I was browsing the Portuguese car sale portal Standvirtual and searched for interesting cars and found this very good looking Toyota Carina TA60 sedan:
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
Basically the same as mine, but what caught my eye was the asking price for this car: only 550 euros!
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
Minor dent above the exhaust, but it’s bootlid appears to be rust free…
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
…and from the side it also appears to be rust free, so it can’t be rust!
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
Interior looks as good as mine…
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
…and also has the three point seatbelts on the rear seats!
Portuguese Toyota Carina sedan TA60
And the doors are also as rust free as mine… The car has 80000 kilometers on the odometer, so that’s roughly the same as mine… And I don’t think the price includes the dog…
So, you may ask why is this car this cheap then? It is simple: the car is an unwanted car! It is not a Celica or the sporty Corollas (TE71 or AE86) and AFAIK Portugal has no legislation for 25 year old cars like The Netherlands has. Basically it is considered an old clunker… The car has no papers! ;)
Thanks to Santos for the correction!
Now, who can chip in for a one way ticket to Lissabon?? ;)