The only complaint I have ever had with Toyota's are the brakes. For some reason I am forever replacing the brakes.
The last 4 vehicles I bought were Toyota's.
I had a 1992 Corolla before this one and I traded it in with 284,000 on it.
At that time the only major money put into this car was maintenance.
I put brakes on it and 2 timing belts.
This Corolla was a manual transmission and I traded it in with the original clutch.
The newer '98 has 178000 miles and I have never had to replace anything other than a battery and the brakes. I.
Hi, I don't recall the 1998 being available in an "LX". There was the VE, the CE (which I have), and the LE. Never heard of "LX". Might have to push the "inappropriate" button here!
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