Looking to buy, got questions Options

[Fastbird]

Hey all, new here, looking for some help. I've decided it's time for a new daily driver car, and my fiancee' and I decided on a Gen6 Celica. Reason being, it's nicely designed, sporty, relatively inexpensive, and gets the gas mileage I need. Now......

I've noticed that there is a front and rear fascia change from 1995 to 1996. Were there any other cosmetic exterior changes other than those??

I'm pretty set on the GT liftback model, but then I noticed that the ST model gets MUCH better gas mileage. Are aftermarket parts (like header, exhaust, intake, ect) as readily available for the 7A-FE as they are for the 5S-FE???? I have every intention of putting a full exhaus system and CAI (NO stranger to performance enhancing mods here). I'm not looking to get silly, just a little more grunt that stock and the enhanced gas mileage from a free flowing exhaust always helps.

I keep seeing a lot of 97 ST models listed as "limited edition." Can anyone shed any light on this?

Maintenance isn't a big thing to me. I know it's a Toyota and that it will run forever. I currently have an 89 Celica ST as a daily driver and it's taken almost EVERYTHING I've thrown at it, so I figure a newer one, I can't go wrong.

What has everyone's personal experiences been, and would you prefer a certain year, and why??

Thanks in advance!!

[Fastbird]

Well, I just went through a waste of 6+ hours, 340 miles, and a tank of gas in a 00 Lincoln LS (fiancee's daily driver). We drove down to Fairfax VA to look at that 95 GT. I'm not even sure the car there was the same one in the pics. We got there and I took one look at the car as we pulled in and said nope. There was one small rust bubble in the wheel well on the rear driver side, but that was the least of it. The roof was 100% oxidized and faded, and the bumper was so faded it was white, not even silver. I didn't even give a salesman the chance to come out the front door before we left.

The search continues........