Both myself and my best mate bought TX5 Ghia around the same time. They had comparble KMs on them too.... about 170,000. I went through:
1 x clutch (ok, it was only half my fault, seriously it was ok until I dropped it too hard too often)
1 x timing belt which I concur is normal for the KMs on the car
1 x radiator top tank, 2 x coolant hoses,
1 x mid muffler
1 x rear muffer
I loved that car, and I really didn't drive like a bell end, when I came to sell it I had over 2k worth of stuff to do to bring it up to RW including 4 bushes for the suspension control arms @ $500+ each. When I asked the mech. why it was so much he just said "oarts for old cars are expensive" maybe it took me for a ride but all the other stuff was expensive too. Also, telstars are one of the most stolen cars on the road. Mine got stolen from outside my house, (damn it, I left the club lock on the floor) but you should bear that in mind.
I'd look at a jap hatch for that much mula, like a corolla or something. They might be granny cars, but that's good cause you can get one with LOW kms on it, and they are cheap to insure and they are bullet proof, or a laser KF etc. they're basically 323's anyways....
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