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Re: *HELP* bizarre stalling problem[700/90] posted by Brian Oliver on
Wednesday, 12 September 2001, at 8:11 p.m.
For years I would buy 7-9 year old Corollas for under $2,000 CDN and drive them until they dropped, and drop they did, quite suddenly at about 13 years. No amount of oilspray, rust repairs, etc could keep them on the road once their time had come. They weren't all particularly reliable, but the RWD ones were always cheap and simple to fix.
After my wife and kids crawled out of her wrecked 740 unharmed after being T-boned by a Thunderbird, the Toyota habit died with the last Toyota. That 740 was 11 years old and perfectly sound, and was replaced with a 940 which could last 20 years.
My summary:
740: Durable but not particularly reliable. Wonderful car to drive.
940: Durable and reliable, all round great car
RWD Corolla: reliable but not durable, fun to drive
FWD Corolla: unreliable and biodegradable, and very ill handling.
Ford Tempo: unreliable, biodegradable, horrible to drive, that car sucked.
Here in Ottawa there are many fine 10+ year old 740's on the road, but the 10+ year old Toyotas are rare and all junkers. I am guessing that emission testing, coming next year, will kill them off.