ok so i found a 1993 corolla for sale. i need a good work car thats it. it has 169,000 miles on it. it is four dour, 5spd manual tranny. original engine and transmission. doesnt smoke. it drives fine. new brakes on all four wheels. engine doesnt smoke and it still has some giddy up. i can get the guy down to $1500 or less. price im not so worried about as much as just is it worth buying since it has high miles on it. ive heard of corolla's going well over 200,000 miles but im still a little hesitant...so what do you guys think?!?!?
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ok so i found a 1993 corolla for sale. i need a good work car thats it. it has 169,000 miles on it. it is four dour, 5spd manual tranny. original engine and transmission. doesnt smoke. it drives fine. new brakes on all four wheels. engine doesnt smoke and it still has some giddy up. i can get the guy down to $1500 or less. price im not so worried about as much as just is it worth buying since it has high miles on it. ive heard of corolla's going well over 200,000 miles but im still a little hesitant...so what do you guys think?!?!?
Why not? Corollas are awesome, reliable cars, with relatively inexpensive parts if anything should go wrong. My car and 210k miles, is daily driven and purrs like a kitten, so I say go for it...
PS My best friends dad has a 94 5spd that has 375k miles on the original engine COROLLAS RULE my friend.
Daniel
Last edited by RocknRolla96; 09-02-2009 at 08:25 PM.
I would prefer to stay away from the 93 models. First year of the 7th gen. Had some wiring issues with the tail lights. Which new models tend to have. More so in US built cars. But over all the engine is still solid. Is it the 1.6 or 1.8? A/T or M/T? They didn't come out with dual airbags until 94. OBD 1 instead of 2. So it's a bit trickier to diagnose the codes. Aim for a 96 or 97 model 1.8 IMO. But I guess it depends on the price too.
I would prefer to stay away from the 93 models. First year of the 7th gen. Had some wiring issues with the tail lights. Which new models tend to have. More so in US built cars. But over all the engine is still solid. Is it the 1.6 or 1.8? A/T or M/T? They didn't come out with dual airbags until 94. OBD 1 instead of 2. So it's a bit trickier to diagnose the codes. Aim for a 96 or 97 model 1.8 IMO. But I guess it depends on the price too.
The 93 tail light pigtails were known to corrode.
The obd1 cars are easier to diagnose and a lot simpler when it comes to problems. You have 1 single wire o2 sensor, and just need to jump 2 pins to get the check engine light to flash out your code, no $40-$200 scanner. I prefer the 93-94's myself and own 3.
For 1500 what else are you going to get? Weigh it that way. its a solid 30-35mpg, reliable, and cheap on parts, maintence.
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My '93 had 220k on it when it got wrecked and was getting 38 mpg on the highway. If it wasn't wrecked I'd still be driving it. Great car for all the years I owned it.
Go for it. I got my '95 for $1 (from my aunt who though it was going to keel over at any second) and it's been a solid car with 243k miles on it right now. As far as reliability, I've never had any serious problems and I've seen 7th gens in the junkyard with well over 300k miles on them that'd been in front-end crashes.
wow thanks for the boost guys. im going to try to knock him down a little in price but ill be walking, or driving away with that car tomorrow. thanks again!!!
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2006 Black Tacoma Double Cab TRD Sport. 3" Rough Country lift, 285/70/17 BFG M/T KM2 with Moto Metal 951b's. BHLM. Dual Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Flow exhaust. K&N drop-in air filter (for now). Tonneau cover. 5% tinted windows, chrome side mirrors, running boards, and door/tailgate handles.
another thing to add about the pigtail tail light assembly on the 6th generation rollas. The major defect in the outer tail light assembly was the lack of a good seal so whenever it rained, it would seep through the crack and corrode my bulbs. I had to use some weatherstripping to seal around the outer tail lights.
But the 6th generation rollas were good beater cars especially when there were tight parking spots! Friends were amazed that that car could squeeze into tight spots!
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dont forget the timing belt and water pump which is probably long overdue at that mileage if the original owner did not change them. It is a $300-$400 job typically. If you do it yourself, the parts only is about $100
you want to do the timing belt and water pump together because the labor involve is pretty much the same
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