6th Gen Hater ?? Options

[rzanology]

do you see why i can't stand honda people??? aaaawe man. be lucky none of you live in ny...i hear this type of ignorance eveeeeeery day. honda people swear they drive some sort of super car lol..... <sigh>

[ThAixGuYx2k7]

lol. yeah, i get talked down all the time about having a slow ride. most of my friends drive camaros, mustangs, firebird TAs or some type of euro thats really hot and fast. i could care less..i have the ONLY celica at my school and i get compliments all the time for how sleek it looks! and..its still stock!

[BLADDER_MASTER]

How did we get started on Celica's not being able to handle?

The nice thing about the celica--and I haven't driven many other cars like this--is it's very predicatbale, controllable, and forgiving at its limits, and that's what makes it an excellent touring car. When you push most cars to their limits of handling, acceleration, braking, etc, they turn into wild, uncharacteristically mushy cars. I can pull through a 90 degree bend at +40mph and 4500 rpms and be utterly confident that I'll come out straight and hard in my celica. The only other cars I've had wheel time in that behave that well are the Mazda Miata and the second gen RX-7 (both RWD (hell, both Mazda's)). Say what you want, I've managed to stave off (and usually leave in the dust) Imprezas, Supras, Mini Cooper S's and Trans Ams on real world backroads (some of the cars were driven by self proclaimed "auto cross" diehards).

The 5S is reliable, has a great powerband for cornering, but otherwise it doesn't have much potential. Big Woop. You drive a civic; everyone thinks you're gay.

It's not that Celica's can't handle, you could if you setup the car correctly, but I was pointing out that I don't see a 3S-GTE swapped Celica handling as good as a Civic Si through the corners.

And I too enjoy the handling on my Celica, especially with Yokohama AVS ES100's, but I've driven cars that put my Celica to shame.

[BLADDER_MASTER]

More potential to torque steer. It'll be faster in the straights, but in the corners it won't be.

never thought i'd meet a 6g celica owner (i think u r right?) who doesnt like the handling on the celica. whatever floats ur boat buddy...if the Si is ur cup o' tea then thats cool too

bboy

5GC owner, but since it's powered by a 6GC engine, I'm here because of it. A regular Celica's handling I like, but a 3S-GTE swapped Celica's handling I won't like.

[TomPoz]

Forgetting all the talk on the other forum:
- as far as I remember Honda was first to introduce V-Tec engines which was followed by Toyota with VVT-i and then VVTL-i, so Hondas were more powerful than Toyotas
- Toyota had A group car - Celica, Honda - did not (correct me if I am wrong)
- Celica is much nicer looking than (any - IMO) Civic, actually it is also completely different car segment
- I drove many Celicas incl. 5gen 1.6, 6gen 1.8, 2.0, 2.2 and GT4, 7gen 1.8 GT and GT-S - guess which one I liked most? definitely 2.0 and 2.0T (1.8 GT-S is nice too but does not live up to expectations)
- FWD, RWD or AWD? - all are good, depending what you need / want to do: FWD is reliable, RWD is fun drifting, AWD is ... the best
- who is right? anyone who loves his car, whatever this car is...

This post has been edited by TomPoz: Apr 27, 2006 - 9:49 AM