fishcreek
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- Jan 15, 2014
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Playsinsnow said:4wd?
Wife had an '87 fwd 4dr corolla for 12 years and only put 134k on it. She bought it with 30k.
I don't see any rust on yours
Her's was rusted on all four corners and the rockers plus was a rust color to begin with and starting a carbuereted car in winter is always fun. 13" wheels cut the snow well! Needed an entire new steering rack and leaked/burned about a quart every 1000miles or more. Told the dealer I had another trade in offer for $1000 and they gave it to us when we bought her car.
Mine was 390k original kms when I sold it. I hid the rust with black spray paint along the wheel wells.
As per manual, it is only 4wd on low gear and reverse just to get you out if you are ever stuck lol.
Actually I lied when I said all original, I replaced the stock wheels 13" with 17". Wheels is my first priority on upgrade whenever I get a vehicle.
Bought it for $3300, and over the first 2 years I put more than that into it. Lifters collapsed within the first few months I had it, got those fixed. Then 2 months later it spun a rod bearing. Bought a used engine, cheaped out and went to some other "mechanic" who goofed around for a month before i got it back, to find out it was a horrible job, which ultimately caused it to blow that engine 9 months later, which the engine was replaced under warranty (still had to pay labor), and that engine was bad from day 1, so it got a 4th engine in it (I didn't pay a dime on that, I was MAD at the yard after they yanked me around on the warranty thing). Not to mention all the other stupid things that car did to me 
However, all the grief and money that car cost me also taught me how to work on cars since I couldn't afford to keep taking it to the shop for all the other relatively smaller things, so in that sense it was a good thing. And strangely enough, I grew to love that car in the end. The last year I had it I drove it nearly 40k miles and had no issues with it at all. But like my first car it was getting really rusty underneath, so I bought my Trailblazer and prepared to try to sell the Camaro for what little it may still be worth... then I wrecked it on slick roads and spun the rear end into a concrete wall at 45-50 mph 
Totally twisted the chassis as both doors rubbed really bad, other quarter was buckled, the roof wasn't straight, etc etc... not sure how the hatch glass didn't shatter.
This one, unlike every single other vehicle I've owned, is NOT RUSTY! It is a joy to do any work on because of this. This car is also a V6 automatic, but it isn't stock 
Previous owner hit a 12.4 second quarter mile with this car, with a 100 shot of N2O. The previous owner cammed it along with the supporting head work, installed headers, tuned it, etc. Stock suspension though. It ripped up a couple rear ends lol. Since I've gotten it I have redone a lot of the suspension (setting up for street vs strip). I just bought new wheels and tires for it that will be going on this year. Long overdue as the tires on there now are just about bald. This car still needs some cosmetic work (peeling/chipped paint on the bumper, roof panel is bubbling out as is common on all 99-02 fbodies, scratches, etc, but still way better than the old 98!) but I'm waiting on all the major cosmetic stuff until I have a house and a garage to park it in. I have a bunch of pieces to go on when I do (including a brand new roof panel) and it will get a total repaint when that happens (same color). Unlike the 98 this one has not been abused, and coming up on 2 years of ownership it hasn't had any nasty surprises for me at all.
