1993 Corolla hits 2 million Kms on original transmission and engine

Mar 23rd, 2022 7:45 pm

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StatsGuy [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Dec 20, 2018; 8206 posts; 7588 upvotes

Mar 23rd, 2022 7:45 pm

1993 Corolla hits 2 million Kms on original transmission and engine

The legendary Toyota Corolla strikes again

https://www.news.com.au/technology/mans ... a907366ae6

Graeme Hebley and his 1993 Toyota Corolla have just surpassed a very significant milestone in the last few weeks.

A newspaper delivery contractor since the 1960s, Hebley's Corolla ticked over the two million kilometre mark earlier in the month.

Hebley, who lives in Upper Hutt, drives from Wellington up to New Plymouth and back six days a week for his job, which includes delivering the Whanganui Chronicle.

His connection to Whanganui is through Guthrie's Auto Care, which has serviced his Corolla every two weeks for the last 22 years.

Hebley averages around 5000km per week, hence why he gets it serviced every fortnight.

Besides general and frequent servicing, there hasn't been a whole lot of changes made to the Toyota.

The cambelt has been replaced almost 20 times and wheel bearings changed, but besides that the car is basically original.

"It still has the original engine and transmission," said Guthrie's John Sherman.

"If I hadn't worked on it, I wouldn't believe it. I wouldn't believe it could do two million without something going wrong."

Hebley got the 1993 Toyota Corolla in 2000; it had only done 80,000 kilometres at that point.

It'll probably get $1k or more in today's crazy used car market lol

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:10 pm

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Cheapo-Findo: Deal Expert; Mar 9, 2007; 15322 posts; 12577 upvotes; Think of the Childre…

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:10 pm

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

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Mar 23rd, 2022 8:23 pm

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EP32k2: Deal Expert; Jan 15, 2006; 20476 posts; 21761 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:23 pm

This generation of corollas still had a good engine. The POS after was a shit oil burning disaster.

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Mar 23rd, 2022 8:37 pm

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ichibansan: Deal Addict; Sep 14, 2012; 1636 posts; 2425 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:37 pm

Note that he gets the car serviced every 2 weeks. I assume that means an oil change at least since he puts on 10,000 km every 2 weeks.

Last edited by ichibansan on Mar 23rd, 2022 8:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Mar 23rd, 2022 8:38 pm

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aeba7: Deal Fanatic; Nov 4, 2008; 7353 posts; 9719 upvotes; Scarbs

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:38 pm

Hebley got the 1993 Toyota Corolla in 2000 and it had only done 80,000km at that point.

He got it just after the break-in period

When given enough time, all threads on RFD can and will go off on a tangent.

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Mar 23rd, 2022 8:39 pm

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onefgc: Jr. Member; Apr 16, 2020; 194 posts; 208 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 23rd, 2022 8:39 pm

Living in an area with no winters and road salt helps a lot too.

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Mar 23rd, 2022 9:26 pm

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StatsGuy [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Dec 20, 2018; 8206 posts; 7588 upvotes

Mar 23rd, 2022 9:26 pm

EP32k2 wrote: ↑ This generation of corollas still had a good engine. The POS after was a shit oil burning disaster.

was it the 1zz after? those were pretty good/reliable i thought.

i had a 1ZZ-FE that lasted well over 180000km with redline everyday (back then, you can hit 200km/h+ on 404 basically north of steeles due to little traffic lol) and only conventional oil changes

and i think it was also used in the 2003 (I think that's when corolla was redesigned?) and corolla basically became the default driver's ed car lol

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Mar 23rd, 2022 9:50 pm

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at1212b: Deal Guru; Mar 31, 2008; 12900 posts; 2998 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 23rd, 2022 9:50 pm

onefgc wrote: ↑ Living in an area with no winters and road salt helps a lot too.

Yupp. My 90s one rusted away basically. Mid 300k and was still going strong.

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Mar 23rd, 2022 10:25 pm

#9

goodzyk: Member; May 25, 2009; 425 posts; 345 upvotes

Mar 23rd, 2022 10:25 pm

i was hoping it was a beige one...

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Mar 23rd, 2022 11:17 pm

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Jigsaw: Deal Addict; Oct 21, 2006; 1071 posts; 879 upvotes

Mar 23rd, 2022 11:17 pm

Toyota #1 for life!!!!

Mar 23rd, 2022 11:17 pm

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kimchibowl: Sr. Member; Nov 10, 2019; 699 posts; 728 upvotes

Mar 23rd, 2022 11:17 pm

Sweet. My biege is currently at 360k. Aside from updating the brakes, I've had to do zero repairs. For $500 6 years ago, best investment ever

Mar 24th, 2022 2:08 am

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Piklishi: Deal Addict; Jul 25, 2015; 2283 posts; 2065 upvotes; Burnaby, BC

Mar 24th, 2022 2:08 am

Wonder if Toyota will replace his Corolla for free with the hybrid one.

