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Dibs on the steering wheel.

anywhozzles, should do like what Daniel and I did: Move up to a Supra. Jus sayin.

It's funny you mentioned the Legacy. I was looking for one of those as well after the Celica. Never found one that I wanted though. It was either fully loaded, but an auto, or base model with a manual. :\

Start looking around eBay, AutoTrader, CraigsList, etc... to find some in comparable condition to show what it'd cost to replace it. That and go to NADA to get the retail value for it, can go to KBB but they seem to always be off. When my Miata was totaled I was able to get NADA average retail out of them, which was over twice what I paid for it.

This post has been edited by Box: Feb 24, 2015 - 10:24 PM

Subaru's are great cars. I'm loving my obs but it can never replace my Celica.

Sorry to hear it.

Even all season tires aren't that great in the snow. The difference between the two is that snow tires are very soft and they don't freeze or become hard (amazing grip too). When I had all seasons on one winter, if I parked in some snow or on ice, the tire would freeze and would take forever to warm up.
I know it doesn't make sense financially, but if you can find a set cheap enough, it might be worth the slight investment just in case. It seems like the south is starting to get more snow every year so it's something you might want to consider.
Glad you're alright though.

Definitely agreed, Mike. I'm already planning to purchase some for next winter since this looks to be the new "Winter" trend for us; February snow multiple times in increasing amounts.

how bad is the damage? like completely totalled?

Today I went for my first drive since the 1MZ FE swap and I am impressed. Here is a picture of the exhaust tip:



I went with 2 1/2" 409 16 gauge stainless steel tubing:



More details will be posted after I take a few videos.

Insurance has completely totaled it; cost to repair is $3250 and they've valued the car at $3416. I'm not happy with that valuation as it doesn't include any customizations/modifications (which they say won't add value) AND they refuse to let me put the stock parts (tail lights, headlights, etc.) back on to let me keep the "valueless" aftermarket stuff without buying back the car.

I have sent them a list of comparable 99 Celica liftbacks to see if that will get them to raise the value before I make a counter-offer for $5500; if not, I'll be seeking arbitration/mediation.

I don't know who you are insured with, but it is not your job to find comparable cars. That's just a tactic they use to try to stall time. Guaranteed every single car you send them will not be "comparable." Also, send them receipts for everything. Brigette and I just settled with State Farm earlier this week for an amount that would make your jaw drop. $5,500 is a very fair assessment and if you have 90 days to wait them out, you'll probably get it.

That's bull****, you can take whatever you want off YOUR car before signing the title over. Either way it'd be worth doing the buyback as it was like $500 for my Miata that ended up being a $4900 and some change payoff. Most states if the repair cost exceeds 70-75% of the retail value it's totaled. Which going off NADA and assuming an average of 15,000 miles a year(225,000 total) clean retail is $3,725. Mileage deducted $475, so you could possibly be at least in the low-mid $4,000 range easily. It seems like it'll be how mine was and it'll be in that threshold zone and they'll just want to total it instead of having a body shop fix it and possibly exceed the totaled value, plus doing that you have to sign off on the work in order to close the claim. Of course if they're going by KBB it's much lower, $2,900 with the same mileage. I can't recall what your mileage is though I'm sure it's not that high, but I'm guessing they're going off KBB.

This post has been edited by Box: Feb 27, 2015 - 2:10 PM

I had a nice outing to my parent's place over my weekend. I love driving to their place since it's quite remote, and the roads are usually empty. I unfortunately missed one of the ferries which led to a fortunate impromptu drive up a local mountain up to the ski resort. Since it's been a mild winter, the resort is shut down, so there were no cars going either up or down the road. They hold an annual hill climb at this location, so I thought I'd take a try to see what it's like. Google told me 20 minutes of regular driving. Yep.

But now that I've gotten back, my front right tire has been bottoming out to the point where it's marking up the sidewall of the tire. It's bad because I can hear it scrape when I hit even the smallest of road bumps.

I'm starting to get frustrated with the car as every time I repair something, another item goes bad. Not exactly sure if it is my spring or struts that are bad, or if I can even find a single replacement strut, or if I need to replace the spring only, or whether I should spend a grand on some BC racing coilovers. All I know is that this repair now takes precedent over my exhaust leak (again), and I still have to replace my CV axle.

Guhhhhh! Tax return needed nowwwwwwwwww!

Today I ordered the full set of decals of the WRC GT-FOUR rally car to complete the finish of my car. Looking forward to see them in the car. I ordered them off Mook and it looks promising. I am finishing the project as I had envisioned it.

Holy Hell, you haven't been on in forever.

If the question is for me, I have been busy getting married I still need to finish the car and I am closer than ever.

Congratulations then!

Mounted Cooper Weather Master tires to deal with all this snow in the north east

I bought white guages from beams. Bulb should have Orange caps or special bulb?

My brother recently mounted some Cooper Zeon RS3-A tires he was able to get for $350 shipped for a set of 225/45/18 and 245/45/18 on his Genesis Coupe. Huge improvement in traction and feel over the Bridgestone Potenza sport tires that were on it. Even if the Cooper tires hadn't been on sale like they were they'd be worth it, very impressed.

I swear by general altimax artics for snow tires. Very grippy and controllable in the snow. Never freeze either cause of the soft rubber.