At 04:20 PM 9/2/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >there is hardly part that isn't pretty fundamentally reliable in the first People used to Toyotas would certainly disagree with you there. Aside from that I agree. The cooling system is a crap design but great when it's working, and keeping up with broken exhaust struts and other exhaust stuff is an irritation in salt country. Looks like some significant improvements there from 1.9l to 2.1l -- fewer struts, cast-iron collector, better muffler support.
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