Mar 24th, 2022 7:53 am

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hierophant: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6901 posts; 6672 upvotes

Mar 24th, 2022 7:53 am

While I'm happy to own a Corolla this story is just horrible and sad.

Horrible because how heavily he's contributing to climate change. This guy drives more in a month than I do in an entire year.

Sad because he drives over 800km a day, that's 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. The sixth day he's getting his car repaired. What kind of life is that.

All this for newspapers! When the internet has the same information. Who's this helping?

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Mar 24th, 2022 9:15 am

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alanbrenton: Deal Expert; Apr 21, 2004; 56912 posts; 22186 upvotes

Mar 24th, 2022 9:15 am

^ At least he is making some money from the publicity.

Many here, including I, would die for a side hustle LOL.

Mar 24th, 2022 9:30 am

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Thorkell: Deal Addict; Sep 28, 2006; 1408 posts; 1525 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 24th, 2022 9:30 am

I plan to do this with my 19 Civic. Highly unlikely since its not made in Japan. Hoping I can take it to 500kms but it will be a huge challenge with high gas prices, a really short commute and working from home.

Mar 24th, 2022 10:04 am

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EP32k2: Deal Expert; Jan 15, 2006; 20476 posts; 21761 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Mar 24th, 2022 10:04 am

StatsGuy wrote: ↑ was it the 1zz after? those were pretty good/reliable i thought.

i had a 1ZZ-FE that lasted well over 180000km with redline everyday (back then, you can hit 200km/h+ on 404 basically north of steeles due to little traffic lol) and only conventional oil changes

and i think it was also used in the 2003 (I think that's when corolla was redesigned?) and corolla basically became the default driver's ed car lol

It’s because my friends dad is a driving instructor I know how durable the old Corolla were. They had one like the one you posted with over 500,000kms on it. They do routine maintenance like clockwork. They then had a the gen after and burned oil like no tomorrow (I think they had 3 of them in the fleet. I can’t remember exactly what the issue was, but something to do with the cylinder design.

Mar 24th, 2022 10:05 am

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EP32k2: Deal Expert; Jan 15, 2006; 20476 posts; 21761 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Mar 24th, 2022 10:05 am

StatsGuy wrote: ↑ was it the 1zz after? those were pretty good/reliable i thought.

i had a 1ZZ-FE that lasted well over 180000km with redline everyday (back then, you can hit 200km/h+ on 404 basically north of steeles due to little traffic lol) and only conventional oil changes

and i think it was also used in the 2003 (I think that's when corolla was redesigned?) and corolla basically became the default driver's ed car lol

It’s because my friends dad is a driving instructor I know how durable the old Corolla were. They had one like the one you posted with over 500,000kms on it. They do routine maintenance like clockwork. They then had a the gen after and burned oil like no tomorrow (I think they had 3 of them in the fleet. I can’t remember exactly what the issue was, but something to do with the cylinder design.

Mar 24th, 2022 11:06 am

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Chrno: Deal Addict; Aug 24, 2007; 2658 posts; 2799 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 24th, 2022 11:06 am

hierophant wrote: ↑ While I'm happy to own a Corolla this story is just horrible and sad.

Horrible because how heavily he's contributing to climate change. This guy drives more in a month than I do in an entire year.

Sad because he drives over 800km a day, that's 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. The sixth day he's getting his car repaired. What kind of life is that.

All this for newspapers! When the internet has the same information. Who's this helping?

People drive for a living all over the world. At least this guy is not buying a new car every few years.

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Mar 24th, 2022 11:50 am

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hierophant: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6901 posts; 6672 upvotes

Mar 24th, 2022 11:50 am

Chrno wrote: ↑ People drive for a living all over the world.

Mar 24th, 2022 11:57 am

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Gibsons: Deal Addict; Feb 20, 2015; 3989 posts; 3385 upvotes; Southern Ontario

Mar 24th, 2022 11:57 am

Guy I know did 650k on a Crown Vic, in Winter, road salt, in Ontario. Nobody would take the car afterwards, even though it ran well and wasn't rusted out. Went right to the junk yard.

Highway Mileage is where it's at... you can pile on a ton of miles if you are on the highway/express way all the time.

After about 200k your vehicle is almost un-sellable and goes to a side lot with other well used junk, why even brag about this anymore? A 93' Corolla with 75k on it is worth less than a $1000. I'd say the guy needs a new car.

1993 Corolla hits 2 million Kms on original transmission and engine

1993 Corolla hits 2 million Kms on original transmission and engine

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