my life has been a succession of peaks and troughs and I can tell you, when you're in a trough having a car that needs nothing spending on it and will fire up eevry time and get you to where you need to go is priceless. Plus those old Toyotas were pretty economical too. When you're on a downer the Corolla is the automotive equivalent of an old, slightly over-weight labrador that you've known since it was a pup.
Yeah I get that. In that situation the sensible thing to do is buy something like this. There are more important things than cars when you're going through a difficult patch
I'd still rather have a less reliable car that is newer and way more exciting. To me a car should be more than a reliable work horse. Which is why (for now) I lease my cars. And yes, only new cars. As long as it reaches ~120K-150K KM pretty much without large hiccups I am happy.
My 2011 Corolla has 295,000 miles and I look forward to and enjoy driving it because it is now fun to watch the miles pile on and still be 100% reliable.
I've owned approx 15 cars. In 2017-2019 I owned a 2003 Yaris which I paid £695 for. I drove over 30, 000 miles as my son was very ill in hospital and it meant 100+ miles daily for a couple of months, then regular routine appointments and checkups for him. The Yaris cost me £8 for front pads, which I fitted myself, and it never failed once, and never required any other new parts, even tyres lasted the 30k. Even though we had a harsh winter (which Incidentally was when the car was needed most as this was when my son was in hospital) I never worried about transport. I sold the car for £500. The best car that I've owned by a wide margin, wind up windows, tape deck and all.
Those old school yaris cars are like cockroaches they are basically impossible to kill and would survive a nuclear appocalypse. I had a 2003 VW Golf 1.9 SDI in my family for 11 years that was similiar in spec to your car and just stupidly reliable and good on fuel.
It’s the way , an old reliable car that you don’t care about and doesn’t cost a lot and you don’t mind if it get dings and scratches, I’ll take that any day
@@fredyyfredfreddy nobody says , I've got a good deal on a Toyota. My 2004 Sienna has a blue book value of $ 7000 , a comparable 2004 Honda odyssey is about $2400
I'm with Scotty. Then again, I started driving at 16, am now 71, and have only had 5 cars in my entire life. So you pretty much know what I feel a car's job is.
I'm not with Scotty. Toyotas like this rust badly and get scraped faster than Pugs. Paint quality on them is bellow average. They are not great in humid climates. To be fair, that's nothing unique for Japanese car, Mazda and Honda are worse and Subaru is all that, but their diesels blow up. Still all of them are usually worse than European cars and yet they cost more. Also you should do your homework with any older Japanese diesel car, they are either fine or blow up quickly and turn into scraps. Scotty is right if you live in dry climate, only buy petrol models and only drive automatics. For anything else his advice isn't optimal and he's full of shit.
I get your point about a car that 'puts a smile on your face' but, in the case of every last one of the cars you mentioned as examples, that smile will be very brief indeed and will soon be wiped off when the inevitable breakdowns start happening which makes the ownership of those cars a continuous nightmare. I'm talking from experience, whether it be myself or someone I know, that's why the current car I drive is a Toyota! Sure, it doesn't put a smile on my face the same way those expensive money pits did, but I'd take the peace of mind of knowing that my car will start every time and will never leave me stranded over a fleeting smile followed by months of mechanical/electrical headaches that I have to endure until I get rid of the car!
I have a Lexus IS 300 witch Lexus IS Toyota luxury brand my car is almost 20 years old with 251,000 miles and it runs perfect it’s also a quite sporty car and just as fast as his bmw it was made to be better than a m3 and succeeded lol with sunroof heated seats and power everything it’s a Luxury car one of the best of its time and it’s a really sporty car it’s registered 160 from the factory I mean this car isn’t a joke tell me what you think about my condition of his video
If his BMW, Mercedes or Land Rover starts to fail, this gay will Buy new ones, obiously he has a lot of money, what's a corolla for him? A boring car jajaja.
I know someone with a 2008 BMW 330D convertible with 19 inch wheels, the car is the stuff of nightmares, every MOT it costs around £1000 to get through and has a minimum of 2 punctures every year that cannot be repaired, it also only has 88,000 miles and has an oil leak that is going to cost £700 to fix. On my old knackered 2003 VW Golf 1.9 SDI with 250k miles it had a minor oil leak and it cost £70 to fix.
"But great on a tight budget." You're kidding right? I dunno what it's like over there in the UK but people over the years have come to realise the superior build quality and ease of maintenance of Toyotas so many owners now demand a pretty penny for them even compared to luxury euro cars. Theres a reason why they call it the 'Toyota tax'. Also it's quite arrogant to say they're dull when they have a luxury and performance line of cars as well (Lexus). I think a better comparison would be with a Lexus SUV which IMO far suprasses range rover in terms of comfort and reliability.
2:45 I'm willing to settle for "bland motoring." In a car, I want reliability and safety. A car that is cheap and easy to fix. My car is a tool like a hammer, screwdriver, or pliers. It takes me to work, to the grocery, and back home. My Toyota has 305k miles and was paid for long ago. Its dependability leaves me to concern myself with other things.
That is exactly right. It just makes you have peace of mind. I had an old Honda Integra (the facelift model) that i was the third hand that had it and while it made me smile and feel special i also felt special because every week i was visiting my mechanic because something broke down. The electrics were all over the place, the engine would just overheat for no reason, the A/C would frequently break down, the back suspension was not even and thus one of the tires always got damaged quickly, the automatic gearbox would act up on it's own and it would even shut down if i didn't manualy hold on the gas pedal...it just went on and on. I know it's a case of how it was used and maintained but the point is i did live with an unreliable car for over 5 years. The smiles were not worth it in the end. There was literaly no day and no moment in my life that my car was not in my mind on what new surprise was going to show to me next. I went back to an old hatchback corolla made in 2001 which i still own and still goes like new even after 265k kilometers (about 165k miles).
I have EXACTLY the same car, a 2000 Corolla 1.6 5 door Automatic in silver. Mine has 52k miles. It's a spare, spare, spare car, sometimes I forget that I own it. I've had it ages and you can park it up for long periods, come back and it all just works. The AC on mine is also ice cold, the auto box smooth and it's such a durable old car. The MOT tester comments how tidy it is, not a sport of rust. A dependable car that I know, if all of my other cars stop working, the Corolla will get you to where you need to be. I actually quite like driving it, it's fairly light in a roly-poly kind of way. I can't see me selling it, it's not worth anything and it's too reliable!
Scotty is more of a motorcycle enthusiast so he probably employs the "excitement over reliability" rule when it comes to bikes. If you need a reliable car to get to work then Toyota makes perfect sense.
Besides motorcycles are very very simple machine, a piston and a cylinder for most part. It doesn't have too many things that can go wrong, even in the expensive ones but even then everyone knows Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki are the gold standards of reliability anyway.
I work with a guy just like that he has a 1999 1.0 petrol Toyota Yaris that is worth little more than 3 days work but his motorbike damn it flys down the road. In fact anyone who is like motorbikes where I work has a very cheap basic and underpowered car.
I'm with Scotty. My Audi and Volkswagen vehicles have been disasters. All of my Toyota products have been exceedingly reliable. I'll take reliable and low cost repairs over fun and unreliable with high cost repairs.
@@jarradmoore6939 The front looks nice, the back is ugly 🤔but you never look at the outside back while driving. If you have ever broken down in the snow or rain, you should know why lot's of driver's would rather have a Toyota.😁
Yes Scotty is right about Toyotas because they are like he says: reliable and dependable and cheap to maintain. And that is ALL THAT MATTERS to him. That is the question: for him that is all that counts, a car that is reliable and you don't spend a lot fixing that's it. With those premises, he's totally right. Now, if you want better design, more driving fun etc and those things are very important to you, then you'll have to look elsewhere. Well you have Hondas also, who are also very reliable and more fun to drive with better design. He loves Hondas too. Me, i have a BMW, endless money pit as he says hahahaha mine i only spent 400 in 2 years maintenance so, not a money pit for now. PS: i'm one of his followers, that guy really has knowledge and it's not there to screw you.
I have always believe Scotty's advice is top notch for the majority of people that is just looking for something reliable and cheap to maintain to go from A to B. Which is also why I find it funny when the car enthusiast get butt hurt when Scotty pokes at their car.
For us car guys, who LOVE cars. I find old toyotas to be a perfekt car to own. Ive got a miata NA that i love to drive, but i would never drive it in the winter. So 2years ago i bought an old 2003 corolla to have as my winter daily. And it has never let me down. It also makes it so much more exciting when the snow melts, to bring out the miata again and drive it, after driving that boooooring corolla for those winter months.
@Isaac Chavez well, i got mine dirt cheap. Its just my winter point A-B car. I'll just drive it untill it breakes to pieces anyways. Not a big loss if it would fail on me someday
@Isaac Chavez From personal experience Toyota is NOT the worst car as far as reliability. You probably work for a Dodge dealership or perhaps BMW. LOL.
