Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
Toyota
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We had a 2005 Toyota Solara. Had to part company with it in 2019. Don’t remember issues, but may have been a combination of needing some exhaust work and possibly wouldn’t have passed emission test. More cost than the car was worth by that point. Up till then, it had been a really good car.
I still have a 2006 Tacoma pre runner with four hundred an ten thousand miles on it.
Still passes smog , no check engine light on. I have been rear ended twice, and I will continue to drive it till it runs no more..
And it still looks great.
Still passes smog , no check engine light on. I have been rear ended twice, and I will continue to drive it till it runs no more..
And it still looks great.
We tend to run out cars till they puke. Buy new. Keep them forever. This one had just finally seen it’s time.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
My 1981 Tercel ran to 180k and I sold ot to a friend cheap. He drove it to death and gave to another friend for a case o beer. Great little car!
Case in point. Had an 86 Chevy Cavalier. To date it’s still mechanically the best car I’ve owned. Drove it till late 90s. As was typical American cars built in the 80s, body rotted on it twice. First time we fixed it. Second time we didn’t. Second time it actually rusted out so badly, the unibody where one rear shock mounted… broke. Right rear side of the car would move up and down….. trunk floor wouldn’t. We did continue driving for a little while. But only in our little town. It no longer went on the highway.
But the thing would start every day….. except for one multiple degree below zero day with wind…. Beyond normal wear items, did not break the bank on actual repairs….. except for the fore mentioned body repair.