The old 93 has been getting increaingly less road-worthy of late, she's started losing radiator juice as well as oil in the last week. Well at 230,
264 miles, I've parked her for good. She's served the family for over 12 years and 204,000 miles, but it's time to replace her.
I spotted a '95 AE04B on Ebay locally with only 98,000 miles at a local dealer. The reserve was $3000, and the bidding had only made it to 1325. I went to the dealer to look at it. He tried telling me the Kelly Blue Book was over $4000 for the car, but that was in excelent condition. It's been hit on the front bumper. New paint and grill and one headlight and new plastic between the headlights and the front radiator. Also there is a bit of bondo in the trunk right well, which is not uncommon for a Corolla of that age. So it's not in excellent condition, but it's in good condition.
I did manage to talk him down a good bit. Drove the new car home tonight. Got to get a new sticky velcro pad for the I-pass.