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I can't pick which car

CodyThornton23
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02 Toyota Corolla or 05 Toyota Corolla?

I have the choice of buying one of the two following cars. Despite looking over carcomplaints.com and kellybluebook, I am torn at deciding on which car to buy, when considering the mileage.

2002 Toyota Corolla (145,000 miles), automatic

2005 Toyota Corolla (230,000 miles), manual

Which should I buy? Roughly the same price, selling my current car to afford this

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Techsus
Techsus

Verifiable history of scheduled oil changes? I'd take a 2nd look at that manual transmission, if it has been taken care of.

BenjaminT
BenjaminT

Go with which ever one has been taken care of better. I've seen both those model years reach 300k miles no problem.

CARGURU
CARGURU

Definitely the 2002, likely to last longer vs the 2005 which might be at the end of its life.

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