Looked At A 01 Ce - Corolland: the Toyota Corolla Forums

Today I looked at a blue 01 Corolla CE at a used car dealer. Here's the rundown:

- 2T1BR12E91C827757

- Printed $5650 on ad, actual price is $6950 - a classic "misprint"

- 160000 km

- blue body, tan interior

- 5 speed of course default_biggrin

- Have power doors and windows, no power mirror

- Have AC

- have cruise control, no ABS

- Have Toyota RS3000 alarm

- Maintenance record between 32000 to 151000 km unknown

- Donut spare, jack is there, jack crank is missing

- Visible chip on front windshield

- The seat belt reminder works off of buckle now - exactly the way I like it default_biggrin

- $290 admin fee

- Small paint chip between rear door and rear wheel on the underside edge, driver side

- dull paint on trunk lid

- trunk interior seems a little too finished compared to my Little Pig

- no trace of accidents that I can see, dealer guy says acquired car through auction

- I asked them to run a Carfax on it

- One license plate light is out

- I think I heard some valvetrain clatter, but not 100% sure

- Guy does say car uses timing chain (totally expected default_wink )

My budget is under $8000 out the door. Opinions?

use www.kbb.com to get some ballpark price range

You may have some room for negotiation with this one

I got my 2000 CE for $6128 after all fee's and taxes. Basically all the same features as what your looking at except only 83k miles on it. No troubles yet. You should have no problem staying in your budget.

Not sure where your from. Your profile is blank.

You can try edmunds.com and see if that helps you.

The CE, in the US comes with smaller tires (pretty crappy) and low end seats.

That is the only thing bad I gotta say about the CE. If I had to get one, I'd change the rubber, and hit a salvage yard for S,LE seats.

I bought an '01 CE in May '04 for $13k Canadian, which was probably about $10k US at the time. Absolutely bullet proof. No problems. I swear I could drive from Toronto to Buenos Aires and back without a worry in the world. Forgetaboutit - buy it.