Old Toyota Corona

[ClareQuilty]

Sometimes it makes you Wonder. Look around,there are Mitsu, Toyo, Nissan, you name it getting on for 20 Years, and a credit to their Thai Owners. Immaculate, yet we ferangs want to dump anything over 5/7 Y.O..

Maybe they just want a car that starts everytime, aircon works, can run on gasoline, doesn't have bubbles in tires, is insurable, guages working, not a source of amusement for workers riding in pickups etc etc?

Speak for yourselves, I can't afford anything over about 60,000 myself, and I know loads of farang who can't afford a car of any kind.

By the way Mogandave, great looking car!

[Kwasaki]

With the right maintenance you could drive the same woman for twenty years as well, but why would you want to?

Because it ain't natural.

[pokerspiv]

Sometimes it makes you Wonder. Look around,there are Mitsu, Toyo, Nissan, you name it getting on for 20 Years, and a credit to their Thai Owners. Immaculate, yet we ferangs want to dump anything over 5/7 Y.O..

Maybe they just want a car that starts everytime, aircon works, can run on gasoline, doesn't have bubbles in tires, is insurable, guages working, not a source of amusement for workers riding in pickups etc etc?

Speak for yourselves, I can't afford anything over about 60,000 myself, and I know loads of farang who can't afford a car of any kind.

By the way Mogandave, great looking car!

For 60,000 you could definitely pick something up in Bangkok. I was somewhat limited due to my height ( I am 6'4" in the old scale or 193cm) which meant that the old compact cars (Corolla, 323, Honda City etc) were too small for me, so I was looking at the significantly more expensive cars like Camry or Honda Accord to be able to sit comfortably in. They had quite a few smaller cars in that price range that they wanted to show me, but I had to keep reminding them that I was too tall for a Corolla-sized car. The Corona was a bit of a compromise because of my budget but it's about halfway between a Corolla and Camry in terms of legroom so it was good enough.

As IMHO pointed out, it's hardly a status symbol and I will need to spend a few thousand baht to get the existing issues fixed (aircon will probably be the most expensive, the others are minor). But what is most important to me is that it's a cheap replacement for a motorbike which here on Samui are just death traps. It will also be nice to go shopping at the supermarket and not have to worry how I will carry my groceries home, and to be able to go places when it's raining.

All in all I was pretty happy with the way the purchase of the car went, but I definitely wouldn't recommend the trip, because Bangkok is expensive and it was a long, boring and hot drive. The next time I buy a car (and I will likely use the same dealership), I will look into methods of getting it delivered to Samui for me.

[ClareQuilty]

Sorry, my above 'great looking car' comment was meant to be directed to pokerspiv, not mogandave..

[GirlDrinkDrunk]

60k and you need to ask?

[Kwasaki]

60k and you need to ask?

That's what this forum is for.

[Cuban]

I had a '92 for a while 2 litre auto great car only needed better seats with a head rest and I might have kept it.

The good thing about older cars (although 20 years is pushing it) is they don't stand out in a crowd, and being unnoticed is often a good thing.

[FarangTalk]

This subtle Corolla from California has a Lexus 1uZFE V8 topped with an M112 supercharger from an SVT Cobra Mustang and mated to a T56 6-speed from a Camaro.

[Spoonman]

Dayumm thats one sexy Rolla, would love for it to be in my garage.