Corolla 89 imported?

[wickedjayjay]

its a great car, most of the 89 model are imported sabi nung owner nung car shop na pinagawan ko and yes it was one of the great sedans back then lakas hatak and all... may rpm un akin pro 1.6 akin... pro grounded ako since april.... aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh missssss my car!!!!!!!!!!

[carlocaraddict]

My family had a lot of Corollas:
1. Corolla DX 1982--
1.3 engine matibay Color white We sold it for around 30k kasi warak na yung body. They bought it nung dec. 1982 sa Delta motors. 3 months old palang ako nun.

2. 1990 Corolla 1.6 GL--
This is the car that I drive now. I can do a hundred twenty sa edsa (no stir). Lakas ng hatak. Major problem? Sa chasis:
Summer 2003
-Tranmission (sa may engine bay)
May 2004
-tie rod replacement
-ball joints replacement at marami pang iba sa ilalim.
Yun palang ang major service problem nya. Last May namin pinagawa sa Toyota Shaw. Present KM reading: 65, 751. I love this car so much!
My only complain: Pawis steering!

3. 1993 big body Corolla XE (car issued sa mom ko ng SEC)
maluwag. Nilaspag namin. It was with us for 8 years. Major repairs madami:
2x pumutok yung power steering pump
Overheating! butas and radiator
Wala na samin ito. I still see this car in the parking lot ng SEC. Kawawa. Dami na bangga.

4. 2000 Corolla (sabay ng Altis 1.8 SE.G)
Hmmm.... this car is with us since Sept. 2000. Wala pa namang major repair except na ningatngat ng daga yung wire linking to the spark plug.

Conclusion:
I prefer our 1990 Corolla than the 2000 corolla kasi mas mabilis at malakas ang hatak!

I also presume that the 2.0 GL Corona 1990 is also imported CBU from Japan.

[ssaloon]

hassle lang sa 89 GL, pawis lahat. the last models of the AE92, although SKD na sila, all power options na.

[carlocaraddict]

AFAIK, Delta Motors and distributors ng Corolla, Starlet, Corona, Crown, Hi-Ace, Celica dito noon, mga anong year ba nawala ang Toyota dito and anong nangyari? Wala pa ako kamuwang-muwang noon.

[Kicker15]

ok nga yang model na yan up to now madali pormahan. magkano na ba ganyan ngayon?

[ssaloon]

120k ata bentahan ngayon

[DonCamote]

89 GL is 120k? How about 89 XL kaya?

[badkuk]

'89 XL po ung ryd namin..yup, CBU sya, straight from the land of the rising sun -- except for the tires B).

[mongoose]

Originally posted by DonCamote
I have a 1989 Corolla 1.3 XL 4speed. Bought this third hand 7 years ago from a lady owner and it's still running quite well. Medyo na-intriga lang ako kasi when I brought this for a water pump replacement sa casa, one technician commented that my car seems to be the earliest releases of corolla when they returned in 88-89 and he suspects na imported CBU daw ito, as opposed to it being assembled locally. He told me na ingatan ko daw dahil matitibay daw yung mga CBU. Don't know if he's just pulling my leg.

One thing I notice is it does not have that gauge to tell RPM (tachometer baga yun?) compared to other 89's I see around.

Does anyone here still own such model and would you know how to identify whether it's locally assembled or imported? What would be the more noticeable differences.

Salamat po sa inyong opinion.

Hi there,
I also own a corolla 1990 XL5. All Xls made in 1990 below do not have the TACHOMETER. XE models do have them though. It's true, CBU parts are made in Japan.

[ssaloon]

you can hear kung gaano katibay ang AE92 na corolla from bm5er! kinuwento niya samin yung nangyari sa auto niya nung EB dati. hanep talaga :D