E is for... exiting the fleet.

[cms206]

All is not well at CMS_TOWERS.

My 850TDi's MOT expired. I am MEGA SHORT of coins for the spending thereof. It needs welding.

The Montego has no heating and is a saloon that dissolves; see also, the Stellar.

The Pride has been waiting on parts that I have had no coins to pay for. Also, it is small

The Council Estate is also out of MOT; it also has issues, namely coins.

I did what anyone sensible would do. I chatted up a nice young man to see if he had cheap goodies, and if he wanted an 850TDi as a trade in.

He did. And he did.

And today, he did a deliver.

E is for... Excellence in Europe, if a Mr Christopher Goffey's 1993 road test is to believed.

My first Japanese car, ladies and gentlemen, is from Derbyshire.

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[oldcars]

Lovely. Anyone got any veras?

[wuvvum]

Excellent choice, Sir.

[mercrocker]

Good work - chod in, chod out.  

[somewhatfoolish]

Beloved of 90s/00s minicabbists everywhere; the cab rank at my nearest railway station used to be filled entirely with these.

[Jim Bell]

Ooooooft. Insert thumbs.

[Rod/b]

Everything starts with an E

[cms206]

This one is a 1.6 in my favoured trim level of "estate with heaters".

 

Pictures flatter it a bit.

 

It drives really quite a bit better than I expected of it, most of it works and it came with petrol in the tank.

 

The stereo is brilliant. The indicators are correctly sided too.

 

The wiper linkage is baggy.

 

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[Guest Conan]

That is made of pure WIN.

[dollywobbler]

Wiper linkage is baggy? That's presumably a British-made bit then?

[Fumbler]

Solid 24 carat WIN

[tooSavvy]

That is made of pure WIN.

... That is made of an aspiration to be as mine, but at 50% the cost ...

[BorniteIdentity]

Woof.

 

Big fan of the 90s Yoda scene. Gr9 buy m5.

[skattrd]

 my favoured trim level of "estate with heaters".

 

That's my favourite trim level in winter.

Top buying, don't see many of these in estate flavour.

[Datsuncog]

Phenomenal.

 

I really wanted one of these a few years back, but I couldn't seem to find any for sale significantly closer than Ascension Island, rather disappointingly.

 

You, sir, have just bought yourself a one-way ticket to Winsville, population: YOU.

 

Enjoy!

[tooSavvy]

Phenomenal.

I really wanted one of these a few years back, but I couldn't seem to find any for sale significantly closer than Ascension Island, rather disappointingly.

You, sir, have just bought yourself a one-way ticket to Winsville, population: YOU.

Enjoy!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/1997-toyota-carina-estate-1800cc-taxed-mot-d-until-april-2019/1323485471

 

MOT history = no rust!

[Timewaster]

Were the estates built here?

 

Wagons are very often from different factories.

[ProgRocker]

Can I have an e please Bob?

 

Nice purchase! I think Toyota did a nice job of styling the estate model.

[Stanky]

If you weren't at the other end of the country I'd come over and we could play 'spot the difference' with interiors with my Celica. Good to see the handbrake lever is as comically oversized in the Carina as it is in my celica. Like its come out of a truck or been nicked from a railway signal box or something.

 

11/7 would read again, can we go by a cashpoint m8?

[Lord Sterling]

WANT BIG STYLE.

 

I really love these and have always wanted one since my mate used to use his parents one and drive it like it was stolen.

[bub2006]

Lovely. Anyone got any veras?

Sorted

[pandamonium]

Love it. Are you sure you wouldnt rather an older Toyota?

[Lacquer Peel]

Were the estates built here?

 

Wagons are very often from different factories.

 

Carina E, the E is for Europe.

 

A fine 90s addition to the 80s taxis.

[Vince70]

I always thought the shamen back in the 90s were singing about the carina as Es were supposed to be good.

[martc]

Woof.

 

Big fan of the 90s Yoda scene. Gr9 buy m5.

 

[Shep Shepherd]

Most excellent! 

[Skizzer]

Well done, that’s very shite yet practical.

 

I have no recollection whatsoever of these existing in estate form. Mind you, I’m pretty patchy on a lot of things from the early 90s.

[Matty]

Where the fuck do you lot keep turning this stuff up from? Barely a day goes by ..

[Spottedlaurel]

Excellent! 1990s Toyota estates are for winnarz.

 

I imagine it's pretty capacious inside? It was for that reason we bought our Carina E hatchback when the first SL baby arrived.

[Timewaster]

Some interesting* facts here:

 

https://blog.toyota.co.uk/history-of-the-toyota-carina

 

Estates built in Derbyshire from Dec 94