Used 1997 Toyota Tercel Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Best Toyota Ever!!!
5thtoyota, 12/05/2013
1997 Toyota Tercel CE 4dr Sedan
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
I am on my 5th Toyota mostly Corolla's and this was my first Tercel (1997). I bought it 10 years ago for a mere $4,000, 60,000 miles, in great shape! I have taken good care of it with regular maintenance and it runs circles around my new Camry!!! Runs like a top, drives like a Champion, purrs like a kitten & STILL gets a WHOPPING 36 CITY!!! I never even drive the new Camry since I like this one better!! AND, the A/C works much better than the new Camry!!!! I hope my baby car NEVER dies!!!!
My first car and a great car
meekos, 06/03/2015
updated 12/05/2016
1997 Toyota Tercel CE 4dr Sedan
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
I bought this car from my neighbor as my first car when I was 16 (3 years ago) for 1,200$. It had 179,000 miles on it or more when I bought it. It now has 210,000 miles on it. I would say I probably could have gotten more miles out of her, but she was my first car and I learned a lot of maintenance lessons with her (like always get your oil change and don't let you car run out of oil). I was rough on this poor thing and because I had to get a new car. However considering I put 30,000 miles on her and she lasted me as long as she did, I think this car is a great reliable car. I have never been stranded with her. Gas mileage was 34-38mpg until I drove her out of oil, the mpg just started dropping after that. Some of the stuff I had to have done on her: I had to replace the radiator (which is a common repair needed for this particular car), valve lifters and brakes, and I had to replace the idle air control valve. As long as you keep oil in her, she will be your best friend! UPDATE: She finally died on me as of this year with 211,000 on her odemeter. She probably could've of lasted a bit longer if I hadn't been so hard on her. Many lessons have been learned as a new car owner with this one.
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ol reliable !!
tasha, 01/06/2018
1997 Toyota Tercel CE 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
my dad handed this car down to me until i found a new car . its been 4 months and im still riding along with it . was suppose to be a point A to point B car but its been getting me to point C and D aswell . for it being a older car it really preforms extremly well! im writing this review cause i was suprised with the car. im 21 and im enjoyiong this car . not the best in looks but gets me where i need to go to find my adventures (:
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Toyota should've kept the Tercel
rav, 10/06/2002
1997 Toyota Tercel CE 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
My Tercel was a great car. I bought it with about 30,000 miles on it. It was relaible, stylish (compared to the ECHO), and very fun to drive. I could go almost 2 weeks on a tank of gas (all auto cars should come with overdrive standard). I drove it up steep hills in deep snow/ice with no problem. I am certain I wouldve never had a problem with it ever, had it not been totalled in an accident where I was rear ended. The crumple zones worked TOO well, and it was a total loss.I replaced it with a 97 Honda Accord, but I will Sorely miss that Tercel.At only 62,000 miles it was gone too soon.
luv my tercel
fajardog, 12/03/2002
1997 Toyota Tercel CE 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I love my new (to me) tercel, which I got with only 30,000 miles on it. I wanted to downsize everything; insurance, gas and repair bill and overall vehicle size. I had a Mercedes and I just got tired of it putting me in the poor house. I'm 6 feet tall and 225 lbs. and I'm perfectly comfortable driving this car. So far it hasn't let me down and I don't see it ever giving me a problem. I hope we have a long life together.
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