The Official Camry Dent Registry

[patrikman]

Camry Dent [kam--ree dent] - noun

1. large bulbous bumper pushed in, caused by subpar parking/driving/vandalism.

2. often caused by narcoleptic drivers.

3. high probability of said damage being on a Toyota, specifically in this order
-Camry
-Corolla
-ES300
-Prius
-Sienna
-Scion (all)
-IS models
-Yaris
-Avalon
-Venza

4. may also be seen on any other car beige in color or nature.

5. strong correlations between unintended acceleration and the "Camry Dent" phenomenon have been vehemently dismissed by The Official Myspace page of James Lentz.

6. statistics suggest, if equipped with Hybrid Synergy Drive© dents are more prevalent but also more likely to be repaired.

[patrikman]

Let's start this with a bang! Here is a twofer with a bonus side of duct tape.

[emmettlodge]

My Toyota Tacoma has one!

But it was caused by off-roading while inept, not drowsiness.

[patrikman]

Good thing you had the chainsaw.

[emmettlodge]

Good thing you had the chainsaw.

Yup. I used it to cut out my brain, allowing me to mindlessly ram everything until I got unstuck.

[ReflexJettaVR6]

In cause I've been considering starting a thread like this for some time... Since you've beaten me to it I'll start taking pictures as I encounter them

[QWKDTSN]

Guy I work with drives a clapped out Lexus IS300 with the typical Toyota bumper dent.

I've told him he could probably pop it out in 30 minutes with some basic tools and a heat gun but he doesn't seem to care. Drives me nuts.

[patrikman]

In cause I've been considering starting a thread like this for some time... Since you've beaten me to it I'll start taking pictures as I encounter them

bonus points if you use your cordless phone.

[Bonanza]

Absolutely incredible natural phenomenon. The Camry bump is present more often than not, and my only explanation is because people who buy Camrys don't care about cars. Not caring about cars means you don't care about driving. If you don't care about driving it means you aren't a good driver because you can't be good at things you don't care about. Therefore if you buy a Camry, you are not a good driver.

Hence, the bumps.

[AchtungE30]

Since we're on the subject of beige camry's...this phenomena has a direct correlation to driving without headlights at night because your pretty electroluminscent gauges make you think your headlights are on!

I swear one day I'm going to play chicken with one of these fools! That'll teach him!

[kkelter]

That looks like it can easily be popped out from the other side.

[cjb]

A classic from the google:



I'll make a point to snap some of my own pics and put them up here.

[dieselraver]

caused a nice sized dent on my outback trying to park over a foot of snow.... and ice, did some minor damage to the under carriage cover, not much, used a hair dryer and a stick to pull it back out.

[jms9]

Do Scions count? I just saw a new (2011) tC with a Camry dent - wish I had a photo.

[patrikman]

Do Scions count? I just saw a new (2011) tC with a Camry dent - wish I had a photo.

Yes, OP ammended.

[MCC.]

Most camries of a certain gen will have that dent due to a really thin and oddly shaped bumper cover.

[Subwoofers]

My Camry is spotless. You mad?

[patrikman]

My Camry is spotless. You mad?

please post zip so I can dispatch one of my bumper adjustment technicians.

[Subwoofers]

please post zip so I can dispatch one of my bumper adjustment technicians.

[patrikman]

Give it time.

[dieselraver]

Give it time.

bastard, i wish we had snow..

[Subwoofers]

bastard, i wish we had snow..

Really strange weather here in Vancouver right now. This year, I can only count one other snowfall which was less than 6cm which only lasted 24hrs before it melted. It was really warm for the past few weeks and then it decided to drop 2cmof the white stuff on us this afternoon. Temps go back to +8 or so for the new few weeks with the typical Vancouver rain till end of April...


The car is a 05! Plenty of time!

[stascom]

People like Subwoofers should be labeled under their user name as "CO" - Camry owner. So we can point and laugh

[KahviVW]

People like Subwoofers should be labeled under their user name as "CO" - Camry owner. So we can point and laugh

I thought MKIV owners had that distinction.

[corradokreep]

People like Subwoofers should be labeled under their user name as "CO" - Camry owner. So we can point and laugh

I was really confused looking at his pics.. I was WTF is wrong with them...

[Subwoofers]

How big of a premium do you guys think I can't put on it on the used car market? It's prob the only one in North America in this condition.

[azn]

How big of a premium do you guys think I can't put on it on the used car market? It's prob the only one in North America in this condition.

Damn. that means my parents camry is super rare too!
no camry dents whatsoever....and here's the kicker. That car has been rear ended twice at slow speeds. No damage, no nothing.

[stascom]

Damn. that means my parents camry is super rare too!
no camry dents whatsoever....and here's the kicker. That car has been rear ended twice at slow speeds. No damage, no nothing.

Oh, poor delusional TCLers that don't worship appliances. Little do they know that the triumph of Japanese engineering - Toyota Camry, possess amazingly structured body parts that can sustain tremendous forces without suffering any damage. Practically all Camry dents are caused by US Airforce air-to-land missiles, nuclear explosions, and zombie attacks.

[TooFitToQuit]

Really strange weather here in Vancouver right now. This year, I can only count one other snowfall which was less than 6cm which only lasted 24hrs before it melted. It was really warm for the past few weeks and then it decided to drop 2cmof the white stuff on us this afternoon. Temps go back to +8 or so for the new few weeks with the typical Vancouver rain till end of April...


The car is a 05! Plenty of time!

Don't forget I owe you a beer when I'm up there in a few weeks! I have to be sure to hit up a Swiss Chalet for some poutine.

[css9450]

People who buy Camrys don't care about cars. Not caring about cars means you don't care about driving. If you don't care about driving it means you aren't a good driver because you can't be good at things you don't care about. Therefore if you buy a Camry, you are not a good driver.

I've long believed that for the most part, Camrys are purchased by those who don't like cars and driving, don't want to learn about cars, and would rather be doing almost anything else besides driving. In other words, they're the opposite of "car guys".

[Dr. Woo]

Brilliant.

[sakigt]

Agree: Prius was backed into a few months after we bought it



Disagree: Still havent fixed it. Meh.

[IdontOwnAVW]

I seem to think that some Camrys are built with armored bumpers, I rear ended one about 6 years ago in my 88 Z28, and it didnt even cause a dimple in the bumper cover.

Meanwhile the paint in the front bumper of my car was spider cracked out the wazoo.

[OneSloRngr]

my father, brother, and I own a car transportion business. So i pick up a lot of cars at insurance auctions and deliver them to places that put them in containers and ship them all over the world. A lot of the companies really like toyotas so i see a lot of absolutely demolished ones, i only have a couple pics of toyotas but you get the picture. also, sorry for the ****ty phone pics.



this used to be a toyota tundra at one point.

[patrikman]