why are celica's so hard to find?!!?! Options

[Badkarma]

ive been looking for a celica for about 6 months now.. and i haven't found any 6 gen GT HB's for sale under 6k. i just am wondering why they are so hard to find!it really gets annoying.there was one for sale close by i went to look and they sold it but never updated the site!. im looking at one about 250 miles away on friday.hopefully i will be able to get a deal that day. anyone wanna give me some tips on buying a used celica? like what i should look for? aside from what i would look for on any other car?. whats a problem thats unique to the celica? thanks much!
Erich

[airfron]

Why are Celicas so hard to find??

Wait...
I know... they are all in Cyprus.

gl with your hunt

[Magic]

Why are Celicas so hard to find??

Wait...
I know... they are all in Cyprus.

gl with your hunt

Come on...we are just a small island...

[j0e_p3t]

haha, i wanna go to cyprus. anywho, one of the reasons why i love my car so much is cuz its on the rare side. its not very often i see a celica, especially one that's not all old and crappy looking. good luck finding one.

[hitcachi]

apparently cyprus is filled with a bunch of speed freaks with really good taste in cars and a lot of money to drop into their good taste in cars. At least thats what i have gleaned from Tufys last few posts. Buuuuuut, sh*t! I anit complaining, other then the fact that it sucks to be a 6th gen enthusiast in America!

[pure_dx]

^i also heard new zealand is full of fast cars also

as for the thread starter, because toyota didn't make a lot of them???

[jdg371]

I see alot of 6gc around my area.. for some reason their all stock.. haha

[celicurr]

check out autotrader.com ... there are plenty of 6GCs under $6000 on there

[6gsillyca]

Up here in Canada, they are waaaaaaaaay harder to find. And when you do, they are the 10K mark...for a stock...

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Theyre hard to find cuz they are excellent cars.

It took me a year to find mine. If i had it my way i woulda taken any celica but my dad was very picky about what kind i was going to get.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

there was one for sale close by i went to look and they sold it but never updated the site!

yah that happened to me too...was a nice stick ST. finally bought me a auto ST 2 months later but the car itself was in better shape compared to the one that i missed. just keep looking and u'll find one. NJ is a good place to look also. i see a few here and there around my area.

bboy

[DomGT]

Man keep in touch with me! I'm getting a work van soon from my job, then I'm either turboing my Celica or selling it! 147k miles, and is mechanically perfect. Check my threads in general to see pics of her.

If you find one before I'm ready, good luck to you!

[behindthesmile]

its a love hate thing we owners love them cause its rare but we hate the lack of aftermarket parts for it.... yeah and it was hard to find when i found my car selling for $4k i jumped on it right away ....lol i wanted a gt but hey a manual ST is good on gas lol besides i'm not into racing on the streets and those damn corolla motors can last for a very long time

This post has been edited by behindthesmile: Aug 23, 2006 - 6:18 PM

[tomazws]

It's very sad everytime I drive on San Gabriel Blvd, I always see this one beat-up GT parked on the street.... god damn it, hate it when people don't take care of their Celica.

[m0dd3d1]

The only ones I ever see around where I live are either beat to hell, or driven by the elderly! I've seen like, 2 5th gens, and a handful of 4th gens too! 7th gens, well, we're not gonna go there.

-Triscuit

[IowaGT]

I feel your pain, i enden up finding mine on cars.com, of course i had to drive 200+ miles to get it... but it was worth it.

[trdproven]

I think they are easy to find. The only thing is will the owner sell it?

[WH95TE]

I actually see quite a bit around here. The only problem is, I dont think the people realize what they are driving!

[Zimluura]

cars.kbb.com
autoextra.com
autotrader.com
thebiglot.com
carmax.com

check em all out. especially autoextra.com.

i think it's the same deal for any used car. if you buy from a dealer, be sure to take it to mechanic on the test drive. check car-fax for airbag deployment (i wasn't able to investigate the accident my car had been in, but the airbag didn't deploy so it wasn't soo bad). my mechanic said there was no frame damage and no rust, but i had original fan belts and thus, probably an original timing belt at 95k miles.

[azian_advanced]

back to the original topic, i think there are very few numbers of 6gc because the MSRP when they first came out at 94 were very high. my guess is that sales since 94 dropped more and more which results in the fewer amounts until the new facelift 96 came out.. then died down again until 99.