Hi there from Birmingham UK, Just like to say hello Options

[Markup]

Hi there friends!

My name is Mark, I live in Birmingham in the UK. Not too long ago, I advertised my car on ebay and a real friendly guy who I started chatting with pointed me in the direction of some Celica websites because I was secretly hoping, behind my wife's intentions, that the car would not sell & that I could keep it. In the short time between taking it in part exchange and advertising it for sale, I fell in love with it...so here I am.

It is a silver 1999 Celica Convertible.

I intend to keep the car long term now (as in forever) and almost every time I look at it, I am again amazed at the way this car has managed to stay so completely under the radar of car enthusiasts, when everything about it is just about as good and as functional as can be got from a 15 / 16 year old car - I love it.

I do have a couple of questions that I am hoping to get some help or advice on in time to come, but for now I just want to say Hi to everyone here and to thank you for allowing me to come along and join you all.
Kind regards,
Mark

[Markup]

Cheela...!

How right you are my friend, a few months ago I aquired this by part exchange. I didnt want it, had no interest in it at all in fact. So, I just "chucked" it on ebay and was going to give it away. But, a strange thing happened, every morning when I went out to get into my car or van, I kept noticing it and the more I noticed it the more, and more, and more, and more I kind of liked it.

In the meantime, my fellow ebayers start messaging me, and I'm thinking to myself, wow...this is a popular car. So I was going to wait for the right message to come through and if someone who really wanted it as their car and was going to convince me they would keep it long term, I was just going to tell them to come and collect the keys no charge - thats how much I have grown to like it.
But, as the mornings went on, I just couldnt get over just how stunning a car this really looks, and after 1010 views 142 watchers and 22 offers I decided to say no! I've worked all my life to give to those that have come behind me and this is the very first material thing that I have ever actually liked and wanted - I am keeping it for myself!! My car history would make a petrol head's eyes water with envy but the only car I actually want to start driving now is this years old Celica, I absolutely swoon at her looks.