So I seem to remember my first Tercel SR5's all to have power steering.
The 1983 Toyota Tercel SR5 I just purchased for my father I was told by the shop that it does not have power steering. So was that an additional add on option offered?
Were the 1983-1984 SR5's offered without power steering
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Re: Were the 1983-1984 SR5's offered without power steering
My new '83, purchased in late '82, did not have PS. I just checked the '83 and '86 brochures, and it was an option. Maybe most dealers just ordered them with PS as a "non-optional" feature.
Tom M.
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Re: Were the 1983-1984 SR5's offered without power steering
Thanks Tom, that makes sense then as the one I purchased is also a 1983 that was built in late 1982.
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Re: Were the 1983-1984 SR5's offered without power steering
I have owned SR5 tercels with both power steering and without. not a big difference on nice roads, but helps in parking, and on rough roads where the wheel wants to jump out your hands on pot holes. I prefer the power steering, even though I like the simplicity of not having it.
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'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
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