1.5 years later
Sorta still new. 2006~2007
This is a tribute to my car that takes me from point A to B everyday anyday. It now has 57,000+ miles on it. It's my 2005 Corolla XRS. Paid for it mostly up front, it cost $16,500 out the door after all said and done, what a deal. It had ~65 miles on it when I bought it.
Quite nice. I did a few little things to the car, including removing the side moldings, tinting, lowering it, front and rear sway bars, HID's then switching to PIAA super yellow halogens.
I changed the clutch at about 40-45,000 miles. The stock clutch is weak and can barely handle the 8750RPM redline that it's set to. It's a fun peppy little car equipped with the 2ZZ-GE, found in the Celica GT-S, Matrix XRS, Pontiac Vibe GT, and Lotus Elise / Exige S.
Very rev-happy and has around 150~180 to the front wheels.
I originally wanted to turbo boost this car to 400whp with a MonkeyWrenchRacing turbo kit and get a helical LSD for the car, but got into drifting and rear wheel drive cars, seeing the limitations of FWD setups. Too bad Toyota's re-release of the XRS is just a 4 door mini camry 2.4L 4 cyl with no go....so sad. Oh well, Toyota is the #1 car company for a reason, they sold their souls to be it. As far as MPG goes, the car gets about 30-34 MPG mixed driving. I love it.
Exhaust: TRD Axle-back Exhaust and Magnaflow high-flow cat
Wheels: OEM Alloy XRS wheels 16"
Tires: Hankook Ventus RS-2 (Size: 225/45ZR16)
Tail lights: 2nd-Gen Altis-style tails
Intake: K&N Short Ram Intake
Spark Plugs: Denso Iridium (IK20)
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