No Mo' Bondo: Hapless Toyota Camry gets its fill of filler
The Toyota Camry Bondo Edition - click above for a gallery of images
Dear readers, this is what you get when you mix some serious damage, an aversion to body shops, a lot of time, and the belief that Bondo and duct tape can fix anything. This sad-looking fifth-generation Toyota Camry was spotted in Dallas by Final Gear user Spectre, and it appears to be wearing enough Bondo to give a nice boost to 3M's quarterly profits.
We applaud the effort on maintaining the window line as well as returning a Camry Coupe to Toyota's lineup, but we have to take points off for the roof bulge. If you can ignore the fact that it looks like the passenger side has been overrun by some sort of mutant mold and that it appears that you can't open the right side doors... well, there's not much else left to say about it, is there? Have a look for yourself in the gallery below. Hat tip to Pete!
Gallery: Bondo Camry
[Source: Final Gear]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MachinaDC5 1:21PM (4/14/2009)
Doors are for suckers anyway.
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ken_aisin 2:24PM (4/14/2009)
Then F1 cars need doors until they axe Max and Bernie ;~)
James 3:38PM (4/14/2009)
It just needs a little sanding... ;p
arturo 1:25PM (4/14/2009)
Why autoblog why? Now I have to live the rest of the day with the image of this ugly car in my head.
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chconline 2:02PM (4/14/2009)
I know, I literally threw up a little. Usually when I say this is a hyperbole to express the feelings with regards to a certain subject, but I actually mean it literally this time.
EWW.
PaulPaul 1:26PM (4/14/2009)
Jebbus El Kristo, Santa Maria!
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ack154 1:27PM (4/14/2009)
Smart USA should respond to those new crash tests again by pointing out things like this.
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Rich 1:30PM (4/14/2009)
Hm. Pontiac G3 or Bondo Camry? Decisions, decisions.
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ronzo 1:34PM (4/14/2009)
Definitely Bondo Camry...
jv2k 2:38PM (4/14/2009)
To be fair the g3 isn't exactly ugly, it's just completely uncompetitive.
Swede 1:42PM (4/14/2009)
Looks road legal
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Sean Crowell 1:45PM (4/14/2009)
I'll bet his resale value will take a big hit. In all seriousness though, assuming this person has insurance, is it likely that his insurance will cover the vehicle as they would any other car? Isn't this Bondo job affecting the likelihood of higher claims being paid out?
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Pengwin 1:50PM (4/14/2009)
i'd pay more for a bondo car.
llburndie 3:16PM (4/14/2009)
Thats a generation four, not a five. Well, four and a half to be exact
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JuniorMint 1:55PM (4/14/2009)
FFS, it looks like a burn victim :(
I think it's reprehensible that someone could do this to a car...and I drive a Scion, so I've seen some pretty horrific things done to cars.
*lights a candle for the Camry*
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bssplayr 1:56PM (4/14/2009)
Maybe it's just me...but I didn't think you were supposed to apply Bondo with a TROWEL!
Oh...and aren't you supposed to sand it afterwards? Or is the owner a fan of the 'stucco finish?'
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garlinski 2:11PM (4/14/2009)
a little bondo and what looks like a lot of stucco. that can't be road legal.
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WS 2:13PM (4/14/2009)
Judging by the gap on the left side of the trunk lid it must be quite a challenge to drive the Bondoyota in a straight line.
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JCoke 2:35PM (4/14/2009)
Sean Crowell 1:45PM (4/14/2009)
I'll bet his resale value will take a big hit. In all seriousness though, assuming this person has insurance, is it likely that his insurance will cover the vehicle as they would any other car? Isn't this Bondo job affecting the likelihood of higher claims being paid out?
Do you really think the owner of the car has full coverage on that thing? As far as liability goes, I can't see all the bondo making it more dangerous to the other guy in the accident, so yeah, probably not.
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Ken 2:21PM (4/14/2009)
I think the only thing shocking about this is that it's a Toyota less than 20 years old, not that someone was this inept. You see it all the time with older vehicles, especially in the rust belt. I've often wondered if people have figured out how to apply bondo with squirt guns from 50 feet away.
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