Since I was quoted in reply #12 I hope you didn't think I was the one who gave the down vote. To the contrary, I gave one of the up votes! Though I have a Ford Focus, when I first started shopping back in 2017 I was primarily looking for a Subaru. I have also in the past owned a 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit (gasoline engine) and a 1991 Isuzu Trooper II, both of which served me well.
When I next go auto shopping, hopefully not for another 4 - 5 years, I will, as always, be open minded, do my research, and see what's available on the market at the time, as I'll likely buy used. Everyone I know who has owned Japanese designed vehicles (I am aware that some are manufactured, or perhaps assembled, in the U.S.) has always been exceptionally pleased with them. With that said, I've also have been pleased with the U.S. and German designed vehicles I've owned.
No, I just couldn't understand why an innocuous post, such as mine was, would get a downvote. The only thing
remotely objectionable about that post, was that I could have been seen as not driving safely, preferring to take a picture of my odometer, rather than being attentive to my driving. I was at a stop light when I made that picture. Or else I could have been seen as a shill for the Japanese automotive industry, and all I can say, is that I have had too many bad experiences --- and very few
good ones --- with American cars, and thought buying another one (especially going into debt, which goes against everything I believe in) would just be throwing good money after bad. I've got a 2009 Buick on the pad, made in Oshawa, Ontario, that is as dead as cold fried chicken.
I could have bought the Camry outright, but what with our family circuмstances, needing a new car
right now, and possible tax consequences of taking it out of my 401(k), it made more sense to take out a loan. I plan to pay it off just as soon as I can. I don't do debt.