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What's up with Camry XSE drivers? They seem to think their Camry are race cars just because its got the black roof and dual exhaust. Almost all of them I see drive very aggressively, weaving in and out of traffic and WOT at the stop light. Most are driven by middle age men, probably making up for other inadequacies.

They wish it was this car... 850hp. 1/4 in 9.8sec

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I wish that was my car! :confused0068:

hey man, leave them dads alone, they have a cool looking camry for their fam so they wanna have fun ^^ to me the most aggressive drivers here in AZ are challengers & chargers...so many dudes in them try to race me on the 101 like they don't realize I have less than a third of their displacement....

You probably just notice more aggressive ones since there are more of them as a whole than almost anything else. I doubt you notice the beige ones that drive like an 80 year old grandmother.

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its got like 330 hp and fairly quick but honestly the prius drivers are the worst out here. most the camry owners are of a certain stereotype anyways and now since it;s "cool" ( I say that knowing full well if you told me to shop for a midsize it would be the first thing id look at)
Its selling fairly well.

You'd be surprised how capable the XSE is.

Really? I haven't seen any being aggressively driven. I love how they look, especially the ones with a red interior. Mmm!

I think regardless of the car, specific subsets of drivers are spurred on by an aggressive looking car like the BRZ/FRS.

Around here, it's typically Subaru Forester drivers or ANYBODY in a Toyota truck.

sometimes people spend their entire pay checks for some jdm credit and then get mad when a middle class adult buys a faster car with more doors. they need a safe place to vent.

Isn't it sad when a motherfunking Camry smokes a 86?

a new camry was trying to keep up with me last weekend. i thought it was cute. they did not succeed.

Strangely it’s just the XSE which is why I brought it up. Don’t quite understand why this particular model seems to be driven by granddad Andretti’s. Maybe it’s just me but I see that the ones driving SE and other trims seem to be “normal”:iono:

You don't know what your talking about - them middle aged men have the "blue pill" to help them make up for their inadequacies - :D

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Shit Twin owners say:
"Redline EVERY shift"
"I want pops and super loud exhaust so I sound like a race car"
"Change everything so it is just a Twin in name only"
"Kick the rear out every chance you get"
"I can blow anything away in the twisties"
"Drive it like it is MEANT to be driven"
"Anybody else driving a capable car in any form of an aggressive manner is a douche"

I didn't make that bit up. That was a quote from the Mayor of Toronto, John "long story" Tory. In his crackdown of cars making excessive noise, he said showboating and aggressive driving is done by mostly men to make up for their inadequacies.

If you put a 3.5L v6 in a twin it would smoke most pony cars. The xse is Toyotas sleeper/hot sedan. Idk how it handles, but it is certainly quick.

They handle just like a heavy mid sized sedan with loads of power and slightly tweaked suspension. They also make up about 5% of the Camry production so this whole "Camrys can kick our ass" sentiment is bullshit. Even the V6 numbers barely beat the Twins in any manner beyond timed drag race events.
If anybody is getting their "ass kicked" by a Camry they need to trade in their Twin for a nice minivan.

You forgot about all the “static hellaflush bois”

Is.. is it bad I was thnking about selling my SUV for one?
that or an acura ILX spec A in red.. Ive owned way too many white/grey/black cars

Covered under #3

Lol once I was getting on a merging on ramp to the free way and I took off going the normal twin speed (which is decently fast with a touch of tire spin when the light turned green). This v6 Camry was next to me and I figured I would go ahead of them normally without any issue and that thing blew by me like a bat of hell, mind you it sounded like it was about to explode to accelerate that fast. Those things can really take off, but not without making a big commotion.

I mean nothing wrong with that. You won’t lose much practicality, but you won’t be able to drive it in bad weather (high water, snow etc.) as well as you would an SUV.

The power/torque is inspiring(hilarious really), kinda feels like a Ecoboost Mustang, just with 4 doors and a less than desirable driving position.. I will not mention cornering ability, albeit surprising.. it's no Merc.

It really makes that middle aged man feel on top of the world to sum it up.

I've owned one car, and my next car is going to be RED. CHAMPIONSHIP RED.

When I can acquire the funds and am in a situation where I will not put myself backwards financially 5 years.

MUTHA FUKKIN RED.

https://www.honda.ca/civic_type_r

Oh ya that .1 second 0 to 60 rating over the Twins must be awesome.

