The Celica, An ongoing car of controversy. Options

[snadman]

For now, I'm keeping my Celica as a daily driver and RX7 as performance. The ongoing question I get asked when driving my Celica though...."Is it fast?"...

How do you define fast? Will it beat a stock Civic...sure. Will beat any slightly modded Civic...yeah most likely.

Well, then you ask...what about a turbo'd car...does it keep up? This is the question I have trouble answering and here is why. A few weeks ago, I lost 50 bucks to a kid in a 93 Talon TSI. I actually had him, i'm an auto his being a turbo manual, until he hit third and he beat me by three car lengths. I then race a 96 Talon TSI, with an automatic...and win by a bumper.

I'm very confused on what to answer to this question, so....my question to this board is...what do you say when you're asked "Is that car fast?"

Personally, I say that it's fast enough, but what do you guys say? Obviously, if you have boost...this question doesn't apply to you because your Celi is another category...but to those of you with N/A Celi's...what do you answer?

Thanks for your help in this ongoing controversial question.

[Benevolence]

I usually answer no, but say it isn't slow either.

[PowellCelica]

I always pull the "It looks good from behind and up front doesn't it? Well then thats all that matters..."

[SXR]

I got a similar problem with my 300ZX TT Vrs the Stock Celica.

As far as speed goes:- the Z takes it out all over the Celica but I am very wary of the speeding tickets too.

So I decided I would sell my Celica, then my younger brother smashed my mums car, so now mum drives my Celica and I drive my Z, and I won't let my younger brother near my two cars, (before and after the accident).

But then for top speed:- an older guy at work was saying when he was young he was doing up cars and so on, but after the wife and kids came it was all over. Also no matter how fast the car was, he got use to the car and wanted another with more speed.

So in conclusion "is the car fast" is not an option, it is whether it gets you from A to B, (without a speeding ticket).

[Andason]

I just tell people yeah... I don't care what people say. I personally think my car is quick... I'm used to my old 5gc with a 1.6 litre

[FallenHero]

I say that it's not fast, but I can take old school V-6 mustangs.

Jon

[97sccelica]

i used to say its fast for what it was, a 105 hp car.

now i just let the BOV do the talking.

[SiKBOY]

If someone asks me if its fast I just flat out say no, because its not fast. There are too many modded R32's R33's S14's and s15's and STI's running around my city. The are probably the bench mark to being "fast" around here.

[Andason]

[bonzaisushi]

[boosted_K2]

i used to say "not yet", but now i just say if you buy it you can find out

[FallenHero]

Around here we have the old school camaros and stangs...

Jon

[EC_Knightrider]

funny, i must be growing out of the need for speed stage....



as long as it can pull and pass what be needed to pass, its fine by me!

[hioctane]

yeah you can beat most civics. dont try against integs though you will lose... unless you have a gt or something i have an st

[boosted_K2]

[Guest_Matthew_*]

those games are SOOOO easy to beat now that i have been playing the gran turismo series for a while.

[Cody]

"Looks fast"

[Lastdream]

even if its not that fast most people think our cars are, just for the image the car does by it self

[Andason]

[Coomer]

I've been saying "Not yet" over the summer, and when I come home to get my car in two weeks, it should be fairly fast.