as a trade in. Corolla - tick New wof - tick Drives well - tick. It's even fun to drive (relatively speaking. ) takes me back to my youth and what I grew up driving as a young guy.
Going to keep as a loaner.
sw20,
Sep 7, 7:12pm
Smart man.
friendly_prawn,
Sep 7, 7:22pm
what year model? curious to know if its a rwd?
tgray,
Sep 7, 7:52pm
1998 toyota corolla sedan XE 1500cc.
elect70,
Sep 8, 1:39pm
Lucky . there was a lady who used to buy up cars under a $1000 with rego & wof for solo mums to keep them out of dealers clutches . i sold her a 1990 ceilca hatch for $900 couple years ago . She used to buy repos as well .
gman35,
Sep 8, 2:17pm
The light weight of an older car (even ones without much power) is what gives them a bit of "fun". Even my 2005 Mazda sp23 felt like it was "heavy", it handled/stopped/accelerated great but just had no "zing", and i dont want to have to drive at crazy speeds to feel like I am going fast in today's insulated, souless cars.
sw20,
Sep 8, 2:21pm
Can confirm. My '85 Corolla would be easily sub 1000kg. 118hp 4AGE. Lively wee thing.
howie69,
Sep 12, 7:33pm
Just bought laser with wolf & rego for $300. Needs new leads will get the tomorrow
kdcentralni,
Sep 12, 8:36pm
I just had to hand back my 96 Corolla 1600 manual loaner, had since Friday loved it, I know what you mean.
sw20,
Sep 12, 8:49pm
Hahaha. Add another zero on the end for an old rwd Toyota.
friendly_prawn,
Sep 12, 9:10pm
yeah crazy eh? who would ever have thought. Use to think of them as throw away cars back in the day.
sw20,
Sep 12, 9:15pm
Yep in the late '90s old mate sold a tidy original MK2 Escort for $500.
friendly_prawn,
Sep 12, 10:17pm
I still remember many years ago when I was quite young I got a job on a shearing gang. The boss picked me up in a brand new ford escort van. As we travelled along a back gravel road the piece of crap was rattling away. I kept thinking it was the tinnyest, most crappy pile of junk i had ever ridden in. I hated it. Mind you I was used to driving valiants, holdens and fords. I never in my wildest imagination ever thought an escort would ever be worth any thing of value in the future. I hated the bloody things. Tinny rubbish.
Wouldnt mind a few parked in my shed now. Im sure it was on here, some one said a 2 door escort fetched $26,000. For a stupid old escort? Shows what i know eh?
snoopy221,
Sep 12, 10:29pm
For a stupid old escort? Shows what i know eh?
Arrr but zey be written in to zee record books many many many(shyt-did i say many? ) times. Not escort vans fp- but the ole predictable ekky that sticks it's ass so far out-and keeps it there. And loves havin a decent setup and a damn good foot or more of air under the insoiedee front wheellie. Let alone a 9000 rpm BDA. mmmmmm Still one of the worlds best gravel road cars.
As said, shows what I know mate! . lol Still cant stand them. I'm guessing that will have a completely different engine and suspension to your average escort though. You're average escort would crawl and rattle it self to death on that track.
richardmayes,
Sep 25, 7:05am
I thought your minimum requirements were GM, V8, 400hp or more. ?
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