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Old 05-09-2008, 09:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Project Beater Gas Saver

My search for my beater gas saver car has come to an end. Most of them were beat to death. After looking at several I ended up with this hunk of junk.
1989 Tercel with 114,000 miles on it. Mechanically it is great: new alternator, belts, hoses, timing belt, tires. Interior is pretty clean. Needs a windshield, it was involved in an accident who knows when so I will do something about the mismatched fender...
And it was cheap




It will be interesting to see how big of truck parts I can get in the trunk It gets about double mpg of my Tacoma around town so should save a few bucks driving this thing. Have got a set of wheels from a previous car that I will put on to give it a little bling..

Brings the total to 4 Toyotas in my driveway.
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Old 05-10-2008, 09:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Dude that thing is SWEET!

I am going to try and pick up an old corolla for $500 or something here soon
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:07 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Nice! I just picked up a 86 2wd pickup cheap, then a week later an 85 tercel awd wagon shows up on craigslist for 500, missing the rear window but otherwise clean. Kinda wished I'd waited.
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:40 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Congrats! One of my fav Tercels was the '80's wagon with what looks like an ATM machine on the liftgate. Amazingly competent snow car and the little thing actually handled well. Good luck...
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Thanks guys. The low budget gas savers are going quick around Portland...
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sweet car since the weather is getting better here i been riding my motorcycle
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Nice! So are you going to tell us how much your loan was on this thing?
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Nice! So are you going to tell us how much your loan was on this thing?
lol bout 500 bucks?
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Nice! So are you going to tell us how much your loan was on this thing?
Loan??? I gave the guy a bucket of nickels and dimes, did not even have to roll the coin

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lol bout 500 bucks?
Close, $650. It is a POS but it runs great and getting 27-29 around town.
Have done the brakes and a couple of misc. things. Need to replace the passenger side axle (torn CV boot) but CV is not making any noise (yet) but should be able to fix that this weekend..
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