Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (Cars, vans, SUVs, Lexus, Scion, and brochures)!

2007 Solara SE convertible


January 24th, 2022:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

I ran the Previa's license plate through Carfax, and found that it's 1994 model; I knew it would have high miles (pretty much all Previas I've both in person and for sale online do) but I was shocked, based on its condition, to see that it has about 300K miles!

 

Also, this Previa was just purchased by it's 5th owner in September 2021; Records show that they've put close to 6,000 miles on it in the four months they've had it. I was thinking that maybe they'd bought it in NC, but that they lived here in PA and just hadn't registered it yet, but it would appear that this is an NC resident who puts the same amount of mileage on their van that I put on my truck. Either way, this is one of the cleanest Previas I've ever seen that didn't come Arizona, Nevada, Texas, or somewhere on the West Coast; According to Carfax, it has been registered in North Carolina it's whole life! I do believe that NC is one of the states covered in the Tacoma frame recall, but I know that weather in most of the state is far more mild than here in Pennsylvania...

 

After coming across not one or two but THREE 1997-2001 Camrys that I would classify as being in above average condition, in less than a month, I figured I'd show you what most Camrys of this era that I find in my area look like; The two-tone one I saw at work was registered in Florida, so it does not really count, but I'm pretty sure the other two are Pennsylvania cars...

This, believe it or not, is still one of the better examples of a 1997-2001 Camry that I've seen recently...


January 30th, 2020:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

From Toyota's "unkillable" era!


February 2nd, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

February 5th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

February 7th, 2022:

Lansdale, Pennsylvania

 

February 8th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

I'm guessing that the door handle broke and the owner of this Camry got one from a wrecked donor car, of a different color, in a salvage yard...?


February 9th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

My coworker's car; 2016 with only 23K miles! He bought it new, and it is now worth more than what he paid for it (It's also totally paid off). He has an old Honda Civic that he drives to work most of the time, so that gets all of the abuse (and miles)...




February 10th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

Same car...


February 10th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

February 10th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

February 11th, 2022:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

February 11th, 2022:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania




Who ya gonna call?!?!

 

I have decided to start taking pictures of decent examples of the Prius V that I see while out and about; Another TW member told me that the Prius V did not sell as well as the original Prius because it got ONLY 42 MPG (I drive a Tacoma with a significant drinking problem, and I'd be happy with anything over 25 MPG with gas prices the way they are!). For every dozen or so Priuses I see, I only see one or two Prius Vs; I also like the body style of the V better than that of the original Prius!


February 11th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

February 11th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

@Cpl_Punishment

You like these ToyoScionBarus right?

 

Yeah, I dig them. Doubt I'll ever own one, unfortunately.

 

I have a serious soft spot for the 1993-1997 Corolla; If only I could find one with a 5-speed/3-pedal millennial anti-theft device (Which this one sadly doesn't have )!


February 12th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

@AzureNightmare
@Cpl_Punishment

This is the 1995 HiAce, which I originally went to this dealership to see...


February 12th, 2022:

Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

 

@AzureNightmare
@Cpl_Punishment

1991 Sera


February 12th, 2022:

Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

 

I was curious so I just checked Auto Trader. There's one for sale in all of Canada right now and it's an automatic.

 

What do you think of these?


February 13th, 2022:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

February 14th, 2022:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

I saw this particularly sharp Camry LE while running an errand for work today; How do I know it's an LE...?

At least for 2002-2003, 4-wheel disc brakes were standard on all Camry trims except the LE 4-cylinder; Getting a V6 with the LE trim by default gave you rear disc brakes. The SE and XLE came with 4-wheel disc regardless of which engine you got; It was possible to get an LE 4-cylinder with rear disc brakes in this generation, but this particular example has rear drum brakes, which means it is a super base model! Regardless, this is one of the nicer 2002-2006 Camrys that I've seen, and it is clear that somebody really cares about this car!


February 17th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

Aside from the right front fender damage, this base model Corolla that I saw earlier today was in surprisingly mint condition; I have feeling that the damage is fairly recent. Also, most of the Corollas of this era that I see are fairly well-equipped LE models; This is a CE that probably has A/C and likely no other options...


February 18th, 2022:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

One of two deceptively similar silver Celicas that I saw at a car meet tonight; This one had an automatic transmission and was not in the best of shape cosmetically, and unfortunately the license plate didn't yield any results on Carfax; Celicas of all years, even final generation ones like the two I saw tonight, are getting harder and harder to find. Totally stock examples in mint condition are virtually impossible to find!


February 18th, 2022:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

February 18th, 2022:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

2001 Celica GT, and it's a stick shift (the other silver was a GT-S with automatic transmission)!


February 18th, 2022:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

2011 Lexus IS350


February 18th, 2022:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania