My neighbor want to trade his 1985 Toyota Camry Turbo Diesel and some cash for my 84 190 D what do you think guys?

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2000 430 ML
2005 S500
87 300 D
61 300 restoring

Deal.

I would say heck no!
Now, the variable of course, is how much cash we're talking about.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I had no idea they made a camry diesel it sounds cool. can you post some underhood pics please? Does the car have a/c?

twr,

I think its a fantastic deal.






















For your neighbor.

P E H

How good of shape is the Camry in? Your 190D?

It would be another engine you would need special tools to work on. I saw one of those toyotas once, it was messed up but it made me want one in good shape.

PEH speaks the truth. I can't imagine parts are easy to come by on that car. And I doubt there is allot of tech support out there. You have a question on your 190D, you come here and ask.
You have a question on your Camry diesel.......
Anyone?
Anyone?
Anyone?





Bueller..................

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

The Camry is a turbodiesel AFAIK. My mom had an 84 gasser so I had a factory manual which BTW covered Diesel models. Pity I gave the manual to the new owner.

Is it AT or MT? Will he sell it outright?

Sixto

Howdy Mate:

I believe there have been some good points suggested so far.

Your 190D is a more luxo performance diesel - his camry is a basic transport

I own both german and japanese diesel- high points for both

I will say the german diesels require more attention than japanese, within reason.

i rebuild both so I have some experience- Parts will be a little difficult to come by on the Camry- althought there is one Toyota Dealer in B.C. that gives really good prices and shipping cost is very reasonable - but you have to wait a really long time - upwards of 3-4 weeks to access parts and recieve them

Your tech support on the Mercedes is infinetely better

He wants your car for a reason- Yes?

He also has a very good car ...

I suppose it all depends on what you expect from your vehicle

Good luck

Peace

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nibiru
82 300TD- diggin it
Ich habe Dinge gesehen, die ihr Menchen niemal glauben würdet
Gigantische Schiffe, die brannten, draußen vor der Schulter des Orion
Und ich habe C-beams gesehen, glizernd im Dunkel, nahe dem Thannhäuser-Tor
All diese Momente werden verloren sein....in der Zeit
so wie...Tränen im Regen

Thanks for the tips to all the members, here are some pictures he wants my 190 D and he is willing to give me $1000.00 cash, so............I don't know the Toyota runs very well and he gets parts at the Toyota Fork lift place they have the share engine (fork lift and cars)

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2000 430 ML
2005 S500
87 300 D
61 300 restoring

Your 190 would have to be in very poor shape to interest me in that Japanese econo crap pile.
Remember, you have a Mercedes Benz. He has a Toyota.
What a plain looking car that Camry is.
Snap out of it!!!

If you wanted to sell your 190D you would have folks here lining up to buy it.
Dude!!!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Which one would *you* rather be in, in an accident?

The Mercedes or the tin can? (Even though it is a very reliable tin can)

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Some years of Camries get better crash test ratings than Mercedes of the same year... but I wouldn't expect 1984 to be one of them.

That is one ugly Camry. Uggh I think your nuts for wanting to trade a W201 for that thing. The MB is actualy a real car!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

An 85 Camry diesel might tend to be more reliable than an 84 190D, BUT diesel-specific parts for that Toyota may be very hard to come by, (parts were getting hard to find 15 years ago when I last worked on a diesel Camry) and the Mercedes should be safer and better handling.

Now maybe if it was a late '90s Camry....

Happy Motoring, Mark

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