1991 Toyota Tercel DX from North America - Comments

Just normal wear out parts like brakes, clutch, struts, etc...

This car will not die! I have done minimal maintenance to this car and it runs perfect.

No question to whether it will start or not. Amazingly reliable!

156,000 miles and you can't even feel or hear it idle.

Does burn a little oil, perhaps a quart per oil change. Seats aren't all that bad.

I'm 6' 1" and I fit in the seat nicely. Easy to use controls.

When something does break/wear out, it's pretty easy to fix.

I did my brakes, O2 sensor replacement, and tune up myself very easily.

I suggest an intake cone. I used one and it helped out the little tough guy when the AC ran and helped out gas mileage as well.

I have owned a 1967-1971-1990 Toyota and currently own a 1991 Tercel. The first three were bought new and the 1991 was bought with 5,000 K's on it. The best of the bunch was the 1967 Corona (very well built) I kept the 1971 for 21 years. I still have the 1991 Tercel and it has performed magnificently. It now has 110,000 K's (I live in Canada) and hasn't caused any problems what so ever. The secret is taking care of it. It is in mint condition. I am buying a new Toyota this year, but will keep the 1991 Tercel as a second car because maintenance is very low and it is very economical with gas prices going throught the roof>

I'm back again (the owner of the car reviewed here) and I STILL own it. This car will not die or even flinch!! It now has 168,000+ miles on it and runs the same as the day I bought it. Seats still look good and everythings the same. The only thing I have done was changed out the fuel injectors as one was dripping into the cylinder when it was suppose to be in the closed postion. Not bad for 165,000 miles on the injectors. Swapping them with new ones was a snap, and took 1 hour. Now that they have been changed I regained about 5mpg!! I can't believe a car that's from 1991 with that many miles on it still gets better gas mileage than brand new cars out now!? I have been wanting to buy a new toyota, but can't really justify it when this car will not die!