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[snapshotgt]

Not everyone here likes ricer cars. I really hate to see such good looking cars like our celica's made to look like crap, in fact any car for that matter. But i guess it is all personal opinion.

Tina -- awesome last post!

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This post has been edited by snapshotgt: May 5, 2006 - 10:43 PM

[sinner96ST]

less is more, and some people forget that. there isnt any point in dumping $5000 in to a paint job / body kit if your car still has a 5s/7a in it.

but what is the point in having a fast car? You just dumped $4000 into a swap, and can pass most things on the road, but once they turn off on the next block, does it really matter if you won or not? To me body kits make more sense, ya speed is fun, but having a nice looking car will get you more attention.

What's the sense in making something look fast if it can't even pull a 16 second quarter mile?

Speed & looks are one in the same, they both garner attention. I think people with 6th gens should realize that the cars biggest shortcoming isn't how it looks, it's how fast it doesn't go. That's why i think people should focus on engine / performance first, and exterior last, in my opinion.

I could sleep good at night knowing my car was completely stock on the outside, but had a 3sgte power plant under the hood. I've seen enough 6th gens with body kits, but seeing one or owning a 6th gen with a good motor in it is somewhat of a rarity.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: May 5, 2006 - 11:02 PM

[ZacMan1987]

Maybe a car is an expression of personal creativity. Maybe people should be able to make their car look good if they want, or make it fast, and for those with the $$$$, they can do both. What is wrong with a car that looks good but isn't fast? Has "looking good" become synonymous with "being fast?" Since when? I guess we have the F&F to blame for that.

Quite frankly, I don't care if your car is fast. If it is and you're cool with that, great. I like fast cars. But I also like good looking ones. So maybe it looks good. Cool. Oh it's fast too? Great.

Frankly, I'm an irresponsible 18 year old, and if I had a 3SGTE, Id've been dead a long time ago, so I'll keep my neons, both inside and out.
Later

[j0e_p3t]

i don't consider my car to be rice. and at least the rest of us aren't as bad as them civic guys.

[sinner96ST]

Maybe a car is an expression of personal creativity. Maybe people should be able to make their car look good if they want, or make it fast, and for those with the $$$$, they can do both. What is wrong with a car that looks good but isn't fast? Has "looking good" become synonymous with "being fast?" Since when? I guess we have the F&F to blame for that.

Quite frankly, I don't care if your car is fast. If it is and you're cool with that, great. I like fast cars. But I also like good looking ones. So maybe it looks good. Cool. Oh it's fast too? Great.

Frankly, I'm an irresponsible 18 year old, and if I had a 3SGTE, Id've been dead a long time ago, so I'll keep my neons, both inside and out.
Later

The stuff used on imports to make it look 'good' also are used for other purposes, mostly performance related.

A good example is a Carbon fiber hood - it isn't primarily for looks, it's for weight reduction to make the car faster in the 1/4 or on the street. Do you get what i'm saying? Looking good kinda is synoymous with going fast, because they're mostly performance or aftermarket parts that people use. That's the point of what i'm getting at. Racing seats, pillar gauges, air ducts, lowering springs, exhausts, intakes, they do serve a greater purpose besides looks, they're for speed.

[gt_driFFter]

Ok, I'm sick of people trying to tell everyone what they need in THEIR car.


Why is it so hard for people to understand that not everyone cares about having a fast car? Some people just want their car too look good! Get that through you're head, rather than telling everyone they should've spent money on performance. Do you think that everyone has the same opinions as you? Many people just want a nice looking daily driver, that still gets great gas mileage, and has stock toyota reliability. Or like me, I decided that I wasn't going to throw any money into performance on the celica, but rather pick up an mr2 for a fun weekend/good weather car, and keep the celica as a nice looking DD. Will I put any money in the engine? No. Will I buy some exterior stuff? Most likely. It's not your car/money/priorities so just friggin DEAL WITH IT.

/rant

[dustinkemp]

QUOTE(bloodrain @ May 5, 2006 - 7:38 PM) *

QUOTE(sinner96ST @ May 5, 2006 - 8:05 PM) *

less is more, and some people forget that. there isnt any point in dumping $5000 in to a paint job / body kit if your car still has a 5s/7a in it.


but what is the point in having a fast car? You just dumped $4000 into a swap, and can pass most things on the road, but once they turn off on the next block, does it really matter if you won or not? To me body kits make more sense, ya speed is fun, but having a nice looking car will get you more attention.


What's the sense in making something look fast if it can't even pull a 16 second quarter mile?

Speed & looks are one in the same, they both garner attention. I think people with 6th gens should realize that the cars biggest shortcoming isn't how it looks, it's how fast it doesn't go. That's why i think people should focus on engine / performance first, and exterior last, in my opinion.

