2012 Camry: Eyesore under the hood

 
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oparr@hotmail.com's Avataroparr@hotmail.com posted on
February 11, 2012, 8:50 am
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Recently looked at some 2012 Camrys at a local Toyota dealer and was
somewhat shocked to see that none of the power plants had an exhaust
manifold shield/cover. While the average Joe/Jane probably wouldn't
notice anything amiss, this was the first thing I noticed after
popping the hood.

The salesman claimed that they rattled over time so Toyota had stopped
using them. A head mechanic said that they did have covers originally
but the upstream O2 sensors had to be replaced with longer ones and so
the covers could no longer fit.

Here is a picture of the 2012 Camry power plant showing the unsightly
area;

http://www.pbase.com/eldata/image/141424437/original

Here is a picture of a 1996 Camry power plant;

http://www.pbase.com/eldata/image/141424442/original

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Elmo P. Shagnasty's AvatarElmo P. Shagnasty posted on
February 11, 2012, 10:46 am
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$$$$$$.

Who cares what it looks like under the hood.  It's amazing that they
haven't locked the hood yet with a Toyota-proprietary lock.

Face it, anything can be engineered.  But it comes down to the value;
does it pay off to engineer that piece?

Me, I'd rather they keep that money and put it into engineering
something substantial--engine, tranny, suspension, better materials for
the interior, whatever.

Let's look at it this way:  Toyota custs costs by getting rid of that
shield.  VW cuts costs by turning their bread and butter Passat and
Jetta overall into utter pieces of shit designed to last the length of
the warranty and no longer.  Pieces of shit that look uglier than hell
and that, when you sit in them, feel like a 1980s GM car.

In five years, we'll see who did the better job of cutting costs while
keeping customers happy and sales up.

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