Comments on: Hey, Driver

By: Manu Dibango fan

Manu Dibango fan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:04:19 +0000

“Iâ€™ve never seen the Toyota Starlet before (but I bet it was high maintenance).” I don’t believe Toyota Starlet was a high maintenance car. I think Ryan is right; US government was protecting Detroit from imported cars, especially from Japanese cars.
It is odd to see Toyota cars and Manu Dibango in the same LP cover! Is this issued in France?

By: Von Denny

Von Denny — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:19:08 +0000

Okay class, can you tell me what these items all have in common? That’s right, they’re all out of style.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:02:03 +0000

The starlet was rare, due to importation limits. It had such good mileage, that the big 3 complained, and restricted it to a low number each year.

By: calzone45

calzone45 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:06:39 +0000

The Starlet was Toyotas entry level model..pre-Tercel.

By: boxertwinfan

boxertwinfan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:01:53 +0000

Wrt Starlets — au contraire I owned one for 12 yrs and put 210K miles on it with no major repairs needed. My Ex put 205K on hers over 14 yrs and had the same good fortune wrt need for repairs. This was back in the 80s – early 90s. It was great on gas as well: I averaged low 40s over the life of the car.

By: brem

brem — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:23:35 +0000

Where’s the Tercel…