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[97Corners]

Greetings. I just purchased a 1997 Celica GT 2.2L 5spd (first Celica for me); here's what I know about it:

Vehicle manufactured then shipped to a dealer in Beaverton, Oregon on October 22nd, 1996. The second owner (whom I purchased from) bought the car in August of 2000 with 56,946 miles on it. They kept it on the side of their house with a car cover for the last couple of years. The car now has 120,000 miles on it and still resides within 100miles of the dealership it came from. The car runs and drives amazing (came with a full set of new tires). Photos and video:






One wheel not original.





That door is the only outside cosmetic issue I believe.





Close up of driver side door.


Clean interior (cleaner than it seems to look in the photos).


Spare tire and hub for the original wheel that is missing.


Plastic passenger side hinge of inside trunk cover broken.


Original floor mats in good condition.





The only tear inside.


Knobs missing from Tape teck.


Worn cover.


Pinecones.


New radiator/hose. Pretty clean all around. See the replacement mount for the main driver side headlight (two bolted metal strips)?


Sounds kinda like a turbo at high acceleration.

Short video of engine start (just above cold), slow acceleration to 3k RPM, and shutoff; HQ raw wave recorded audio for engine sound clarity (mic was just off camera to the right).


List of its problems:

-Air intake hose has large crack around it... guess it's time for a CAI.
-Driver side headlight housing has moisture.
-CD player doesn't work.
-Tape deck wouldn't play right and ate my Weird Al Yankovic cassette.
-Tape deck knobs need replacement... probably the whole deck.
-Cigarette lighter not working.
-Driver side door dent(s).
-Shifter knob cover needs replacing.
-Driver side seat ripped.
-Inside trunk cover plastic hinge busted.
-Missing one original wheel (have hub).
-Antennae motor doesn't work.
-Pretty sure the previous owner smoked in it.


Not counting this Celica, I have owned 7 cars in the past 7 years because I kept buying cheap cars that turned out to either be hiding (last car hid 16 check engine codes), or soon develop expensive problems. Finally spent a bit more and got this Celica which I hope breaks the streak.

This post has been edited by 97Corners: May 24, 2014 - 11:29 PM

[VavAlephVav]

Hi, Great car, I bet you'll have much better luck even if it's been kind of abused. They are well built, and reliable.

but, do you really still have cassettes?
these days you can get a Kenwood for <$100 and another $20 for the mounting kit, and it'll have a USB port that you can stick a little-bity flash drive on that can fit Every album you've ever owned, and won't get ate
and replacing that damn antenna is one of the first things everybody does. you can get a sporty little one that comes on the Honda S2000, search the forums for the how-to.
'Grats