U know u love your celica when... Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Its 30 degrees out on a friday morning and u say to urself "im just going to wash the wheels" then it turned into "im just going to wash the back end too since im burning oil and the license plate is pretty much black" then it turned into "oh im just going to wash the whole car"

Now its all nice and clean but of course its been raining and snowing since. I love my car all over again when its all nice and clean. I dont reccommend washing your car in 30 degree whether wearing shorts tho.


I wish i woulda taken pics of my car before and after. the wheels went from looking gun metal to looking alloy :-)


granted i went back to hating my car cuz he wouldnt start after i gassed up in seattle. so i wiggled the battery and all of a sudden he started. then i get on the ferry and the boat docks and it wouldnt start again. So embarassing. Then its been starting fine. I dont know whats up with my car. something lose with the battery im assuming. I clean him all up and what does he do for me? BREAKS! what a hater! :-P

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Nov 27, 2006 - 6:46 PM

[GMan]

> post Today, 06:44 PM
> BlackCelicaGT94
> '94 GT Hatchback
> From Kirkland, Washington
> Its 30 degrees out on a friday morning and u say to urself "im just going to wash the wheels"
> then it turned into "im just going to wash the back end too
> then it turned into "oh im just going to wash the whole car"

Dedicated, or certifiable.

> Now its all nice and clean but of course its been raining and snowing since.

Well U got a layer of wax on it ~

> I dont reccommend washing your car in 30 degree whether wearing shorts tho.

How are you hands chapped ? I end up soaked no matter what I wear washing the car.
It is tough to get the rocker panels.

> granted i went back to hating my car cuz he wouldnt start after i gassed up in seattle.

Bummer.

> so i wiggled the battery and all of a sudden he started.

Well basic electrical issue then.
How old is the battery ?

> I dont know whats up with my car.
> something lose with the battery im assuming. I clean him all up and what does he do for me?
> BREAKS! what a hater! :-P

After I had trouble starting, I checked all the grounds, ground straps, and grounding points.
A little rust is major PITA with starting. Especailly in cold weather.
U got the manuals ? Or look at them online ? Look for the grounding
points and clean them Well. At least take off the battery posts and CLean
them as well as U cleaned the wheels. Time to buy new terrminals ?
Nice new gold ones ? I use silver for (-) Gold for +. The Toyota crap
seems to get dirty pretty fast. Then I got some battery spray to
keep the rust from coming back. Easy to get at parts stores.

4th gen ST165 are Notorious for not starting. I assume 1/2 is dirty grounds & clamps.

Regards;
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[hurley97]

I had the same sort of problem a while back. clean the battery terminals and cable connections. if that doesn't do it check the cables themselves, or just get new cables they aren't too expensive.

but yeah, F- washing the car when its cold... I just go to the car wash.

[CelicaBuddy]

i need to wash my car BAD.....

I was driving down the freeway today and it was snowing and literally like an inch of snow and dirt was frozen to the front of my car Ugh! lol

Then not only that my car isn't that crisp white anymore... Its like an entirely different color hahaha... Off white/brown lol

[InnerCalm]

I woke up to ice one morning and used my old ozzy osbourne tape to scrape the ice off

I have used my hands... but that just hurts after the front windshield and side windows

never washed it in the cold however...

[mzztoyota]

Man, I can't even imagine driving a car in snow...the only times I've been in the snow was with either a van or an SUV...I think I'd be too scared to try and drive the Celi in it

[jcbass7]

I have a blast with my car in the snow, its a thousand times more fun than my old pickup (truck was not 4wd)

[celiracer]

That reminds me of myself. I wash my car all the time in 29 30 degree weather. Its cold but my cars still gotta look good while i'm driving it around.

[Driveby]

My car gets hand washed no matter what the weather, its a pita when the water freezes on the glass though

[CelicaBuddy]

I actually have a hose set up now that I think of it where I could wash my car with warm water... Its pretty awesome and comes in handy when its freezing out... But because its freezing out I never step outside

[kriz45]

lol i washedmy car when it was snowing yesterday. it was so dirty becuase of the rain and all that but then i jsut got all pissed cause my car looked grey so i washed it and now it looks good again

This post has been edited by kriz45: Nov 29, 2006 - 1:57 AM

[celiracer]

Yup i'll be washing my car in the snow tomorrow. Its so dirty from the dirty rain that we have been getting. Looks like crap and i can't stand my car not being clean.

[DomGT]

I always wash my car in cold weather, I just fill up the bucket with HOT water from inside my house. Ahhhh it feels good.

[Negative]

My old 2nd gen Celica had a huge crack from using hot water to remove the ice/snow from the windshield when I lived in New York. Did they make the 6th gen Celica windshields better? I know I've had a 1/2" long crack for about 3 years that doesn't appear to have lengthened at all.

[kriz45]

ya ive had a rock chip in my car since i got it and i use the defroster and supposedly your not supposed to do that with a chip but all thats happend is the rock fell out and it got clean (probibly from me washing it in the snow lol) but i dont know so mabey

[95CelicaST]

dedicated. How about washing your car in the rain?

This whole snow fiasco we just went through up here in WA is like hell, because all that sand on the roads gets kicked up and lands on the front of the car. The Celica is dirty

[JediFonger]

i never my car. yeah i know about the paint/rust issues. what i do is when it rains really hard, i take it on the highway. instant free carwash.

[easternpiro1]

i was going to get something out of my car one day...i swear it was raining pimps and prostitutes outside, i notice the nose of my car dirty, and next thing i know, im wiping it off WASHING the front with a scrub sponge IN the damn rain....is tat psycho?


u also know u love your celica when u get into an actual fist fight over it...(happend a few months ago some of you know about it)

[giang723]

Its 30 degrees out on a friday morning and u say to urself "im just going to wash the wheels" then it turned into "im just going to wash the back end too since im burning oil and the license plate is pretty much black" then it turned into "oh im just going to wash the whole car"

Now its all nice and clean but of course its been raining and snowing since. I love my car all over again when its all nice and clean. I dont reccommend washing your car in 30 degree whether wearing shorts tho.

Yep i've done it b4, difference between u and i are, u make washing the car in the cold look hot, well i'm pretty sure i won't be turning any heads when i wash my car in shorts, yep not a pretty sight j/k i only ever did it once, and now i've learnt my lesson. Well maybe not, i'll offer to wash ur car 4 you if u were closer to my area

That reminds me of myself. I wash my car all the time in 29 30 degree weather. Its cold but my cars still gotta look good while i'm driving it around.

i'll wash ur car for u dude all i want in return is for a test drive

This post has been edited by giang723: Dec 3, 2006 - 4:40 AM

[JediFonger]

i'd like to hear about the fist-fight. =).