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I've owned another 6th gen ST back in around 97-98... and I abused the hell out of that poor car. It was built n/a for autoX and didn't smog too well. After about a 2 years or so, I forget how long, but I came across my current car with a for sale sign posted on it. I bought it for 2500 (extremely CHEAP) at the time from a woman who was getting divorced or something like that. Had low miles, great clean condition, but needed a tune-up BAD. It was originally purchased for my dad, but soon afterwards, my old ST crapped out on me and this one became my main car.

I was only 15 still 5 months til i got my license. Went to the delaership to look a V6 Mazda MX6. Drove that, but it was in need of a paint job...drove an Teggy GSR but had some wheel problems and didnt wanna bother with that, drove a 95 Probe GT but didnt really like it much....drove the Celi...loved it. I liked the looks so I got it on the spot. I loved it for a while and after about 6 months of it I have hated it since. Too slow, bought a 3rd gen RX7 got stolen...bought a MKIII supra and a 2nd gen rx7 with insurance money....sold them bought my Rex and now just bought my 00 Clipse.

How do you afford that.

After having a 2.5l diesel montero for 5 years it was time for a new car. As i was in love with the Celi since my father had a 1st gen and being a huge fan of the wrc and toyota, i decided on the celi. Unfortunately it was too expensive for a JDM. My uncle (used car dealer) imported a Curren quite chiep because it was not as marketable as the Celi and i loved it because it was unique but had a Celi SS2 170bhp engine in it. 4 years later, i was considering the swap and called my uncle's japan guy for an engine. An accident car gt4 with only 15000 km was also available so i got both(engine and gt4) together with all parts needed to be fixed.

i had my first celica at 1997 a 5 th generatin celi. i was thinkin of swap 3sgte engine on it. then i saw a wonderfull st 205 at a gallery. newer model and more powerfull engine. i think to my self this is it.
here is my ex 5 th gen celi


This post has been edited by tufy: Jul 29, 2004 - 10:50 AM

July 4th weekend of 2000 my brother told me about rare care. so we check it out and it was a celica. at the time 6th gens where kinda rare and still are. so he test drove it i loved it and picked it up. only thing was that I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE STICK! no biggy had my friend jump in the car with me and i learend how to drive stick on the way home. buy the time i got home i got the hang of it and was even happier with the car.

November 2003:

Old 1985 S10 is sitting up on jack stands out front. Exhausted from working morning to night on it I decided to donate the piece of crap to the kidney foundation. Went out looking for a Toyota Tacoma, found Celi first and 9,000 dollars later here I am, happy as can be and wouldn't have it any other way.

ok just to let u guys know when i first saw the celica i didnt like it.
ok it all started on this game called tokyo racer zero for ps2, anyway when i got the game and check out what cars there are the first car that came up was the celica gt4 of course i didnt like it so i chose other cars but afterwards i got bored and decided what other cars look like so i chose the celica gt4 and start putting kits and stuff on it and bam !!!! it started looking better than any other cars in the game and i was like whoa !!!!! this car is sexier than a supra then i started to do custom paint to it and leaned towards orangey yellow metallic look and damn did it look gooooooooooood. after that i started putting logos on it and the car was sexier than ever with veilside kit it was nice and with 500 hp hehehehe.
after that i started checking out the car on the net and ebay too and i was really impressed and i was wondering why i dont see many celica around my area so then 1 year later i got the car

all inspired by the game
oh ya i been playing grand torismo 3 alot just to look at the car cuz its sooo damn nice

I didnt like it either. My first car was an 87 nissan pulsar. it was slow but it had t-tops and a removable hatch. I drove that for about two years till the headgasket blew. I had already been looking for a car to buy, and i really wanted an s13 or s14, or an mx-6 (my dad has a probe gt, and i really like it but i didnt want 2 probes sitting in the driveway) so my engine blew and i needed something quick. after a few weeks we saw the celica, and i didnt really want it, but by that time i needed a car, and at 5k, it barely fell into my budget. since then i have fallen in love with it, minus its slight lack of power. but there arent that many cars that look better.

Ok first off I have owned 5 cars:
90 Geo Prizm Hatchback- 190,000 miles (sold for 500 cash)

94 Celica ST Hatchback- 94,000 miles (sold for 4900 cash) I began looking for a cooler car than a prizm. Narrowed it down to a Prelude, Eclipse or a 7 Gen Celica. All 3 of them were outta my price range. Until I looked at Autotrader, I had only seen 5th and 7th gen celicas. When I was in high school I was assigned a parking spot next to a girl in a different grade who had a 5th gen. Everyday I walked past it and I really liked the styling. Saw 6th gen for the first time in a picture...I really liked it. Test drove a Silver fully loaded 95 ST hatch 5-speed that a local guy had. I told him that i knew how to drive stick but it had been awhile (LOL man was I lying). That was rough, he sold it an hour after I left his house.

So then I found a 94 ST Automatic Hatchback. Guy let me drive it by myself on a Saturday morning. I was coming up to an intersection and some kids were having a car wash, and when i was stopped at the red light, a kid came up to me and said hey Mr. do you want your Celica washed. Hearing "your celica" totally sold it to me haha, Im so cheezy). Bought it for 5700 with 80k miles. I couldnt afford financing it with my outrageous insurance so I decided to sell it.

92 Geo Prizm Sedan - 130,000 miles (Got sandwiched on the highway)
93 Geo Prizm Sedan - 160,000 miles (Bought for $900, daily beater)

95 Celica GT Hatchback 5 speed -
Got a new job making roughly twice what I was prior. Found it at a local dealership. Bought for 6000. So much more fun with 5 speed and 2.2L engine. Plan on keepin her till she dies. If I start making like 40,000 a year then 3S-GTE swap will happen

Ive loved GT-Fours of all types for years, so when i sold my old st185 i just took the next step up

I was driving home one day and this cop decides to pull me over because I have a rice rocket =/ Thee end

i was driving to work, saw it on the side of the road, i actually thought it was a supra, just form a drive by glace. My mom was going out that way so i called her and told her to stop and look at, later she called and told me it was a celica. i was like erhm, but i liked the way it looked so i asked him what he wanted for it, only 3k thought it was a good buy, so here i am .

january 00 walked into the dealership with my mom she got tired of me driving her car for the last 3 months since the engine in my pontiac died.. i just need something for school and work... just wanted something used i could get for around 15k.. at first say a used TRD tunned solara really nice.. but they wanted 20k for it ... i then saw a few other cars i really liked... but my uncle could only bring down the price so much.. .. then i saw the really dusty 2 door car.. its looked really nice and was shoved over in the corner.. they wanted 12k for it.. and it had 50k on it... my uncle go the price down to 10k so after the washed it and cleaned the inside.. i took her home...

a 95 ST Coupe..
had her for 4 years... paid her off and was getting ready to do a lot of work on her.. then it happened she parked outside and some A-hole hit her... I thought this would be the end of my 6gc ownership ... talk to the inurance company they give me my options... 3k they take it 2k they give me to fix it up...

i look on auto trader and with in 5 minutes of look i fine a 95 GT Hatch with in walking distance of my house for 4,400 .. go down to the dealership and talk to the guy .. get him to see lit to me for 3k... leave him a 100 buck deposit to hold the car till the insurance money comes in... wait for about 4 weeks.. get the money.. that same day go down and pay they guy the rest of his money... now i have an upgrade ..