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post Mar 21, 2011 - 12:25 AM
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KaiasPapa

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Hello everyone. I need a commuting car to travel 150 mi round trip everyweekend or so. Its a long highway with curves and dips and only about a few miles ever covered by PD(Just a fact not suggesting anything). The obvious choice? Need I say. The only one for sale in my area though has a good 216k miles on it already. It appears to be well maintained but not really sure if I should take the plunge. They're asking $3k its fully loaded, for a stock GT anyway. ABS, sun-roof, cruise-control, and all that. What do you all think? Is it gunna take alot of time and attention to keep it running between Spokane and Pullman or can I rely on it to take me and my daughter for years of happy driving? Let me know your opinion.

BTW, im going to school for aviation maintenence and have little real mechanical background, but i am mechanicly inclined and have no problem getting my hand dirty.
 
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post Mar 21, 2011 - 7:54 PM
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216 000 is alot of miles haha, personally I'd look for one less but saying that, many people on here have gone WELL over that with GT's and ST's. If they've always had oil and its always been clean then it will keep going!

I've had mine since 175k km's and now its at 260k kms and since then it hasn't had one engine problem, had other problems along the way but its always started and driven no matter the problem tongue.gif.

Just make sure the engine isn't blowing any smoke and is healthy, take it for a test run and don't be afraid to rev it! If so just maintain it regularly when you buy it!

Also try and check for wheel bearings and clunks if you drive it not 100% precisely.


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- KaiasPapa   6G, Whats it really good for?   Mar 21, 2011 - 12:25 AM
- - SwissFerdi   I'd say with that mileage, I'd perform eve...   Mar 21, 2011 - 12:33 AM
|- - KaiasPapa   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Mar 21, 2011 - 12...   Mar 21, 2011 - 8:00 AM
- - NYp8tBaller07   My father lives in Washington and is going to scho...   Mar 21, 2011 - 9:54 AM
|- - KaiasPapa   QUOTE (NYp8tBaller07 @ Mar 21, 2011 - 9...   Mar 21, 2011 - 12:04 PM
|- - NYp8tBaller07   QUOTE (KaiasPapa @ Mar 21, 2011 - 1...   Mar 21, 2011 - 12:55 PM
- - block   Yeah try to bring down the price a bit. A lot of ...   Mar 21, 2011 - 10:10 AM
- - mak5603   Worst case scenario, if the motor blows...I got a ...   Mar 21, 2011 - 12:20 PM
- - KaiasPapa   Right on. Well, knowing that people mods these car...   Mar 21, 2011 - 4:08 PM
|- - mak5603   QUOTE (KaiasPapa @ Mar 21, 2011 - 2...   Mar 22, 2011 - 8:54 PM
- - richee3   What year is it? I'm guessing $2,500 soun...   Mar 21, 2011 - 4:53 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 21, 2011 - 3:53...   Mar 21, 2011 - 5:25 PM
- - Euphoria   216 000 is alot of miles haha, personally I'd ...   Mar 21, 2011 - 7:54 PM
- - KaiasPapa   Well,Ill go up on Wed i think to take a look. With...   Mar 21, 2011 - 8:12 PM
- - zfjohnson07   id get it offer him 2500 man, check the engine tho...   Mar 22, 2011 - 12:12 PM
- - Flyinghumanoid   My ST has about 248,000 miles. It still gets 30 mp...   Mar 22, 2011 - 3:49 PM
- - Smaay   ^^^ wow thats good mileage!   Mar 22, 2011 - 4:54 PM
- - 4-eyed-freek   mine has 356,000 on it and it runs like a champ. i...   Mar 23, 2011 - 8:50 AM
- - yungazzdriver   I just bought a 99 gt as a dd and already has 216,...   Mar 23, 2011 - 9:06 AM
|- - NYp8tBaller07   QUOTE (yungazzdriver @ Mar 23, 2011 - 9...   Mar 23, 2011 - 9:23 AM
- - yungazzdriver   hahahah top gear for the celica........lets do the...   Mar 23, 2011 - 11:14 AM
- - KaiasPapa   well, went up to spokane and the celicas in HORRIB...   Mar 24, 2011 - 5:14 PM
- - 95CelicaST   http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2275270340.h...   Mar 24, 2011 - 6:25 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (KaiasPapa @ Mar 24, 2011 - 5...   Mar 25, 2011 - 3:25 AM
- - KaiasPapa   thanks for all the tips. That one in seattle looks...   Mar 26, 2011 - 1:01 AM
- - mak5603   That would make what, like 5? Lol...for reals t...   Mar 26, 2011 - 2:55 AM
- - mkernz22   if you get that auto, I can sell you everything fo...   Mar 26, 2011 - 6:15 AM


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