These things will literally run forever with just regular maintenance.
>>28980958Assuming you add oil periodically. 1ZZfe love to burn oil.Even the later ones with piston revisions burn oil.Every dead 98-02 Rolla was killed by oil starvation since normal fags never check oil..t owned a 2000 5 speed that ran past 305,000+ miles and still got 40MPG
>>28980958So does my bike but I don't brag about it.
>>28980966>Every dead 98-02 Rolla was killed by oil starvationLies. My sister's was killed by rust.
>>28980966yeah because retards would neglect oil changes and the holes would sludge/clog easily.
>>28980979Just like your mom's holes.
>>28980975>My sister was killed by rust.thats what i read twice before realising
>>28980979You're not clogging anything, they just run low on oil; because they burn about a quart every 5,000 mi or so. They're really bad ones burn a quart every 2,000 miles
retards dont do regular maintenance though. soon these cars will be all but extinct and people will make threads wondering where did they go?
>>28980958A neighbour dailys the previous generation. It's tidy too.
>>28980958Until the parts run dry.
>>28980958They're also not that readily available anymore.If you want a cockroach car that doesn't drink oil and will somehow last forever, look no further than the Mazda 5. It fits in the same compact spaces the Corolla does, but has a ton of cargo space. It can't be beat on practicality alone. Fuel economy is not as good but this car easily competes with midsize SUVs and even minivans if you don't remove the 2nd row at all. Only real weakness is that they tend to eat sway bar links every 60k and control arms every 150k.
>>28980958when I lived in Texas I had the Geo prizm variation. It only went up to 35 MPH but it still ran
>>28980966These cars are such pieces of shit its incredible how they get away with being so overrated for so long
>>28980966The later ones do not burn oil
>>28981527These things are awesome. so much room and they also get good mpg. Also pretty sporty for a minivan
>>28981576Based on my experience, they are very very solid cars.Although they are used to fuck at this point.>>28981584Later 1ZZFE still burn oil, just a bit less.They all do it
i have one with 210k miles and burns about a quart every 1k miles. i've ran 1.8k miles on restore and protect on it, doesn't seem to be improving thangs, maybe it needs more miles on it? if i cant fix that issue then i think i'll just straight pipe it because it already killed 2 cats.
>>28981527These things rust like fuck>t leaf
>>28981657Do a Piston soak with B12 cleaner.Does wonders to clean up old oil burners
>>28981673>These things rust like fuckMazda has never been great with rust. I keep rust converter, spray paint, and also clear anti-vandal vinyl overlay on the weak points. I'm very fastidious with powertrain and body maintenance because I know these are risk factors within my control to mitigate.I've never had a Mazda rust on me even in Michigan, where car rot is ubiquitous on old cars because I attack rust the moment I spot it. Only time I've lost mine was because of a rear-end collision from a distracted driver. It even had The Tape on it, but even retroreflective SOLAS tape doesn't work if the driver isn't looking at the road.
i have a 1997 stickshift one.
>>28981628>These things are awesome. so much room and they also get good mpg.They're compact car sized but they carry like a car over 2x its size. They're mysteriously resistant to the social media clout tax that has plagued Hondas, Toyotas, Scions, and the various badge-engineered variants that are no longer the "savvy shopper's secret" since everyone seems to know that a Pontiac Vibe is just a Toyota Matrix.As for mpg, pretty much identical to a 2.5L Mazda 3 of similar generation. Only a couple hundred pounds heavier. The 2.5L MZR is a big, stupid engine that makes reasonable naturally-aspirated power.I would caveat to not get the manual, despite the manual enthusiasts screeching for one (and never buying it), because parts are actually hard to get compared to the FS5A-series transaxle, which is a brand-wide parts bin special, which fits in everything from a small car to their full size cars.
>>28981654Why does the 2zz not burn oil
>>28981820Different engine.Also 2zz cars were also driven way way less than their 1zz counterparts.
>>28980958>GUYZ THIS SHITBOX APPLIANCE CAN LIVE FOREVER >GUYZ YOU CAN ETERANALLY LOOK LIKE A RETARDED POORFAG WORKING HIS MCJOB IN THIS BORING ASS APPLIANCE. FOREVER!okay who the fuck cares? I buy a new car every 3-5 years, and way more interesting than that fwd pile of shit. stay poor. stay brown.
