1987 Toyota Tercel 2 Door Hatchback review from North America

I'm going to separate this into two sections. Engine and interior/body.

Engine,

-The key would sometimes get stuck in the start position, this caused the starter to get overworked and eventually gave out.

-the steering wheel became loose, which made it hard to keep the car strait.

-Carburetor Problems! ha that is the only thing that actually went wrong with the car, ever since I got it it seemed impossible to set the carburetor correctly. She either didn't start on the first few turns or she didn't stop when you turned the key off. It also needed adjusting in the winter months.

Interior/Body.

-the door handles are a bit weak and seem to break easily, don't try to open the door when its locked

-the manual roll windows fall of their tracks and start to not roll up strait.

I have owned many vehicles and I have been under the hood of all of them. But I couldn't even tell you what the transmission looks like under the Tercel.

This car took a beating like I have never been able to give before, it was my fishing/hunting/mud-bogging car, there is simply no easy way to damage the car by hitting rocks or bottoming out, it has a perfectly placed front support beam that covers most of the engine and all of the oil pan.

In general its the biggest beater I have ever owned, its rusted and looks like it should be crushed, but even now that I have taken the insurance off to insure my truck I still don't have what it take to sell it.

I paid $300 for it and spent about $200 in repairs/oil/filter over its life with me.