Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: Toyota

  • Cars of a Lifetime: 1996 Mercury Sable GS Wagon and 1998 Toyota Sienna XLE

    There comes a time in every family man’s life when he needs to own practical cars. I put it off as long as I possibly could, but when my third kid was on the way I couldn’t put it off any more. I sold my coupe and bought first a station wagon and then – shiver –…

  • Cars of a Lifetime: 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5

    My next post is up in the Cars of a Lifetime series over at Curbside Classic, and it’s about my ex-wife’s little red Corolla coupe. It was a great little car, and it suited her to a T. For once, this isn’t a rehash of stories I’ve told before. Well, I did lift a short…

  • Toyota bashing

    This is my car the day I bought it (used) in 2009, all shiny from a fresh dealer detailing. It’s had more than its share of nicks and dings, as I wrote about a couple years ago. This year, my poor car hasn’t been able to catch a break. In March, I took it a little…

  • How to replace the side mirror on a 2003 Toyota Matrix

    Backing out of my tiny garage the other day, I took it a little wide. The passenger-side mirror hit the garage door’s frame and – crack! crunch! – quickly and efficiently removed itself. D’oh! This isn’t the first time I’ve done this. The last time was about ten years ago. I was driving my wife’s car down…