I bought a 2005 Corolla when I was between jobs and had to make every penny count. It had 150,000 on the clock. Since then I've taken it to 325,000. Everything you said is true - they're dull cars, not spirited or interesting but totally dependable. Heck, even a Volvo is about 100x more exciting to be in. I think I'll always keep the Corolla now as it costs pretty much nothing to have one. They sip fuel lightly, they start first time every time and as long as you change the oil and filters regularly they run quietly and effortlessly. And oddly, they're fairly comfortable too. If you scrape the paint or scuff the plastic, so what? I've only had two actual parts break - the door on one of the storage compartments snapped off, and the sun visor snapped. Both cost less than $30 to replace. I think of it like your favourite unfashionable hoodie that you wear around the house in mid-winter - it's not cool, but you use it because it works perfectly and it is comfortable. You get better clothes, but you always keep that daggy hoodie because you know it does the job.
When I first moved to Asia, my son said, "You should buy a car." His thinking was BMW or Mercedes Benz because he wanted to look good going to school. I threatened him with 1990's Toyota Corolla.
You got a lot of money so you can say that. Cars are depreciating assets and are not cheap. Their main goal is to get to A to B but if you want all the fancy stuff like styling, speed, technology etc then you got to pay a lot of money. Most people I would say don't have that kind of money. I for one have a 2006 8th gen honda civic which i have had for 10 years. It was cheap to buy and luckily i actually think it looks pretty good, probably the best looking car released in 2006. It saved me a lot of money as i was not rich at the time. Right now i am changing my car for the "feelings" like you but only because i can afford it now. I'm trying to get a 20k car which is a huge jump from the 1-2k my Honda is worth right now
I have a Toyota Avensis 1.8L petrol. It always starts be it winter or summer . Always gets me to places , never has let me down. I agree with Scotty - Reliability, easy maintenance is the key for me. I have access to only one car which is absolutely essential for me to go to work so Toyota fits the bill for me.
Have bought 2 Toyotas since watching Scotty, love them both, Land Cruiser 120 and RAV4. Wouldn’t buy anything else now! Nothing worst than spending say 10 grand on a 3 year old car and it breaks down or you find out you need to take the whole front of the car apart just to change the fan belt! (Yes I’m talking about a Mini!!) Reliability is at the top of my list.
An awful lot of people are not the sort who buy cars for vanity or to make up for other personal inadequacies. Many people just want something that will start every time and get them to their destination in reasonable economy and comfort. A relative of mine had a 95 Toyota Carina E 1.6 base model saloon. It is hard to imagine a more dreary and unexciting car but for the 15 years and 120,000 miles he owned it, it was faultlessly reliable.
I drove one of these round New Zealand for a few months a few years back. It never missed a beat on tarmac or long stretches of dirt roads. Don’t knock reliability and besides it’s an easy and comfortable drive, carries loads of luggage and you can even Kip in it
"Nobody in the history of the world has ever been excited to drive a toyota corolla" *initial D plays in the background* In all fairness the current Toyota 86 was designed to be a rear-wheel drive performance corolla. Everything else that you talk about is really on point
@@stevenpatriarca868 BMWs in Europe are cheap and 4 cylinder ones like 1 series diesels are cheap to run and maintain. They make Toyotas look like money pits.
My dad drove the exact same car but in red. It's definitely a no thrills car but it does the job. Honestly , I have so many great memories with this car. A great example , I'd definitely buy this just for the nostalgia if it wasn't going to Espania 🇪🇸
I own a 1999 toyota corolla wagon and to me it's more than a car ! You forgot many things in your video , like people who love their vw combi , i went everywhere with my Corolla and i have ENDLESS souvenirs and memories with my Corolla and she never let me down not once , she went thro mud to beaches , to sahara , i slept in it , went camping in it , people love their pets and i love my COROLLA 😍😍😍😍😍
All I require in a car is for it to start and go and never break down. I have had numerous Toyota's over the years including an old automatic Corolla (a proper one, made in Japan) which I had for over 10 years and covered over 200,000 miles. Used and abused, it NEVER let me down once and required very little in maintenance. Best car I ever had. I also had a couple of Celica's and a Avensis. Again, supremely reliable.
Avensis has nothing to prove in terms of reliability up until the last few years it was one of the most common Taxi cars the most reliable and economic cars are whatever the most common amongst Taxi drivers are.
@@gjmob my mate is a machanic at mazda, has been for years, told me to never buy a mazda, and all the machanics either drive toyota or lexus. Its like tryin to find a good chinese take out, dont go to the one no chinese eat at, find one where the chinese themselves eat
Ahhh! The Corrolla....had mine from new 17 years .Snapped the cam belt .Got towed home 🏡. Went to Halfords next day bought a cam belt. Got the Haynes out and fitted the belt my self . Yeses she started . Then needed to replace a broken rocker valve ,as one valve had touched the piston and snapped the rocker .Still ran on and on .
I feel like old Corollas and such could be handy as second cars alongside the BMWs and Jaguars and the like; a shopping car or town runabout that you don't worry about scratching up like a luxury car. I will say that, from an engineering standpoint, I do find enjoyment in basic but well-thought-out cars that just work, hence why I like old Toyotas and Hondas.
So the Toyota is the true hero whereas the Jag or the BMW is just a trinket like a designer handbag. Looking at it I'd say the Toyota is the real driver's car. The BMW is just your chihuahua in a cute coat.
I had a couple of Toyota Corolla 1.6 16v GTi's back in the 1990's. Cracking cars, pretty fast for the time. Free revving all the way to 8500 RPM. In fact they loved being revved past 4500 RPM. The cockpit looked like a jet fighter with a dashboard full of dials. I called them my pocket rockets and have very fond memories of them.
Scotty is right in every aspect. Whoever owns a Toyota, understands the laws of depreciation in value. Anybody owning a Bmw, Land Rover or a Jaguar, does not.
When I was 18 I went hitch hiking round South Africa and on the way to Johannesburg from Cape Town we got picked up by a convoy of cars being transported between garages. We could get a lift on the condition we shared the driving. I got the keys to a Toyota Corolla, and was very excited! Just thought I'd prove you wrong 😉
I have a 1996 1.8 Carina e, use it every day brilliant machine. Does not quit, the thing matt forgets is that he has a show room full of cars to choose from
Love the channel and like your down to earth style. Most people that watch channels like yours have more than a passing interest in cars. However, there are many that don't, the car is simply an a to b tool just like the white good you mention and a car like this Corolla fits the bill nicely for them.
Build up of rust on the ABS rings will cause the sensor to pick up varying signal causing vibration and buzzing as you describe , could also be a cracked ring which will not necessarily bring on the ABS warning light.
I remember selling loads of these Corollas back in the day when I was trading cars, great to sell crap to drive. As you quite rightly put it if you are a car enthusiast of any kind life is too short to be running around in this. Best to send them to Scotty! You are also right about drivers here in Spain also the crap road layout and the stupid law about how to circulate a roundabout but that hasn't stopped me having a nice car, I just don't dare park it on street in town I always use the underground parking mights cost a couple of euros but my car is safe! Personally if you only come over once or twice a year and it's not in the middle of summer you are probably better off just renting a car when you are here. Car rental out of peak holiday season is so cheap here and you have no headaches with car maintenance, ITV / MOT, tax insurance depreciation etc. Legally you can only keep a UK registered car here for 6 months after which time you have to register on to Spanish plates which is costly and an exercise in itself!
Yeah HubNut and Furious Driving and Twin Cam reviewing boring cars is interesting to watch cause he tells the history of the cars and how they were made and the history of the engines. Its interesting to watch High Peak Autos review these types of cars becuse he tells us there strong points and negatives.
I'm on my third corolla. Had two E11 cars. one was a rotten oil burner with the 1.4 petrol. Common fault on them. The other had the piston rings done and did over 200k before I sold it. Then bought a 2zz powered 2003 corolla with 190hp which makes me grin like a raving lunatic. It's bonkers. It makes it all the better because of all the haters who think it's bland and then you open up the taps and drive them back into their seat with the lift. Great brand. Reliable. The best first car u can buy someone. The liftbacks had a great boot too.
I own an 05 Toyota Avensis estate (T25) 2.0 Diesel, which would rival this Corolla as one of the most boring cars out there, but after owning a Volvo V70 petrol - which almost drowned my finances - i learned to appreciate it's dullness 🤣 great video. Love this channel.
Scotty always says Toyota’s are boring.....but many people don’t even check their own oil so owning a pretty much maintenance free car is perfect for them.
I’m not so sure. I’m as much of a petrol head as you will find, but there’s something nicely mechanical about the way a dull Toyota operates. I would not choose an auto however. I have got to a stage in life where I am so busy, I simply haven’t got time not to own a Toyota or 2 in my fleet. If I relied on the more interesting things on my drive, I’d be forever pissing about fixing things. I simply can’t be arsed driving anything but my ancient Toyota a lot of the time. I don’t need to worry about parking dents, I don’t need to worry about some crazy electrical gremlins. I can jump in it, crash into any ditch/wall/kerb and simply carry on. But I understand most people tend to only have 1 or 2 financed to the hilt cars and are probably worried about losing face being seen in an old turdy-looking Corolla.
