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A 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5 coupe. I still drive it on a daily basis.
134,000 hard, hard miles. Never fails to start. It was pristine until reccently. It was backed into at a parking lot and nobody left a note (1 small dent). I was rear ended when stopped in traffic on the highway one night by some kids not paying attention to the slowed traffic. They were doing about 40 when they hit me. Their Cavalier was totaled, undriveable. I drove home with just a crushed up bumper.
Insurance company totalled the car, but I kept it and took the money. It was going to be too much to fix as the car is faded (red) and repainting bumpers would look dumb.
Before all that I was going to throw in some new suspension bits, lower it a little, and get some nice wheel & tire under her for autocrossing (it is a rather quick car, relatively speaking). Now the plan is to keep driving it until there's something catastrophic that happens to it, then pull the engine (4A block) and use it in a lotus-7 clone.
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