Faults:

When I first bought this car it needed, some work. I had the brakes done, a new headlight installed, a new fuel pump, muffler work and some other minor bits and pieces. Recently however I had the heater fan and motor replaced which luckily I found for 12 dollars at a wrecker.

General Comments:

This car is my savior, it always starts rain or shine without doubt. It definitly isn't one of the fastest cars out there, and it doesn't look as good as it used to. However I can drive around for 2 days on 5 dollars worth of gas, and my insurance is peanuts. This makes it all worth it. I expect it to survived about 100000 more kms, then it will be time to surrender it, I definitly will be looking into buying another tercel after-wards though.

Faults:

CV joints.

Rear wheel bearings.

Front passenger wheel bearing.

E-brake cable (broken when purchased)

Rust holes in body (fixed)

Needs new front fenders.

General Comments:

Great car for the money.

Bought for 2000 dollars.

Tons of room, comfy, reliable, cheap on gas, extra low gear is awesome.

Faults:

So far, there have been no problems with this car. The A/C has to be recharged though.

General Comments:

This is an economical car, with low miles and in very good condition for being 16 years old.

Toyota's quality holds up remarkably over time.

Interior is comfortable and functional, and the hatch can swallow up some large items.

However, the automatic is a bit slow, and reluctant to downshift when asked to. Also, it smokes slightly on start up, from the exhaust.

The car averages 31-32 mpg with mixed driving, some local, some highway.

Faults:

Weak clutch gave up the ghost at 30000 kilometers.

Hard to start in cold weather.

Manual transmission extemely stiff and difficult to shift in cold weather.

General Comments:

This certainly was a reliable and solid little car while I had it.

Faults:

I had to replace my carburetor at 92,000 miles because I had it in Italy and I was using leaded gas. That apparently plugged up my carburetor. I also had to replace my distributor at 148,000 miles.

General Comments:

This car handles like a sports car, it corners very well and and has good acceleration.

This car also has excellent traction and you can load this car down!! I had four adults,6 suitcases and a couple of boxes on the roof; I was still going eighty miles an hour.

Faults:

Rear brake lines.

Gas tank, filler neck.

The usual things - tires, brakes (including handbrake cables).

If you drive the car in any snowy areas where salt is used on the roads, YEARLY OILING IS A MUST! Or the car will rust out extremely fast (even if the bodywork isn't showing much rust, the underbody will be rapidly rusting).

General Comments:

A truly amazing car!!

Tons of room, both for people and cargo (rear seats can be a little cramped if tall people are sitting in the front - but what can you expect from a economy car?).

The 4x4 is truly phenomenal. I live on the shores of Lake Huron (the snow belt of Ontario as it it known to some) and the car handles great. My dad is the only one who has got the car stuck - twice. I've pulled people out of the ditch in storms (including a big heavy BMW 528), raced down cross country ski trails in the winter, through 2-3 feet of snow across fields, pulled tractors, and even pulled out tree stumps. Mud, snow and ice are no problem.

The car is a little underpowered for my liking - but with the 5 speed it is certainly adequate - it can easily light up the tires in first and squawk them in second. With the three speed auto passing can be tricky at times.

On another note - engine swaps are a breeze (not that the engine will ever go if it is even casually looked after - by that I mean not run out of oil and the oil filter changed once in a while.