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I haven't asked as much of my 91 245 as I did my last brick, but it is my primary transportation. I drive it to Little Rock (about 70 miles away) at least 3 times a week for shipping and junkyard runs. I expect it to deliver, and it always does. I'd have no worries about driving it anywhere, anytime. I'd take it coast to coast tomorrow if I needed to go.
My 87 245 was a tow rig, and I counted on it to take me on trips of 1000 miles or more while towing a car on a tow dolly. The only time it let me down was when I blew an AMM in North Carolina. I had an earlier AMM that got me to my mother's house, but it really ran rich. I had to drop $100 on a junkyard unit, which taught me to carry a spare. I'll be using my next 245 for towing, and I'll do a lot mmore upgrades on it to make life easier on the car.
BTW, one of the few cars I trust mechanically as much as I do a brick are the Toyota Tercel wagons built from 1983-88. I've had 5, and all but one had over 200k miles when I sold them. I drove the first one, an 84 model I got for free back in 1993, over 55k miles in a year when I was selling vintage guitars on the road. I still regret selling that one. My current Tercel has over 240k on it, and although it does burn about a quart of oil every 1000 mmiles now, it shows no sign of giving up any time soon, but it's been on loan to my in-laws for a few months.
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1991 245, 61k miles, looking for a 5 speed 92-93 245 cheap.
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