My dad bought a used 1992 7th gen Corolla in 1998. He passed it on to me in 2016 and asked me to take good care of it. I still drive it and I'm very proud of it.

You said “simplicity” I agree! It’s the very reason why I own a 1995 today.

I have a 1996, stick shift. Only 98k miles. I'm the second owner. Bought it at 86,000 miles for $2100 in 2020.

It's like the quintessential car! It's just 'CAR', as plain vanilla as it gets to a fault, and excellent for that :)

Easy on the pockets. You can laugh at any shop when they give you a estimate for repairs. "That's okay, I can do it myself!"

I just picked up a toyota corolla seca hatchback with the 4afe motor. Has 92,000kms on the clock, absolutely immaculate and no oil leaks whatsoever. Will see how long it lasts after I do an oil change and a few motor mounts it needed aswell as a carbon clean of the throttle body and injector cleaner for it being so little driven in 27 years

Bought a 99 a month ago love it has about 160000 on it gonna drive it till the end no doubt

Yes fully agree. In UK with a 98 4EFE 50k, probably out last me

The timing belt is non-interference on these. The water pump is not driven by the belt. This generation of Corolla is basically maintenance free.

very reliable car! I had a 94 & 97 know problems at all.... The 94 had 86 thousand miles on it when I traded it in for the 97. The 97 had 196 thousand on it when I gave it to my nephew....

Great video and I agree it is a great starter car. I have a 1994 Toyota Corolla LE metallic blue that I got in 2019. Runs great, had to replace rotors, brakes, belts, front exhaust, and a couple plastic door handles. Recently as this week the fuel pump, but thats normal wear and tear. Wouldn't trade it for the world and I've been asked if I would sell it by many people including dealer who sold it to me! Built like a tank, great quality will outlast my kids cars no doubt. Hope your daughter enjoys hers too. Oh what a feeling, Toyota!

Thankyou I just brought a 97 in 2022!!❤️❤️🤙🤙

Terrific! I love Toyotas!

hi there here in carson california i also own one mine is a 1995 toyota corolla dx automatic fuel injected milege is 191thousand miles it was my graduation gift from my mom when i was 20 yrs old now im 47 yrs old i still have it i was the first owner kept it all these years its our everyday car i love it because the gas tank of these babies are small and i recently bought a used 2nd gen i4 2.7 liter engine tacoma 2015 last year to hauling stuff if we needed .

Great work .

Mechanics wet dream to work on.

I drive a 99 Corolla 5 speed manual it's the best little car I've ever had !

great car i have one like this

HELL YEAH!!! Rolla gang 4 lyfe

Great Car and I am driving one..

You will love this! This is even way better than the newest Corollas which sucks... can't beat the classics man... I used to see this in Singapore... now still have but damn its so stupid ex.. its like 64K SGD. for a 1997 year car?

Love this car

I agree in terms of reliability, 7th gen Corolla is the simpliest, and it's so easy to maintain it, hence it's the best. Most of 90s cars are very reliable and easy to maintain, 90s cars' the most reliable.

Yeap, My wife had one of those that we've bought (a '93 bought in '06), had 132K, had the engine rebuilt at 163K, (oil burning), kept it till right about 198K, then sold it, and got her a '06 Toy. Cor. with 169, that now has a 180K, after 2 yrs. > NO PROBLEMS , I've done "ALL" of the little maintenance , and now : PERFECT! It was about PERFECT before, but now "EVERYTHING" is new, so : PERFECT! Same with me, /mine, I sold my beautiful Geo Metro, '94, and bought an '04 Toy Cor. / LESS: mpg,. but : WOW: GREAT: A/C"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so it makes up for the mileage! Love it, bought it with some 179K and now I've got 193K, with under 2 years of owning it! Done all of the little maintenance to it, mine is a 5 speed, hers an "Automatic"

I own one and its proving very reliable

Love this 7th gens corollas here in the philippines its everywhere we used it as taxi cab because its so bulletproof even at cold start its no problem

I had a 1999 Corolla. Only two things were different from this car you are showing: timing chain and power windows. Loved the car. The tires are kinda small and could be larger. Once I went over a bump at 30mph and one of the rear tires blew out. Other than that, no complaints.

I love my 94 Corolla wgn. that I own for 18 years. I currently have 262k and had to replace the trannis at 245k I have no intentions of buying another car. It does the job and that all I need.

This is the Afghan peoples car, even their pollical leaders drive it to show humbleness.

