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fishman

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Blak_Mamber said:
No motorway miles, just around town and country lanes etc.. & thats what i got when running the car in !!!! Is something wrong there you think? I do think it drinks fuel and it shouldnt be.. im only running standard boost too!!!!!!!
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i get 220 also mate, i have usually breathing mods and .8 bar, 220 occasional 240.haha with some motorway
 
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Qwerty123il

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My dad has raised another concern, a lot of the cars on eBay etc have done 100,000 miles + and have had no engine work done on them. As we have already discussed normal reliability is fine but these are doing a lot of miles with no re build etc, plus these will have been imported and brought by people either to well look after them, and keep them prestige show cars, or they will be raced around and so have extra wear on the engine. So how many miles will these do before failure? On average of course as it's impossible to say accurately how long an individual engine will last.
 
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AdamB

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Toyota engines are very reliable, but aslong as they are well serviced. If you can find out some part history of the car that will give you a base to start from. Find out how often the oil and filter has been changed, how often the cambelt is done, etc. You sure it's not 100,000 KM?
 
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Qwerty123il

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It's miles, they say clock reads 100+ k's which makes 100,000 miles. Some are around 80,000 but I haven't seen lower. But from a nearly 20 year old car that isn't bad! Mines 8 years old and has done 70000. I'll make sure I look at the history.
 
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Routinely come across EP82's here that have done 230,000+ km's, Had one guy crack into the 12's on his original 270+km's engine. Exceptionally reliable if basic servicing has been kept up with, you can usually get a good indicator of service history by checking inside the oil filler or even better, pulling off the cam cover. If it's golden, you're probably going to be fine.
 
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Qwerty123il

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Have another couple of questions now so reviving this thread!
1. A lot of starlets for sale are de cat, how would you pass the mot with a de cat exhaust? Would I need another and swap it off at the time of mot? My current car just failed an mot due to emissions and needed a new cat, They are stupidly expensive so I dont want to have to buy one.
2. When I go to insurers and look for an ep82, it comes up with a starlet gt, (I have to do make and model searches as all the numberplates I have tried did not work) now is that with or without a turbo acording to them? I'm sure there is not just a GT model and only the GT Turbo. It is a standard feature on the car so why should I need to delcare standard features? My car has an abarth body kit, wheels and interior, I havent declared any of them as they are standard on the "abarth" model, so surely its the same here?
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aidan

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you should get 30mpg handy enough as for sourcing parts its a doddle as there so common and as for being able to handle it they aint that quick as standard so you'l be fine they are a very reliable car depending on how they were treated so just try find an un abused one...as for insurance they will probably ask if its turbo anyway they usually do...you will need a cat for mot but are got s/h cheaply
 
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Qwerty123il

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Doing a bit of googleing and I found this:
"I have my policy with Admiral and they insist that any options fitted over 'standard' spec of a particular model be declared"
The standard spec has a turbo so no declaration?
 
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