M dad have an old 1999 Toyota, it's our "work" car, with the trunk full of tools and stuff, need an oil change, had last 60k km ago, replaced the spark plug first time after 80k km, but even the service history is so bad, it just drives (and drive and drive...). If I want a great driving experience I use my S type, but for just a trip from A to B, it's perfect. Still impressed how reliable it is.
Your assessement is very professional and honest. Those Beemers and Mercs are more fun to drive but I'm happy with my 2018 Lexus ES. Thank you for making great auto videos. Cheers from Singapore!
I've got a 2000 GS corrola and I love it I have 2 cars and it brings a smile to my face every time I drive it, it's been in family for over a decade and I know it will last me forever so when my other car has issues it's my reliable little friend
The "buzzing" in the brake pedal is likely the AntilockBrakeSystem. Earlier ABS brake pedals were still mechanical, instead of fly by wire, and the pulse would feed back through the pedals. If no lights are on the dash it is probaly just a little more sensitive than others. A 20 year old Toyota with only 40,000 or so miles is a good buy and could go 20 more years if they still make parts for it. Oil and filter changes are about all that's needed on them.
I'm one guy who prioritizes reliability, because I just expect stuff to work once I've forked over my hard-earned cash. Is that too much to ask for? I don't need quick acceleration, sportiness, or large dimensions. Cities are getting increasingly congested and roads in my country are in rough shape, so those features will either be wasted or become a bother. The only equipment I want is AC, cruise control, and an AUX input. If the car has those, goes, turns, and stops when I want it to, and doesn't make my ears bleed on the motorway, we're off to a good start.
Toyota Corollas are like VW Golfs, just with the added bonus of reliability and actual mechanical quality, not just perceived quality by the plastics and rubberized textures. If you want excitement you go for the GTis or whatever high performance versions that appeared over the years. Although reliability/quality did take a dip with the E12 1,6 litre engines that consumed a lot of oil and needed recalls for exchanging the engine. Sadly this didnt cover all cars so there are some out there that end up sounding like diesels with too thin aluminium blocks and need a litre of oil every 1000kms. Although by VAG standards this is considered State of the Art and perfectly acceptable on their engines of the same era ... Anyway, in most "normal" cars you make your own excitement by the way you drive or where you go to. Fun could be had in a 1988 VW Polo Fox with 45PS. It was already really slow back then and had no equipment but it could still be fun to drive if you hooned it 😃
Back in 70's my parents bought a new corolla, i think it had a blue interior from memory. The shape of it was a lot better than the later versions, it looked quite sporty though probably not at all fast. I do seem to recall it getting quite rusty in end. My dad never took of the plastic delivery sheet coverings on seats, I hated that. He was saving it for best ! Just found a old photo car, 1978 corolla lift back (hatch), 3 door, 1200cc, probably went to meet its maker on dvla website in 1991.
I know EXACTLY what you mean, we purchased a Toyota Corolla Hybrid , mainly for its fuel economy ( and the wife is somewhat of a greenie) which it’s brilliant for. Easily gets 1000kms in town per tank, but it’s devoid of any type of pulse..... even Mr Bean would prefer to walk. So we also decided on a bit of a weekend toy ( which has turned into a daily drive for me) this being a BMW 123d (E82) which is a great bit of kit for its price - yes it’s economical at 6.3/100 but you don’t have to club it like a harp seal to get to the speed limit let alone the open road limit - where a lunch and a paper it’s required to pass the time like you do in the Toyota !! Great content - keep it up ( and no not the one where you need the little blue pill)
Scotty's not only about Toyotas. He recently got himself a Miata. He also praises Ford trucks. He's also OK about Subarus and old school Mercedes-Benz and BMWs from the 80s as well as old Volvos. He often tells what exact Toyotas not to buy and he all the time says that they burn some oil. One should listen to what he talks about more attentively instead of just hearing the word "Toyota".
I have an old 2001 manual trans Camry wagon [287,000K] for work and a Mazda MX5 for the weekend.Boredom problem sorted.I actually like driving the Camry.It's got that solid feel and very smooth riding.You can get a ton of stuff in the back too.I had a BMW.Won't make that mistake again.Sure they're nice to drive but you're always wondering when the next repair bill is coming.
A Corolla doesn't get you miles per gallon, it gets you smiles per gallon. As a car enthousiast, I would take a Corolla any day of the week. I work on my cars, and some of those cars designs (non Toyota), I am like "WTF, who designed this stupid crap". The problem with rich car enthousiast, most of them don't work on their cars. Did an oil change on a Mercedes, where is the biiping dip stick to check oil level? Why Corolla, it's just simple, it makes me smile because it's so simple. Every single piece is there for a reason " oh look at my air suspension, I will have smooth ride. When they break down, it's a pain in the ass to replace them" Why change it if it works perfectly fine. The more I work on cars, the more I appreciate Toyota.
My first car was a 2004 Toyota Corolla, 1.4 litre petrol. I paid 4000 euro in 2013 for it. I drove it for 8 years, did over 150,000 miles and it never, ever, ever, ever gave one single issue. Oil, brake pads, disks and tyres. Wash, rinse, repeat. Bullet proof. I got rear-ended a couple months into owning it, the other car was a write-off and the Corolla had a slightly warped rear bumper, I never even had it checked. I recently bought a 2019 520D. Its glorious, lovely to drive, I feel great driving it. Its fun. But... in many ways it is the bullet-proof, reliable work-horse nature of the (older gen) Corolla that define them and give them character, in spite of their dull, vapid nature. A bit like a donkey. And everybody loves and admires a donkey. I still have the Corolla. And I'm almost certain that I'll have it longer than the BMW.
About the buzzing sound on the pedal, might be the ABS sensor getting pieces of metal on it and needs cleaning. My avensis had it after wheel bearing change,had to clean the sensor in order to stop the sound and the feeling on the pedal. Good luck :)
I had a Toyota Corolla in 2002. Then a Lexus IS 220, now a Lexus 300h. Some issues here and there, but all of them cheap to maintain, much cheaper then their german counterparts.
My father was one of these “Toyota” people. Well, not with Toyotas but with Hondas. He’d lived a lifetime of driving boring, bland, gutless cars with “highlights” being “metallic silver paint” or a “well-laid out instrument cluster” 😴. Eventually, with a bit of persuasion, I got him to realise he only has one life, so he started buying exciting cars. He traded the Honda life to drive about in a Supercharged Jaguar... and ironically, NOTHING has went wrong, yet. He’s also traded in my mum’s 2017 Honda HR-V (yeah, they actually made a 2nd gen) for a new Volvo XC40 (I know that’s nothing special, but it’s well out of their usual comfort zone)
First Corolla I drove was back in 1974. Drove from West Yorkshire to Staffordshire, Shropshire, around there a bit and back home. Never put ant patrol in. Quite impressed at the time.
Not all Toyota's are boring and forgettable The new GR Yaris is probably THE best hot hatch available atm, the Celica GR Four was an amazing car back in the day as were the old MR2's, the GT86 is a brilliantly engineered cheapish drifting machine, the new GR Supra is pretty cool and of course Lexus is owned by Toyota too and they have some unbelievable cars like the LFA, V8 LC500, RCF etc. So you can have fun, performance, leading edge tech and awesome fun in Toyota's, it's not just the German's who make exiting cars.
Now your motoring Matt. Been driving various makes of cars over a period of 60 years, including several BMWs, Range Rover and Porsche. Bought my first Toyota four years ago and it’s been a revelation. Maybe not as exciting, but for me, reliability is more important than image or outright performance.
I really enjoy your objective, informative and ever so slightly tongue in cheek videos. As for Scotty Kilmer, many apologies but I have never heard of him before, I do agree with his comments regarding Toyota vehicles. Probably having worked in a Toyota Dealership for many years I can fully appreciate the build quality and reliability they offer, well apart from the odd hiccup along the way. Or it could be that I am one of those old boring, bland and magnolia coloured people who kind of like anonymous reliability and don't mind being overtaken by "petrol heads", even in my old Bentley, at high speed and enjoy seeing them just two cars ahead of me in a traffic jam. In very old (Yorkshire) Motor Trade parlance the Corolla you have is what we would call a little pippin or a little gem. I would be more that happy to drive it down to some foreign parts. Buzzing brakes - maybe the disc backing plate catching. By the way, what is the opposite of a "petrol head"?
My wife and me grew up 6 children we never had money to buy a new car, so I drive what I find in great numbers at the junkyard, in my case Audi, you see I live about two miles away from the Audi factory and I was very pleased with them, besides you can build in many parts from Skoda, Seat and VW. Here on the streets of Germany are 16,000,000 cars from VW and they land after a time at the junkyard. My previous car was an Audi A3 1.9 TDI which I bought with 319,000 km on board and I drove it till it reached 704,655 km when I overturned on the motorway and was forced to give the car to the junkyard (you see God takes the best first). So you can drive what you like. Scotty gives tips to people who go to the repair shop with their cars and are there depleted of their money and I find that if you are someone who barely makes it from a months to the next then he is totally alright. Toyota has a better quality, but in Germany where I live there are only 1,500,000 Toyotas on the streets and I barely find something at the junkyard. On the other hand I repair on my own and almost never go to the repair shop. I once bought a Mercedes for 250 DM and repaired it on my own....God bless you.
