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Topic #61198 117 posts Started by Badkarma
Just wondering, what made you all decide to switch from whatever you WERE driving, to a 6g. thought it would be interesting to hear from you all.


Ill Start. i had a toss up between a 95 GT a member Pimped6gen was selling, or a 99 mustang V6 5 spd. couldn't afford the 6g. so i bought the mustang. i've always liked them anyway. but i should've just waited till i could afford the mustang GT. (V6 was kinda under powered, and poor mpg)

So i went from a 94 Geo Metro 5spd, to a 99 Mustang V6 5 Spd, to my two 6g's. one Red Gt Auto Hatch. and One Turquoise GT 5Spd Hatch.

Had to sell the mustang because of the unbelievable amount of Rust i had on it from being in NY all it's life.

....next!

Erich
I had an 89 Corolla! thumbsup.gif Only had the drivers side mirror for some reason! lol Had no choice, it's what my parents bought for me. Then I traded it and bought my 6gc. Which was a car that I just loved exterior wise, plus we were a Toyota family. So as of today it's my DD and I have a 95 Supra hibernating in the garage.

-Christee-

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91 ford ranger xlt black 5 spd 3l v6 (totalled) (I bought)
89 ford tempo (blew frost plug, junked it) (parents bought)
84 pontiac 6000 (sherman tank) (destroyed it on purpose, $400 beater) (dad bought)
86 mitsubishi mighty max 4x4 (blew the engine, replaced it, sold it) (i bought)
78 chevy 1/2 ton c/k (in between all vehicles) (dads truck)
98 PLYMOUTH neon coupe 1.8l SOHC auto FTL (sold) (i bought for some reason, didn't realize i had the crappiest one until it was too late)
95 curren black 3sge auto (wifey's) (i bought)
95 celi hatch white 3sge auto->manual converted (mines) (i bought)

got to japan, got the curren ($1200, which is exactly what i sold the neon for), i was on the lookout for a car for me, and had my eye on a 2jzgte aristo, but the guy wanted $5k for it, and he told me that he had a celica that he was getting rid of and showed me a pic of it on his phone. he brought it over to my house for a test drive, my wife and i loved it (now she hates it), so i bought it... $2300. same engine as the curren but tuned differently and the suspension is completely different.

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from recent to latest
98 2.5 Ranger
98 plymouth breeze
89 Toyota Corolla GT-S
1974 Plymouth Valiant 4 Door
1991 Geo Storm
1990 Geo Storm GSi
Had my car 5 years strong with no engine problems what so ever.
1988 Subaru Justy
1984 BMW 318i

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2001 ford escort manual...everyone is suprised when the see that car as a manuall
85 rx7 with the worst rotary ever 12a FTL but still a fun littlecar
95 celica that was a lemon - rebuilt the motor and sold it to my ex who "wanted it for the memories"

2015 Subaru WRX. World Rally Blue/Black2001 Honda S2000. Spa Yellow/Black
in order of appearance:

1972 leyland mini clubman (i gave it the full respray, custom interior, rebuilt the engine and gearbox)

1991 ST185 Toyota Celica GT-Four RC

1977 RA23 Toyota Celica (i put a series 6 13b turbo into this one) but sold it to buy my dream car which was....

1994 ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four Group A Rallye (current obviously)

And in between these cars ive also owned:

1984 AE71 Toyota Corolla wagon (same chassis/floorpan as the AE86)
1991 ST185 Toyota Celica GT-Four (aus delivery so widebody)
1988 JE Holden Camira SLX sedan (current work bus, twin throttle bodies, 2" zaust, twin pods, economical as all hell)

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ST205 Group A Rallye GT-Four, #61 of 77............600hp GT3582rGRX133 Toyota Mark X 350s
well driven but not mines tongue.gif still in the family though biggrin.gif

77 celica biggrin.gif (storaged and undergoing 1jz swap wink.gif ) put this thing slideways
85 nissan pickup errand truck frown.gif
89 supra slide happy
95 s14 sr20
02 Sienna XLE tongue.gif grocery getter
06 Fairlady Z TT boosted :tasty: stalled 3 times frown.gif stayed slidewayz 10times biggrin.gif


and me 95 celica gt__ ??? maybe soon enough kindasad.gif

and the 86 hachi hatch gts white panda style.........................bought.....slidewayz..........
..SOLD frown.gif frown.gif

I don't normally drive fast, but when I do its on a curvy section of this island
87 supra. i miss 'er.

now i drive my panda hatch.

