Yet another Introduction post Options

[Jamchell]

Hey all,

I have been meaning to get around to writing an intro post for a while, I had to actually wash my car to take a couple of pics first though. My name is James and I am a Celicaholic lol, I am a former auto tech of 10 years or so, I used to do it all from brakes to transmission rebuilds to smog repairs. Anyways this is my 4th Celica a 1996 gt 5 spd, in the past I have owned a 1976 gt, a 1979 gt and a 1984 Celica Supra. I picked this one up a few weeks ago for a very good price. It has been dealer maintained and has high mileage around 190k, but they run forever if treated right.

The paint is almost perfect and the interior is pretty good, no major faults. The car drives like new other than needing rear struts and a bit of a musty A/c odor(time to rip the dash apart). I have an oil leak around the pan to sort out still and I think i'll replace the stock rims with some 17's when these tires wear out.

I have driven many, many cars and for the price you just cant beat a used Celica for an inexpensive DD in my opinion. Integras are fun, but too high strung for stop and go driving, Civics = buzzy and they feel cheap, Accords = too big, nice ride though, Preludes feel heavy, Corollas are too squishy, Camrys too squishy and too bulky, Sentras are boring, 2002+ Altimas are ok but just a bit oversized, German cars are too costly to repair even if you do the labor and Domestic cars without v-8 engines are disappointing. So for me the Celica is a pretty good match all around, just needs a slightly more powerful engine like everyone says. I may have to drop V-6 into it if the 2.2 fails someday.


Cheers

[richee3]

The only tell in your paint is in the first picture, around the passenger side windshield sprayer. I can see there that it isn't new paint, but otherwise it looks immaculate.

As far as finding a broken down Celica with leather seats, that swap will be easier but then you still have seats that are 10 years old at the newest. What you should do is reupholster the seats you have now with Vincent_Doggy's seat covers, or pick up a set from Ebay.

This post has been edited by richee3: Sep 6, 2009 - 6:17 PM