Reliable is good, I needed a budget car as my daily whilst I garaged my Alfa Romeo as a fun car. Ended up with a choice between the Toyota Auris and the Honda Civic both roughly 2007 models. The Honda won in the end as the reliability is there too but the Civic 8th gen is a far more interesting car than the 1st gen Auris. I did have an old mk1 MR2, that was not boring but that was back when Toyota liked their sports cars.
I was 9 years old when my parents bought a Toyota Corolla, brand new. Same as this just the sedan version. We had this for 19 years. Yes, NINETEEN years. Except for the normal things like spark plugs, brakes, oil, filters, and gas we spent 300$ on that. It is 19 years old now the biggest problem is that the left doorstep having some rust. It could be 200$ to fix so let's say 500$ in 20 years. The car is just totally bulletproof. If the cars would be this good the repair shops would close but we have BMWs :) And yes! The car is boring. Boring as hell. Nothing fancy, no power, nothing. It just goes and goes and goes until you get so bored that you sell it.
Had plenty of fun thrashing a corolla around the peaks, but the fine line you speak of is basically a Lexus. Ive got a 2006 GS430, its fairly quick, full of gadgets, comfortable and nice to drive, all that and it all it costs me is a yearly service.
I had one of these, loved driving it just because of the reliability factor. Occasionally got dirty looks driving past Land Rover or Jaguar owners as they were getting put on the back of a low loader. 😁 Ended up selling this one to a mate who was going to shove a V6 in it although I don't know if he ever did. But as to excited driving a Corolla, the T-Sport Compressor isn't a bad shout for a bit of fun. I'd also mention the first generation Auris was still known in other parts of the world as the Corolla. The JDM models got the 2GR-FE 3.5 V6 which is a real peach of an engine under the Blade Master model name.
In 2012 II brought used Corolla GS (I think) from my sister, it was V Reg (1999). I had trouble with it, so I sold it on eBay. I only had it for eight months. I did buy used 54 plate Corolla 1.6 L T Spirit but the trouble with it, when you do over 56 mph it needs another gear. I did reverse and I hit pole at ASDA car park and made shape on the rear bumper. The pole is below the back window. MY next car hope will be Toyota. I do like the old models better.
I bet you can still give it a good spirited drive and enjoy yourself. K11 micras are similarly bomb proof but I always found mine fun and characterful. And looking at all the modern fiestas and bmws on the hard shoulder whilst I gunned it past them at 80 all day was part of the charm. An auto Corrola would be even better. For me, reliability is priority, its illogical to want something with inferior engineering.
Simple 90's Japanese cars like this are actually fun and characterful in their own right in todays complex digital world. I love fast and beautiful looking cars as much the next petrol head. Yet, I would be quite happy pottering about in a tidy old thing like this Corolla. Proper honest to god engineering.
I was looking for my first car a few months back. I was offered a 1.0 litre Micra for like £300. It ran great and probably would have lasted forever and been cheap to run but it had no actual equipment, apart from four seats and a steering wheel. I ended up buying a 2004 mk2 Clio 1.2 for the same price, which needed some work but it had a sportier vibe about it and a lot of toys for something that's 16 years old. I'm really proud of it. It's even easy to work on.
The answer (for me) was to buy a 2012 Honda Civic! Bullet proof reliability, polarising styling and a fabulous VTEC screamer of an engine, I absolutely love it!
I liked the balanced and funny way you put it. It's not always a matter of reliability but a combination of fun to drive, good looking design and other things.
My reasoning behind owning a TOYOTA is this: It's good enough and reliable enough for me to use until I can afford to own something more fun and at that point I probably would need a daily, a job the TOYOTA would be perfect at so I wouldn't need to sell it. It doesn't have a soul until you realise it has taken part in some memories such as «What is love?» playing on the radio just after you've dumped your girlfriend of four years or the simple fact it starts every morning except that one time it didn't because the battery was 12 years old. The TOYOTA is that trusty friend which you don't have much fun with but you go for a drink with to have a decent discussion, he's always there when you need him, he never lets you down and never judges you despite the fact you might be a bad human being at times and he always forgives you. You see I can't say I'm passionate about my Auris but I have tremendous respect for it.
My last car was so bad and unreliable it caused me constant angsiety which was actually raising my blood pressure, so im very much enjoying my 2013 Avensis. When you rely on your car to make sure you keep your job and you cant afford to keep spooning out heaps of cash to keep it going, then yes Reliability is actually exciting. Sometimes Its very liberating to lose superficial tendancies. we cant all be a mechanic.
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my life has been a succession of peaks and troughs and I can tell you, when you're in a trough having a car that needs nothing spending on it and will fire up eevry time and get you to where you need to go is priceless. Plus those old Toyotas were pretty economical too. When you're on a downer the Corolla is the automotive equivalent of an old, slightly over-weight labrador that you've known since it was a pup.
Yeah I get that. In that situation the sensible thing to do is buy something like this. There are more important things than cars when you're going through a difficult patch
I'd still rather have a less reliable car that is newer and way more exciting. To me a car should be more than a reliable work horse. Which is why (for now) I lease my cars. And yes, only new cars. As long as it reaches ~120K-150K KM pretty much without large hiccups I am happy.
More like an ex-wife who got fat.
@@Astke That's what lexus is for
@@HighPeakAutos Yeah but I would have a Lexus. Just as reliable but way nicer to drive to look at to sit in and not as dull and dreary
My 2011 Corolla has 295,000 miles and I look forward to and enjoy driving it because it is now fun to watch the miles pile on and still be 100% reliable.
Right, reliability itself is fun
When you've had an unreliable money pit you yearn for reliable even if it's dull. Admittedly exciting and reliable is even better.
V6 Camry is what you want
That's why you have Lexus
That's why I have a 1.9 TDI 130hp Octavia
@@lulzyboy it's why I have a 2.0 TDI Jetta SportWagen
TimothyHD the 2.0 is nowhere as reliable as the 1.9 lump tho. I’d trust a 1.9 around the world. Not sure id trust the 2.0
Better to be bored driving than clicking your heels waiting for the breakdown service
I've owned approx 15 cars. In 2017-2019 I owned a 2003 Yaris which I paid £695 for. I drove over 30, 000 miles as my son was very ill in hospital and it meant 100+ miles daily for a couple of months, then regular routine appointments and checkups for him. The Yaris cost me £8 for front pads, which I fitted myself, and it never failed once, and never required any other new parts, even tyres lasted the 30k. Even though we had a harsh winter (which Incidentally was when the car was needed most as this was when my son was in hospital) I never worried about transport. I sold the car for £500. The best car that I've owned by a wide margin, wind up windows, tape deck and all.
Good old Yaris. Served you well. Hope you're son is well now
Those old school yaris cars are like cockroaches they are basically impossible to kill and would survive a nuclear appocalypse. I had a 2003 VW Golf 1.9 SDI in my family for 11 years that was similiar in spec to your car and just stupidly reliable and good on fuel.
I look at it like dating a guy, I'd rather him be a little boring and faithful, than a narcissist who's just going to run around and cheat on me.
Lol, Never heard it put that way before, but I am with you Yellow Rose!
What you don't want a flashy but unreliable guy?
But those guys get all the girls
@@abes3925 not me baby
@@Yellow-Rose 😂😂😀👍👍 Brilliant reply.👍👍
It’s the way , an old reliable car that you don’t care about and doesn’t cost a lot and you don’t mind if it get dings and scratches, I’ll take that any day
To a certain degree I agree, but Toyotas are so crazily overpriced on the second hand market.
Well said
You sound like you moaning about that corolla I will still take that corolla over that Mercedes
@@fredyyfredfreddy nobody says , I've got a good deal on a Toyota. My 2004 Sienna has a blue book value of $ 7000 , a comparable 2004 Honda odyssey is about $2400
@@tstocker6926 Exactly and it is not going to cost you 5600 more in repairs and maintenance.
I'm with Scotty. Then again, I started driving at 16, am now 71, and have only had 5 cars in my entire life. So you pretty much know what I feel a car's job is.
What cars did you have Jim?
What cars did you own Mr. Kiser?
Our toyota carina was outstanding
I'm not with Scotty. Toyotas like this rust badly and get scraped faster than Pugs. Paint quality on them is bellow average. They are not great
in humid climates. To be fair, that's nothing unique for Japanese car, Mazda and Honda are worse and Subaru is all that, but their diesels blow
up. Still all of them are usually worse than European cars and yet they cost more. Also you should do your homework with any older Japanese
diesel car, they are either fine or blow up quickly and turn into scraps. Scotty is right if you live in dry climate, only buy petrol models and only drive automatics. For anything else his advice isn't optimal and he's full of shit.