Pandelica 2.0 in progress.
99 Ford Mustang
00 Ford F150
01 Ranger Edge
03 Pontiac Sunfire
99 Pontiac TransAm
90 GMC Jimmy
95 Jeep Cherokee
85 Mercury Cougar
03 Mercury Cougar
01 Mercury Cougar
98 Nissan Altima
95 Toyota Celica

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Cars I've owned, from oldest to latest.

-1988 Ford Thunderbird 3.8 V6. Miss that car to bits. Sold it as the floor was rotting
-2004 Mitsubishi Lancer ES. Totalled.
-1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST. Bought 12400$. 5000$ in repairs and 2 trannys later, I sold it for 9k exactly a year after I bought it.
-1995 Toyota Celica GT-S. Bought in september '06 with 142k km. Total amount of repairs and/or breakdowns since then : 0. biggrin.gif

The Celi and the Eclipse have never been driven in the winter (people use salt on the roadshere so it eats up the car real quick) so I've had my share of winter beaters :

-1995 Chevy Cavalier 2.2 auto. 3 headgaskets in 60000km, and that thing was well taken care of.
-1993 Ford Escort 1.9 manual. Bought for 500$ including push start button made out of a doorbell button. 2 months later, brake lines blew, I'm ok, nothing happened. A friend offered me 300$ to go destroy it in a sand pit. tongue.gif
-1992 Honda Civic CX hatch 1.5 non-vtec auto. Meh. Point A, point B.

One o'dem crazy Canadian freaks, eh?
-81 Celica GT
-84 Celica/Supra
-86 Celica GTS [2nd gen swap]
and now 3 6gc's in a row

Plus the family/grocery movers:
-95 Saturn SL2 [*Shudders* What a horrible time in my life - I also had no Celica at this time]
-94 Camry V6 XLE
-02 Camry LE
-05 tC

Toyota for life biggrin.gif [Literally]

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1977 Ford Ranchero (NEVER did get this one on the road)
1988 Lincoln Continental (Can't say no to a free car... until the electrical system dies in the middle of an intersection)
1998 Dodge Stratus (Can't say no to a free car... until the front end looses all grip through a corner and through a freak series of events it ends up on its roof. I DO have pics of this car AFTER it was rolled over smile.gif )

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1994 Pontiac grand prix - it was fast to me biggrin.gif had it for like 2 weeks.
1996 toyota celica st auto - slow as hell and made me want to kill myself.
1997 toyota celica gt manual - a bit faster but more fun to drive being stick.
1989 dodge power ram - huge truck, huge tires, huge gas bill, awesome driving into things.
1998 toyota tacoma - Fun truck, Great having toyota buy it back from me for 7k OVER what i paid for it. biggrin.gif
1991 toyota mr2 - i'm in love all over again.

plan on getting a 91 toyota 4Runner for my beater/winter vehicle.

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first car was my parents 93 Ford Areostar
then 87 Supra N/A auto...soo much fun for the 3 weeks i had it. That was the first car I bought though.
Then my Celica
and now my 2002 Civic SIR.

I still have the celica, but i dont drive it.
Gallery of destroyed stratus

Edit: its only 5 pics, so not much of a gallery :'(

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but i used to drive an aerostar 91!!!! biggrin.gif
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>OK, dont laugh anybody!
but i used to drive an aerostar 91!!!! biggrin.gif


I'm not going to laugh much wink.gif

I mean, at like one point there was like 50,000 of these things on the road SOMEBODY had to drive them.

IMHO Aerostars are alright... I mean, you could have gotten an Exploder or an Escort.

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>when i first got my license i had a 95 mercury tracer. clutch was shot when i was through with it. paid $300

drove my parents 2000 dodge intrepid they sold it talk about a boat on wheels. quick though.

parents then got a 02 monte carlo. very fast but not my thing

bought my 97LE celi. drove that for 10 mo til some stupid %&^*( pulled out in front of me and totalled it.

week later i found my 99 gt.

my next car will probably be an older 4runner to drive in the winter with the celi garaged. only time will tell

That's still about the same except the last part. I got a pickup instead of the 4runner and I'm looking at getting a 300zx now.

Call me a traitor! See if I care. ;)