1986 Tercel 4x4 (3AC Engine)

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:57:26 -0700, Ken LaCroix wrote:
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> Nah, I don't have any plans to sell it at the moment, but I may at a
> later date.
>
> But, what the heck where you doing driving around at night in the snow?[/color]


Work, and I play in a band.

Plenty of traction with my amp and speakers in the rear!!!

We had a weekly gig every Thursday night, and it just so happened it
snowed a lot of Thursdays!

We couldn't cancel, so off we went!

That car was amazing! I NEVER got stuck!

But, I had the manual 4WD selector, a lever on the console to shift the
linkage by hand. If you saw the pavement was clearing and DIDN'T switch
out of 4WD before hitting the dry pavement, God help you! It would stick
and the car would squirm like hell.

But it was reliable and comfortable, and handled nicely.

Yea, its funny you should mention the 4WD and dry pavement. Thats how
I got the car so cheap. The dealer thought it was stuck in 4WD and he
couldnt figure out how to get it out. Luckfully my Dad actually had one
of these cars back in 80 something. We took it for a test drive and he
was able to get it out.

But that Tercel runs awsome, like you say, on the snow, its like a
little "snow speeder". Its fun trying to use all six gears while in
4WD, going from EL to 1st.

I actually can't wait for it to snow, just because its so fun driving
it.

What kind of music to you make?

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:56:55 -0700, Ken LaCroix wrote:
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> Yea, its funny you should mention the 4WD and dry pavement. Thats how
> I got the car so cheap. The dealer thought it was stuck in 4WD and he
> couldnt figure out how to get it out. Luckfully my Dad actually had one
> of these cars back in 80 something. We took it for a test drive and he
> was able to get it out.
>[/color]

Wasn't a Toyota dealer was it? Some of the guys that were working where I
was knew a Toyota was a car, and that was about it!
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> But that Tercel runs awsome, like you say, on the snow, its like a
> little "snow speeder". Its fun trying to use all six gears while in
> 4WD, going from EL to 1st.[/color]

I only used EL when necessary...it was an '83 and I got it three years
ago, so it wasn't *quite* 'primo*, but it did run very well after minor
work and redoing the body.
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>
> I actually can't wait for it to snow, just because its so fun driving
> it.
>
> What kind of music to you make?[/color]

Green Day, AudioSlave, Alice in Chains, and a bunch of others. We like
playing newer stuff, and the guys I play with on Thursday nights just play
for fun, so we play whatever *we* like. The band that plays out plays
similar things, but we find 'oldies' (and the older the better, it seems)
go over better in the bars!