Toyota Tercel ? They good Cars ?

[Soopa Villain17]

well ive scratched the idea of the pathfinder cuz it was a total peice. but old dude across the sreet from me has a 87 tercel hatchback with 104k with perfect body and paint. 4spd tranny. he is asking 600 cuz he just wants it gone. he has all repair records and is a 2 owner. im thinking of offering him 5 cash hoping he takes it. are they good reliable cars?

[punkncat]

I have owned a few Toyotas and had nothing but good luck with them.

[Huskie_American]

Dont know much about the Tercel, but since its a Toyota you cant go wrong. Ive got a 88' Toyota Celica, it was beat to hell by old people when i first bought it. After a few weeks of work it was/is as good as new! Its a blast to drive, gets good mileage, and gets me from point 'A' to point 'B' without any problems. All Toyota's are great cars, my neighbor also has an 88' camry with 280,000 miles on her! My brother swears by Toyota specificly the Celica model, in fact he owns the site www.6gc.net so get off the computer and go buy that car!

Advantages:
1) Reliable
2) Great Milage
3) Fun!!!

What more do you need in a car?

[kosmo]

3) Fun!!!

A corolla fun? For that matter, any Toyota except a Supra or the old MR-2, is specifically designed to be lame. Well, the celica is just designed to be obnoxious. But to each their own, unless said person continues to accuse toyotas of being fun.

As far as buying the corolla, do it. Just get a mode of transportation that has four wheels and runs.

[Soopa Villain17]

well i bought it. i took it for a nice drive then read most of the repair records. dating all the way back to 87. it was purchased new for a whopping 6k it has had litteraly thousands of dollars worth of work done to it. in 03 they replaced the radiator and t-stat. regualar oil changes, tires , valve cover gasket, exhaust. the only problem is it burns a lil oil and the tank has a little leak. very easy to fix. i ended up getting it for 545 cash. ill try to get pics sometime

[Steelrat]

I had an 88 tercel, and it just wouldn't die. I traded it in with 120K, and nothing had gone wrong with it at all except a bad thermostat.

[Soopa Villain17]

I had an 88 tercel, and it just wouldn't die. I traded it in with 120K, and nothing had gone wrong with it at all except a bad thermostat.

well i think the first owner ( a women ) got screwed on most of the work. i went threw all of the reciepts and found like 3 or 4 t-stats, a radiator , struts , breaks , the whole exhaust system like 4 times. about 30 oil changes. the amount of repair reciepts is crazy. but at least it was pretty much well taken care of

[Steelrat]

well i think the first owner ( a women ) got screwed on most of the work. i went threw all of the reciepts and found like 3 or 4 t-stats, a radiator , struts , breaks , the whole exhaust system like 4 times. about 30 oil changes. the amount of repair reciepts is crazy. but at least it was pretty much well taken care of

From what I've seen and heard, the tercels of that generation had issues with their cooling systems, as evidenced by mine and the repairs on hers.

Gotta love the fact that it was one of the last carbureated cars.

[Soopa Villain17]

From what I've seen and heard, the tercels of that generation had issues with their cooling systems, as evidenced by mine and the repairs on hers.

Gotta love the fact that it was one of the last carbureated cars.

gutta love the 1 barrel carb ,1.5 liter , 78 hp engine,.

one thing that is cool is there is no power sterring

[Bear_Claw]

Decent rig very simpble cheap a-b rig. Noting special and noty menat to be just an simple A-B car.

[wanna-b-ballin']

its an alright car. this last summer when i was visiting my aunt and uncle up in Idaho, my uncle got a new car, and pretty much gave me his tercel. he hated the thing so bad, and just about everything didn't work or was broken in a way. it was kinda fun to drive though, and i'm suprised it even ran with the amount of issues it had; and it ran strong. the hood had all kinds of dings and rust from rocks hitting it, all the lights were cracked, the windshield was pitted and cracked beyond belief, the mount for its left rear suspension broke off, so you had to be carefull in the turns and bumpy roads, the windshield wipers didn't work, and its gearing didn't make much sense to me. if you tried to go in reverse, it would take off at about 20 mph, so if i was anywhere near anything i didn't want to hit, i put it in neutral and pushed it. it was a very reliable car though.
it wasn't an 87 hatchback though. i want to say 84, but not sure, and it had a normal trunk.

[Maggot6]

My dad put a little over 400,000 kilometers on his old one (He got it when he was 16..) So,
248 548.477+ miles... It just kinda kept going and going forever. Sweet car

[Soopa Villain17]

My dad put a little over 400,000 kilometers on his old one (He got it when he was 16..) So,
248 548.477+ miles... It just kinda kept going and going forever. Sweet car

wow. im just hoping to get maybe like 50k out of it. i hope it can make it.