6G Celicas Forums

1. Sue for 10s of thousands
2. Buy a new bonnet and fender
3. Keep Celica
4. Live the good life

I can already tell it's going to need a paint job. Yellow is the worst color for longevity...

That alone shoots up immediate repairs needed to be done, and the 145k on the engine is well more than mine had when I purchased mine. And I paid less than that, and it was a GT.

Btw, mine was about 120k and I had a lot of repairs, including clutch, engine fans, radiator etc. BE SURE TO CHECK ALL THESE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAR as they probably need to be replaced.

But yeah, if he's firm on 3500, I'd walk.

I feel really bad for you. When you sell this Celica one day, you'll get only a small fraction of your money you put in back from it.

Hence why I want to do it differently this time around .

Oh, I'm sure it won't be easy. Consider this me asking our little community at the very least if someone has one for sale. But I plan to look where I can and find one eventually. It's not a huge rush, and I know I can find one.

I don't want to do what I did last time and rush into a purchase I later regret. As much as I loved my Celica, it wasn't really what I was looking for. This time, now that I know what to look for thanks to this site, I'll do it right.

So if it takes a year or two, so be it. But at least it'll be my dream car I've been looking for, and I'll keep it forever.

As far as legality, I'll just tell the BMV it's a GT. They don't know the differences anyway, nor care. I've seen people get away with far worse.

If that doesn't work out, I'd settle for doing an engine swap with GT-Four bumper/hood/spoiler. But that's a last resort. I'd like to get what I really want if I'm going to spend the money for it.

Yes please!

At the time I needed something more reliable. And something that wasn't a money pit. It just was a bad time for a project car. Honestly, financially it was just a bad time, period. Thankfully my wife's medical condition improved and she was able to get back to work, which really helped us out tremendously.

Got hit in the quarter panel and mirror.

Thanks for the warm welcome back. Good to see you again Richee3!

Thanks for the help regarding the scratches, 95CelicaST. However, I now have a bigger issue on my hands. Someone hit my car with something white. My whole driver's side quarter panel is dented in and my mirror is pretty messed up. Seriously this Honda is cursed, lol. It's been keyed 3 times, hit now twice, and it's hood dented/chipped from a cement truck in one year. I've never had such bad luck cosmetically. My Celica was spotless, lol.

Speaking of which, I know at least when I used to be on the boards that some members had GT-Fours in the states, telling the state it was simply a GT. While that's easy enough, what is the best way to purchase one (outside of finding a local seller) from outside the country? Say, Canada for instance.. how would you import it without them knowing it's a GT-Four? Just curious if this is honestly even feasible.

I hope it is, because I really do miss my Celica to death.

Not sure who is left from when I was here, but figured I'd pop in and say hi again and share the story of the last few years since selling my Celica.

I am definitely starting to miss my Celica that I sold. The 6th generation Celica has always been my dream car, specifically the GT-Four I never was able to get back then. Since then, the economy has gotten better, and things are looking much better financially. So hopefully a GT-Four is in my future. Anyway, since then I've also owned a few cars... and it's been a miserable ride:

First one after the Celi was a 02' Mini Cooper S. Really fast, especially after I modified it, but had to be the most unreliable car in the world. Water pump/installation 2200 dollars... yeah.. don't ask. And no, you can't do it yourself. The car is so damned low and the part is so far hidden deep inside the car, you're stuck. That's just one of tons of issues. Paint, engine, hatch electronics, power locks, speedometer, interior, brake system... all within a year. Was a nightmare. Stay FAR away from BMWs.

Had to get out of the Mini to escape repairs and got into an Xterra which was nearly as bad as the Mini. Won't go too far into detail, but the truck was just poorly engineered. Rust issues, the "8 thousand mile clutch", horrible build quality in the dash, no clear coat on the roof from factory, ball joint bearings, etc. All with low miles.. just a bad truck. Gas mileage killed me, too when the gas prices skyrocketed. And between it and the Mini, really put us in some debt.

So I had to get in a lease to get rid of the negative equity. I'm now driving a '11 Honda CR-Z. The car is extremely reliable. No complaints there. The paint on all CR-Zs though is horrid. All of them for some reason have millions of circular scratches in the paint. It's a large issue. That and the paint is thin as heck. Other than that, 40 mpg and decent pick up and go, it's good for the 19k I spent on it. Hard to find a reliable, peppy, fuel efficient 6speed now a days. And it's helped make life a lot less of a headache, which I can't thank it enough for doing.


But as time goes on, I really just want go hop back in a Celica. I miss the feel of the car. I miss the looks. I miss the interior. I miss those tail lights. There's just something about them that's just perfect in more ways than one. I'm thinking of getting a GT-Four either when the lease is over, or just a fixer upper while I use the Honda as my daily commuter. Still going back and forth, and it also depends greatly what happens with my career which is on the edge of promotion.

Anywho, it's good to be back, in some form.. even without a Celica. Hopefully some of the guys and gals that were here when I was around are still on the boards.

Was sold outside of eBay. Ending price was $4700.

Thanks guys. All gone.

Two hours left!

They are . Actually, it's the other way around. It's the automatic transition R50s that are the issues most of the time .

Yep, two different Minis.

Anywho, thought I'd update and let everyone know there's a little over 9 hours left in the auction.

Here's a better shot from this morning:

Best I could do in the garage....:

Thanks man! One more day on the auction. We got another Mini tonight after trading in the Prius for my wife haha. Now we have two .

It was a mix of wet and dry. The decals are on there good...not like they'll come off by themselves, but if you want them off, yes you can take them off. I made sure the paint was fully cured before I applied them.

Thanks everyone. Each of you shows me reason after reason to stay on this site after the car is sold .

This is my new MCS:

Now on auction on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...=STRK:MESELX:IT

My friend who's into cars and I both put the decals on. It was a 3 day project haha.. and a pain in the arse.

I've had a bunch of friends on another forum suggest eBay. They said it might do really well in an auction and get more than what I want for it. Depending on fees, I just might...

I'd be not so happy if I still had this by summer hahaha .

Hey, vent away bud. If someone called me out like that and it was wrong, I'd be pissed. Let's just keep it clean from here on out though .

Btw, I'm lowering it to my final price. $4900. It's terribly low for the car, but I really don't have room for it and I need it gone. For that price you could get your own 3sgte and spend a crap load less than buying a stock GT and doing all the mods I've done minus the engine.

Thanks for the bump.

I've had requests of the interior. These are the only ones I have on hand, but I'll take more when I get home:


I can take more pictures when I get home, but I do have a couple pics I took from my phone a bit ago. I'll post them below.

PM sent.

He wasn't talking about me, Kyle , but bad mouthing that guy on this thread was still innapropriate

I'm selling the car because I bought a new Mini Cooper S. I don't really have the space for three cars, so the celica gets the boot.



As an offer to others, if someone buys this money in hand by Friday I'd sell the car for 5k. Regarding the PM that was sent, the tread life on the tires is at least 50-60%. Thanks everyone.