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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    I have no crystal ball, but I know that no Avalon will ever, ever be this cool.

    Nice price. #1980toyotacressida
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Nice Price. Rabbit Angstrom would be all too willing to let me off the lot of Springer Motors with this bad boy. Just don't let Nelson near it. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/04/09

    @phcordner: I steer clear of all car dealers for fear of receiving the Thelma Harrison treatment. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Mr. Robber, I agree with both your "Nice Price" and "Crack Pipe" descriptions. Would I want it? No, it's too nice, and I don't much want one - slightly too much Malaise even for me. But is it worth that kind of cash? Yes, I'd say it is.

    Nice Price. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Any gen-one Cres is automatic win. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Looks plain... But then again, besides the Le Car, this has been the only one that seemed to be a semi-decent price.

    Comparing it to the last couple of days of stuff, it's NP. However, in it's own merit, meh.

    So, I'll abstain. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    I said, "waaaahhhh"
    I said, "oooohhhhoooohhhhooooeeee"
    I said, "all right"
    I said, "love me, love me, love me"

    NP

    /apologies to Alan O'Day #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    This is a very nice price. Which would rather have, this or a 1980 Dodge Mirada? Ew. The Dodge was probably 3,500 lbs. minimum. This is only 2,400!

    Besides, almost every single other Japanese car with RWD and round headlights has already been tortured, riced and ratted to within an inch of its life. This is one of the last of a dying breed and I say strong nice price. #1980toyotacressida
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Definitely not crackpipe, so I reinterpreted "nice price" as freebasing lithium. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Back in 1980, who would have thought that this model, so evocative of a Dodge Diplomat, would be the most indicative of Toyota's future. Seeing as how crack can make one's heart race (or so I'm told), this is not a crackpipe. More like a 'scrip for Valium, or perhaps a 'lude.

    ...and your absolutely right about the Alfa thing, GR. It's been a month and a half since my last significant repair, so I'll be replacing motor mounts and the blown u-joint this weekend. Hurts so good. #1980toyotacressida
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    "Some people like pain with pleasure — we call them Alfa Romeo owners."

    Or Max Mosley
    Or whoever bought Murilee's book #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Throw on some Watanabe knock off wheels, lower it a bit, and it'd be a fantastic old school VIP cruiser. Nice price! #1980toyotacressida
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    I see a stealth bomber opportunity here... transplant your choice of screaming Toyota V8 or turboed Supra engine and go, go, go! Heretics should stuff in their fave SBC LS-motor.

    Even better, this would make a most excellent drift-mobile. Can you see it sliding sideways, fast (under its own power), whitewall tires roasting super-nova fast, yet sitting in the comfy mouse-fur velour seats?
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    Urban legend has it that all the speakers in first-gen Cressidas are midrange only. #1980toyotacressida
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    The first-generation Cressida was a comfortable, reliable, but ultimately dull sedan of no special ability. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't even remotely sporty, and there's nothing other than scarcity with age that would make it collectible. This means we have to evaluate for its value as an appliance sedan and nothing more. $3,250 isn't a lot of money, but that amount can easily put you in some of the better American sedans of the 1990s - H-body FWD Buick/Olds/Pontiac biggies, first-generation Aurora, Crown Vic, Caprice, Roadmaster, and Grand Marquis. All of these cars are at least decently reliable, are easily serviced, and parts will be no problem. Parts for the Cressida will be difficult, since they didn't sell in big numbers when new and no-one bothered to preserve them. Hell, you can find a 1989-1992 Cressida (a far superior car) or an early Avalon for this sort of money.

    I call Crack Pipe. The Cressida is a decent semi-luxe sedan, but there are too many other semi-luxe sedans for the money that more practical to own.
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/04/09

    In reply to 1980 Toyota Cressida for a Tranquility-Inducing $3,250!
    How appropriate that this epitome of automobile boredom is located in the epitome of driving boredom, Ohio. #1980toyotacressida
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