Head gasket needed replacing at 180,000.
This car is a great car, especially for first car buyers like myself. It is fairly cheap to run, and it can put up with a thrashing with no complaints.
The only running problems are...
Up hills. it doesn't like very steep hills, and sometimes a change down to third gear is necessary.
Runs sluggish on 40 degree (celsius) days, but just take it easy and nothing will go wrong.
You can get a top speed of about 160 in this car, on a flat straight road, yet it is doing about 5200rpm at this stage.
Overall, it is a good car to get you from A to B, and I won't be selling mine in the near future.
Well, I am disappointed with the stats on the 79 td. I own the the same make and model, but with the 1.8L 5 speed coupe it is a top car.
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