1984 Toyota Corolla DX 1.3 carb from Australia and New Zealand
Faults:
The seats were ripped when I first got it. The windshield started leaking a few weeks ago and just abit of rust, no bigger than half a five cent piece near the petrol cap and a bit shocking on cold start ups (it has a manual choke) apart from that nothing else has gone wrong.
General Comments:
It's a good little car picked it up for $1000 and it was in mint condition because an elderly lady owned it and looked after it. It's fairly cheap to run, only $40 to fill the tank from empty, and lasts around 400-500kms depends on how you drive it. It handles quite good, not much body roll through corners, its not the fastest car, but its not bad for a 1.3 carb.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 13th August, 2004
22nd Oct 2004, 18:42
Yeah I have a 86 Fx-gt.
My engine knocks more loudly than a jumbo 747 jet liner, but who cares.
It has 195.000km on the clock.
Myself,my brother and countless other people have try ed to break it, but no luck although rest assured this will happen one day as I'm not a quitter.
It has more rust in the front guard than empty beer cans on my floor, but they will be used to bung that hole up.
The engine has seen the rev limiter more times than should be possible, but that is proof to the unbreakable nature of these engines.
Oh yeah 1.6 liter twin cam fuel injected 4age and the gearbox CV joints and all the drive train is just as hard to make pooh out.