Popular Post shadow79 Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 toyota corolla tercel 1999 i really have no idea from where to start a review but here we go i got this car ar 250k kms for 2.5k aed and ran it for another 450 or 500k it had a smoking engine which i replaced and she was back up and spurring like a kitten with carb powered 2efe 1.3 cc engine that not gonna roar but will get you wherever you want thanks to its 5 spd manual gear it had more then enough to run around everywhere i need to be and was my trusty partner for use in the workshop for hauling parts it had the best fuel economy as its a 1.3cc which used to give a run of around 600 plus per tank the car itself in look wise is really basic not a cheap box but if you can toss some $$$ then this car can make heads turn and the interior is also very basic with a stereo system and the seats are not that comfy for very long drives the windows were manual and there was only 1 airbag for the driver others would just hope for the best i guess there was no abs not much electrically loaded as you can guess but still its a really wonderful car to have as the maintenance cost is very low and the fuel economy is great and the air conditioning is built of very tough components the summer afternoons could not make it bow down the parts are readilly avalable in orignal and even aftermarket is nicely catering to this kitten the small parts like door handle interior handle or the window handle to bonnets doors even the used market has everything this car requires to run like the fornt headlight pair is 200 aed which would be the cost of only 1 headlight in many newer cars this car has reached such a stage that you can buy it of the market for 2k to 4k depending on the condition and for using it for 2 to 3 years it still part with almost the same amount from you only if you take good care of it...these cars are very hard to comeby if in really good condition as the owners are still in love with tercel and are reluctant to part with a gem that toyota produced the last were produced in 1999 as then toyota echo took over P.S : the 2 pictures is of my tercel and the rest is sourced from the internet 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Very good and informative review from a real owner. 1 1 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stig Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Something similar with a 2.0 Litre engine today would make for a fabulous beater. I've got something like this with 517,000 kms on the odo. But, it's just a 1.3 Lancer off an acquaintance and the lack of power is disappointing. Planning to replace with a 2.0 beater when the time comes to renew it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightjp Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 @stig I find any post '93 1.3 engine lacks power and torque; save Toyota's... I've driven 1.3s from pretty much all the other major Japanese brands and they do disappoint. Makes it hard to get out of a service lane, enter a roundabout or even a fast moving highway. The only way to get a decent enough performance from them, even a lancer, was to get a manual and redline the engine for the initial push. That too sometimes wasn't enough.. Toyota's 1.3 even on a larger corolla was great. I remember the Tercel's replacement - the Echo. It was hideous, but it was a good car with a good engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 What about the 1.3 4E-FTET from the Starlet GT? 133 BHP and 157 nm of torque. Pretty decent for something that small. Very tuneable too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow79 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 mine could do burnouts on 3rd gear... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightjp Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 21 minutes ago, Barry said: What about the 1.3 4E-FTET from the Starlet GT? 133 BHP and 157 nm of torque. Pretty decent for something that small. Very tuneable too. Like I said earlier, Toyota is pretty much the only manufacturer with a peppy 1.3. The rest of the manufacturers (Nissan, Mitusbishi, Honda, etc) always left us wanting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adil Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 You guys need to try Honda then, I had civic before the accord and I love its acceleration better than taxi's corolla and camry's 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightjp Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Honestly, back in day, we had 1997 - 98 1.3 Honda Civics as company cars for the courier company I was working at. At the same time we also had 1.3 Toyota Echos... Now the Civic was an amazing car, but it didn't have the VTEC and its acceleration wasn't at the level of the Echos. The couriers were pretty much fighting over the Echos and being a car guy, I couldn't understand why. My friend had a Civic Vti 1.8 & that was fast. It was only when I took a ride in both I understood. Honda's 1.3 was seriously under powered; which is why later Civics never came with a 1.3 and that engine was given the VTEC and then out in the Honda City and the Jazz. That was when the engines made sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow79 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) and @adil why don't you share with us your loving honda's famous gearbox failures i have changed some of them in 3 months gap too Edited July 19, 2018 by shadow79 more info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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