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I still see some of the very old (no idea how old) Tercel 4WD's around Fairbanks, Alaska. I have seen two so far, one that seems to have a new paint job and fancy wheels, and the other with the original but faded paint.
I read somewhere that the 1.6L in our 7th gen (if that is what it is?) 93-97 cars does NOT like xW-20 motor oil but I treat it like the Honda Civic I once had and it doesn't seem to mind.
The Civic gets stolen too much. Apparently it's super easy to get the Honda and thieves pay too much attention to it, especially when vacation comes and people come from other places. The Corolla? Yeah, it's pretty much a tank.
Mine apparently got smashed on the front passenger quarter by P/O and it's still going.
Toyota in the 90’s had the best quality control, including engineering compared to Nissan and even Honda.
I see more older Toyota’s on the road than I do Honda’s .
The 90’s Civics and Accords which are cooler, sportier, and better looking than a Camry and a Corolla, simply weren’t as well made as the Toyo’s. Although 90’s Honda’s are really reliable.
A 90’s Camry feels more solid, is quieter, has better interior quality, and is smoother driving than majority of all midsize cars back then. You could even say they had a premium feel.
In our area of the country, they are as scarce as hen's teeth as they say. Go to any parking lot, and 75% or more of the vehicles will be 4 door 4X4 Pickups (the best selling vehicles in the country), and medium to large SUVs. Ford, general motors, and Chrysler all build and sell pickups by far than any model of car. Ford F-150 is built at about twice the level of any single car model. It is now the choice of the wealthy, and some pickups cost as much as $100,000 fully loaded.
Seeing a Toyota of any age, is rare here, and one that old about impossible to find. Go by the high school student parking lot, and you will see the vehicle of choice of students, is a pickup. It is very common in this town to see some 16 year old girl about 4'10" tall climb into a big 4X4 4 door pickup and handle it like a professional truck driver.
In 1947 on my birthday, my father and I delivered a big stock truck with full cattle racks full of cows to the meat packers, and I stopped into the license bureau to get my drivers license. I took the tester for a drive in that cattle truck. Three blocks later a car ran a stop light and stopped direct in my path. To keep from hitting them, I double clutched down and made a hard right just barely missing him. The tester told me to go back to the office any way I wanted to go, and my test was over. I thought he was flunking me. He walked into the office, and gave my dad my license and told him he was never so frightened in his life as he thought there would be a wreck for sure, but when I pulled what I pulled to save that driver and his family, he would give me any kind of license I wanted. He told them he was going to give written tests out the rest of the day as he did not have enough nerves to handle tests.
Our here in the west, only in places like the city portions of California, is Toyota a big thing. And even in the cities the Pickup and SUV is the vehicle of choice for people that can afford them according to recent sales figures.
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