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New from New Orleans

New from New Orleans

Postby alky181 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:16 pm

I owned an 05 Scion TC and it was totaled. The car was awesome. I bought it for $16,000 new. When it was totaled, it was appraised for $11,000 with 10100 miles!!!! What a great resale value!! With the money, I purchased a 2007 Solara SLE 2.4L with 26,000 miles for $14,000. I am a proud Solara owner now. It drives much better than t he TC and somehow has more pick up. I don't understand that since they both have the same engine. I'm even getting 34 MPG on the hwy. The Scion was closer to 28 MPG. I'm hoping to get some pointers on modifying the Solara.

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Re: New from New Orleans

Postby Jabraltar » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:42 am

Welcome! Sounds like you got a great deal on your new purchase.
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Re: New from New Orleans

Postby yaddadaimsayin » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:33 am

my best suggestion would be to pick up the TRD Rear Sway Bar (RSB). It helps your handling tremendously and stiffens up that 'boat' feeling on turns. welcome to the forum, jeff!
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Re: New from New Orleans

Postby GzNutz » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:14 pm

Welcome!
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Re: New from New Orleans

Postby DSM_Lara » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:22 am

As we say in Hawaii "E Komo Mai" Image to Solaraguy.
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Re: New from New Orleans

Postby alky181 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:30 pm

I did notice it needed a beef up sway bar and or strut bar. The handling was tighter on the TC.
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