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post Apr 22, 2012 - 5:02 PM
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Hello,

I just bought my first 6th Gen Celica last week, though I am not new to Celicas. My first car (about 12 years ago) was a '91 Celica GT-S. I just purchased a '99 GT from an single owner, older lady who took SUPER great care of it and purchased EVERY option from the factory. It's a southern driven, '99 GT with, like I said, EVERY option available (even auto transmission unfortunately). I couldn't turn it down as it only has around 70,000 miles, is in immaculate condition, and was only $5000. I'm really loving this car. I'm just about to graduate college for the 2nd time and have been living on campus without a vehicle the last 2 years. I have a 91 Subaru Legacy with 65,000 miles on it sitting in my driveway, but I blew the tranny in it soon after I moved to school. I didn't need a car so I just let it sit. Now that I needed a car, I decided I'd rather buy something more dependable than take a chance and put a new tranny in a 21 year old car. I really only bought this Celica because it was the best deal I found. It met all my stipulations (had to be, Honda, Toyota, Acura, Lexus, Subaru or Scion, under 80k miles, no rust and under $8,000). So, enter the 99 GT. Pretty much the end of story so far. Definitely one of the best handling cars I've ever owned, right up with my old Integra Type-R. Probably the most comfortable car I've owned, even more than my moms Acura RDX and Grandmothers Lexus RX350. Though it's one of the slowest, besides my old 93 Civic DX coupe.

I plan on swaping in a BEAMS redtop with manual transmission, JDM twin piston "Celica" calipers, SS-III front and rear splitters, SS-III grill, GT-Four hood. JDM projector headlights, TRD front strut tower brace, and probably reupholster the front seat as the leather has a few cracks. That's probably it. Hopefully, I can get some good pics of it whenever the sun decides to come out one of these days and post them.

It's good to be here!


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99 Celica GT-S
91 Subaru Legacy Sport AWD Turbo
2010 Acura RDX Turbo w/ Technology Package
68 Impala SS Convertable
 
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post Apr 22, 2012 - 7:53 PM
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Posts in this topic
- Xander_X   New to site!   Apr 22, 2012 - 5:02 PM
- - Box   Welcome!   Apr 22, 2012 - 5:32 PM
- - richee3   I love when someone joins and has a solid plan bas...   Apr 22, 2012 - 7:53 PM
- - njccmd2002   yup, he seems like hes got n attack plan   Apr 22, 2012 - 7:59 PM
- - Xander_X   Thanks! I'd also lover to lower it with t...   Apr 22, 2012 - 8:39 PM
- - Box   Either you have really bad luck, or can't driv...   Apr 22, 2012 - 9:17 PM
- - jordisonjr   Maybe you should keep this car stock to avoid blow...   Apr 22, 2012 - 9:41 PM
- - cheela   welcome. I lol'd at your list. yikes!...   Apr 22, 2012 - 11:02 PM
- - spy00005   holy cow dude seems like you've had some major...   Apr 23, 2012 - 12:26 AM
- - Xander_X   Actually, its a mixture of both bad luck and poor ...   Apr 23, 2012 - 9:50 AM
- - Special_Edy   Thumbsup for two wheels. Taught me to look every d...   Apr 23, 2012 - 12:06 PM
- - rave2n   Welcome! and add some pics of your celica in ...   Apr 23, 2012 - 12:34 PM
- - Ehrgeiz   You totalled six cars (one car twice) and a bike? ...   Apr 23, 2012 - 1:11 PM
- - manphibian   Welcome Get some pictures up before it explodes   Apr 23, 2012 - 1:59 PM
- - Xander_X   I will admit, getting older helps. At 29, I'm...   Apr 23, 2012 - 2:21 PM
|- - RabidTRD   QUOTE (Xander_X @ Apr 23, 2012 - 3:2...   Apr 23, 2012 - 3:07 PM
- - Xander_X   RabidTRD: I went to MCC for it. RIT does't d...   Apr 23, 2012 - 6:07 PM
|- - RabidTRD   QUOTE (Xander_X @ Apr 23, 2012 - 7:0...   Apr 26, 2012 - 11:27 PM
- - Xander_X   RabidTRD: Rochester "a bit" more fun? I ...   Apr 27, 2012 - 1:43 PM
- - Box   Throw a 3rd gen 3S-GTE into your Celica.   Apr 27, 2012 - 1:55 PM
|- - Xander_X   QUOTE (Box @ Apr 27, 2012 - 2:55 PM)...   Apr 27, 2012 - 2:19 PM
- - Box   Can find 3S-GTE parts around here more easily thou...   Apr 27, 2012 - 2:29 PM
- - Xander_X   That's true. Heaven forbid something actually...   Apr 27, 2012 - 5:02 PM
- - Box   I think a a majority of the internals between the ...   Apr 27, 2012 - 5:56 PM
- - Xander_X   So I got the pics up, go ahead and check them out....   May 6, 2012 - 10:59 AM
- - b22ri22an   QUOTE (Xander_X @ May 6, 2012 - 10:5...   May 21, 2012 - 11:21 AM


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