It is a very nice car. I can honestly say it is the most relaible car I have ever owned, and my last car was the 87 Supra. It doesn't handle as nice as the Supra though, but few cars do. A bit of advice on the trans is make sure that you get the EXACT right one. These things are computer controlled like everything else on the car and if the electronics aren't the same you will have trouble. It's not like the old days where you could just bolt on a trans and go. If the computer says no, then you don't go. Someone more expert than me can say what exactly will work. You might just see about getting the one it has fixed.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra