Faults:
Nothing so far, but oil looks very black or burnt even though it was changed when I bought it, i.e.3000 kms ago for 15W - 45W best grade my garage had!
Radio was not working when changed it was found the fuse which is mounted at the rear of the P{hilips radio cassette had blown - now has Sony Explode, but uses same speakers as fitted. The rea mounted roof ones are excellent and faded properly with the dash ones the sound is as good as a current model car would deliver!
Rear Tailgate struts broken, one torn off have parts, but not fixed yet. Gate very heavy without! Bonnet ones fine so nice to have car without need to use manual strut!
General Comments:
Previous car was a '89 Toyota Camry CSi with the SV 21 engine. Lovely car, excellent power to weight ratio, but with 300000kms its looking tatty and has electric problems as well as oil leaks. So I looked for another 2nd hand Camry or Corolla. Couldn't find one saw this TR SE wagon in Taub (sort of golden silver metallic colour) and thought why not. It was keenly priced.
It is auto and has all electrics still working, but most of all it looks new inside and outside in spite of a few dings and scratches (the colour masks those).
Noisy power steering on full lock, garage said don't worry about that yet!
Family complains its sluggish, but seem to be outpacing most things - against the Camry its so well insulated from the road it just seems that way. Anyway they hardly leave it in the driveway for me to drive so I guess it can't be that bad!!! and of course its not! We call it the yacht because it sails along sedately (though not sluggishly) and due to its comfort levels it encourages you to think yacht, ocean going!
Fabulously comfortable and less thirsty than you'd expect though a bit more so than the Camry.
Perhaps best of all I had a TR Executive sedan from new in 1992 but this SE wagon is a quite different animal, you'd not notice the similarity, in fact only the shape and the engine seem the same, there is even more legroom (longer seat adjustment) and unlike some Magnas I have hired it actually fits me! Always a complaint with the Execs even later ones.
15th Apr 2008, 05:58
Awww, c'mon. The car is 14 years old, it's done 330,000k and you're complaining about cooling system problems and slow windows?
As you said yourself, I think you ought to spend a little more and buy a newer and/or better maintained example of a car before making derogatory comments on it or its manufacturer.