Let me rephrase what I've said.
I have a 1992 eagle talon tsi that is more reliable to me with 89k miles than a 2005 subaru legacy GT with 78k by that I mean the talon didn't blow an engine due to a malfunctioning oil pump **claps** go subaru... therefore my statement would be toyota makes a great vehicle too, and I believe the reliability to be about even if not better than my talon. I love my AWD 4 cylinder cars, had a WRX and that was at 150k before I traded it in for a legacy GT biggest pos I ever owned and ever will own. With the celica being obd1 and new cars being made to break down a few years after you buy them due to the complexity of OBD2 computers being programmed to fail so you have to go out and get the new model a few years down the road. I drove my legacy GT nice and easy, ran 93 gas, changed my oil every 3000 miles and it still shit the bed (then again yahoo news says every 15,000 miles is fine in new cars because they're new) < lol and people likely believe that. Back to the matter at hand. so long story short, I find 160,000 miles on a car to be the halfway through life point of Japanese cars. I've had an Aw11 mr2 NA which was easily able to put 25,000 miles on it in one year, and a couple mk3 supras non turbo, and an SW 20 Mr2 as well. (all these older cars may not have rode as nice or had the little cabin noise my legacy GT had but they were a hell of alot stronger mechanically, so i'm never going to question build quality of an old car) We live in a World of lies and conspiracy and to say that buying something new is the best choice you can make is foolish. Inflation is a beautiful thing. 20 years ago when DSMs, Celicas, supras, and sports cars alike ruled the roads a typical guy could own one on a minimum wage part time job and afford their insurance, now you need a full time job making at least $10 an hour to afford a colbalt, gas, and insurance not to mention the cars don't run, last long, nor are they cost efficient to maintain. So for the doubts of an older car being reliable I have no worries, it's been proven and will be proven again and again if you love your old car you maintain it, and if it breaks down you fix it, it'll always have a lower cost of ownership than buying a "new" car. IDK why I just wrote this maybe because it's 5:40am and sleep is over rated.
I replaced radiator, t stat everything bled system as instructed but there's no coolant flowing to the radiator? It's like the waterpump isn't pumping it through the system. When I went to change the thermostat there wasn't one in there at all? for what reason would someone want to do that? I'm not finding oil in the coolant, or coolant in the oil (all headgaskets blow different I know) but for what reason is the coolant not getting to the radiator? The heat blows cool nice and cool. :] Regardless the rocker panel rust is a little too much for me, and the overall condition of the seats have me shaking my head. Anyone want this badboy? $2200 firm.