Hi folks. I'm in the midwest, around the Chicago area, and I'm looking for an AE86. I have about $6k that I am willing to dedicate to getting this car, and obviously, I don't need a perfect flawlessly restored and/or modified machine, I just need one that'll do what I want it to do: Drive around, ha...

Yeah, I got the idea that Craigslist listings, when they say surface rust, they mean the entire car is eaten by rust, when they say needs a tune-up, it needs a new engine outright, and minor handling issues means that it's not on wheels at all. Oh, and "quick and easy fix" means "cong...

Sorry.

Chicago.

Okay, quick update. There are a few different options that have come up since I last posted, which is making me lean more away from this one. I'd say 4-500 for driving it a short hop over the border to Wisconsin is DEFINITELY overestimating it, though. I looked at two different options though, and n...

Update:

Apparently, for 400 more, he's willing to bring it back up to full operational status, bringing the price up to 5.5k.

Still worth?

As an update from the guy, this is what he had to say about it. "Yes. Last time I drove it (5 to 6 years ago) all was fine. I'm unsure how well it would run as the fuel in it has gone sour I'm sure. But if you want to bring a good battery we can get her going. All I can tell you is that you nee...

Yes i do.

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I'd post the Craigslist posting, but I'm kinda worried it might get sniped by someone else.

Asking price is 5.1k.

The condition is apparently mint or near mint, as he's rebuilt the engine and it's been kept in a garage under a cover for about 6 years.

I wanna know what I really need to pay attention to as a buyer.

Okay, so, I'm looking at this car. It's a 1985 Toyota Corolla GTS, 4AGE engine, and the guy says he's got a number of modifications that he added onto it. He's got the VIN showed, JT2AE88S6F0142395. I really hope this is the right place to ask this, because I want to know what to ask about this kind...