Definitely selling my cars

[wish4tercel]

hi this is my first post here i have dreamed of owning a tercel wagon on and off for years...

one of my best pals' family had one growing up ...the coolest spaceship of a car. the inclinometer, the windows in back of the wagon... yep that is how i first met a tercel they look so unique
now they seem sorta hard to find and i don't have a car but thinking seriously of getting one
i am not a frequent driver getting along mostly by bike and hitching ...getting tired of that and i have a dog so...
also thinking of moving ...a vehicle could really make sense
so i am thinking of tercel wagons and looking all over... im usually in the midwest, SE, and NE of usa

questions: is it pretty easy to maintain them yourself and are parts easy to find? hows the highway treat your cars?
i might be crazy enough to come out there to get one if i meet your qualifications -devin

[Gottolovem]

Welcome to the forum wish4tercel (hopefully you can 86 your forum name soon)
Of course we here all love the Tercel's
A basic tool kit can keep these cars going for a long time,their easy to work on with some basic skills.


I will likley have one up for sale soon myself @ around 1,500 bucks.

[drege]

Yea I'll have to change my name to 'hadatercel'

[marlinh]

Welcome! These cars are fairly easy to maintain and great to drive. I am sure you can find one on this site and lots of enthusiastic owners here to help you! Good luck with your search.

[B1g_R3d]

That tercel was definitely a worthy cause for me to make my first post here, I have been looking for one for a while now, but out here, if it is not one thing, it is another, kind of a bummer that I am about a month an half away from being in a position to go out there and buy it ha. I promise if I had one, it would definitely be loved. My 87 pickup has gotten the royal treatment ever since I got it, people suggest I should get a new truck, and I always wonder why would I do that? Older vehicles have character, and if treated correctly, will be reliable and easy to maintain with a bit of know how. The tercel got my attention, and just kept growing on me everytime I saw one. Like I said, if in a month and a half comes by and you still have it, I would be down to go out there and get it, until then, I will be checking in to see its status.

[clarksober]

looks good, but I am afraid I am not a quick learner to drive it back to east coast.

[drege]

Let me just say that the prices I'm asking for are the reasonable lows - on craigslist I am starting at 1500 to keep the riffraff away and account for several hundred dollars worth of haggling - we know the straight up value of these cars -- a running smoggable (relatively low milage) 80% fair TTSR5 at 1k is a steal not to mention the 2 1/2 transmissions that come with it.
I have the ability to sit on them even after I hit the road, at that point it will be a sad state of affairs, as their sale/s will be handled by a 3rd party and will be "as is, where is" aka, sitting in a storage yard with fuel congealing and collecting dust, not trying to be a dick but its by no means a hardship sale, I'm not desperate.

[drege]

The TTSR5 may very well be sold as of tomorrow.

[drege]

Its gone - but the FX is still on the block though, though its now my only mode of transpo so is suspended for immediate sale until further notice.

[Gottolovem]

Forum member?
Did they take the extra tranny stuff?

[drege]

I think he'll register.
Yes, I'd suggested he keep them, he knows of our arrangement about the transmissions.

[drege]

Well I got my van, a 1995 GMC 2500 "TRUCK" vandura, so the FX is unequivocally for sale now, in spite of a recent tune up it runs a little ragged, pretty sure it needs the fast idle tuned in.

[irowiki]

Fast idle is only when cold.

[drege]

hmm, well its hard to start when warm, sometimes need to floor it to start, then nurse it to a smooth idle.

[irowiki]

Ah, that is the same thing Pokey does sometimes. We haven't figured it out yet!