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.
do not
ever
let me reiterate that last point
ever
buy a used car with an all wheel drive system. you do not need all wheel drive and it's just gonna break. guaranteed the last person who owned it didn't know how to drive and let the awd compensate for more shitty situations than they needed to be in, causing it to wear prematurely.
with that said that's a $500 project car, not a $2000 anything. a car that has sat idle for even one year will need new tires and will need all new fluids, so expect at the very least to have to do a brake flush, coolant flush, replacement oil and filter, pump out the gas tank and put new gas in before you start trying to figure out if the engine's seized, where youre gonna get a new battery, if it'll turn over once the engine's unstuck, if the brake lines are rotted out, if the gaskets are rotted out, if the fuel lines are rotted out, what the water that leaked in past the bad gaskets got to, mold, animal piss and shit and weird smells.
get a different car to rely on.
E: Christ, i clicked on the picture and it's even worse than i thought, the tires are flat, you can see gaskets peeling apart/panels pulled up and its covered in at the very least lichens if not mold.
given that the license plate looks oregon and it sat outside, multiply my concerns by ten. sitting out in rainy, humid weather is a million times worse than sitting outside in the desert.
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I guess this is okay advice for non-car people who just drive around cities, but all I've ever owned are used all wheel drive cars and literally never had a problem related to the drive train. My parents also both have used all wheel drive cars and have also never had an all wheel drive specific problem.