In the present day’s Good Worth or No Cube Camry sports activities a V6 engine and five-speed stick, a combo that makes this a really attention-grabbing model of what’s arguably a really uninteresting automobile. Let’s see if its value is something to get enthusiastic about.

Of the 12 males who’ve, up to now, walked throughout the floor of the moon, leaving their indelible boot marks for all eternity, solely 4 are nonetheless residing — Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Charles M. Duke, Harrison H. Schmitt, and David R. Scott. Some day, they’ll move away as nicely, leaving solely the legacy of the Apollo moon missions as their enduring memorial.

A part of that legacy is all of the cool vehicles the astronauts drove, together with a clutch of Corvettes and, within the case of Alan B. Shepard, a 1995 Chevy Camaro Z28 convertible that he and his spouse used for a time at their Pebble Seashore, California homestead. Shortly, that Camaro will likely be up for grabs with an asking value of $250,000, a few of which can go to charity. Regardless of the cool historical past and astro-celebrity provenance, few of you thought that to be a value that would get the Camaro off the launch pad. On the finish of our countdown, that asking resulted in an enormous 96 % No Cube loss.

Hey, do you’ve any superpowers? Tremendous power? Tremendous pace? Tremendous armpit fart noise-making? Yeah, me neither. It’s a tragic truth that the majority of us are simply common on a regular basis people. In fact, we every have our personal particular person personalities and quirks. And because you’re right here, studying this, you additionally, little question, have greater than only a passing curiosity in efficiency vehicles. Or, on the very least, an curiosity in the efficiency of vehicles. What would possibly such a middle-of-the-fast-lane persona equate to within the automotive world? I submit on your approval this 2000 Toyota Camry LE with a V6 and five-speed stick as a possible candidate. And, barring that, we’ll simply see how a lot somebody ought to rightfully pay for it.

There’s no query that for greater than 4 many years now, Toyota has been fastidiously culturing the Camry to be essentially the most blissfully boring sedan available on the market. Its fame has at all times been for stable, dependable transportation dashed with a modicum of consolation and comfort whipped collectively in a package deal that neither stirs one’s loins nor breaks one’s financial institution. It’s by no means, nevertheless, been a automobile that anybody would think about something apart from modestly entertaining. Some fashions, like this one, come shut, although.

The automobile’s specs are fairly stable. The engine is Toyota’s long-serving DOHC all-alloy V6, right here in 2995 cc displacement and providing 194 horsepower and 209 lb-ft of torque. That’s matched with a modestly long-throw five-speed handbook designed for financial system somewhat than enjoyable however nonetheless lightyears away within the engagement division from the standard Camry computerized.

The drivetrain isn’t the one attraction this Camry affords. It additionally comes with copious data documenting upkeep work on all its consumables, main and minor. Listed within the advert, the automobile exhibits 120,000 miles, and whereas that’s often simply getting began for a Toyota of a sure age, evidently this Camry’s proprietor has handled it like a standard, much less stalwart automobile and has addressed just about each main system and part. The clean-title automobile passes its smog take a look at, and, in response to the vendor, it’s “mechanically sound and presently wants zero upkeep.”

Together with the partaking drivetrain, this Camry affords such niceties as energy equipment, a moon roof, and a modernized double-DIN stereo head unit. On the outside, the automobile seems a bit tarted up in its upscale-looking silver metallic paint. It additionally options the LE normal fog lamps, and a few aftermarket chrome-plated alloys, though the latter aren’t doing the automobile any favors. These are wrapped in new tires within the entrance. Small scrapes on the nook of the entrance bumper detract from an in any other case stable look.

The cabin options fabric seats and carpet that also look factory-fresh. In reality, there’s no considerable put on evident wherever within the cabin. The engine bay presents equally, as does the trunk. General, this seems to be not only a stable automobile however one which has additionally been exceptionally well-cared for. The vendor units our expectations for the automobile by claiming: “As a 23 yr outdated automobile it’s not essentially sporty, however it is extremely clean and quiet to drive.” What would possibly one count on to pay for such a stable citizen?

The asking value is $7,000, which the vendor says is pretty agency, owing to the “high quality of the automobile.” What do you suppose? Is that this best-of-the-boring Camry price that a lot? Or does that value not excite you within the least?

You resolve!

Las Vegas, Nevada, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.

H/T to Invoice M. for the hookup!

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