2000 gts, thinking about one Options

[celicaboston1983]

hey guys thinking about picking up a 2000 gts with 120k for 7gs any thoughts about the car? and issues that I sound know about and what should I check for? Thanks in advance

[Kwanza26]

Lots of bias here... as ALWAYS for this car and engine. Because the 2ZZ works like Honda VTEC...

2ZZ = Best toyota performance n/a 4 banger... PERIOD. Yeah... it's a junk motor that comes in one of the best handling cars in the world (Louts Elise)... All of the stuff about them blowing up and such and such... the engines rev to over 8000!!! Any more than that and it's like... super saiyan! Given how the engine works... which isn't for everyone... such as grocery getters and people movers... of course the engines can break. Given theres a ton of little moving parts associated with the VVTLi system... it's a shock they do so well. To argue it's the engine's fault because owners who abuse them blow them up... is just failure.

The engines are crap. True Story - My two best ZZ engine owning friends are each on engine #3 - neither car has reached 150K miles.
Just truth. If you don't race them or mod them or spend much time in lift I'm sur ethey will be fine.

So thats why they dropped the 2zz from the matrix lineup, but still kept for the corolla xrs.

No... they dropped them from the Corollas too... at least the new XRS's. They dropped them because people don't buy toyotas as a fun enthusiast car. People buy toyotas to drive and stuff... so it's not cost effective for toyota to keep an engine around that doesn't appeal to most of their customers. Typical people like something that they can feel move their asses... like the 2AZ... because most people don't pen!s slap their engines everywhere they go to experience the most of its performance.