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I put over 200,000 miles on an '86 GL wagon with a 5-speed and dual-range 4WD. Wonderful car; Vermont road salt was its undoing. Never had an overheating problem, that's with AC and mostly-Subelt driving, never replaced the clutch, and I taught my teenaged daughter to drive in the thing... but I will second what somebody said about those timing belt idler pulleys. (I also had an accessory belt idler seize.) The dual-range, 4WD gearbox was a dream on unpaved mountain backroads. Navigating steep, downhill terrain in low, you don't need to brake and find yourself giving it gas just to move.
And I think it had, like, a whopping 90 horsepower. But it would run 75 in cruise all day long... once you got it there. And it approached 30mpg (when driven sanely and with a light payload) on regular fuel.
As a matter of fact, should you find one for sale in my part of the country, let me know.
dcb
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