Here in Ireland my wife drives a 1999 Corolla, with 161,000 miles. It never needed any major work on it Recently,it passed its nct annual test first attempt!! While the body is different from yours,the engine compartment is very same and is easy to work on. Last week,the oil change took only 40 minutes!

I have 297k on my 1.6l manual and it drives like new...These things are awesome!

yea man.i used to have one, a 94 corolla when is was still in the philippines.very good car with 1.6 l engine 4afe. when i moved to the us my first car that i bought was a 96 corolla with 7afe, (coz i dont have money yet, wait, still doesnt have any now 😁.very easy to get parts too.i think 7/11 has some🤣. best of luck to your channel

Now I want Toyota)) And what about more new models?

Nice score. I'm thinking of buying one. I own a collectors car a modified 1999 eclipse gsx that is built for 650 hp but I need a second car for when I need to work on the car as it's my daily driver right now. This seems like the best car to get for reliability and price.

1 had a 1992 incredible car

I love mine also

Hope you can make an "after" vid on this beauty... I bought a literally new (under 10k kilometers) garage kept, 7th Gen '94 Corolla GTouring Wagon (JDM). 1500 AE engine, automatic. 1500cc is definitely not much power but I live on Kauai, HI, which is a 98% 2-lane environment. Perfectly adequate for this little right-hand drive RHD beauty. After researching online I ordered the Auction report; rated a 4 out of 5, and like I said its like owning a new car. -As far as JDM and low miles it is reassuring to know that in Japan when they say safety inspection its quite regulated, mandatory, expensive, and it ensures the car is road worthy to say the least. I assume this car was garaged and driven maybe once or twice a year for holiday "touring"... since 1994 to now.

Best cars ever.......

Nice,,Best Regards

Me compré un corolla 95 dx..hecho en Canadá...muchos km..le cambie el radiador, todos los filtros y fluidos.. y, el control mecanico..en el futuro cambiare las llantas..ya que tiene muchos años de uso..en cuanto a lo demás es todo original..no es una joya,es un diamante a pulir....anda como un ok..estoy enamorada de mi toyotita,mi primer automóvil 🚘 💕 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🧉🧉

I had the exact same car & it was awesome!

I have a 94 Corolla with similar mileage through I love the car unfortunately the plastic parts are failing. Right now the driver door will not open. The mechanic said he could not find a new door latch assembly. The problem is it's extremely hard to work on the door if it's shut and will not open. Mechanics don't like trying to take the door apart when it's shut from the inside. But everything you said is correct. I saw one go at auction the other day for $7800 it had original paint and had been in a garage. But it had 125,000 miles. That's an incredible price. If I can't fix my door I'm going to put some numbers on the doors and get a race car driver helmet and just go into the window. You can call me Ricky Bobby.

You bought an exelent car sir, much fun with it. I drive a Toyota Starlet 1.3 with 522.000 KM on the clock. I drive it till it died.

I have corolla 1.8 xli, ae103, 1996, 4wd, 450k, all original. The back bridge is all rusted out. Going to restore the rolla next year...

Enjoy that car brother. Got my 03 now for 20 years. I love sitting at stop light and seeing a 800/mth payment roll up..sucker

I think I'm buying one of these cars soon, I'm excited for a little summer car and daily driver that I can drive for a long time. Edit: I bought one

and the simplicity of the suspension.i had one like that model ‘94 then ‘97 when i moved here (us). then a 2005 now a 2016.the basic parts of the suspension didn’t change much.some might say boring cars, but yea they bore you to death coz those cars never die naturally.they die from heatache when owners neglect them

I have a 95 Corolla Dx same color well peeling and fading with a dark brown and grey interior I have 191,291 miles on it I've owned it for two years and I've replaced the serpentine belt and a pulley, alternator, battery, radiator and a few hoses, front brake pads and rotors, read drum brake and hub with wheel bearing on one side other side is next. Then I will replace the front wheel bearings and hubs because they are shot and then I will replace the rack and pinion because it's shot and then I will change the fluid in the transmission and the filter and then I will change the fuel pump and then spark plugs with ngks or something similar because these little cars last for long time and I plan on keeping my for a really long time so adding a few upgrades here and there like swapping in a dash cluster with a tach, finding some 14 inch period correct aluminum wheels to switch out for the steelies I have and get some new headlights new headliner replace the ac compressor and whatever else I can think of that could use an upgrade replacement. I love Toyotas and eventually will add a pickup with my especially an older model when Toyota was at its best.

