I've been a lurker for many years on here, but decided I'd share with the community. I have had my 97 celica for over 10 years and have over 185k miles and have grown way too connected to it. 3 years ago I had a lancer evolution and paid the car off and it was a great feeling. I put a lot of money towards the car and made it have a lot of whp, 460whp, but had a lot of turbo lag with the fp black and didn't like the lack of torque. I then knew I had to get some more torque, and needed something that was fast from the factory already. I sold the evo and was sad to see it go, but I had to do it. I told myself I would never sell the celica though, since it is simply too memorable and outstanding gas mileage, outstanding insurance, outstanding reliability and a very unique personality. It reminds me of the little engine that could. I'll never sell it and drive it till it melts or explodes. So... to prevent the delays, here is the new member of the family.

Celica for work/commutes, Black car for fun and spirited driving. It's the baby in the family but will be here to stay.

Oh wow. Joined in '04, intro thread now, and I never thought I would see these two cars in the same garage. That's a very clean Celica!

interesting car combo lol!

Thanks guys. I have been lurking for a while lol! THe car combo is great because i still get to drive "manual" since the celica is the 5speed ST. Both are factory besides the celica rims and sound system.

This post has been edited by Broham: Oct 25, 2012 - 4:53 PM

jeeeez 2004!
glad you decided to say hi

where in VA are ya? I just moved down to columbia, md for work

northern va man. There are car meets on saturdays and sundays if you want to come out

ah! When the celi was still in commision back in may I went to CnC over by the falls. I plan on going again once shes back together

def man. this coming spring/summer will be nice. I plan on redoing the celica interior seats and body work to make it look new. sound system is done and sounds excellent. alpine components front polk speakers in back, alpine hu and a kicker sub. the speakrs have a 4 channel amp and the sub has its own amp connected with 4 gauge wire. It truly is much better than most and sounds great. nobody expects that sound from the old celica lol

Hello

Kendrick is here from ON, Toronto. Its my first time to using this forum. So I suggest that first I should Introduce my self. My age is 22 year and I am a student + Employee. My Interests are Playing Video games, spending time with my friends and driving madly. My favorite car is Ferrari Spider. Currently I am driving Honda Civic 2006.My purpose of joining this forum is to expend my knowledge about cars. I hope it will be a good time with you guys.

welcome kendrick. i look forward to seeing your ferrari spider some day

Drives GTR, but lives in apartment/condo? You can't explain that. Well, I much rather have a nice car over a house too so I can't say too much. Welcome to the board(again?)! I'm sure you get the prize for "BIGGEST STALKER", but we'll have to check our records before any prizes are given out.

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^This is exactly what I was thinking! I'm still jealous though, I always get excited when I see a GTR on the road!

GT-Rs are overrated........... sexy and overrated........... so I guess they're sexyrated.

I'm getting a house built to garage the cars. I have to stay at the condo till then lol Still daily the celica and nobody believes it when I say I still have the celica man. If anybody is in the md/va/dc area we can cruise

This post has been edited by Broham: Nov 19, 2012 - 2:43 PM

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Im down come spring. Just found out of another member over in Rockville

Wow! I'm so glad to see there are more 6gc guys here in the DMV area!

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aforementioned member

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I am trying to find a place to upgrade the interior seats as the old cloth has become a bit tattered and old. If you know of a good interior leather shop, let me know man. I'd like to add some foam padding to the front two seats also as there is barely any support. I look forward to some celica meets also.

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There are plenty, but not enough of a "group" mentality as I would hope. But, we can change that!!

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I sure hope so! None of my friends seem to understand how awesome this car is
It's nice to meet some new people who do.

I hear you on the front seats lacking support! My leather is getting a bit hard in places, and I was quoted $500 to recover the fronts on each seat (that's $500 per seat). I didn't ask if they could add a bit of foam for lumbar support, but sure will. There are lots of companies that offer custom fitted seat covers, but some seem much better fitted than others.

Well if you're looking for seat covers then I'd bet that these fit pretty well:

http://www.kamikaze.com.hk/product.php?id_product=26