My new ride
 

Picked it up yesterday...August 2004 Toyota Camry Altise...entry level Camry but still with power steering, electric windows, cruise control, boot big enough for at least two bodies. It's all I need... :thumbsup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../EllaCamry.jpg

Hold on a minute, thats not Meri.

Nice work Ella! I drive a 1997 Camry (http://images.demo6.ezwebcatalog.com....com/0202b.JPG - but darker) and I love it. I've always liked the newer Camrys (Camries?), especially the sport ones.

Bit bigger than Slimshaydee's Ka...

I love the feeling of getting into a new car - when everything is so clean, it smells new :D

Thanks Ella - I'm jealous now!

On the other hand, I wouldn't swap my 2001 Forester for a new Camry ;)

@ Rlyss...nice choice of car, mate!

@Spindles....I almost bought a Forester - I was *that* close. And I also thought I'd get a RAV 4 for a while (well, that's what my oldest daughter wanted). What I wanted was a black Porsche Cayenne, but the budget only extended to the Camry. Got 5k for my 7 year old Toyota Starlet 5 door hatch, so I was out of pocket around 23k.

We do quite a bit of camping - and while not a serious off road vehicle, the forester does go places a normal car would not go.

They have also fixed (since we bought ours) my biggest gripe - not much leg room - my wife and I are both 6' plus...

Just think about the porsche as your goal - it is no good to achieve them too early ;)

Lack of leg room was what my little Toyota hatch had in abundance. The Camry feels like a limo in comparison.

We used to do a lot of camping when we lived in Tassie in our trusty Kombi. Man, we did some kms in that thing.

Nice car Ella :thumbsup:

At the moment I have this baby as my ride. Not quite as recent on the years as every one else who has posted but I still love it to bits.

I'm very jealous, especially since my car had to be towed to the Auto Elec this morning and looks like costing me $1000+
A new car would be so much less hassle!!!

nice ride, but it just doesnt compare to my $200 KB with 4/100 aircon, texta black seatbelts, and dimmeys seatcovers. with a tempermental hatch, and an fuel leak to boot, nothing quite tops my KB. for only $19.95 plus onroad costs, you too can be sweating your ass off in mid summer with the heater stuck on full.

Pass. I drove one of those for 4 years - see Kombi pic in my post above. I could get it up to 80 km on a good day, it used to break down in the most inconvenient spots and I almost gave birth in the back! I kinda miss it in a perverse way.

My work ute is a 2004 Hilux - I'm a plasterer - but my favourite transport is my Harley.

All I got at the moment is a VH Commodore that's rapidly falling apart on me. The joys of not having any money!

You missed your opportunity for fame - that would've made the news for sure - with two young constables saying "helping ladies give birth by the side of the road is all part of the service".

I know....the news loves those stories! The truth is, around 4pm on Feb 4th 1994 I called my husband to take me to the hospital...he was cooking at Lounge in the city (Melbourne) and jumped on his pushbike to ride home down St Kilda Rd to our Elwood flat.

He got here and we jumped into the Kombi and drove to the birth centre in Moorabbin. I was on my knees on the floor in the back of the Kombi on the way there, and my waters broke on the way down. We arrived and happened to encounter a pre-natal group of prospective mums and dads on the way in. I ran in, manic and dripping with maternal waters, frantically looking for directions to my birthing suite. They stared at me in wide eyed horror.

We checked in, had the babe and went home, all in 24 hours. Very surreal.

Gee - that makes our quiet drive to the hospital sound positively boring. Our excitement came later when my wife was rushed in for an emergency caesar (don't you love it when the child doesn't want to come out).

I wouldn't know about that one, mate. Both of mine came pretty quick!

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This is my favourite toy. The photo is real shitty because it was taken with a cheapy matchbox size camera, but it's better than nothing.

Ohhh.....shiny!!!

hey at least you tossa's can afford a car. im stuck with shankes pony !

Don't fret. 26 years ago I was too. (Shanks pony, that is. - Never a tosser! :D )