ecks_why
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to group that auctions them off & donates to charity auction place (whiteysauction.net) had several sales for similarly ancient toyos with mucho milage from the 80s & 90s in the $1000 range
but i'm guessing my toyo won't bring in alot of $$$ it only had 113k miles & generally good condition except the tranny was starting to slip into neutral occasionally from drive, dealer said "replace". at mechanics pay rate $50/hr bill rate $90/hr it's just not cost effective for consumer level repaired trannies, so they trade the used box in as partial payment on a rebuilt box & then the used box gets rebuilt & recycled. rebuilt 95 tranny about $2800. then it also needed struts front/rear another $1100-2000 depending on who quoted
just not worth spending $4000 more on a 17yo car, recent garage work about $900 a few months ago tuneup, alignment, ignition, fuel system etc.
so i got a new toyota corolla LE on a 3 year lease
but i'm guessing my toyo won't bring in alot of $$$ it only had 113k miles & generally good condition except the tranny was starting to slip into neutral occasionally from drive, dealer said "replace". at mechanics pay rate $50/hr bill rate $90/hr it's just not cost effective for consumer level repaired trannies, so they trade the used box in as partial payment on a rebuilt box & then the used box gets rebuilt & recycled. rebuilt 95 tranny about $2800. then it also needed struts front/rear another $1100-2000 depending on who quoted
just not worth spending $4000 more on a 17yo car, recent garage work about $900 a few months ago tuneup, alignment, ignition, fuel system etc.
so i got a new toyota corolla LE on a 3 year lease
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