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[FORGMANN]

Turning 40 in few months curious how many older owners we have on forum.
As Celica gets older and cheaper the majority of owners get younger which is
to be expected. What keeps you interested in Celica and not moving on.?
Friend of mine is 44 and has 2 very nice tuned ST-185s .My body guy and
also good friend who also 39 has a ST-185,MK1 S/C MR2,Widebody 93t mr2 with 14k miles,
AE86, and tuned 2dr RAV-4 all RED !


I bought my ST205 as 30 birthday present and 10 years later finally get to enjoy it .
Already told fiancee i will be buried in it . Totally look forward to restoring and developing
to modern standards . Look forward to sunny weekends as that is only time will be driven.
Amazing part is i have almost more mileage on my 2013 XV . Only 8k mile difference for car
only year old vs 20yr old car .

[H8TRAIN]

I picked up a Celica to attempt to build into a thrashable daily driver. For years I've been driving an 01 Grand Cherokee. The old girl has been impossibly docile and sweet for a long time now but I'm ready to move up. But. NEW CARS SUCK.

I want to build something that can last as long as I care for it. I specifically wanted this Toyota chassis to start from. I think the performance potential is adequate. I find the looks to be attractive and understated and of uniform intent from all angles. The JDM cars of the 90's are my favorite breed. Among them, the 6 gen Celica is to me a "pony car". And a "pony car" is what I want for a daily. I can always keep my Jeep to pick up friends from the airport and do other civilized things.

[thymeclock]

I picked up a Celica to attempt to build into a thrashable daily driver. For years I've been driving an 01 Grand Cherokee. The old girl has been impossibly docile and sweet for a long time now but I'm ready to move up. But. NEW CARS SUCK.

I want to build something that can last as long as I care for it. I specifically wanted this Toyota chassis to start from. I think the performance potential is adequate. I find the looks to be attractive and understated and of uniform intent from all angles. The JDM cars of the 90's are my favorite breed. Among them, the 6 gen Celica is to me a "pony car". And a "pony car" is what I want for a daily. I can always keep my Jeep to pick up friends from the airport and do other civilized things.

So... since this thread is about aging owners, how old are you?

[H8TRAIN]

So... since this thread is about aging owners, how old are you?

At 32, I'm punching a little high here. But I understand the sentiment of the thread; It's not like it's our first car... so why choose the aging and essentially unpopular Toyota Celica?

[thymeclock]

So... since this thread is about aging owners, how old are you?

At 32, I'm punching a little high here. But I understand the sentiment of the thread; It's not like it's our first car... so why choose the aging and essentially unpopular Toyota Celica?

Mine's a convertible, as was my previous Celica. If it weren't a convertible I wouldn't have bought a Celica. But as convertibles go I didn't want a Solara or a Miata, or a Mitsu Eclipse, or a BMW, or a Saab, etc. So I bought the last model year of Celica that was made topless. No regrets!

[H8TRAIN]

Mine's a convertible, as was my previous Celica. If it weren't a convertible I wouldn't have bought a Celica. But as convertibles go I didn't want a Solara or a Miata, or a Mitsu Eclipse, or a BMW, or a Saab, etc. So I bought the last model year of Celica that was made topless. No regrets!

I get that.



Trade some of the Italian flair for some Japanese manners and it's pretty much the same deal. A good convertible has must start from a sound base car and I would think the Celica would be a great convertible. Unlike an Eclipse. That would be like having a convertible dump truck.