'83 SR5 in Montpelier, VT - 83K miles

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:03 pm

This is a very clean-looking tan-colored car.
The interior is gorgeous !

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-Toy ... dZViewItem

Tom M.

scotisha · Post by **scotisha** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:14 pm

I was just searching and I came across that one. Nice seats! Too bad I live in Canada.

MootsMan · Post by **MootsMan** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:48 am

That is a really nice looking car. The rust doesn't look too bad, but looks like it could explode into a serious problem at any minute !!

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:18 pm

Agreed on the rust - my posting was made prior to the added photos - still...
Oh, for the salad days when I could have bought it for the interior alone.
The inside is certainly gorgeous for a 23 year-old car!
The seller certainly seems candid, and that is good.
Tom M.

ctishman · Post by **ctishman** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:22 pm

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha, what a coincidence!

That was my stepmother's car about twelve years ago! The first Terc I ever rode in.

Aussie_3ASCV · Post by **Aussie_3ASCV** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:44 pm

what are the odds of that. like 10000:1. thats choice ctishman

ctishman · Post by **ctishman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:04 am

Well, not that bad, considering that Vermont is a very insular car market with very specific needs (deep winter snow and lots of families), so Tercs and the like (the Subaru Outback Wagon has since taken over as the car of choice there) tend to be in nearly every driveway. My main surprise was that it survived the road salt this long with little body damage.

Aussie_3ASCV · Post by **Aussie_3ASCV** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:32 am

so would you call it the tercel capital?

ctishman · Post by **ctishman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:45 pm

No, the road salt's eaten 90% of them alive by now, which is why it's such a wonder to find one intact these days in the Northeast. the reason for the salt is so that the hugeass tour busses can get up the steep old highways to the ski areas in winter, bearing loads of angry, rude New Yorkers.

I'd say you'd be more likely to find tercs alive in the Southern and Western states, where they don't salt the highways so much.

Aussie_3ASCV · Post by **Aussie_3ASCV** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:27 am

thats crazy. slating the roads. that must screw so many people over with there cars. well if tercels had another row of seats then they could be used instead of stupid ass tour busses

jetswim · Post by **jetswim** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:41 am

Yeah I really don't get this salt thing! Here in Ontario across from Michigan they also salt the roads to hell! So much so that my friend used to store his VW bus on his driveway through the winter but the salt splashing around from cars on the road would reach his bus 20ft from the road! Now he sprays oil over his bus and covers it in plywood for the winter on his driveway just to beat the salt! I store my VW bus in my barn and absolutely do not drive it near salty roads!
I work at a dairy farm and luckily they have a wash bay there as in the winter I'm washing the salt off my Terc everyday!

hornett22 · Post by **hornett22** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:28 pm

i don't drive it in the winter unless on a trip to tennessee.

Aussie_3ASCV · Post by **Aussie_3ASCV** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:30 pm

is there some kind of fund for all the poor cars that get salted. does the government put money into repairs or free carwashes or something? im glad we dont have that problem in AU

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:27 pm

It sold for $1425 to someone whose eBay handle is "pantherfla."

As to governmental funding of car washes - HA !
Well, at least not in Missouri...heck, our Governor cuts out Medicaid for poor folks.
Tom M.

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'83 SR5 in Montpelier, VT - 83K miles

'83 SR5 in Montpelier, VT - 83K miles

really

terc

crazy

mine came from texas but...............

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