I purchased my 1995 Toyota Avalon from a friend of the family. He had owned the car since the day he drove it off the lot in 1996. The maintenance of the vehicle was in a decent condition, running-wise. The car, when purchased, was already 13 years old. The body is solid and heavy. With no interest in repainting, the finish is now dull and chipping away. The interior has dried and has began to crumble away. Replacing parts for this vehicle was easy, as it is an older car and pretty common to find reasonable prices on parts through junk yards. Though, some were ridiculously priced for the year of the car, which inevitably lead to us not being able to keep up with it. Though it already had 200,000 miles on it when I bought it, we still drove up and down the east coast and is very reliable. The A/C no longer works, as it seems there is now some sort of electrical issues. The car is huge! Not only can we fit two bikes in the trunk, but the interior is ultra spacious.

I was continually amazed at how well this car held up. There was only a slight interior rattle and I had driven over 200,000 miles. The interior seemed high quality -- the leather seats looked nice and made the car seem expensive. However, near the end of my ownership the seams on the driver's seat split. The stereo system was the best I've ever had.