>>28981820It definitely still burns oil even more, especially at high RPMs which is the only place the 2zz does anything
>>28981673>>28981793>Mazda has never been great with rustYeah, Mazda's been among the worst when it comes to that. In Finland, older Mazdas commonly fail inspection and are scrapped because the body rust is so bad the structure is compromised. I think at least in some older models, their only rust protection was a thin layer of cold galvanizing zinc paint. Not enough for these conditions.Toyotas seem to be a little better, and while they may have a little rust building somewhere on the body (the subframe and the suspension arms always look like shit), they're not nearly as likely to be found un-roadworthy for that.Some Audis have enough zinc in the body that 20 year old cars might have just barely started to rust if the owner's completely neglected the thing.
>>28981798based
>>28981852I have one and it definitely doesnt
>>28981793Why is it called "The Tape"?
>>28980958This was the last generation of Corolla before it got a little fatter (and I think rode a bit higher).I remember there was a base VE "Touring Edition" where the only fancy things I can remember about it were white faced gauges and special seat fabric, but the fucking rear seats didn't fold down.This was the first generation to have a sporty "S" trim that came with special black interior and black gauges with red needles and numbering, among other things.Easy 5 speed for beginners too.
>>28981871>I think at least in some older models, their only rust protection was a thin layer of cold galvanizing zinc paint. Not enough for these conditions.Must be a weight reduction thing. Mazda brags about weight savings in the famous "Gram Strategy." The most famous instance of this is when they showcased the MX-5, stating they shaved off 84 grams off the rearview mirror.Might also save money on zinc too by coincidence. The steel sourced on older Mazdas was not as good, but it did technically save around 300-500 grams of material depending on how big it was. If it rusted, the car lost even more weight.Like eating food, I require weight reduction to be fully consensual. Any forced weight reduction by the laws of physics will be violently resisted with extreme prejudice.It's a low point for Mazda but oftentimes they learn this lesson the hard way when they fail to spread in markets with actual winters.>>28982319>Why is it called "The Tape"?Because it's "The Tape."
Get something newr whit a ZR engine?1ZR and 2ZR have prove themselfs, even the Valvematic versions when updated actuator.
>>28980971Because literally no one cares who isn’t just a future piece of human lipstick that will be smeared all over the road when you crash.
>>28980958First of all:CALM DOWN.>>28981576>These cars are such pieces of shitStick to your 944 then, Biff.Some people don't appreciate utility and durability over comfort and performance.>>28982330>sporty "S" trimComfy AF.Good A/C too.Honda could never get that right.Not enough heat rejection.>undersized compressor>undersized condensor
>>28981849>I buy a new car every 3-5 yearsWhy? Do you enjoy throwing money away?
Tfw 2001 CamryDriven it 10 years and want something a little more luxurious/ new, can afford it.Super apathetic to look at newer cars cause this thing will just do everything basic enough.
>>28984126>want something a little more luxuriousjust get a high trim lexus from the same era
>>28984126i also use a pvc pipe to prop my hood lol
>>28984147Keeping my eyes open for a clean LS400, always have liked the look. Really good ones keep going up in price.
>>28984196It got internet famous, so you may need to snap one up when you can.
>>28984126Toyota Avalon if you want to stay Japanese. The luxury trim Camry that people don't realize is better than a Camry so they sell for less than they should.Or you could go American and get a Lincoln Town Car if you want V8 and RWD, I drive a 2008 and I love mine, super comfy ride and they're basically a Ford Crown Vic underneath which is the most reliable car Ford ever made and its parts are cheap and its easy to work on, Its got decidedly old school styling so if you don't like that its not for you.
>>28984236>Its got decidedly old school styling so if you don't like that its not for you.Old school will become popular again. New stuff got value engineered and upsold so hard that it's both undesirable and unaffordable.People just haven't gotten burned hard enough on new cars or an 84 month loan yet. People like to rag on old cars for various reasons, but with very few exceptions, a running, reliable old car is cheaper to run and doesn't really do any human thing all that different than a newer counterpart.The only platforms I can think where it makes zero sense to own it old due to its immense running costs are big-block powertrains where they get semi-truck MPG to commute. That'll just bankrupt people just to feed it. I'd say that a car's ideal fuel economy should not cost more than it takes to feed the driver for the day each.