This car should be a 1st ballot HOF of cars.

Great video. Question. Is it wide open?

I'm a boomer. I love simplicity. hehe. I can finally afford to buy a good car and I'm looking backwards if you get my drift; no pun intended. I like how you look at things RWG... what do you think about JDM 25 yr old slightly used right hand drive Toyota corollas?

Such a great car it Can sure take a beating mine is 257,000 miles and sometimes I beat on it hard accelerating to redline and it won’t break There have been some maintenance but overall very simple and cheap to mantain Normal maintenance of this cars when they are 220,000 miles or more are Rack and pinion Both axles Transmission rebuild “synchros” Distributor These cars can go over 300,000 miles of maintained well and not abused mine has taken some abuse so the engine needs repair engine is burning some oil other than that great car and overall fun to drive

I’d have to disagree and say it’s big bro is the best car ever made but this is super nice too

Where do you get this kinda cars or where did you purchase it .? I love this kinda cars 1997 Toyota Corolla is great .I used to owned one long time ago

In the Dominican Republic we have a method of transportation called the "concho". This method of transportation has some routes that are declared with letters and you can put your car to work, riding passengers and making a route for almost $1 per trip. I dare say that almost 90 percent of these vehicles are the 1990 - 1992 Toyota Corolla and the 1993 - 1997 Toyota Corolla. These vehicles are ridden with three passengers in the front and four in the back starting work at 5 a.m. and often ending at 10 p.m., day in and day out. Many of them have already exceeded 800,000 km and each driver can be asked and the only thing that is done is to change the oil and continue. This is an indestructible vehicle. I bought one and I can stress the differences between this and a modern vehicle. I also own a 1992 Toyota Camry which is also as durable as the Corolla.

Nio way! The 98-2002 is a much better car! I've owned and worked on many of them. The seventh gen is not a bad car, but the 8th gen with it's 1.8 engine is my choice, along with many others.

I have 1998 no timing belt needs be replaced easy to work on they just won't die am almost at 300k runs amazing still

The fuel pump, A/C and horn relays are the same. If A/C light flashes change relays.

I always thought that this was the best looking Corolla. Looks a little bit like a Saab...

As reliable and bulletproof as these are, the lexus ls430 is even more bulletproof.

How/where do you find a really nice example?

I do like the coment on the mileage a woping 160000mikes nothing on an old Toyota like this Corolla l know if another Corolla in New Zealand that has done 2000000kms original engine and gearbox thats a 1993 one your Corolla is in very good condition for its age you never revealed how much it cost what ever you paid for it its a bargain at any price l own a 26 year old Toyota hilux l live in Australia its only done 430000kms about 250000miles goes good no rust done a lot of work to it but the money l have spent on it l am still in front

Sounds like car wizard youtuber

all that white stuff in the engine bay, I know what it is. Someone has polished the front bulb housing with the hood opened and no plastic sheet covering engine bay....

I have an 03 corolla with 238k

How much did this Grandma-fresh car cost you?

A Toyota Corolla 2003 with 17K miles only for $11k, clean title is it worth it? I need someone's opinion

Are you saling the car.?

How much u paid?

I bought one in 2018 with 30k miles from an old women who just used it on the weekends lol a year later my EX gf rear-ended a Porsche cayenne

That's a $300 car oron has no power and the oils burning like a dog

That car will out live the owner

From the Caribbean and these cars are worshiped like gods in the Caribbean, from the ea92 through to the last ae100 toyota made in 97, i use to own the ea92 which came out in 1990 carberatour model with 5 speed manual.... Now o own a 94 toyota corolla like yours with automatic transmissions and power windows which i take good good care of, i was it almost everyday and change my oil before time, also it's good practice when u get a used vehicle to change the common things that needs Changing like the spark plugs and wires, air filter, new coolant, new brake fluid, new transmission fluid, new power steering fluid, clean the intake valve,clean the engine bay, new rotors, brakes, cv axle on both sides, tie rods inner and outer, tires, shocks, bearing and hubs, ball joints, and get an alignment. Also the fuel filter, fuel pump in not a must because in those cars it's not mandatory as long as u change ur fuel filter and clean ur intake and injectors.... I do all tis when i get a new vehicle overtime... I het my parts from rockauto.com, it's good to see folks in the first world countries still cherish those gems...