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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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I bought a 92 Toyota Tercel...4banger..4 speed....157000 miles....$300..the guy thought the clutch was bad when it was jus the master cylinder..that was 40 bucks...and i rebuilt the slave cylinder...another 7 bucks....i jus put 500 in for new water pump...timing belt...fuel filter.spark plugs.all new Orings and seals....and valve seals....in a 1000 miles since the tune up it has burnt less than 1 quart of oil..before the tune up it was 1 quart every 300..and i had non-foulers in 2 cylinders...lol...o and it gets 36mpg.....$16/month insurance..and a blow out cost me a whopping 27 bucks...lol...i love it....i drive an hour each way to school....not to mention driving back and forth to work....the miles have realy slowed down on the truck.....best 300 bucks i have EVER spent....on anything.....
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Saturn SL1, I have put this car through hell. Great car. Currently at 135k miles.
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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I had an 87 Olds Cutlass, but now my beater is the maro SS. Only problem is I never had to decide between blowing money on the truck or the cutlass. It's popping up everyday now with the new car.
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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A 1993 Toyota Tercel. Only options are AC, PB and an AM/FM radio. 38 mpg. When is the last time you drove a car that didn't have power steering?
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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sounds just like mine...but the AC is low...i have a CD player now...i like the no power steering....hell you dont need it to turn those 13's anyway...lol
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 12:27 AM
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96 ford taurus 210,000 miles just got to put a grand in it every two years, and regular up keep, tons of parts available for cheap...and it is inconspicuous a good thing when it is 2 at night and you need to keep things on the dL
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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I used to have a 96 taurus also that car was put through hell I broke the motor mounts on that thing (STALD IT IN NEWTRAL AND SHIFTED TO DRIVE)
sold it to get my truck 116,000 mi for about a $1,000 bucks
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ChevyMan23
I bought a 92 Toyota Tercel...4banger..4 speed....157000 miles....$300..the guy thought the clutch was bad when it was jus the master cylinder..that was 40 bucks...and i rebuilt the slave cylinder...another 7 bucks....i jus put 500 in for new water pump...timing belt...fuel filter.spark plugs.all new Orings and seals....and valve seals....in a 1000 miles since the tune up it has burnt less than 1 quart of oil..before the tune up it was 1 quart every 300..and i had non-foulers in 2 cylinders...lol...o and it gets 36mpg.....$16/month insurance..and a blow out cost me a whopping 27 bucks...lol...i love it....i drive an hour each way to school....not to mention driving back and forth to work....the miles have realy slowed down on the truck.....best 300 bucks i have EVER spent....on anything.....
Wanna run them My AC doesn't work either. Will have to fix that this summer.
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 05:23 PM
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87 celebrity.....this car kept me from abusing my truck for a while. lol. then i sold it for 250 bucks...... i ported the plenum and TB and had it tuned. when my truck was stock, this car kicked its ***(weighing 2800 lbs hehehe). then i realized how white trash i looked driving it around .


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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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hers my other ride. Fit Series 2 Aitken frame, Odyssey Dirt forks, Kink freebird bars, Profile cranks, Magneisum Celinskie pedals, Macneil Titanium pegs, Primo rear casset, odyssey front hazard light. I know this means nothing to any of you guys, but though it would be funny. This is my street machine/ late night drunk ride. It gets great mileage sorry the pics soo big.

**note the CC silverado RC on the floor.

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