And what did we buy today?

[Fonebones]

Hope that will cure any kind of Corollavirus ...

Got some food for my little Corolla.

 

[kodabmx]

Damn those brakes are small lol Front or rear?

 

[Fonebones]

Rear. Small breaks for a small car. Front has a little more flesh to bite into.

 

[kodabmx]

I was wondering... It's been a while sine I saw front brakes that small LOL

 

[Bigun]

A dip pen I bought finally turned up

 

[cogitech]

Some anti-short bushings and cable straps for BX cable - for weekend electrical project.

 

[PRR]

Dog de-wormer. (I think the local porcupines are wormy and it gets in my dogs.)

> brakes are small lol Front or rear?

Unless it is a Subaru: rear, obviously. Disk around drum. The disk is for stopping, the drum is for the cheapest parking brake possible.

 

[Fonebones]

...the drum is for the cheapest parking brake possible.

If its good enough for a Ferrari F355 than its just ok for a Corolla

 

[anatech]

A small handheld "network analyzer" for checking antennas for $70 US. UPS was another $30 (damn that border!!!) plus whatever else they ding me for for clearing it. All told, probably $200 CAD. I get taxed on everything, the shipping and UPS charges.

It better be good I tell ya!

-Chris

 

[phase]

That corolla must be a sport model, most had drums in the rear.

I bought greeting cards and a gallon of milk today.

 

[Fonebones]

Sport Not realy. Corolla E12J, 1.6 L VTI 110 HP Build end of 2004 Bought April 2005.

 

[Tubelab_com]

Hope that will cure any kind of Corollavirus

Don't know if they were ever sold in Europe, but Toyota sold a car in the US called Corona in the 70's. It was an upmarket Corolla.

 

[anatech]

Gee George,
I thought that was what was surrounding that car after you worked it over!

-Chris

 

[kodabmx]

According to Wiki, the Corona in the US in the 70's was replaced with the Camry in 1982. The upmarket Toyota I remember before Lexus was the Cressida.

 

[Fonebones]

In Europe the Corolla was sold from about 1970 to 2007. Than, for whatever reason they changed the name to Auris. This year they have a Corolla again.

This is mine from 2005 - Photo taken 2018

 

[Bigun]

Daily driver: mine is a 2009 Corolla, although I’ve only got 80,000kms and it has a 1.8 litre engine. At the time I bought mine there was an option called Corolla xrs using the Camry 2.4 litre engine which I would have liked but the price differential was insulting. They’ve ruined the Corolla now, CVT transmission in the name of going an extra 100 yards on a tank of gas.

 

[kodabmx]

So what? They still offer a 6 speed manual. Who wouldn't take that over an automatic (unless you hate driving/you're an "old man" in which case CVT is fine for you, right?).

 

[Mr_Zenith]

According to Wiki, the Corona in the US in the 70's was replaced with the Camry in 1982. The upmarket Toyota I remember before Lexus was the Cressida.

When I was in High School (back in the early '80's) one of my friends used to drive his dad's Corona station wagon 'til he was able to get a used Mustang. I remember it (the Corona) well; it was turd-brown with fake wood paneling, and we took it everywhere - even off-road. Especially off-road. We were finally busted when his dad yelled at us after having weeds - he called them "wheat things" - blow all over his clothes on his way to work.

Aye, memories!

And for topic's sake: assorted herbs and flower pots for the wife.

 

[Fonebones]

Never had an automatic - new Models here can be bought with manual gearbox, hybrid and whatnot. Starting price ~20000€. Don't want to think about that now and hope mine lasts for another 10 years
It had run 56,000 Km now 95% of my drivings are in the 6 to 10Km range.

 

[phase]

Daily driver: mine is a 2009 Corolla, although I’ve only got 80,000kms and it has a 1.8 litre engine. At the time I bought mine there was an option called Corolla xrs using the Camry 2.4 litre engine which I would have liked but the price differential was insulting. They’ve ruined the Corolla now, CVT transmission in the name of going an extra 100 yards on a tank of gas.

I searched out and found myself a second hand 2009 xrs 5 spd, is a fun car after some basic modifications.
I swapped the clutch slave cylinder for one from a scion to reduce the throw and keep my knee from hitting the steering wheel, I replicated the TRD airbox using a length of 2.65” tubing, and some fabricated rubber blocks in the springs that firm things up to match the excellent shock valving that’s unique to that model as well. Has a great audio setup now too, is a stealth installation that appears oem.

The European market cars get better brakes it appears; in North America, only the sport models receive rear discs.

Today’s purchases included a sack of grass seed to replant the area under the trampoline, and a replacement handle for my large shop broom.