86 SR5 eBay Buy It Now $1,800
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Re: 86 SR5 eBay Buy It Now $1,800
I sent this to my nephew, who lives in Atlanta, and has an almost-16 year-old son.
I added this to the note: "Note the seller's mention of 'We bought the car for our son, and he was too spooked to drive the car in city traffic because of the manual transmission.'"
"WHAT is the younger generation coming to?" said the Old Fart, rolling his eyes
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The nephew, having owned a succession of BMWs and several Porsches*, has never owned an AT and has taught his boy on one of them. I taught my nephew well.
Tom M.
* Matt has done a LOT better in life than did his uncle...
EDIT - I clarified the penultimate sentence of the ultimate paragraph, to emphasize and remove all doubt that I have NEVER own a BMW or a Porsche
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I added this to the note: "Note the seller's mention of 'We bought the car for our son, and he was too spooked to drive the car in city traffic because of the manual transmission.'"
"WHAT is the younger generation coming to?" said the Old Fart, rolling his eyes

The nephew, having owned a succession of BMWs and several Porsches*, has never owned an AT and has taught his boy on one of them. I taught my nephew well.
Tom M.
* Matt has done a LOT better in life than did his uncle...

EDIT - I clarified the penultimate sentence of the ultimate paragraph, to emphasize and remove all doubt that I have NEVER own a BMW or a Porsche
!
T4WD augury?
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Re: 86 SR5 eBay Buy It Now $1,800
appears to have been blue, repainted by previous owner to "Vietnam era tank green"
looks decent and miles are not too high.
looks decent and miles are not too high.
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'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)
'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)