Looking to buy a Corolla
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From: Devil's_Advocate on 13 Mar 2010 21:05 Ok, I started actually going out and looking for a Corolla these past few days, and drove a couple. Like I said here before, we've had the '93 Dx wagon since 1995 and it's great. It gets 28-35 MPG, and has nice pickup too, a wagon. Has 190k miles now. But we need a second car for our business, for tax purposes, to keep separate from our personal car. So I've been sort of keeping my eye out for about a year now, but we've reached the point where we need to buy one. So Friday we looked at a 2000 plain Corolla ( not wagon ) with 114k miles. It wasnt as zippy as the wagon, and didn't seem to run as well. Then today we looked at another. This one was a 2001 Corolla S. The S apparently stands for "sport". It has a sun roof. Whoo hoo! BUT it's smaller and I'm 6' tall and there was about a half inch between my head and the roof of this car. I was afraid that if I hit a good bump driving it, I could break my neck and be killed or paralyzed. And when I stepped on the gas, it hesitated and waited for me to step more, then moved. And it had nowhere NEAR the pickup that our wagon has, even though the engine is 1.8L EFI in BOTH! A sport sedan with about half the pickup as my old wagon! What is THAT??? So is it just that later Corolla models aint so hot, compared to the 93's or what? Are there better or worse years, is that what we're seeing here? If so, what are the better years for these, going back from around 2000, to about '93?
From: Devil's_Advocate on 13 Mar 2010 23:02 Scott in Florida <MoveOn(a)Outa.here> wrote : > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:05:44 -0600, "Devil's_Advocate" ><Devils_Advocate(a)devils_.xyx> wrote: > >>Ok, I started actually going out and looking for a Corolla these past >>few days, and drove a couple. >> >>Like I said here before, we've had the '93 Dx wagon since 1995 and it's >>great. It gets 28-35 MPG, and has nice pickup too, a wagon. Has 190k >>miles now. >> >>But we need a second car for our business, for tax purposes, to keep >>separate from our personal car. So I've been sort of keeping my eye out >>for about a year now, but we've reached the point where we need to buy >>one. >> >>So Friday we looked at a 2000 plain Corolla ( not wagon ) with 114k >>miles. It wasnt as zippy as the wagon, and didn't seem to run as well. >> >>Then today we looked at another. This one was a 2001 Corolla S. The S >>apparently stands for "sport". It has a sun roof. Whoo hoo! BUT it's >>smaller and I'm 6' tall and there was about a half inch between my head >>and the roof of this car. I was afraid that if I hit a good bump driving >>it, I could break my neck and be killed or paralyzed. And when I stepped >>on the gas, it hesitated and waited for me to step more, then moved. And >>it had nowhere NEAR the pickup that our wagon has, even though the >>engine is 1.8L EFI in BOTH! A sport sedan with about half the pickup as >>my old wagon! >> >>What is THAT??? >> >>So is it just that later Corolla models aint so hot, compared to the >>93's or what? >> >>Are there better or worse years, is that what we're seeing here? >> >>If so, what are the better years for these, going back from around 2000, >>to about '93? > > Look at a 97. We have one and it is WAY faster than my '92 Wagon. I notice you cant even find the 93's anymore. Barely anything older than 98's out there. Are people keeping the older ones?
From: Devil's_Advocate on 13 Mar 2010 23:30 With these newer electronic odometers, can dealers tamper with them and lower the miles on a car?
From: Ray O on 14 Mar 2010 00:35 "Devil's_Advocate" <Devils_Advocate(a)devils_.xyx> wrote in message news:Xns9D3ADADCE2B25DevilsAdvocatedevils(a)216.196.97.142... > With these newer electronic odometers, can dealers tamper with them and > lower > the miles on a car? > Not very easily, especially if the vehicle has changed hands a few times and the mileage at ownership transfer reported to the state. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Devil's_Advocate on 14 Mar 2010 01:19
Scott in Florida <MoveOn(a)Outa.here> wrote : >>I notice you cant even find the 93's anymore. Barely anything older than >>98's out there. Are people keeping the older ones? >> > Hell yes... How come? |