Choose life, choose a job, choose radio 4, choose going to the garden centre, choose a corolla, choose life.
Recipe of misery.
Recipe for stability
Choose low cholesterol!
Choose a corolla. Or a shot of heroin and a jaguar. That you have to break into to steal a battery.
I get your point about a car that 'puts a smile on your face' but, in the case of every last one of the cars you mentioned as examples, that smile will be very brief indeed and will soon be wiped off when the inevitable breakdowns start happening which makes the ownership of those cars a continuous nightmare. I'm talking from experience, whether it be myself or someone I know, that's why the current car I drive is a Toyota! Sure, it doesn't put a smile on my face the same way those expensive money pits did, but I'd take the peace of mind of knowing that my car will start every time and will never leave me stranded over a fleeting smile followed by months of mechanical/electrical headaches that I have to endure until I get rid of the car!
I have a Lexus IS 300 witch Lexus IS Toyota luxury brand my car is almost 20 years old with 251,000 miles and it runs perfect it’s also a quite sporty car and just as fast as his bmw it was made to be better than a m3 and succeeded lol with sunroof heated seats and power everything it’s a Luxury car one of the best of its time and it’s a really sporty car it’s registered 160 from the factory I mean this car isn’t a joke tell me what you think about my condition of his video
If his BMW, Mercedes or Land Rover starts to fail, this gay will Buy new ones, obiously he has a lot of money, what's a corolla for him? A boring car jajaja.
Yea all the cars he listed were the pinnacle of unreliable except for the m3 lol
He doesn't get Scotty point.
I know someone with a 2008 BMW 330D convertible with 19 inch wheels, the car is the stuff of nightmares, every MOT it costs around £1000 to get through and has a minimum of 2 punctures every year that cannot be repaired, it also only has 88,000 miles and has an oil leak that is going to cost £700 to fix. On my old knackered 2003 VW Golf 1.9 SDI with 250k miles it had a minor oil leak and it cost £70 to fix.
Dull as dishwater. But great on a tight budget.
And when I drive up the M11 and see 7 year old merc's BMW's and Audi's sitting on the hard shoulder. I say thank God I'm in a Toyota!
"But great on a tight budget." You're kidding right? I dunno what it's like over there in the UK but people over the years have come to realise the superior build quality and ease of maintenance of Toyotas so many owners now demand a pretty penny for them even compared to luxury euro cars. Theres a reason why they call it the 'Toyota tax'. Also it's quite arrogant to say they're dull when they have a luxury and performance line of cars as well (Lexus). I think a better comparison would be with a Lexus SUV which IMO far suprasses range rover in terms of comfort and reliability.
@@MrGW2fanboy These old cars are very cheap in the UK, both to buy and maintain. Newer or luxury versions are a different matter.
2:45 I'm willing to settle for "bland motoring." In a car, I want reliability and safety. A car that is cheap and easy to fix. My car is a tool like a hammer, screwdriver, or pliers. It takes me to work, to the grocery, and back home. My Toyota has 305k miles and was paid for long ago. Its dependability leaves me to concern myself with other things.
That is exactly right. It just makes you have peace of mind. I had an old Honda Integra (the facelift model) that i was the third hand that had it and while it made me smile and feel special i also felt special because every week i was visiting my mechanic because something broke down. The electrics were all over the place, the engine would just overheat for no reason, the A/C would frequently break down, the back suspension was not even and thus one of the tires always got damaged quickly, the automatic gearbox would act up on it's own and it would even shut down if i didn't manualy hold on the gas pedal...it just went on and on. I know it's a case of how it was used and maintained but the point is i did live with an unreliable car for over 5 years. The smiles were not worth it in the end.
There was literaly no day and no moment in my life that my car was not in my mind on what new surprise was going to show to me next. I went back to an old hatchback corolla made in 2001 which i still own and still goes like new even after 265k kilometers (about 165k miles).
Well these type of cars are for people that don't really like cars or driving. That says enough for me.
Your target audience. Someone who uses a car for your garden centre and IKEA trips. Not the life for a car enthusiast.
Akio Toyoda already declared to stop making boring cars
Smart man. And you're not settling, you're choosing wisely.
I have EXACTLY the same car, a 2000 Corolla 1.6 5 door Automatic in silver. Mine has 52k miles. It's a spare, spare, spare car, sometimes I forget that I own it. I've had it ages and you can park it up for long periods, come back and it all just works. The AC on mine is also ice cold, the auto box smooth and it's such a durable old car. The MOT tester comments how tidy it is, not a sport of rust. A dependable car that I know, if all of my other cars stop working, the Corolla will get you to where you need to be. I actually quite like driving it, it's fairly light in a roly-poly kind of way. I can't see me selling it, it's not worth anything and it's too reliable!
It's an FU car. You solved the car problem already, the rest is luxury and experimentation.
Scotty is more of a motorcycle enthusiast so he probably employs the "excitement over reliability" rule when it comes to bikes.
If you need a reliable car to get to work then Toyota makes perfect sense.
Besides motorcycles are very very simple machine, a piston and a cylinder for most part. It doesn't have too many things that can go wrong, even in the expensive ones but even then everyone knows Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki are the gold standards of reliability anyway.
I work with a guy just like that he has a 1999 1.0 petrol Toyota Yaris that is worth little more than 3 days work but his motorbike damn it flys down the road. In fact anyone who is like motorbikes where I work has a very cheap basic and underpowered car.
Scotty will say, " ha ha haaa at the end of the day you still end up choosing toyotas for your long road trips! Ha ha ha ha haaa"
Hahaha I know. Shot myself in the foot there havent I
Read that in Scotty's voice 😂
With a laughing horse photo
LMFAO i read it with his voice
Hahaha! (Horse teeth)
"No one has ever gotten excited to drive an old Corolla"
*the AE86 has left the chat*
Corolla's are about dependability not excitement, plenty of other choices for that.
Susususususupraaaaa-praaa
@@SkupKatalizatorowPabianice That...is...not a Corolla
@@mitza3613 supra > ae86 all day long r
@@mitza3613 Then what is it then?
Buy an old Toyota for the every day and something silly for the weekend. Best of both worlds :D
Or get an MR2. That is what I have as a weekend toy, 27 years old, starts the first time everytime!
There you go. Good solution.
Or get a supra
Exactly
I'm with Scotty. My Audi and Volkswagen vehicles have been disasters. All of my Toyota products have been exceedingly reliable. I'll take reliable and low cost repairs over fun and unreliable with high cost repairs.
Must be the inner geek in me but damn the condition is so good on that corolla!
I know exactly!
well it has only 40k on the clock so how can it look bad, all the breakdowns and repairs are still in front of the car give it another 100k miles
We don't get that body style in the u.s. kinda wish we did it looks good
@@mannamedbanjo ....you’re the only one who thinks that pal
@@jarradmoore6939 The front looks nice, the back is ugly 🤔but you never look at the outside back while driving. If you have ever broken down in the snow or rain, you should know why lot's of driver's would rather have a Toyota.😁
Yes Scotty is right about Toyotas because they are like he says: reliable and dependable and cheap to maintain. And that is ALL THAT MATTERS to him. That is the question: for him that is all that counts, a car that is reliable and you don't spend a lot fixing that's it. With those premises, he's totally right. Now, if you want better design, more driving fun etc and those things are very important to you, then you'll have to look elsewhere. Well you have Hondas also, who are also very reliable and more fun to drive with better design. He loves Hondas too.
Me, i have a BMW, endless money pit as he says hahahaha mine i only spent 400 in 2 years maintenance so, not a money pit for now.
PS: i'm one of his followers, that guy really has knowledge and it's not there to screw you.
I have always believe Scotty's advice is top notch for the majority of people that is just looking for something reliable and cheap to maintain to go from A to B.
Which is also why I find it funny when the car enthusiast get butt hurt when Scotty pokes at their car.
For us car guys, who LOVE cars. I find old toyotas to be a perfekt car to own. Ive got a miata NA that i love to drive, but i would never drive it in the winter.
So 2years ago i bought an old 2003 corolla to have as my winter daily. And it has never let me down. It also makes it so much more exciting when the snow melts, to bring out the miata again and drive it, after driving that boooooring corolla for those winter months.
@Isaac Chavez well, i got mine dirt cheap. Its just my winter point A-B car. I'll just drive it untill it breakes to pieces anyways. Not a big loss if it would fail on me someday
@Isaac Chavez From personal experience Toyota is NOT the worst car as far as reliability. You probably work for a Dodge dealership or perhaps BMW. LOL.
@Isaac Chavez damn dude you don’t have to treat people that way. People are allowed to like things, it’s ok. Goodnight.
Scotty Kilmer on any car: "it's ok but it's no Celica".
I had a 1988 celica, best car I ever owned!
Rev up your engines, change your oil, I get my $5000 scan tool, it can last a long time, endless money pits.
@Danilo Veljkovic Are Chinese cars good?
