Toyota Emina 4WD GX Review

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Toyota Emina 4WD GX
2.9 stars
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macane's Review of Toyota Emina 4WD GX

14th May 2009

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    4 months
  • Performance
    3 stars
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1992
  • Doors
    4
  • Practicality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

loads of speeds, workhorse, looks, manouverability


Bad Points

permanent 4wd, not very frugal due to size and weight


General Comments

After expanding our family to three youngsters and regularly hosting students from foreign countries, it was time to get something bigger, i have a 2003 vectra, so i only had limited funds to spend. after trawling ebay and the local papers, i found 3 to look at a lucida, an estima emina 2wd and a 4wd as well, the lucida was dispelled quickly as it sounded like a nail, the 2wd was nice but pretty low spec and hadn't had the problematic cylinder head fixed.
i then went to view the 4wd estima emina on an L plate and was immediately took aback. It was owned by an elderly couple, it had been used to go abroad 3 times a year and looked very tidy. It had had a lot of work done, the head had been replaced, a tow bar fitted a lot of receipts for it. It had a body kit on it and even a spoiler, was fitted with reverse parking sensors and had alloys and sports springs. it was up for £1500, he had only just dropped it down from £2500. so i took it for a test drive and was very happy with it. we started haggling and he was standing strong until i pointed out that it had a damaged tyre, i had seen this as i got out, he dropped the price by £100, i offered him £1300 as i would replace both rear tyres to ensure even wear, and it had a short MOT, eventually he agreed. it failed on emissions so an oil change later i took it back and it flew through. i removed the sports spring as it affected the handling and replaced the 15" alloys with a set of 17" set. so my advice is shop around and you will find a bargain

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