 Panda "Snow White" ST205, At last I got it ! |
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 Feb 27, 2007 - 11:22 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '06 From Mulhouse, France Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Yep, at last, after having sold my 1.8 ST, I bought my beloved Celica ST205 this saturday in Italy.
Ok, let's go for the photos first      This beauty was first registred in november 94 and has 103.000 km. Full stock, and really good shape (only one fender would need some repainting since I am a maniac).          Engine bay is clean :   Mine was the first I ever drove, and waow my god  It accelerates like hell, I am already in love !  When driving back from Italy to France, my mean fuel consumption was around 10.5 liters per 100 km, so quite few, I was surprised. I always heard this car was a pain with fuel consumption, but my old underpowered AE86 was almost as thirsty ! I was a bit disappointent when I tried an ST185 and a Carlos Sainz in the past, and I must admit the ST205 is really on another level. I tried a top speed run on sunday on a French highway, I reached 260 km/h and the car would still tell me "come on, push it"  For now, first I will make a large check up, change the oils, spark plugs, filters... And later will come a standard BPU, with intake/exhaust/boost raise, some bronze wheels... Thanks for reading 
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:27 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Fcuking SWEET!!!!! Good job on the upgrade.
Is she LHD? I hate you.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:28 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '06 From Mulhouse, France Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Sorry but... LHD means ?
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:35 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '07 From Devon, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(Panda @ Feb 27, 2007 - 4:28 PM) [snapback]530846[/snapback] Sorry but... LHD means ? Left Hand Drive which it is. Nice car - very nice car. Give the chargecooler a flush whilst your at the maintenance, helps the car develop boost no end. Al |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:35 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '04 From New York City Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
LHD= left hand drive.. and that means... we could probably just register it as a USDM celi with their VIN# and drive it around without being noticed too much
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:37 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 6, '06 Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
i want one of them
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:39 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '06 From Mulhouse, France Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Oh yes ok, it is a left hand drive indeed.
As for the intercooler flush, yep, I will. Do you advise me standard coolant fluid ? Or should I go buy some specific coolant at a Toyota shop ? -------------------- |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:40 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '07 From Devon, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(Panda @ Feb 27, 2007 - 4:39 PM) [snapback]530851[/snapback] Oh yes ok, it is a left hand drive indeed. As for the intercooler flush, yep, I will. Do you advise me standard coolant fluid ? Or should I go buy some specific coolant at a Toyota shop ? I always use the standard Toyota 4-life stuff in my normal radiator (I have an SS-II) but everyone I know with a GT4 swears by the Toyota stuff for everything. Enojy the car |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:41 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 12, '05 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
Very nice st205
-------------------- Past: V6 Swapped 6G Celica, E46 BMW M3, Jeep Wrangler TJ
Current: 850rwhp C6 Corvette Grandsport, Gen1 6.2L Ford Raptor |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:42 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '05 From torrance/carson, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
lucky you.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 1:13 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '04 From Warsaw, Poland Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Finally, French Celica and it is even GT4!!! I looked around in Paris recently and I saw no Celicas at all. Also on the net - almost nothing about it on F pages.
Congrats, it's a beauty.
This post has been edited by TomPoz: Feb 27, 2007 - 1:14 PM -------------------- '94 ST202 - tuned, highly apprieciated, but sold.
'99 ST205 - imported, legalized, Stage 1 completed. For slow driving: Yamaha XVS650 Drag Star. The most recent addition to the family and for the family: Toyota RAV4 2.0 VVTi Celica-Club Poland - Everything you want to know about your favourite car ... in Polish |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 1:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 1, '06 From The Bay, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
nice celi you got there!
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Feb 27, 2007 - 2:04 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 25, '06 From MN Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%) |
Very nice st205 I never get tired of looking at a stock gt-four.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 2:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 29, '03 From north of detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
very nice find, looks to be in great shape. i gather that you keep up on the maintenance, so she should be with you a long time. congratulations!
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Feb 27, 2007 - 2:51 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 15, '05 From Toronto Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Very very clean car. Good luck with it. Where in France are you? When i was in the South East of france i only saw 2 in 2 weeks and that was between like St. Raphel and Monaco. Nice to see a new French owner on the site, there were only 2 or 3 on here b4 but most of them just kinda disapeared.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 3:10 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 30, '04 From So Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
You got the love of my life!
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Feb 27, 2007 - 9:30 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 7, '06 From Houston, Tx Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%) |
QUOTE(shin @ Feb 27, 2007 - 11:35 AM) [snapback]530849[/snapback] LHD= left hand drive.. and that means... we could probably just register it as a USDM celi with their VIN# and drive it around without being noticed too much I wonder if I can do that with my totalled Celica now...wonder how much it would cost....keh keh -------------------- -Alex {](O_o)[}
1993.5 Toyota Supra ....with stuff.... ....sorta broken.... 1998 Toyota Celica ....this one, too, has stuff.... ....broken....yeah...definitely broken.... |
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Feb 27, 2007 - 10:34 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '05 From torrance/carson, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
i'll buy it off you.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:44 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Calgary Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
that's one car i'd love to have, a left-hand drive st205. i wonder if it's legal to buy a LHD st205 from europe and register in north america?
also, what does the extra knob on the seat do? here we only have the knob in front.
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Feb 28, 2007 - 1:12 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 1, '05 From Zagreb, Croatia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(azian_advanced @ Feb 27, 2007 - 11:44 PM) [snapback]531107[/snapback] also, what does the extra knob on the seat do? here we only have the knob in front. --------------------  Another proud 6G Celica owner! |
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