My New Old Seca

[carvets]

Hi there, back in '92 when i had my bike license but not my car license , my GF of the time talked me into borrowing money of my works Credit Union to buy one of these great looking new Toyota Corolla Secas . I loved the look of the car , but i never got to drive it as we split up and i left her with the car and the repayments before i could get my car license. Now, a million years later , my old '95 Hyundai has died and so i sought out a Corolla , the car i never got to drive, ( well my GF did give me a driving lesson that nearly ended up in homicide ) .

 

I live on the Far North Coast so my best option was Sydney. I took a few days, went down looked at a variety of cars and then saw this one on Gumtree of all places. Went out to the west of Sydney, drove up and when i saw it i knew it was the one. I was hoping for the little 'ol lady to churchmobile and it wasn't far off. Clean, straight, detailed , factory tape player and no added speaker holes ( a good indication it hasn't been young guyed ) . 144.000 k's on the clock and everything was working. Took it for a drive and it went smooth and felt good on the road. Got it for $3400 down from $4000 and had a nice drive back to Byron Bay, albeit listening to FM radio and my Ipod most of the way back.

 

I figure its an AE92 with a 4AFE motor ,...its an auto and while i would have preferred a "manuel" , its nice to cruise in an auto even though there is seemingly less grunt . have just spent 2 days installing my sound system in it ....A new Pioneer 4 channel USB SD card reading model i picked up for $220 ,with my old Denon Amp and Infinity Kappa 6.5 " splitz and 6x9's ,.....However i didn't want to hack at the door just yet so i built a parcel shelf and put the 6's in it only to find one of them is stuffed ( i also knew that one 6x9 was stuffed, so temporarily i popped the good 6x9 in the shelf with my one good 6" and so i have have music that doesn't sound half bad. I have some DD 4"'s coming for the front. This is all temp until i have more money for better speakers.

 

I don't have any plans to change the way it is for now, i'm happy to keep it as is and granny around in it listening to to a mix of Grunge and Psytrance ,....kinda strange for a 54 yo, but thats what i like. Nice to know there is a place i can come for advice and to ask questions . Also good to finally drive the car i once owned and to be a Toyota owner driver . Its much nicer to drive than the Hyundai,.....any advice or info is welcome ,thanks !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JiP]

Hey nice find mate. Very tidy. Your from Byron? Hope to plan a cruise down to there sometime in the future. Would love to see this beats.

Any plans on rims?

[carvets]

Hey nice find mate. Very tidy. Your from Byron? Hope to plan a cruise down to there sometime in the future. Would love to see this beats.

Any plans on rims?

 

Would love to get some nice looking wheels on it, but not at this stage as i am going OS for 3 months in Jan, so rims will have to wait a while.