Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
10/8/24 2:25 p.m.

Is it a Subaru? An Evo? Nope.

The blur flying through the dirt is the unorthodox chassis of a 1985 Toyota Tercel Wagon.

Meet Steven and Lauren Olona, the husband-and-wife duo who emerged second overall and first in class at this year’s Rally Colorado driving their Tercel. Why did this second- and first-place finish mean so much? Let's delve into …

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malibuguy
malibuguy GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/8/24 2:30 p.m.

Any Tercel content is good content

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
10/8/24 2:43 p.m.

Steven and Lauren are truly amazing people to talk to and I look forward to seeing more of their Tercel in the future. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ UltimaDork
10/8/24 2:48 p.m.

Now THIS is the content I'm here for.

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
10/8/24 3:13 p.m.

I wouldn't be (too) mad if this story jacks up the prices of Tercels. wink

Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
10/8/24 4:00 p.m.

I've had tow friends who owned these and they are rugged little cars.

Cool story.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/8/24 4:12 p.m.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

Now THIS is the content I'm here for.

Yup. Nice job, Paris. :) 

WillG80
WillG80 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/8/24 10:26 p.m.

Thanks for the great article! Great people they are!

Love this description as part of Brakes: "Harbor Freight jack handle and custom bracketry"

hobiercr
hobiercr GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/8/24 10:44 p.m.

I'd love to hear how they like the Beams 3S-GE engine and 6spd in a racing platform.

Steven_Olona
Steven_Olona New Reader
10/9/24 10:58 a.m.
hobiercr said:

I'd love to hear how they like the Beams 3S-GE engine and 6spd in a racing platform.

Steven here. In short, it's awesome. Literally change the oil every 3ish events with synthetic penzoil and an oem filter and it just keeps ripping. It probably drank several gallons of water at 100 acre wood rally and didn't skip a beat (speed density helps). The transmission is also great, my main complaint with it is the lack of a reverse lockout so it's easy to go into the reverse gate when trying to grab second gear, not a huge deal as you get used to it.

Theyre pretty expensive these days so not sure I'd buy another if this one blows up. Kinda eying a 2gr.

Tk8398
Tk8398 HalfDork
10/9/24 1:53 p.m.

Those cars are cool, I would drive one but they are pretty much excinct here.

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