I could sleep good at night knowing my car was completely stock on the outside, but had a 3sgte power plant under the hood. I've seen enough 6th gens with body kits, but seeing one or owning a 6th gen with a good motor in it is somewhat of a rarity.

all im saying is that i have a ricer car, do i care what everyone says, NO! but i could dump 3-4 thousand into a swap and have a nice car,but there will be someone that will have a faster car and make fun of my car for being slow, so i put all the money into making it look good cause you dont see a modified 6 gen, or ne car for that matter, thats look half way decent, but there the ones with 17,000 hp at the wheels and can smoke my car, who cares about that, let them smoke me and then ill watch the cop give them a ticket!

just my .02 cents

[bloodrain]

im thinkin about sellin the celi and buyin the 07' LE STI, sexy looks, with speed to match, no mods needed.

[K-ESD]

im thinkin about sellin the celi and buyin the 07' LE STI, sexy looks, with speed to match, no mods needed.

[SlowCelica94]

you along with 99% of the people on this site are ricers, add some freakin performance for goodness sakes

hahahha
I love this guy. Amen brother.

[Valo666]

....and a BOV to hook up to his N/A car because he thought it would work. I told him it wouldnt, but hey...not my fault the guy was a moron.

if you think thats funny, he was gonna rig up a CO2 can from a paintball gun onto a momentary switch attatched to his gas pedal so the CO2 would take a shot into the BOV to give it the sound.

i jsut drive with the windows down and when i drive past someone i go "PSSHSH"

^ lol...my friend james does that with a mega phone in his moms cirrus. He drives around at all the street races and rolls down his window slightly. all you hear from his car is "WAHHHH!!!!! PSHHHSS! WAHHHHHH PSHHSSS!!"..lol He does it at work all the time and half the coustomers just kinda look at him funny.


Best part about this guy..he tryed to race me with his autobox mx3..i downshifted and spanked him like a naughty girl..lol Then he tryed to race me and my buddy in my friends R32 skyline....yeaaaaaa..that was fun. It was like like...some one running trying to race some one on a GSX-R...doesnt really work. But after he ran us, we stopped at a light, he rolls down his window and goes "I LOVE THAT SOUND OF THE BOV!!! IM GETTING IT IN MY CAR!!!!"...lol..didnt even relize it was me sittin passanger side.

[JoKeRkId613]

^ lol...my friend james does that with a mega phone in his moms cirrus. He drives around at all the street races and rolls down his window slightly. all you hear from his car is "WAHHHH!!!!! PSHHHSS! WAHHHHHH PSHHSSS!!"..lol He does it at work all the time and half the coustomers just kinda look at him funny.

lol. i guess you can only get away with that in canada. i can imagine someone doing that at the races in miami... they'd chase him all the way home and kick his ass.

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: May 7, 2006 - 6:24 PM

[bloodrain]

^ lol...my friend james does that with a mega phone in his moms cirrus. He drives around at all the street races and rolls down his window slightly. all you hear from his car is "WAHHHH!!!!! PSHHHSS! WAHHHHHH PSHHSSS!!"..lol He does it at work all the time and half the coustomers just kinda look at him funny.

lol. i guess you can only get away with that in canada. i can imagine someone doing that at the races in miami... they'd chase him all the way home and kick his ass.

lololol ya they would. I was just jokin about makin the sound, didnt know ppl were stupid enough to actually do it.

[DeW_H0e_GT]

a while ago..theres this bov simulator that connects to the tach.....whenever u reach that certain RPM tehy make this "swoosh" sound jus like a bov...

[blu94gt]

Maybe a car is an expression of personal creativity. Maybe people should be able to make their car look good if they want, or make it fast, and for those with the $$$$, they can do both. What is wrong with a car that looks good but isn't fast? Has "looking good" become synonymous with "being fast?" Since when? I guess we have the F&F to blame for that.

Quite frankly, I don't care if your car is fast. If it is and you're cool with that, great. I like fast cars. But I also like good looking ones. So maybe it looks good. Cool. Oh it's fast too? Great.

Frankly, I'm an irresponsible 18 year old, and if I had a 3SGTE, Id've been dead a long time ago, so I'll keep my neons, both inside and out.
Later

the problem is most body kits DON'T look good, not just on Celicas but for any car. Most are so cheap and gaudy looking that they dissolve the good looks of the car.

And like it was said before, most body modifications are made to copy a real performance body modification like the carbon fiber parts, wings, etc, so why make the car look like a LeMans racer if it's barely fast enough to get on the highway with all the fake body crap on it?

[Mynzeyes]

Ok, I'm sick of people trying to tell everyone what they need in THEIR car.


