Diesel Corolla on CL

Shamelessly stolen from another board:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/786516260.html

Still overpriced but whatever. I didn't even know these things existed.

In the Midtown tunnel last week I saw a diesel Isuzu coupe from the mid-70's. It was clean and unrusted. I can't even remember the last time I saw any Isuzu that old, much less a diesel.

I don't think the diesel Corolla came into the US. The original Camry had a diesel option though.

I don't think its overpriced.

The first FWD generation of Corolla had the option of diesel power, it was only offered for '84 and '85 and produced all of 56 horsepower. The diesel powered Camry, offered for the same 2 years had a HUGE....73 horsepower engine. I have no idea how many of either were sold, but I have seen examples of each, here in the 'states, in the last 10 or 15 years.

At $2,000 for a low mileage Corolla, in this condition, I don't think it's overpriced, either. I'm just a little leery of cars that are more than 10 years old that the seller claims have less than 100,000 miles on them.

The general rule seems to be a good deal on a diesel is anything less than 3 times the price of a gas version of the same car. Try finding a turbo diesel MK2 volkswagen for under $5k. lol

back a couple months Diesel cars were at top money, and if they could run on veggie oil,think free fuel. I run all summer for around $50. cant beat that! 82 Isuzu 1.8T coupe. \Thx Ron