@@dbclass4075 No.
@@josephshaw5225 Then it seems "isn't Asian" has exceptions.
I bought a 2005 Corolla when I was between jobs and had to make every penny count. It had 150,000 on the clock. Since then I've taken it to 325,000. Everything you said is true - they're dull cars, not spirited or interesting but totally dependable. Heck, even a Volvo is about 100x more exciting to be in. I think I'll always keep the Corolla now as it costs pretty much nothing to have one.
They sip fuel lightly, they start first time every time and as long as you change the oil and filters regularly they run quietly and effortlessly. And oddly, they're fairly comfortable too. If you scrape the paint or scuff the plastic, so what? I've only had two actual parts break - the door on one of the storage compartments snapped off, and the sun visor snapped. Both cost less than $30 to replace.
I think of it like your favourite unfashionable hoodie that you wear around the house in mid-winter - it's not cool, but you use it because it works perfectly and it is comfortable. You get better clothes, but you always keep that daggy hoodie because you know it does the job.
To get the true 192 to Stockport seat pattern you’ll need to piss on the seats and let it dry
Haha yes thats right plus some stale cigarette stench
Ha Ha.
Maybe a few stabs in the seat sponge and a dong drawn with a permanent marker.
So I’m guessing no one wants to use the last few days left on me Mega Rider then?!
And find the filthiest manky pair of old trainers you have and rub them on the seats.
When I first moved to Asia, my son said, "You should buy a car." His thinking was BMW or Mercedes Benz because he wanted to look good going to school. I threatened him with 1990's Toyota Corolla.
You got a lot of money so you can say that. Cars are depreciating assets and are not cheap. Their main goal is to get to A to B but if you want all the fancy stuff like styling, speed, technology etc then you got to pay a lot of money. Most people I would say don't have that kind of money. I for one have a 2006 8th gen honda civic which i have had for 10 years. It was cheap to buy and luckily i actually think it looks pretty good, probably the best looking car released in 2006. It saved me a lot of money as i was not rich at the time. Right now i am changing my car for the "feelings" like you but only because i can afford it now. I'm trying to get a 20k car which is a huge jump from the 1-2k my Honda is worth right now
I'd stick with the Honda mate and put the 20k into a savings fund.
I have a Toyota Avensis 1.8L petrol.
It always starts be it winter or summer . Always gets me to places , never has let me down.
I agree with Scotty - Reliability, easy maintenance is the key for me. I have access to only one car which is absolutely essential for me to go to work so Toyota fits the bill for me.
Have bought 2 Toyotas since watching Scotty, love them both, Land Cruiser 120 and RAV4. Wouldn’t buy anything else now! Nothing worst than spending say 10 grand on a 3 year old car and it breaks down or you find out you need to take the whole front of the car apart just to change the fan belt! (Yes I’m talking about a Mini!!) Reliability is at the top of my list.
💯 can't wait to dump micra - get rid of that shit money pit and only ever yaris or auris or whatever I can get my hands on - fuck nissan
An awful lot of people are not the sort who buy cars for vanity or to make up for other personal inadequacies. Many people just want something that will start every time and get them to their destination in reasonable economy and comfort. A relative of mine had a 95 Toyota Carina E 1.6 base model saloon. It is hard to imagine a more dreary and unexciting car but for the 15 years and 120,000 miles he owned it, it was faultlessly reliable.
Starts right up. Still blows cold. Shifts like a dream.
This is exactly the type of qualities I look for in car.
The "Car Wizard" would rave about it, he loves Toyotas too.
Yeah but he understands that you should also enjoy cars and buy a fun car to enjoy
@@terrificspokesman7416 much better to rent the fun car and keep the reliable
@@MrGW2fanboy true
I drove one of these round New Zealand for a few months a few years back. It never missed a beat on tarmac or long stretches of dirt roads. Don’t knock reliability and besides it’s an easy and comfortable drive, carries loads of luggage and you can even Kip in it
"Nobody in the history of the world has ever been excited to drive a toyota corolla"
*initial D plays in the background*
In all fairness the current Toyota 86 was designed to be a rear-wheel drive performance corolla. Everything else that you talk about is really on point
"Bmw, Land rover, jaguar with the odd repair bill" 🤔🤔🤔
right? those are literally all money pits
dont forget audi 😂😂
@@stevenpatriarca868 BMWs in Europe are cheap and 4 cylinder ones like 1 series diesels are cheap to run and maintain. They make Toyotas look like money pits.
My dad drove the exact same car but in red. It's definitely a no thrills car but it does the job. Honestly , I have so many great memories with this car. A great example , I'd definitely buy this just for the nostalgia if it wasn't going to Espania 🇪🇸
I own a 1999 toyota corolla wagon and to me it's more than a car ! You forgot many things in your video , like people who love their vw combi , i went everywhere with my Corolla and i have ENDLESS souvenirs and memories with my Corolla and she never let me down not once , she went thro mud to beaches , to sahara , i slept in it , went camping in it , people love their pets and i love my COROLLA 😍😍😍😍😍
If you looked up the meaning "bullet proof" in the dictionary you should definitely see a picture of a Corolla 😂
@Guy Taylor lol 😂😂👍
@Mick Cripzzz if you can break a Toyota, then no hope for you. Just buy a motorcycle
You have brighten up my day even though its 40c in Sydney right now.
Or don't drive at all just stay home and don't touch anything if you can break an Toyota you probably can break anything
All I require in a car is for it to start and go and never break down. I have had numerous Toyota's over the years including an old automatic Corolla (a proper one, made in Japan) which I had for over 10 years and covered over 200,000 miles. Used and abused, it NEVER let me down once and required very little in maintenance. Best car I ever had. I also had a couple of Celica's and a Avensis. Again, supremely reliable.
Avensis has nothing to prove in terms of reliability up until the last few years it was one of the most common Taxi cars the most reliable and economic cars are whatever the most common amongst Taxi drivers are.
It may not bring you joy driving it but it will bring you joy when you get there.
My next car is gonna be a Toyota corolla, and I'm gonna mothball my tools when I do so.
I'm a retired mechanic and have a 2015 Corolla Sedan and the only thing that's been replaced are the tyres.
@@gjmob my mate is a machanic at mazda, has been for years, told me to never buy a mazda, and all the machanics either drive toyota or lexus.
Its like tryin to find a good chinese take out, dont go to the one no chinese eat at, find one where the chinese themselves eat
A cherished old girl.....be nice to her.
Ahhh! The Corrolla....had mine from new 17 years .Snapped the cam belt .Got towed home 🏡. Went to Halfords next day bought a cam belt. Got the Haynes out and fitted the belt my self . Yeses she started . Then needed to replace a broken rocker valve ,as one valve had touched the piston and snapped the rocker .Still ran on and on .
They're great cars for that. Very reliable
I feel like old Corollas and such could be handy as second cars alongside the BMWs and Jaguars and the like; a shopping car or town runabout that you don't worry about scratching up like a luxury car. I will say that, from an engineering standpoint, I do find enjoyment in basic but well-thought-out cars that just work, hence why I like old Toyotas and Hondas.
So the Toyota is the true hero whereas the Jag or the BMW is just a trinket like a designer handbag. Looking at it I'd say the Toyota is the real driver's car. The BMW is just your chihuahua in a cute coat.
I had a couple of Toyota Corolla 1.6 16v GTi's back in the 1990's. Cracking cars, pretty fast for the time. Free revving all the way to 8500 RPM. In fact they loved being revved past 4500 RPM. The cockpit looked like a jet fighter with a dashboard full of dials. I called them my pocket rockets and have very fond memories of them.
Scotty is right in every aspect. Whoever owns a Toyota, understands the laws of depreciation in value. Anybody owning a Bmw, Land Rover or a Jaguar, does not.
When I was 18 I went hitch hiking round South Africa and on the way to Johannesburg from Cape Town we got picked up by a convoy of cars being transported between garages. We could get a lift on the condition we shared the driving. I got the keys to a Toyota Corolla, and was very excited! Just thought I'd prove you wrong 😉
Can you make a video on a Toyota Carina or Avensis? 😃
I have a 1996 1.8 Carina e, use it every day brilliant machine. Does not quit, the thing matt forgets is that he has a show room full of cars to choose from
Love the channel and like your down to earth style. Most people that watch channels like yours have more than a passing interest in cars. However, there are many that don't, the car is simply an a to b tool just like the white good you mention and a car like this Corolla fits the bill nicely for them.
Build up of rust on the ABS rings will cause the sensor to pick up varying signal causing vibration and buzzing as you describe , could also be a cracked ring which will not necessarily bring on the ABS warning light.
5:37 It's an old Toyota. They always make weird noises and feel like they're gonna break at any time yet somehow never do.
My current daily driver. Owned the car for 2 years now and have not had a single issue with it.