How do you know it was a V6... what if it was a 4 cyl!!!:confused0068:

Such a glorious .1 second it is. The Glorious Camry Master Race clearly is too good for you.

Because the moment he was on the freeway he slowed way down to normal speeds and I passed him in the far left lane. It was a v6 form 2016 maybe?

Yeah but that is with pro shifting, in the real world. When a v6 Camry owner just stomps the gas in an AT and some dummy like me has to row through gears the Camary wins by a larger margin. However the twins can more casually accelerate fast, like it isn't any big deal where as the Camry shouts and hollers and lets everyone know they are flooring it.

The Camry has to make a big fuss to pass a twin, likely something they don't do that often. Where as I take off from a stop or red light pretty fast consistently because the car is light and its not a big fuss to get going quickly. This is all in a dead straight line of course.

2019s will do 0-60 in 5.8 apparently. Was 2018 an update year?

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Bruh, you only have to make like 1 or 2 shifts, you can't be that bad. You could even dump your clutch from like 4.5k (I do not suggest doing this readers) to really scare that fool.

Hey Im not going around trying to drag race Camrys, I'm talking about a standard twin start that is brisk but not out of the ordinary. I don't need to redline going on an onramp to beat a Camry, if they are that determined to pass to prove to themselves or make them feel better than it is fine with me.

I'm just trying to get to my location with a bit of fun. I almost always take off the line briskly but Im not launching it for a drag race against a Camry, plus I passed that dude on the freeway right away.

Meh that is always the excuse when the numbers are used. The Twins are always "wrong" for some reason but every other car is correct.
Using the base numbers it is .1 second over the MT. Doesn't matter how they got hem. Now of course the poor AT drivers are only going to see Camry tail lights but that is a different matter.

OK .4 seconds. We are doomed.

What I'm saying is I'm not as good as the driver who got that 0-60 time in a manual (I bet a bunch of twin owners are not that skilled). Also in the real world when I'm not planning on drag racing to 60 (even though to get on the free way it is a drag to 70-75) and all the camry owner has to do is stop their right foot to go fast. So in the average circumstance those v6 Camrys can just pull away in a straight line if they choose to go to redline to pass a twin. If they do not go to redline then the twin will pass them handily with barely going over 6k rpm.

Also I feel I should mention in all my 6 years of ownership I have seen one or maybe two Camry v6s that where even willing to drive with any sort of aggressiveness so among Camrys as you said it is a rarity but when they feel the need for speed they can get going pretty damn fast from a stop.

Before I bought my 86, I was 'considering' getting a boring reliable sedan like the accord or camry. I had just sold my M235. My friend, knowing this was really stupid of me to even consider and I would always regret it, made the ultimate sacrifice.... He flew out from NYC and rented a camry (v6) for the day. Came over early on a sunday morning, threw me the keys, and said.. let's go to supercar sunday - you drive.


He made his point... I was immediately frustrated with just how horribly the car handled and felt. Everything I did, it was like it would pause 5 seconds before it would react to my inputs. Then when it did it somehow did in the most annoying way possible. Made stupid noises and blinked and flashed at me. Brakes felt like giant soft sponges and the car would dive whenever I tried to actually use them as I don't think Toyota ever expected anyone to try to change speed or direction rapidly in that car. I was cussing and swear at the thing constantly on the drive over. Felt horribly embarrassed around real car people that I knew with some of the best cars in LA (and hence the world).. pulling up in a Camry I parked at the far edge of the lot out of shame. At least it was a rental... Then we went out to a few dealerships to do some test drives of other cars including a brz, wrx and a maserati wth. Got back in the Camry to drive to a malibu beach house with some hot girls... in a Camry... I gave the keys back to my friend and said, 'I'm never driving that thing again. If you don't drive it back, I'm driving it into the ocean where it belongs'. Bought my 86 the next day.



Point of the story: There is nothing on paper that will ever make the Camry in any way competitive with the twins. It is a truly awful car to drive in all regards no matter how much your mother says it is the best car she's ever owned.

I feel this way about the Civic. In every conceivable way, it's the car people talk about when they say this insufferable phrase "I don't care about cars, I just need something to get me from point A to point B". Even typing that out just now was awful. I would actively avoid driving that car and absolutely understand why people hate driving and want self-driving cars. It is a miserable, joyless thing meant to destroy souls and ambition

? On paper is where it IS competitive. Real life, it is not.


There is a guy on youtube with a 2017 86 that pulls 6.06 0-60 stock. So you're .4 just became a .26.