My Camry has cleared 100,000 miles and is going strong. I am a mother so I prefer 4-door vehicles so the kids can get in and out easily, but I do not like climbing up into a vehicle. I prefer functionality over luxury, and this car meets all my needs. The price was affordable and with kids I didn't have a ton of cash laying around for my needs. I also required something that was mechanically sound. The kids have plenty of leg room, which a bonus, because I have leggy boys! Trunk space is sufficient to hold all the football gear with no problems.

The 1999 Toyota Camry is a beast of a vehicle - it can't be stopped. This vehicle was originally driven in the rural Midwest, through harsh northern winters, daily drove over gravel roads around a farming community, and gathered up highway miles driving about 45 miles one-way to the nearest decent sized shopping town. The build quality has been phenomenal - only today, 20 years later, has a little bit of rust even started to appear around the bottom door sill on the passenger side, and not noticeable elsewhere. The car is comfortable, with cloth seats but a tape player & CD player, which were much more useful than they are today. The driver seat is adjustable and fits me at 6'1"" and also my girlfriend at 5'2"". The trunk has been large enough to fit most of my stuff as I've moved from apartment to apartment, although the bigger furniture items obviously don't fit inside a sedan. The car is a gold color, which does a fantastic job of hiding dirt - this is definitely a hidden nugget. Don't buy a black car, people, you'll regret it.