I remember selling loads of these Corollas back in the day when I was trading cars, great to sell crap to drive. As you quite rightly put it if you are a car enthusiast of any kind life is too short to be running around in this. Best to send them to Scotty! You are also right about drivers here in Spain also the crap road layout and the stupid law about how to circulate a roundabout but that hasn't stopped me having a nice car, I just don't dare park it on street in town I always use the underground parking mights cost a couple of euros but my car is safe! Personally if you only come over once or twice a year and it's not in the middle of summer you are probably better off just renting a car when you are here. Car rental out of peak holiday season is so cheap here and you have no headaches with car maintenance, ITV / MOT, tax insurance depreciation etc. Legally you can only keep a UK registered car here for 6 months after which time you have to register on to Spanish plates which is costly and an exercise in itself!
Toyota Corolla remains the best-selling car in the world these more corolla on the road that any other car
Also McDonalds sells the most food :P
This is a Hubnut S500....let him have a go before it goes to live in Spain.
Yeah HubNut and Furious Driving and Twin Cam reviewing boring cars is interesting to watch cause he tells the history of the cars and how they were made and the history of the engines. Its interesting to watch High Peak Autos review these types of cars becuse he tells us there strong points and negatives.
I'm on my third corolla. Had two E11 cars. one was a rotten oil burner with the 1.4 petrol. Common fault on them. The other had the piston rings done and did over 200k before I sold it. Then bought a 2zz powered 2003 corolla with 190hp which makes me grin like a raving lunatic. It's bonkers. It makes it all the better because of all the haters who think it's bland and then you open up the taps and drive them back into their seat with the lift. Great brand. Reliable. The best first car u can buy someone. The liftbacks had a great boot too.
I own an 05 Toyota Avensis estate (T25) 2.0 Diesel, which would rival this Corolla as one of the most boring cars out there, but after owning a Volvo V70 petrol - which almost drowned my finances - i learned to appreciate it's dullness 🤣 great video. Love this channel.
Scotty always says Toyota’s are boring.....but many people don’t even check their own oil so owning a pretty much maintenance free car is perfect for them.
I’m not so sure. I’m as much of a petrol head as you will find, but there’s something nicely mechanical about the way a dull Toyota operates. I would not choose an auto however. I have got to a stage in life where I am so busy, I simply haven’t got time not to own a Toyota or 2 in my fleet. If I relied on the more interesting things on my drive, I’d be forever pissing about fixing things. I simply can’t be arsed driving anything but my ancient Toyota a lot of the time. I don’t need to worry about parking dents, I don’t need to worry about some crazy electrical gremlins. I can jump in it, crash into any ditch/wall/kerb and simply carry on. But I understand most people tend to only have 1 or 2 financed to the hilt cars and are probably worried about losing face being seen in an old turdy-looking Corolla.
Not only are unscheduled repairs...unscheduled, they are a drain on your bank account. I need my money for my family, not my car.
M dad have an old 1999 Toyota, it's our "work" car, with the trunk full of tools and stuff, need an oil change, had last 60k km ago, replaced the spark plug first time after 80k km, but even the service history is so bad, it just drives (and drive and drive...). If I want a great driving experience I use my S type, but for just a trip from A to B, it's perfect.
Still impressed how reliable it is.
Your assessement is very professional and honest. Those Beemers and Mercs are more fun to drive but I'm happy with my 2018 Lexus ES. Thank you for making great auto videos. Cheers from Singapore!
Thanks! I appreciate it :)
I've got a 2000 GS corrola and I love it I have 2 cars and it brings a smile to my face every time I drive it, it's been in family for over a decade and I know it will last me forever so when my other car has issues it's my reliable little friend
I’ve tried watching Scotty Kilmer videos.
I have tried.
😂
Same 🤣
I'm the same except that you used the plural of video.
How he conducts himself is one thing, but he knows his stuff and is an honest person. Kudos. Does some great how to’s also.
I have tried too, watched a few but can't keep my attention on them haha
Toyota is best, the sales volume world wide speaks for itself. Scott knows what he's talking about.
The "buzzing" in the brake pedal is likely the AntilockBrakeSystem. Earlier ABS brake pedals were still mechanical, instead of fly by wire, and the pulse would feed back through the pedals. If no lights are on the dash it is probaly just a little more sensitive than others. A 20 year old Toyota with only 40,000 or so miles is a good buy and could go 20 more years if they still make parts for it. Oil and filter changes are about all that's needed on them.
I have the same buzzing just started with my 2006 Avensis now 17 years old and owned since it was 2 years old.
Scotty os a legend and a very honest mechanic and has saved me.loafs of money throughout thr years
I used to really struggle with Scotty but he's grown on me
I'm one guy who prioritizes reliability, because I just expect stuff to work once I've forked over my hard-earned cash. Is that too much to ask for? I don't need quick acceleration, sportiness, or large dimensions. Cities are getting increasingly congested and roads in my country are in rough shape, so those features will either be wasted or become a bother. The only equipment I want is AC, cruise control, and an AUX input. If the car has those, goes, turns, and stops when I want it to, and doesn't make my ears bleed on the motorway, we're off to a good start.
Toyota Corollas are like VW Golfs, just with the added bonus of reliability and actual mechanical quality, not just perceived quality by the plastics and rubberized textures. If you want excitement you go for the GTis or whatever high performance versions that appeared over the years. Although reliability/quality did take a dip with the E12 1,6 litre engines that consumed a lot of oil and needed recalls for exchanging the engine. Sadly this didnt cover all cars so there are some out there that end up sounding like diesels with too thin aluminium blocks and need a litre of oil every 1000kms. Although by VAG standards this is considered State of the Art and perfectly acceptable on their engines of the same era ...
Anyway, in most "normal" cars you make your own excitement by the way you drive or where you go to. Fun could be had in a 1988 VW Polo Fox with 45PS. It was already really slow back then and had no equipment but it could still be fun to drive if you hooned it 😃
Getting from A to B and back again without a headache is key and I take the headache thing very seriously... Hate headaches, literally...
Back in 70's my parents bought a new corolla, i think it had a blue interior from memory. The shape of it was a lot better than the later versions, it looked quite sporty though probably not at all fast. I do seem to recall it getting quite rusty in end. My dad never took of the plastic delivery sheet coverings on seats, I hated that. He was saving it for best !
Just found a old photo car, 1978 corolla lift back (hatch), 3 door, 1200cc, probably went to meet its maker on dvla website in 1991.
I know EXACTLY what you mean, we purchased a Toyota Corolla Hybrid , mainly for its fuel economy ( and the wife is somewhat of a greenie) which it’s brilliant for. Easily gets 1000kms in town per tank, but it’s devoid of any type of pulse..... even Mr Bean would prefer to walk. So we also decided on a bit of a weekend toy ( which has turned into a daily drive for me) this being a BMW 123d (E82) which is a great bit of kit for its price - yes it’s economical at 6.3/100 but you don’t have to club it like a harp seal to get to the speed limit let alone the open road limit - where a lunch and a paper it’s required to pass the time like you do in the Toyota !!
Great content - keep it up ( and no not the one where you need the little blue pill)
Scotty's not only about Toyotas. He recently got himself a Miata. He also praises Ford trucks. He's also OK about Subarus and old school Mercedes-Benz and BMWs from the 80s as well as old Volvos. He often tells what exact Toyotas not to buy and he all the time says that they burn some oil. One should listen to what he talks about more attentively instead of just hearing the word "Toyota".
I have an old 2001 manual trans Camry wagon [287,000K] for work and a Mazda MX5 for the weekend.Boredom problem sorted.I actually like driving the Camry.It's got that solid feel and very smooth riding.You can get a ton of stuff in the back too.I had a BMW.Won't make that mistake again.Sure they're nice to drive but you're always wondering when the next repair bill is coming.
A Corolla doesn't get you miles per gallon, it gets you smiles per gallon. As a car enthousiast, I would take a Corolla any day of the week. I work on my cars, and some of those cars designs (non Toyota), I am like "WTF, who designed this stupid crap". The problem with rich car enthousiast, most of them don't work on their cars. Did an oil change on a Mercedes, where is the biiping dip stick to check oil level? Why Corolla, it's just simple, it makes me smile because it's so simple. Every single piece is there for a reason " oh look at my air suspension, I will have smooth ride. When they break down, it's a pain in the ass to replace them" Why change it if it works perfectly fine. The more I work on cars, the more I appreciate Toyota.
My first car was a 2004 Toyota Corolla, 1.4 litre petrol. I paid 4000 euro in 2013 for it. I drove it for 8 years, did over 150,000 miles and it never, ever, ever, ever gave one single issue. Oil, brake pads, disks and tyres. Wash, rinse, repeat. Bullet proof. I got rear-ended a couple months into owning it, the other car was a write-off and the Corolla had a slightly warped rear bumper, I never even had it checked. I recently bought a 2019 520D. Its glorious, lovely to drive, I feel great driving it. Its fun. But... in many ways it is the bullet-proof, reliable work-horse nature of the (older gen) Corolla that define them and give them character, in spite of their dull, vapid nature. A bit like a donkey. And everybody loves and admires a donkey. I still have the Corolla. And I'm almost certain that I'll have it longer than the BMW.
