2003 - 2004 corollas

If the 03 or 04 is the "first year" of a new model I would avoid it. I would also avoid paying any significant extra for the "upgrades" model. Just me.

'03 was the 4th year of its generation, so the '04 cars are the first model of the present generation. There were some differences, but at this point I can no longer remember what they were! A look-see at a "new cars" issue of Consumer Reports from back then (library periodicals section, unless old issues are available online?) would probably list the upgrades/differences. The dash of an "S" is going to be different than that of an LE, but you probably know that...

I have an '04, which was the first year of its generation model. I've had four Corollas since '84, & they're so reliable that I don't hestitate to buy a new model year.

Cathy

Weird, the reviews I looked at said '03 was the first of the new Corolla model year, so I think you must be mistaken....

While it was a limited survey, to be sure, and it is NOT a corolla, when I was considering a Camry a few years ago, I looked at the TSBs on the 03 Camry vs. the 02, with the 02 being the first of the model year. The 02's had a fairly significant number of issues. Sure, most were small, but at least they ironed them out before the 03s rolled off the line..

Nah, we're talking Toyota here.

In 1980 my 78 Corolla got smashed in to, so I needed a new car.

I narrowed my choices to a Chevy Citation X-11 and a new for 1980 Corolla SR-5.

The Citation was a second or third year model, and the Corolla was all-new for 1980.

I decided I liked Toyotas more than I liked being 'patriotic' and buying an American car.

I drove the Corolla for 6 years and 250,000 miles, with very few, very minor problems.

Do you remember the history of the Citation...?

nah, can't say that I do. However, when I was a very young kid, a widowed neighbor had purchased one of the early Toyota, one of the first or second wave or so to hit the US, don't remember what model, but does Corona make sense....

Anyway, she had it for a year or two with no real problems, but the neighborhood gas station owner, who was the mechanic for all the cars in the neighborhood made it his goal to make her get rid of that &#*($ foreign car.

He finally talked her into it, and she ended up buying one of the AMC cars. Again, I don't remember the model, but that thing HONESTLY was broken down more than it was running. LOL>

the big brother of the Chevette, and just as rotten. You seldom see one on the road (but probably plenty in wrecking yards.

Which one will help you pick up the most chicks? :)