Thinkin about stepin up, 7th gen???? Options

[SeverX13]

Ok so after my celica is fixed i am thinkin about tradeing it in for a 7th gen gt-s with the trd kit. If theres any 7th gen celica owners on here please give me some info on them. as for reliablity and reponse to mods. ive tried to search other forums but iva had no luck

if anyone has any other suggestions for a car lemme know

thanks

~Brent~

[DEATH]

I thought there was a sweet spot year [so to speak] but from Hellsyphon's rundown it doesn't look like there was. I know a BUNCH of 7th gen drivers and they are much quicker cars stock for stock [Except the autos which are undeniably slow] the only thing I'll caution you on is engine duarability - no matter what anyone says they definetely don't stand up to prolonged abuse as long as the 7A and 5S can [pretty much universal with tuned engines like that tho]. A few of my friends are currently on their 3 engine on an early '00 GT [Now with 2ZZ-GE since the last engine/tranny cave-in] and an '04 GTS - all with right around 100K and on their 3rd engine? - not good [Note: These two are total racehounds and redline often]. But then I have other friends who just show their cars and rarely race them and their cars are every bit as reliable as ours.
I'd say get a '00-'01 be sure the lift bolts have been recalled [Toyota will still do this for free if you are on stock lift bolts] and try not to hit redline [They throw "random misfire" codes up there that seem to corolate with the engine failures - perhaps that's why Toyota twice reduced their redline]
the aesthetics of the car is personal taste IMO. I think with the TRD kit they look every bit as good as our SS-III look [Nothing compares to GT4].
You and I ave talked about this via PM Sever - why not a 5th gen altrac? You can get a really nice one for what you have and do the maintenace and you have a very highly modable car with enormous potential.