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Is it a bad idea to daily a car from 1989?
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From someone that daily'd a 2006 GTO for a few months - I'd recommend against it.
I fucking adore older cars (preferably 85 to 2010) - almost the perfect blend of tech and mechanical elements without being too overly reliant on tech. Fuck touch screens.
However, dailying something that old will definitely be a little bit more challenging than something newer. Sure, it can be cheap to replace parts on an old Toyota, but then you'll need to start looking at your time as a resource. Like how often are you going to want to keep working on it as parts inevitably fail due to age?
It's all up to you, really. If you're in a good spot to be able to make it work then more power to you - but always look at time as a resource as well and recognize that an older car will definitely be biting into your time. Personally, I wouldn't go older than 2003 for a daily.