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“The Case for Keeping a Clunker”

It seems that I have a good excuse for keeping my ’96 Corolla on the road — I’m not being cheap, I’m being green! ;-)

4 Comments

  1. Ploni Almoni says:

    Wow, 14 years old, you’re driving it because it’s a valuable antique. :)

  2. Head Geek says:

    I think cars have to be twenty years old to be considered antiques. But I could be wrong. :-)

    Oddly enough, you can’t really tell that it’s that old. There’s no rust, and the Corolla body style hasn’t really changed since it was made. Even if it makes it to antique status, I doubt anyone will notice.

  3. Ploni Almoni says:

    Also, by not “upgrading” your Corolla, you avoid the defective models that tarnished Toyota’s reputation recently.

  4. Head Geek says:

    Toyota was the first manufacturer to move to a new design (I don’t recall what it’s called) that simplifies communications between different parts of the vehicle. In any change that major, some problems will inevitably crop up. I’m surprised that they haven’t discovered the cause yet (or at least admitted to it), but they will.

    If my Corolla dies before they do, there are a few other manufacturers with good reputations to fall back on.

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