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More than a year ago, i purchased my 6gc from a couple who had a collision accident in the rear left quarter. I bought it for$ 250. The car was left under a tree neglected and the interior was full of garbage, had no altenator, no taillights and a broken shifter cable. Needless to say i had my work cut out for, but i didn't care, the car was unique, 12 years living in puerto rico and i've only seen a handful running around, you can't even find them in the salvage yard. Over the course of the year, i've stripped the interior, ripped the fenders, bumper and spoiler off, sanded the car all myself, and have bought a number of gt4 goodies. Its only been a month since the mechanic was able to get my car running. But today was my first time driving. It was everything i had hoped for and more. There i was driving my celica for the first time, car sanded down, the driver door being held closed with audio cable, no taillights, windows closed because im in the process of wiring in the power folding mirrors, the sun high in the sky, no license plate and sweating like a pig. But i didn't care, the feeling of the 5sfe coming to life was amazing. Peoples heads turning because there's nothing like it on the streets. I didn't care, because soon i'll be driving my celica in the streets of puerto rico knowing that im driving a rare car here, where only a handful exist. That was my first impression and i invite others to share that moment with the 6gc.

Congrats! It's too bad parts aren't easier to find in Puerto Rico. I would have been able to get toy the shift cables but I'm always so busy with work that I hardly have any free time to do any shipping on my days off. It sounds like your car needs a little TLC but you're the right person for the job

Congrats man
I cant wait till i got my swappd celica on the road

Thanks guys, the car has really been a learning process for. Before the celica, i would abuse my 1995 7afe corolla which is my dd, it has 3 inch piping, short ram intake and a header. But now i can take that more easy, cause the celica is my new toy.

Holy cow dont do 3inch on the celica unless you turbo it
3 inch exhaust is,way too big for eather car. 2.25-2.5 is more than enough

Just sayin not trying to be a dick lol
but sounds like you got plans hope to see more

after driving the celica, anything else just doesn't compare.




unless it's a supra or other cars like that.

ive had a lot of different cars before my 6gc. i even had a 7th gen GTS for a little while. before this 6gc the only real cars i ever actually cared for was my 91 hardtop mr2 which started its life as an NA stripper model but became swapped. and the other car was my old 87 rx7 T2. that one was my beast. but ive always been a fan of toyota. more on my history and all that once i start my introduction thread. =] but to be honest my first drive of the celica was a love hate thing. in the past i really wanted one but fell in love with mr2s. and when i drove it my first thought was "i forgot how underpowered the 5sfe is" and i forgot how it felt to drive a front wheel drive. but i am growing to love it more and more. i already have some pretty good parts lined up for install and my goals for the car are actually not that hard to accomplish. i will be posting a thread soon about my new project daily.

I've only driven a handful of cars. My first manual was a 1991 300zx and it was a disaster, my uncle was drunk and i didn't even have a license. From there i drove my dads 1994 mazda 323 manual. After that bought a 1980 mitsubishi champ automatic. That car ran great and a buttload of good gas mileage. Then i wanted something more comfortable and reliable, i was always a fan of toyota's so i went to my uncles car dealer and had my heart on a 98 and up corolla. He had only a basic corolla. But at the end of the lot he had a 1995 automatic corolla dx. With power windows, locks, sunroof with the 7afe. It looked a lot better than the other corolla too. So now i've had the corolla for 6 years now and has never failed, thing is i like to tinker with my car. But i don't want to do that with my dd so sought out a project car and i knew it either had to be a mkIII supra, mr2. But i ran into my neglected celica and i haven't. Looked.

Having just test-driven a Cavalier, I can safely say that trying to pilot a Russian prison would have been more pleasing than sitting in that American sack of metal shi!t. I fell in love with the Celica as soon as I saw it sitting there, knew it would come home with me. Something about the interior, which I really didn't expect, just that gentle swoop in the dash, controls canted toward driver, awesome seats for stock. It was smooth when I drove it, felt very "together" for an 11-year-old car at the time.

My first thought, damn that's quick for 115 hp. Never see the Celica around here either. It's nice having a car that you never see anywhere else.

This post has been edited by Box: Mar 19, 2012 - 1:20 AM

If you really want to have fun with ppl debadge her no one will know what you have

I had a dude at work that drives a 7th gen ask me what coupe was he thought it was as new as his 02 lol

1. dont waste money on gay body kits
2. if its unique in porto rico i would keep it locked up
3. make it look like a ss-III if anything
4. hopefully u will have many years of happy driving

i miss mine its at the mechanics getting a gearbox rebuild (no big issues im just very fussy car owner) its been 1 week.

Currently the car has no badges, one of my neighbors came by to take a look at the car while i was stripping it down. After what seemed like 30 minutes, he asked me what the hell car is this? Another guy though it was a speacial edition acura integra (lame).

after first drive of my 6th gen, i said...."its like driving my Supra, just slower" i love my 6th gen

LMAO i thought the same thing. I live in sac and drove all the way down to san jose just to pick up my celica and its a nice car to drive. Only problems i have with it is the lack of power now after driving my brothers s2000 and nismo 350z and the way the gearbox feels. I dont know about you guys but my gearbox feels like a toy.

It's enough for me. I wanted good mpg and something that was quick enough and looked nice. The Celica does that for me. Otherwise I'd be a member of the LS1 forum right now.

I've had similar experience. The test drive I took in the Automatic left something to be desired because the car never got warmed up so the ecu had de tuned the engine and wouldn't let it shift past third until it warmed up.... But something about the 8 speaker system, the dash like you guys already said, told me I had to buy it. It was so tight in the steering. As soon as I figured her out, the 5s has never really felt like "not enough" power for me even with the auto. It's always been a fun car to drive. Cruising with the Sunroof back... whew.
I drove the family Aveo today for nearly 5 hours on a variety of roads.... and corners that I've taken 1000 times in the celica at 50mph, I literally felt like the aveo was going to fly off the road at 35 mph. Totally substandard handling after driving the Celica for so long.

And don't even get me started on Cavaliers.... that 2.2 is a DOG, the car is uncomfortable, it handles and body rolls like a ship on the high seas, just plain terrible.

HAHAHAHA my brother's said that my celica was like a boat hahaha and it did feel like one. the suspensions were pretty bouncy on oem setup. I changed it to the trd lowering springs and brand new kyb gr2 and its better but i'd like the suspensions to be stiffer so im thinking about grabbing some gc coilovers

your stock suspension just might be wore out. My stock suspension is all the handling I require. I have zero aftermarket mods aside from some 17" wheels and 215-40 tires mounted on them. It just carves corners like an ice sculptor with a chainsaw.... more so than ANY other car i've driven anyway.

yeah it was. it handles better now after replacing it.