You are looking at a very rare car. Toyota only made this all wheel dive vehicle for about 5 years. It treated me very well for the many years I drove it but it has sat idle for a few years and need to make room in my driveway (and I had plans to restore it) She was running fine when I was driving it, except towards the end when going over mountain passes (it would decelerate badly for some reason). There are many new parts I put in this rig. Including a new clutch! I estimate there's at least $3,000-$5,000 new parts I put into this while I owned it. Anyways, I hope this post finds someone who appreciates this rad rig and will hopefully restore her. Serious offers only. No trades. Cheers.
It has a manual transmission (which I want to learn to drive) and 218K miles. I feel like everyone is going to call me dumb for spending $2K on this but the thing is…I already love it. And I’d rather pay extra for something I really fucking like, than save on something I’m not particularly excited about. Even after 6-7 years of being homeless I’m picky like this, and I feel like it’s worked for me. I’ll actually go spend money on clothes that fit me and are actually my style, which helps my self-esteem just a bit, etc.
It was already having problems before it sat for several years (notice all the vagueness), and those problems were evidently not diagnosed. Please don't do it.
There are some cars in decent condition with manual transmission in the market, like this one: CL Link
Aside from whether it runs or not and whether basic maintenance has been done, you'll want to look for rust and ask for paperwork showing that the timing belt (unless it has a timing chain, which you can check online) has been replaced on schedule. Usually the water pump, pulleys, etc are replaced at the same time, but you should confirm that as well. Someone who's better at cars can give you a complete rundown of what to look for.
oh.... am i supposed to be doing this stuff?? lol why do people own cars