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i dont regret gettin my car and i dont thinnk i ever will...the looks are so great even stock and its so fun to drive

when i was looking @ getting either a civic sir/integra gsr/prelude/rsx-s/7th gen celi gts/is300 i decided on the 6th gen celi.

it's interior is light years ahead of integra/civic/prelude
and
it's a lot rarer than rsx/7th gen celi here...

i decided to get the 6th gen now and to get an is300 couple yrs after grad...

but... the reason i kinda regretting any car at all is because i'm seriously thinking about leaving the country after graduation and after all the $ i put into it... i won't be able to take it with me....

how could u even start this topic? i love my celica! haha..it is slow compaired to my dads cobalt ss...but his is 2006..has a supercharger..etc etc...

i haven't regretted getting my celica yet.. i mean the only part that sux is the little thats available in after market parts. However you look around, and have the right ammount of money you can do so much with the car..

And i love how i'm one of the onlly ones driving it around my area.. I've seen only 2 in the area i live, which is very heavily populated. So i know i can turn heads when i drive buy. -cnelson.

i used to regreat buying a celica but not anymore after all the work ive been doing to it, plus i have 2 other cars so i can work on those also

look at my screen name and you have my answer lol

this car is so dependable! I've had friends with just 3 yr old cars that have more problems then mine ever had

I have 254k on my 7a lol, which will get retired in a month or too for a tweak swap

But for the first 7yrs i woned the car i was broke and ran it into the ground but it kept on chugging, cosemeticly it took a beating, so bad my folks and friend where like sell it and get somethng new, i was like hell no it handles to well and i always had a vision in my mind of hw it would be when i was finsihed with it.

well now for the last year i've been working hard to restore it and man it turns so many heads now days, their even peole who dont know what it is lol. Anyway luv my car and will probaly marry it when i get a engine swap lol

but yeah the rarity looks and handling are unrivaled, power can be fixed lol

Every six months or so I think about it, mainly for practical resons (I do a lot of mountain biking and while the celi is better than say a 200sx for putting bike in it is far from perfect for the job), but I dont think I could sell it, put too much time and effort it to it

I wouldnt mind having something faster, but my celi has been very reliable and gets plenty of comments, which cant be said about a lot of 12 year old cars.

I have the best of both worlds (in a sic, distopia kind of way). I bought a totalled (sideswiped, light frame damage, but still was able to put on new doors that open and shut with a little kick or two) 94 Civic EX 4dr 5speed with 220k on it for 500 bucks last spring. Immediately got rid of my car I was making payments on (an accord) and just said I'll deal with the windows not going up or down due to mismatched wiring harnesses when the doors were replaced and use the a/c in the summer and enjoy not having a car payment. We just had a baby so when tax time came around my bank account finally looked nice, not to mention the extra money saved rather than going into car payments (300 a month)... so I decided I was gonna buy something closer to what I always wanted.

I didn't think a 6th gen was ever something I was gonna find for what I set aside to spend (around 3000, didnt want to spend too much on a toy), but one random sunday I just happen to be checking craigslist before going to grab dinner, and there was a 96 ST one (older) owner with only 109k on it and all maintenance records (this guy was more anal than a proctologist's job), and they were asking $3000. A test drive later and quite a few questions, and I drove off in my new car.

I kind of regretted buying it when I tried to put a baby seat in it. Then I realized that I still have another car with 4 doors to drive the little one around in when needed.

So yeah. I'm back to feeling like I did on the way home from picking it up. Love this little car. Just need to have the patience to wait for it to warm up a bit to do some aftermarket work to it to take care of that whole "slow" thing.

I love everything about the Celica I got minus the lack of power. It made me smile whenever I was having a bad day. Lotta good stuff. Everyone that laid eyes on my car absolutely fell in love with the car. It made a kickass daily driver. I'll pick up another one soon though.

I now have a Honda Prelude with an H22 Vtec. It eats up gas like a mother freaker. But that will change after I get my ECU chipped. It's a bit faster than my car but sometimes when I'm driving the lude, I imagine myself being inside the celica again. It gave me that sense of passion and pride I use to have with my car before I wrecked it. I loved my car so much that I didn't sell it after the wreck. It sitting at my grandma's house collecting dust! LoL. I just need new front axle and rear axle on the passanger side. Exterior is still in good shape but it's just too much work for me to repair her back to the way she was. I kinda want to sell her but I do want to keep her too and finish her after I finish with my lude.

This post has been edited by ExSane: May 3, 2007 - 11:59 AM

im loving this car,iv had a RX-7 and it was pretty fast..but fast doent make up for gas mileage,reliable and comfort..the celica has great looks,and its got decent pep on take off till bout 80mph then it loses alot of steam,but u dont really need to go over 80mph anyways..i just wish their was some bolt on turbos for the 1.8Ls..will a 1JZ fit in the celica,lol

Yes... When I think that I wish to own SS-III or GT-FOUR

I don't regret getting my Celica, I just wish I would have bought a GT hatch. I love the Celica platform, and the canyon carver suspension set up, I just wish it were faster. I'm a speed addict, and it's not quite doin it for me.

The only regret I have ever had is that I wished I had bought a RWD or AWD vehicle. I do love the looks of the 6GC though and it has a great community! I do like turning heads though since there are so few.

nah never regretted it... maybe how much money I put into it... but the RWD blues are gone with the new Z coming

I do love 6G Celica very mutch. But I also love many other cars. I've have had other celica 5 years ago, but now I just have it for rally racing and for "everyday" I got these two:

Peugeot 206CC. I think you don't have this in USA. It's also coupe and cabrio





And my machine: Saab 9-5 250hp AERO

My celi runs so sweet its unbelievable..its got over just over 120k on the clock n it still runs like it just came out the factory..even though i rip it through most streets at most of times the day..the car will wants to give give give..i love it..

This post has been edited by TRD_GT: Sep 30, 2007 - 11:20 PM

European and Japanese spec celica's have the 3sge engine which kicks out 178bhp,those r the ss-II and ss-III's,93-95 r the ss-II's which have a 168bhp engine and the models from 96 onwards go from 178bhp to 197bhp which also includes the beams engines from 98-99..

i just know that, among all my friends, relatives, import enthusiasts, i have the only 6th Gen Celica..all others are RSX.s, WRXs, EVOS, RX7s, VOLKSVAGONS, n 7th GENS..im the only one i have ever known among them that has had a wonderful 6th gen.

i love it. i dont like the aftermarket makeup, but its all good.

its worth it to be lookd at at every stoplight.

only see about 3 or so..a red one, and a black one..

i love it. dont regret it. only time i do is when i see a good lookin 6th gen in SoCal for cheaper than i bought it for

like i said, i love it..

im tipsaaay n im ramblin..

i love u all.

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