NPoCP Seller's Edition: Toyota's Golden Age

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/12/2020 at 21:14 • Filed to: None

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I sold this car last night for $850. That state of California would have paid me $1,000 to have it crushed, but I’d have to get it to fail a smog test, fill out an application, then go spend an hour or several at Pick-n-Pull waiting for my check. 1991 Corolla Base Model, 238k miles. Supremely dependable. New battery, new Denso radiator, new cat. And MANUAL TRANSMISSION , for you fan bois. Really nimble driver. KYB struts, also... A guy from my job bought it for his cousin. My theory on buying and selling cars is that when I’m done with them, price them to sell and be done with it. This took 24 hours. I’ve owned it more than ten years. It was the dog car , and the dog died and the new dog doesn’t know how to go for rides in the car.

Thoughts?

Just Jeepin' > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:20

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I think you done good. Much better to let it live on.

Of course, I don’t think I’ve ever sold a car. Totaled, fell apart after 15 years , gave to Goodwill, traded in for Jeep, and Jeep.

I guess the one that fell apart I technically “sold” to a mechanic at the dealership in exchange for whatever they were going to charge me because I left it there too long.

Hooker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:21

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My mom had a burgundy one identically equipped and I literally cried like a baby when she traded it for a 1996 dodge Intrepid. The intrepid was a hell of a car, but that Corolla was my heart. Gah. 

Urambo Tauro > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:22

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I have a brother with a 1990 model in the same color. The car has always been one of two things: rock-solid reliable, or at least super-easy to work on. It’s an automatic (3 speeds), and has some collision damage, but he loves it. He’s expressed an interest in learning to drive stick and I’m sure he’d be all over this in a heartbeat.

dogisbadob > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:23

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A 30-yo car with no rust! Holy shit

NP

CompactLuxuryFan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:30

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NP of course! The proof is in the sale. You could’ve go tten $1,000 easily I think. 

smobgirl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:33

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I’m offended that I wasn’t offered the opportunity to own this beautiful vehicle.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:33

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Good deed by you to keep it alive, and in the inflated lower end of the used car market these days, the buyer got a deal too.

Looks like the plate was issued when the car was new or very young.

smobgirl > Just Jeepin' 09/12/2020 at 21:33

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Is that why you keep fixing yours? So you don’t have to deal with selling it?

onlytwowheels > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:35

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Nice price. Could have sold for $1500 easily.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:36

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Keeping cheap, accessible, and reliable transportation on the road is a good thing. 

Just Jeepin' > smobgirl 09/12/2020 at 21:39

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That’s an excellent question. Surely there’s some element of truth to that, but really I do love it and would have a hard time finding another one like it. These are fairly uncommon.

jminer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 21:43

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Man for that being the dog car the interior looks to be in excellent shape.

Also very nice  price. That’d be $2k here easy.

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 22:00

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Old Toyotas don’t die, they just keep getting passed on to the next person. You could probably take 20 years off that car with a really good detailing and wax job

smobgirl > Just Jeepin' 09/12/2020 at 22:02

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I’m just teasing :)

But selling a car you like really does turn itself into way too much of a hassle even if financially it might be the better choice.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ranwhenparked 09/12/2020 at 22:31

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I’ll tell you what took a decade off that car: synthetic manual transmission lubricant in the transaxle.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Just Jeepin' 09/12/2020 at 22:33

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I’m happy it’ll live on.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl 09/12/2020 at 22:34

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Wow. I should’ve posted it here first. As it was, an email to everyone at my school site got it gone in 24 hours.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jminer 09/12/2020 at 22:35

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I think I paid about that much for it, maybe $3k, like twelve years ago. I actually don’t know how long I’ve owned it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > dogisbadob 09/12/2020 at 22:35

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One of the upsides of living in California.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Hooker 09/12/2020 at 22:38

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I really liked the Intrepid, but I thought they were underpowered.

jminer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 22:45

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That’s a good little commuter car if you can’t remember now long ago you bought it.

GLiddy > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 22:47

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My wife had this same car but with an automatic when we got married. I liked the car a lot and drove it myself for a few years. Problem was when the baby came we needed something “safer” so she sold it and we bought a new Altima. Oddly, I’ve gone back to driving a Corolla from time to time. When the kids started driving I bought a Corolla with a stick and they learned on that and its still the kids’ car and when they don’t use it, I drive it.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 23:03

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Np a smog certificate is worth at least $800 alone

Tohru > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 23:15

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- Thoughts?
Fuck California for paying people to destroy old cars, and fuck all of you that don’t have to deal with rust and road salt. You don’t know how nice you have it.

This car was 14 years old when I took that picture.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jminer 09/12/2020 at 23:17

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Totally that. I hated to part with it but too many cars in the fleet. Just can’t drive ‘em all.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 23:17

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I know. I had an instinctive reaction to yell “I’ll buy it!”. No I do not need a fifth car that doesn’t fill a gap in my fleet. Now if had been a Tercel AWD Wagon or Honda’s equivalent tall Civic AWD wagon...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tohru 09/12/2020 at 23:20

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Have you considered moving? We have to get something in return for the regressive liberal politics.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492 09/12/2020 at 23:20

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Totally. But that power train is in the autumn of its life.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > VincentMalamute-Kim 09/12/2020 at 23:21

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My list of insured vehicles went from 8 to 7 with this sale.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > VincentMalamute-Kim 09/12/2020 at 23:22

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Just a fabulous car. I hated to part with it but I can only drive so many cars and with quarantine, I’m driving much less.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/12/2020 at 23:28

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Yes, I ve sold more then a couple economy cars for being a little too loud on cold start

Tohru > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/13/2020 at 00:57

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Moving to California? Those are fighting words.

It’s much easier to buy rust-free cars from the South

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tohru 09/13/2020 at 01:22

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I didn’t suggest where  to move, just somewhere that you wouldn’t need to complain to us about your life choices.