Beeline

This is really a strictly girlfriend/wife question
and consideration.

--I think you need the coupe!

skabone69

no, I tried to google a couple of things and couldn't find a place that sells it.(maybe someone else can find a link) I guess you'd have to find someone in Japan that has a hook up. nevermind on that idea.

LowAccord

Just my two cents here.

In regards to the convenience factor, I recently got married, I have a house to keep up and a baby on the way and I can say that even a four door is not enough to haul stuff around, especially from those trips back from Home Depot. I end up borrowing my brothers pick'em up truck all the time. I hate doing it but I cringe at the site of sticking a hitch on my Accord sedan and pulling a little trailer behind it. My plan is to trade my wifes car for a medium size SUV and get a trailer for it.

I don't really like sedans, but I like my Accord, mostly because with just lowering it and slappin' some rims on it, it looks good even just sitting in traffic.

I think what you do to the car that you have says more about you then the car itself.

mayonaise

no matter what you do to a camry, it will never look "youthful." if you're really that overly concerned about how "youthful" and sporty others will think of you and your car, you're barking up the wrong tree. camrys and accords shouldn't be on the top of your list, because they are boring family sedans.

DJSIII

"The Mugen kit is the one I showed you in a thread a few days ago...but I haven't seen anyone get it yet...if they did make it, it's going to be expensive. "


Shit......

"DJ...I really wouldn't make your car decision based on a lip kit. If you like the Camry better, then get it, but I wouldn't get it over the Accord just because they offer optional sideskirts and rear lip."

Well, the problem is, I like the exterior LOOK of that Camry SE with the body kit over the Accord....it just looks like such a damn sporty sedan......

DJSIII

Huh???? I dont getcha.....

DJSIII

Thanks for your thoughts on this, man....

Yes, it does seem like SEDANS dont always carry EVERYTHING we need when we're out and about and stuff like that; sometimes SEDANS can be as cramped as coupes----take a look at compact ones like the Jetta or the EVO; so I guess you are right, whatever you DO to the car makes more importance than whether its two or four door.....

DJSIII

I gotta tell ya though Mayo, this may be your opinion, but there is NO WAY that Camry SE looks like a boring family sedan with the skirt package----NO WAY----plus the rear wing on the back. I think you misunderstood what I meant about "youthful"; sure, all these Japanese sedans are going to convey something of a non-youthful image because of what they are; but as I just discussed with the poster before this, its more about what you DO to the car---two or four door guise---that makes the difference.....and in terms of the Camry, that factory body kit makes all the difference in the world to the sporty looks of that vehicle----or changing it to sporty looks for the vehicle.

mayonaise

oh, there's "NO WAY" that the camry SE with the skirt package looks boring, is there - NO WAY? i supposed there's NO WAY that that may just be your opinion as well?

i'm not gonna tell you that your opinion about the car's appearance is wrong. everyone has different opinions about everything. but considering that the average age for a camry buyer is 55, and the average toyota buyer is 47; factory body kit or not, the toyota camry is quite plainly not a "youthful" car. toyota was, in fact, so worried about losing the youth market, that they started an entirely new brand to escape their own "old" image.

the camry is already stuck with the stigma of being an old-person's car, or at least a middle-age person's car. no body kit, spoiler or SE badge is going to take that away. it may do it for you - and again, i'm not arguing that - but since you're so pre-occupied with what other people think and being "seen," don't go thinking that slapping the factory body kit on it is suddenly going to make it look young and hip to the rest of the world.

jschmid

Yeah, I'm going to have to agree...if it's the "youthful image" you are going for, Accord and Camry sedans aren't going to cut it.

And slapping on a lip kit doesn't make the camry look sporty to me. It still looks bloated and 5 feet tall to me. Their smaller sedan the Corolla looks rediculous with it's lip kit.

I'm not a Toyota basher, I'd recommend one for my mom anyday of the week...better than the GM stuff my parents love to buy. And I'd love an IS300 for myself, but it's just that I don't think a Camry isn't what you are looking for if you want a youthful image.

But then again, you say that you want a sedan because you feel like you are getting older, etc...so maybe I'm not sure what you want.

If you want youthful image and a four door, get a WRX or something like that.