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post Sep 20, 2003 - 3:00 AM
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For now, I'm keeping my Celica as a daily driver and RX7 as performance. The ongoing question I get asked when driving my Celica though...."Is it fast?"...

How do you define fast? Will it beat a stock Civic...sure. Will beat any slightly modded Civic...yeah most likely.

Well, then you ask...what about a turbo'd car...does it keep up? This is the question I have trouble answering and here is why. A few weeks ago, I lost 50 bucks to a kid in a 93 Talon TSI. I actually had him, i'm an auto his being a turbo manual, until he hit third and he beat me by three car lengths. I then race a 96 Talon TSI, with an automatic...and win by a bumper.

I'm very confused on what to answer to this question, so....my question to this board is...what do you say when you're asked "Is that car fast?"

Personally, I say that it's fast enough, but what do you guys say? Obviously, if you have boost...this question doesn't apply to you because your Celi is another category...but to those of you with N/A Celi's...what do you answer?

Thanks for your help in this ongoing controversial question.


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95 Toyota Celica GT
Dead for now --> Soon to have a 3S-GTE

02 WRX --> This is for speed
- Borla Exhaust
- TurboXS BOV
- Custom CAI

02 Civic EX
- MB Quart Reference 5.25" Components
- Rockford MTX 8" Subs in the doors
- Alpine Type S Rear Fills
- 2x Alpine SWR-1042D Subs in a custom fiberglass box
- Alpine F345 Amp for the front doors
- Alpine M605 on each Type R
- Phoenix Gold wiring
- Alpine CDA-9855 Head Unit
- Alpine Amp link
- 2x Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad Caps
- The best Viper 791 alarm install ever

Posts in this topic
- snadman   The Celica   Sep 20, 2003 - 3:00 AM
- - Benevolence   I usually answer no, but say it isn't slow eit...   Sep 20, 2003 - 3:12 AM
- - PowellCelica   I always pull the "It looks good from behind ...   Sep 20, 2003 - 3:19 AM
- - SXR   I got a similar problem with my 300ZX TT Vrs the S...   Sep 20, 2003 - 5:08 AM
- - Andason   I just tell people yeah... I don't care what p...   Sep 20, 2003 - 8:11 AM
- - FallenHero   I say that it's not fast, but I can take old s...   Sep 20, 2003 - 11:37 AM
- - 97sccelica   i used to say its fast for what it was, a 105 hp c...   Sep 20, 2003 - 11:39 AM
- - SiKBOY   If someone asks me if its fast I just flat out say...   Sep 20, 2003 - 12:33 PM
- - Andason   QUOTE (SiKBOY @ Sep 20, 2003 - 10:33 AM) If someon...   Sep 20, 2003 - 1:00 PM
- - bonzaisushi   QUOTE (Andason @ Sep 20, 2003 - 11:00 AM) QUOTE (S...   Sep 20, 2003 - 1:56 PM
- - boosted_K2   i used to say "not yet", but now i just ...   Sep 20, 2003 - 2:04 PM
- - FallenHero   Around here we have the old school camaros and sta...   Sep 20, 2003 - 4:55 PM
- - EC_Knightrider   funny, i must be growing out of the need for speed...   Sep 20, 2003 - 8:09 PM
- - hioctane   yeah you can beat most civics. dont try against in...   Sep 20, 2003 - 9:38 PM
- - boosted_K2   QUOTE (EC_Knightrider @ Sep 20, 2003 - 8:09 PM) fu...   Sep 20, 2003 - 9:39 PM
- - Matthew   those games are SOOOO easy to beat now that i have...   Sep 20, 2003 - 9:46 PM
- - Cody   "Looks fast"   Sep 20, 2003 - 10:08 PM
- - Lastdream   even if its not that fast most people think our ca...   Sep 21, 2003 - 12:19 PM
- - Andason   QUOTE (Lastdream @ Sep 21, 2003 - 10:19 AM) even i...   Sep 21, 2003 - 12:20 PM
- - Coomer   I've been saying "Not yet" over the ...   Sep 21, 2003 - 12:24 PM
- - Andason   QUOTE (Coomer @ Sep 21, 2003 - 10:24 AM) I've ...   Sep 21, 2003 - 12:38 PM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   I wouldnt say that a GT is slow....it has some ser...   Sep 21, 2003 - 1:32 PM
- - saleeka   Yeah i'd have to agree GT's are pretty qui...   Sep 21, 2003 - 6:15 PM
- - rlan214   my friends EX(i think its EX teh one wid vtec) is ...   Sep 21, 2003 - 6:56 PM
- - dretti   its not fast....its quick...and unlike other cars,...   Sep 21, 2003 - 9:06 PM
- - boosted_K2   QUOTE (dretti @ Sep 21, 2003 - 9:06 PM) its not fa...   Sep 21, 2003 - 11:50 PM
- - 97sccelica   QUOTE (K2_Celica @ Sep 21, 2003 - 9:50 PM) QUOTE (...   Sep 21, 2003 - 11:58 PM
- - 5sfeTurbo   I got an auto GT 97, with all basic bolt up, the b...   Sep 22, 2003 - 12:17 AM
- - jayi12-15psi   It seams to me that something beside hp and torque...   Sep 22, 2003 - 12:38 AM
- - boosted_K2   QUOTE (97sccelica @ Sep 21, 2003 - 11:58 PM) ...   Sep 22, 2003 - 1:28 AM
- - jayi12-15psi   well, its not like any of us are bitter or anythin...   Sep 22, 2003 - 1:15 PM
- - van95st   what i find that really shoots the celi's in t...   Sep 23, 2003 - 2:29 AM


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