Well, the decision has been made to get rid of the Saturn SL. This car has been in the garage at least 10 times. I am looking at a Toyota Camry Solara with 75, miles and I am looking at taking it off a wholesale lot. What it needs to be inspect able is brake lines, fuel lines and an anti sway bar link. Thank you in advance. While, to the best of my knowledge, neither the 4-cylinder nor the 6-cylinder engines you failed to tell us which one!
If it happens at high speed, in the middle of a bunch of wheelers, you could have a very bad outcome to this lack of maintenance. And, if the previous owner s skipped the replacement of the timing belt, you can be pretty sure that they never changed the brake fluid most likely why the brake lines need to be replaced! Ergo—a badly-maintained time bomb that is waiting to explode in your wallet.
If you do decide to buy this car, make sure that the water pump, the crank seals, the serpentine belt, and all belt tensioners are replaced along with the timing belt. Yes, Toyotas are noted for their reliability, but any badly-maintained car will be an unreliable financial burden after 13 years.
No make of car—including Toyota—is reliable unless it has received good maintenance. The sway bar link is a very minor concern, however if it needs brake lines and fuel lines it may have been submerged. You want to get this checked out really, really carefully, and specifically ask to have it checked for evidence of flood damage. I do all my own work on my cars. Therefore, there are no repair orders for my cars. From your posting ID, if you have a rig like that you could probably trade it for a new Lexus….
If the car needs brake lines I would say it has been exposed to too much winter salt. By the way I have a White Camry hardtop 4-cyl. I have owned it since I have all service records and all maitenance has been done on time or before. You will not believe the condition of this car. I also failed to take into account they may have done the servicing themselves.
