im considering purchasing my first celica, i love mustangs, and i love celicas..which one to choose? Options

[Badkarma]

hi, my names Erich, im 17 and i cant choose between buying a 6 G celica or a mustang..either '89-'93 GT or '99-'04 GT. im kinda stuck..ive always wanted a mustang..but the celicas are really appealing to me now. i would want either of the cars to go fast..but i would want to work on it my own..and build it to be fast..which models should i be looking at?.i have roughly for a spending limit. i want a maual tranny too. i'll take ANY suggestions!..thanks.

[blu94gt]

since I've owned both of these cars I'll chime in my opinion. I had a 1994 Celica ST when I was 17, it was slow and I had a hard time keeping up with my friends who would take out their Talon TSI and Mustang GT. The car was wonderful, reliable (never had a single problem in over a year of owning it), handled very well and looked very good.

After it was wrecked I got a 1992 Mustang GT. The car was very fast, easy to work on (the Celica is just as easy to work on IMO), and looked good. Didn't have very good handling at all and just in the 4 months of owning it I put in 2 new power steering pumps, a new thermostat, new heater core, and a new clutch and it only had 100k on the car.

Now I have another 94 Celica GT and love it, don't plan on getting rid of it for anything. It's slow in a straight line yes but I think the rest of the car makes up for that.