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[trdproven]

Its amazing, there seems to be a lot of new guys around here now. Seems like people are still interested in the celica.

[CastrolCelica]

For me, the 6th gen Celica was my dream car since it came out. Honestly, it was a car I thought was impractical, and bad in the snow like any other sports car. When I got married we needed a second car, and I didn't want to spend a lot of money. I was looking on eBay for cars and saw the little white Celica I ended up purchasing and said "Oh my God, I remember that car, I always wanted that and it's in the perfect color!" (of course it needed repairs, paint, ect.. but I was in love). It was barely over 2k with no non-surface rust.

After buying and restoring the car, I've realized the damn thing almost does as well as my Prius for gas mileage (I fill up once a week), had obviously much more horsepower and is a beast in bad weather and wind (I never feel the wind blow.. even with 50+mph winds). I know a lot of people say it's under powered, but it's the fastest car I've owned, and honestly I don't know if I'd want more horsepower.

Not only is it reliable but it's easy to work on. Unlike my Prius, I can change out a headlamp in my car! I know that sounds like an everyday thing, but it costs over 750 to replace your bulbs in the Prius because you have to take off the front bumper to do it, and over 500 if you have your own bulbs! ....yea... stupid.

Anyway, I think people are now realizing spending 20-30k on a new car is ridiculous and have searched out used cars because of the economy as well. Also, I bought my Prius (highest package) at just under 30k!!! It's not even worth 12k now, and it's only 2 years old. What a rip!!!!

When you have such a reliable, fun car such as the Celica, it's hard to not realize why the attendance of this site has grown.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Jan 6, 2010 - 9:11 AM