Why is it so hard for people to understand that not everyone cares about having a fast car? Some people just want their car too look good! Get that through you're head, rather than telling everyone they should've spent money on performance. Do you think that everyone has the same opinions as you? Many people just want a nice looking daily driver, that still gets great gas mileage, and has stock toyota reliability. Or like me, I decided that I wasn't going to throw any money into performance on the celica, but rather pick up an mr2 for a fun weekend/good weather car, and keep the celica as a nice looking DD. Will I put any money in the engine? No. Will I buy some exterior stuff? Most likely. It's not your car/money/priorities so just friggin DEAL WITH IT.

/rant

everyone on this site needs to read this ^, and stfu.

some people just don't think the celica is worth the money it takes to make it quasi-fast, because it also destroys the reliability and gas milage of the car, which is what IT WAS DESIGNED FOR. if you don't believe me, look at ALL the people who have done 3sgte swaps, or any swaps. then look at the down-time during the swaps, then look at the downtime after the swaps were "done", then look at the nickling and diming thta happens after the swap. it's ridiculous. it's not rare that you see a 3sgte in a celica theese days, because everyone and their mom has a 3sgte clip these days. it's rare to see a 3sgte in a celica THAT'S RUNNING. don't bring up, "bla bla bla but in japan the gt-four bla bla" because that's not in the US, where 99% of this site is from. The American 6th gen celica was designed for economic reasonability, while still having the looks and feel of a sports car. No modification is more valuable than another, because everything is RELATIVE. If someone wants to not compromise the reliability of their car for a motor swap, because of funds or whatever reason, that's their decision. if they want to put a huge spoiler on their car, that's the most valuable modification to them, because it's their car. the fact is, 99% of all import enthusiasts are "ricers". why? because every single one of them wants attention. the end.

hell, i know i am. i cut my springs this past weekend. why? because i wanted the car lower, but the celica isn't worth spending money on to get lowering springs or coilovers. that's my decision, it's my car, and if you don't like it, that's your problem. i know i have no trouble sleeping at night because of it.

[OOBE]

neon free is the way to be jk jk, wait no really. wait. no.

Ok, I'm sick of people trying to tell everyone what they need in THEIR car.


Why is it so hard for people to understand that not everyone cares about having a fast car? Some people just want their car too look good! Get that through you're head, rather than telling everyone they should've spent money on performance. Do you think that everyone has the same opinions as you? Many people just want a nice looking daily driver, that still gets great gas mileage, and has stock toyota reliability. Or like me, I decided that I wasn't going to throw any money into performance on the celica, but rather pick up an mr2 for a fun weekend/good weather car, and keep the celica as a nice looking DD. Will I put any money in the engine? No. Will I buy some exterior stuff? Most likely. It's not your car/money/priorities so just friggin DEAL WITH IT.

/rant

everyone on this site needs to read this ^, and stfu.

some people just don't think the celica is worth the money it takes to make it quasi-fast, because it also destroys the reliability and gas milage of the car, which is what IT WAS DESIGNED FOR. if you don't believe me, look at ALL the people who have done 3sgte swaps, or any swaps. then look at the down-time during the swaps, then look at the downtime after the swaps were "done", then look at the nickling and diming thta happens after the swap. it's ridiculous. it's not rare that you see a 3sgte in a celica theese days, because everyone and their mom has a 3sgte clip these days. it's rare to see a 3sgte in a celica THAT'S RUNNING. don't bring up, "bla bla bla but in japan the gt-four bla bla" because that's not in the US, where 99% of this site is from. The American 6th gen celica was designed for economic reasonability, while still having the looks and feel of a sports car. No modification is more valuable than another, because everything is RELATIVE. If someone wants to not compromise the reliability of their car for a motor swap, because of funds or whatever reason, that's their decision. if they want to put a huge spoiler on their car, that's the most valuable modification to them, because it's their car. the fact is, 99% of all import enthusiasts are "ricers". why? because every single one of them wants attention. the end.

hell, i know i am. i cut my springs this past weekend. why? because i wanted the car lower, but the celica isn't worth spending money on to get lowering springs or coilovers. that's my decision, it's my car, and if you don't like it, that's your problem. i know i have no trouble sleeping at night because of it.

Good stuff, man. I totally concur!

[Mynzeyes]

Good stuff, man. I totally concur!

i still <3 you to death OOBE. .

[Charlie97L]

OOBE's still alive!!! He RULEZ, you should all listen to him.

[jgreening]

it's rare to see a 3sgte in a celica THAT'S RUNNING.

I agree with everything you said except the above sentence. There are a number of us that have running swaps and, although getting the bugs out takes time and money, most are fairly reliable once sorted.