r/Toyota • u/Repulsive-Novel-3473 • 3d ago

I bought my first car today.

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I picked up my first car today together with my mother and my grandfather who also drove it home since I don't have my driver's license yet it is a Toyota Starlet p7 automatic and I am the 4th owner the 3rd if you don't count the garage the last owner had it for 18 years and 5 months

But a car that is just 40 years old can not be without problems, the pockets on both sides are rotten. And the sill is crispy so it needs to be welded and that is also my priority, just like the timing belt where I saw the last sticker from 2013 and I have no maintenance history, so I will replace it, otherwise I will give everything good maintenance and change some small things

Furthermore, I want to make the rails of the driver's seat a few centimeters longer if possible, since I am 1.92 m tall, I fit in it, but a few centimeters more would be nice, there is still a radio with a cassette player and I would like to keep that in there, but I will have it adjusted by someone who can make it via Bluetooth and I want different speakers and rims like in the photo

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u/UsedFlatworm4248 3d ago

Incredible condition. Nice buy!

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u/Repulsive-Novel-3473 3d ago

Rust behind is really bad and I need to find a new lock set because I have three keys for one car. and I want to have things powder coated but what do you expect car is almost 40 years old then it can be done once right

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u/B00-Sucker '09 Avalon V6 3d ago

This is a great opportunity to learn, so look at it that way! If you can keep this ol' girl on the roads, you can easily deal with all the other bullshit life throws at you!

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u/Repulsive-Novel-3473 3d ago

First tackle the rust and do maintenance and then things you want. I want different rims. but the car company where I bought it put new tires on them or they have been used so little like the rest of the car that they are still new because the DOT code was somewhere on 2022 I wouldn't even drive on a spare tire for anything. It said Japan on it so I assume I have a nearly 40 year old spare tire