Chels 
1998 Toyota Camry Sedan LE 4dr Sedan
The little engine that could
 Like others, I keep coming back on to edmunds to read reviews as I hunt for another car because I keep *thinking* I should do that while I can get a few hundred bucks private selling this girl. But, also like others, nothing speaks louder than paid-off-with-minimal-maintenance-costs....I bought this beast in October, 2015 out in Portland, Oregon where they don't salt their roads. So at 254,000 miles, she didn't look a day over 40,000 miles. And only two owners and the first ten years of her life being highway commuting, I figured I'd take the risk and buy her in cold hard $1300 cash as a private sale. I immediately put a few thousand more miles on her driving cross-country to my new home in Maine, and am now watching the odometer click to 300,000 and couldn't be more proud. Sure, she's not the prettiest car, but she's earned A LOT of respect. In the 2.5 years and nearly 50,000 miles I've put on her, she hasn't needed more than the typical oil changes, brake tune ups, and headlight and windshield wiper replacements. I've had to put a few hundred in each year to make her pass Maine's strict safety inspections, but I'm still not anywhere close to horror story mechanic bills I have heard from cars far newer. I'm looking to get a new one only so I'm not found scrambling last minute when something finally causes her to go her last ride, but I think that's just me being paranoid as there is nothing as of right now specifically causing me concern. Overall this is by far the most reliable car I have ever own. There's a reason you still see a lot of them on the road! Plus, the wider body has allowed me to fit all sorts of things in there, including a bike in the back seat area.