I have a 1999 Corolla and I love it. Boring, not zippy, but practical and no problems since we've had it. Unfortunately because we've had the two cars side by side, we've treated them the same and have been able to immediately compare the difference in maintenance.
I don't know why people feel it's downgrading, but the suggestions were that I not dump the Ford Focus for an older car. I should keep holding onto it and wait for a newer car to become cheaper and then buy it.
My reasoning for dumping it is that I have a bad feeling in my bones as we hit 100k miles that it will start to break down. That more and more things will need to be repaired. I am not sure it's worth investing close to $3k to fix everything.
As it is, right now we have to refil the engine coolant all the time because there is a hole/leak in it. So that's probably a repair. We've had the car redone twice from accidents and even with the accidents we've had to repair a lot of stuff. Also the latch on the truck doesn't close all the time, we probably need to replace it. The timing belt, the clutch, and water pump is coming due apparently.
Right now when we drive over 50 mph, the car starts to shake terribly. I think it's because the rims on two of the tires are bent. Is that the problem?
1. brakes/rotors at 30k, told it was a common ford problem
2. key column
3. fuel pump and gauge
4. cleaned engine because spark plugs misfired and clogged it
5. door locks electric broke
6. struts
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