[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

prob get flamed for this one....
in the mid '90's i worked 30 miles each way from home.
the powerglide '68 gas bill was killing me, so picked up this '81 Corolla wagon for 7 or 8 hundred.
hated it, never had such a small car, but i did like that it only cost me 5 bucks to drive to work, could put my tools or dawgs in the back, and i liked that it was a 5 spd
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No flaming here. Those old Toyota's were workhorses and they got great mileage. I've rolled in a few over the years. They were cheap and indestructible.

Now they're big and expensive. My friend bought a Tundra. It has a V8 with Flowmasters. It's big and it rumbles. It's nice. But it just doesn't look or sound like a Toyota to me. I kind of miss the old small ones.

We bought a Subaru. They are still small and get good mileage. Tougher than stale beef jerky. It will hold all our dogs and has AWD. It's our 2nd one (First one got wrecked) It has an automatic because my wife drives it and god forbid she can't drink her Starbucks because she has to shift.