About the buzzing sound on the pedal, might be the ABS sensor getting pieces of metal on it and needs cleaning. My avensis had it after wheel bearing change,had to clean the sensor in order to stop the sound and the feeling on the pedal. Good luck :)
I had a Toyota Corolla in 2002. Then a Lexus IS 220, now a Lexus 300h. Some issues here and there, but all of them cheap to maintain, much cheaper then their german counterparts.
My father was one of these “Toyota” people. Well, not with Toyotas but with Hondas. He’d lived a lifetime of driving boring, bland, gutless cars with “highlights” being “metallic silver paint” or a “well-laid out instrument cluster” 😴. Eventually, with a bit of persuasion, I got him to realise he only has one life, so he started buying exciting cars. He traded the Honda life to drive about in a Supercharged Jaguar... and ironically, NOTHING has went wrong, yet.
He’s also traded in my mum’s 2017 Honda HR-V (yeah, they actually made a 2nd gen) for a new Volvo XC40 (I know that’s nothing special, but it’s well out of their usual comfort zone)
Good for them! Thats quite a departure from Honda's
"Nothing has went wrong"? Is that British for "I learned English from social media"?
Sounds like he downgraded
First Corolla I drove was back in 1974. Drove from West Yorkshire to Staffordshire, Shropshire, around there a bit and back home. Never put ant patrol in. Quite impressed at the time.
Not all Toyota's are boring and forgettable
The new GR Yaris is probably THE best hot hatch available atm, the Celica GR Four was an amazing car back in the day as were the old MR2's, the GT86 is a brilliantly engineered cheapish drifting machine, the new GR Supra is pretty cool and of course Lexus is owned by Toyota too and they have some unbelievable cars like the LFA, V8 LC500, RCF etc.
So you can have fun, performance, leading edge tech and awesome fun in Toyota's, it's not just the German's who make exiting cars.
Now your motoring Matt. Been driving various makes of cars over a period of 60 years, including several BMWs, Range Rover and Porsche. Bought my first Toyota four years ago and it’s been a revelation. Maybe not as exciting, but for me, reliability is more important than image or outright performance.
I really enjoy your objective, informative and ever so slightly tongue in cheek videos. As for Scotty Kilmer, many apologies but I have never heard of him before, I do agree with his comments regarding Toyota vehicles. Probably having worked in a Toyota Dealership for many years I can fully appreciate the build quality and reliability they offer, well apart from the odd hiccup along the way.
Or it could be that I am one of those old boring, bland and magnolia coloured people who kind of like anonymous reliability and don't mind being overtaken by "petrol heads", even in my old Bentley, at high speed and enjoy seeing them just two cars ahead of me in a traffic jam.
In very old (Yorkshire) Motor Trade parlance the Corolla you have is what we would call a little pippin or a little gem. I would be more that happy to drive it down to some foreign parts.
Buzzing brakes - maybe the disc backing plate catching.
By the way, what is the opposite of a "petrol head"?
opposite of a petrol head: not-a-cunt
My wife and me grew up 6 children we never had money to buy a new car, so I drive what I find in great numbers at the junkyard, in my case Audi, you see I live about two miles away from the Audi factory and I was very pleased with them, besides you can build in many parts from Skoda, Seat and VW. Here on the streets of Germany are 16,000,000 cars from VW and they land after a time at the junkyard. My previous car was an Audi A3 1.9 TDI which I bought with 319,000 km on board and I drove it till it reached 704,655 km when I overturned on the motorway and was forced to give the car to the junkyard (you see God takes the best first). So you can drive what you like. Scotty gives tips to people who go to the repair shop with their cars and are there depleted of their money and I find that if you are someone who barely makes it from a months to the next then he is totally alright. Toyota has a better quality, but in Germany where I live there are only 1,500,000 Toyotas on the streets and I barely find something at the junkyard. On the other hand I repair on my own and almost never go to the repair shop. I once bought a Mercedes for 250 DM and repaired it on my own....God bless you.
Reliable is good, I needed a budget car as my daily whilst I garaged my Alfa Romeo as a fun car. Ended up with a choice between the Toyota Auris and the Honda Civic both roughly 2007 models. The Honda won in the end as the reliability is there too but the Civic 8th gen is a far more interesting car than the 1st gen Auris. I did have an old mk1 MR2, that was not boring but that was back when Toyota liked their sports cars.
I was 9 years old when my parents bought a Toyota Corolla, brand new. Same as this just the sedan version. We had this for 19 years. Yes, NINETEEN years. Except for the normal things like spark plugs, brakes, oil, filters, and gas we spent 300$ on that. It is 19 years old now the biggest problem is that the left doorstep having some rust. It could be 200$ to fix so let's say 500$ in 20 years. The car is just totally bulletproof. If the cars would be this good the repair shops would close but we have BMWs :) And yes! The car is boring. Boring as hell. Nothing fancy, no power, nothing. It just goes and goes and goes until you get so bored that you sell it.
What you didn’t tell us about is a cheap reliable alternative to the Corolla ?
Had plenty of fun thrashing a corolla around the peaks, but the fine line you speak of is basically a Lexus. Ive got a 2006 GS430, its fairly quick, full of gadgets, comfortable and nice to drive, all that and it all it costs me is a yearly service.
I had one of these, loved driving it just because of the reliability factor. Occasionally got dirty looks driving past Land Rover or Jaguar owners as they were getting put on the back of a low loader. 😁 Ended up selling this one to a mate who was going to shove a V6 in it although I don't know if he ever did.
But as to excited driving a Corolla, the T-Sport Compressor isn't a bad shout for a bit of fun. I'd also mention the first generation Auris was still known in other parts of the world as the Corolla. The JDM models got the 2GR-FE 3.5 V6 which is a real peach of an engine under the Blade Master model name.
In 2012 II brought used Corolla GS (I think) from my sister, it was V Reg (1999). I had trouble with it, so I sold it on eBay. I only had it for eight months. I did buy used 54 plate Corolla 1.6 L T Spirit but the trouble with it, when you do over 56 mph it needs another gear. I did reverse and I hit pole at ASDA car park and made shape on the rear bumper. The pole is below the back window. MY next car hope will be Toyota. I do like the old models better.
I bet you can still give it a good spirited drive and enjoy yourself. K11 micras are similarly bomb proof but I always found mine fun and characterful.
And looking at all the modern fiestas and bmws on the hard shoulder whilst I gunned it past them at 80 all day was part of the charm. An auto Corrola would be even better. For me, reliability is priority, its illogical to want something with inferior engineering.
Simple 90's Japanese cars like this are actually fun and characterful in their own right in todays complex digital world. I love fast and beautiful looking cars as much the next petrol head. Yet, I would be quite happy pottering about in a tidy old thing like this Corolla. Proper honest to god engineering.
Reliability is #1. I had a Corolla. 300,000 miles. Just had to change oil, brake pads and battery. I'll take that over looks anyday.
I was looking for my first car a few months back. I was offered a 1.0 litre Micra for like £300. It ran great and probably would have lasted forever and been cheap to run but it had no actual equipment, apart from four seats and a steering wheel. I ended up buying a 2004 mk2 Clio 1.2 for the same price, which needed some work but it had a sportier vibe about it and a lot of toys for something that's 16 years old. I'm really proud of it. It's even easy to work on.
Big L for you the Nissan Micra was far superior.
K12 micra shit pit money pit pal
I agree once you buy one it just keeps running with few issues. Not the fastest or most stylist just the most reliable. Enough said.
The answer (for me) was to buy a 2012 Honda Civic! Bullet proof reliability, polarising styling and a fabulous VTEC screamer of an engine, I absolutely love it!
💩 suspension
I liked the balanced and funny way you put it. It's not always a matter of reliability but a combination of fun to drive, good looking design and other things.
Your spot on. I follow Scotty and love both your channels. 👏👏
Thanks!
My reasoning behind owning a TOYOTA is this: It's good enough and reliable enough for me to use until I can afford to own something more fun and at that point I probably would need a daily, a job the TOYOTA would be perfect at so I wouldn't need to sell it.
It doesn't have a soul until you realise it has taken part in some memories such as «What is love?» playing on the radio just after you've dumped your girlfriend of four years or the simple fact it starts every morning except that one time it didn't because the battery was 12 years old.
The TOYOTA is that trusty friend which you don't have much fun with but you go for a drink with to have a decent discussion, he's always there when you need him, he never lets you down and never judges you despite the fact you might be a bad human being at times and he always forgives you. You see I can't say I'm passionate about my Auris but I have tremendous respect for it.
All down to want you want a car for. Its a car to rely on at a lowish cost. Dull as hell yep, but style and panache costs money.
My last car was so bad and unreliable it caused me constant angsiety which was actually raising my blood pressure, so im very much enjoying my 2013 Avensis. When you rely on your car to make sure you keep your job and you cant afford to keep spooning out heaps of cash to keep it going, then yes Reliability is actually exciting. Sometimes Its very liberating to lose superficial tendancies. we cant all be a mechanic.