, with no air conditioning in Florida and a homemade sound system. I learned auto maintenance via what broke, and I used it through two years of high school and three of university. I was known as, "Saw your car...." My house was a home for wayward station wagons. I'm still looking for another '72 Greenbrier wagon.