Okay, I am pretty much a broke college student who desperatly would love to own a Celica... In a perfect world I like to have a 6th gen, white, MT with tan leather interior, moon roof and MiniDisc player. Right now I have only about $3500 to spend... I looked into financing but those banks are just ruthless. So I have been thinking about say buying an auctioned 6th gen celica, what do you think about this? I much rather have a HB/Liftback... I am wondering say could one in theory but a lift back rear end say on a rear ended coupe. I am not sure how much different the frame difference is, if any? I was also considering perhaps an MR2 or Paseo as alteratives... Admittly the paseo is a bit gutless compared to even the ST, but what concerns me is that since it is so light how will it handle in the snow? I kind of have an unhealthy addiction to snowboarding, soI am not sure what I would do if I couldn't get up to the mountains. However if my litle 95' Saturn SC2 could do it... Well here is one of the Paseo's I was looking at...

http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail...or=&cardist=101

What do you think?

This post has been edited by haightc: Nov 22, 2003 - 2:00 AM

try to gt a celi for cheap, but make sure the miles are ok.. believe it or not i bought mine for 300 bucks

How in the heck did you pull that off? Can you give me any tips?

mine was in pretty bad shape , then i fixed it.. u can prob pick up a celica in decent shape with the money u have now

Well, I was thinking I might try the ebay game... You know I have never shipped an auto before... I will call today and see how much it costs. However I was thinking originally like IAA (Insurance Auction), howeer those are a crap shoot. Generally Celicas are damn right expensive, I am not sure why anyone would let go of a decent one for under 7k. However looking for what Celicas go on ebay, it might be possible. Where else should I look?

An prior option I was looking at was a rebuild 95 Celica GT... The person baught all the parts to replace after rear end collinsion and there was no suspension damage... however the parts he bought where from I a blue celica, so I would have to repaint the the replacement pieces.. is this a total rip off or a good deal? Paint-jobs are the one thing that I am definatly shy about when it come to DYI... I am sure a body paint shop would want 1-2G large I am guessing...

its possible. i got my 94 gt, moonroof, leather, cd player, cruise control for 3k cash/ she wanted 5500 i walked up with cash and she took 3. it had 90k miles. CASH ALWAYS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

Just find yourself a 94-95 GT and you wont regret it. >> I got mine for 3200 and it has power everything, sunroof, 5spd, leather, premium sound system....you could even pick up one thats in not-so-great condition like soundslut said and put a little work into it, and have yourself a gorgeous celica too. >>

You could definately get one with your budget, but i would start looking on Autotrader and similar sites, not ebay or whatever...this way the cars you look at are local and dont involve shipping.

-blkGT+Nov 22, 2003 - 8:06 AM

damn.. I am gonna have to try that too... The cheapest listed is like a 94 GT with like 170k and that is for like 6k... people ask rediculous prices around here. Oh yah, the salvage was not tehcnically totalled... It is an automatic, with moonroonf white, 86k miles... he wants 2.2k... I mean man... if I could actually get the car I wanted.. I wouldn't mind doing some work on it. I kind of would still like to have not to have the grey interior... Then again, I can't exactly afford to be picky... Thanks for your advise guys!

This post has been edited by haightc: Nov 22, 2003 - 2:07 PM

My 95 gt was $3,200 and it had 170,000 miles on it. M/T. Strong engine tho.

i paid 9 for mine.... >> I have 4000 some miles on the motor, and 49k on the body. has never seen salt.

So you think I might be able get this one for like 3k ... It has a heck of a lot miles

http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail...lor=&cardist=19