-Silver94CelicaOwner+Feb 6, 2004 - 4:14 PM

theres also a direct corrilation as well as to how the car is treated...

I'm a bit late for this topic.. but I am on the fence atm. My clutch has gone AGAIN due to ****ty work on it earlier (this heavy duty 1 lasted 10,000k's - ****ing annoying & expensive), and the rust is starting to set in >>

I paid $17.5k AU for her, and the value is really coming down even though she is a fully optioned (-sunroof) ZR. If I sold the car now I could probably get the same price, but only because I have spent $2-3k on her in the last year.

I have saved $5k since I bought the car, & have over $30k in the bank.

Really haven't decided if I'll keep the celi, or trade it in for a R33 GTR/R34 GT-t or a SUPRA RZ/GZ!



PS. K2 Stock MR2's don't get as much attention, but I know someone with a 3s mr2, full midnight purple, custom body kit, and it is a real eye turner.

This post has been edited by KAMiX: Feb 6, 2004 - 8:33 PM

i dont think you need to be asking us americans lol, the skyline is where its at hehe

It kinda bugs me my stock Celi is so slow. But I don't have the cash for a 9k engine swap. But the nice thing about the Celi, is it's a killer daily driver. My red GT is sexy enough to the point where chick look twice at it and the interior is supra like.

As for as speed? Well I have about $4k to kill so it's either boost the celi or a GSX-R 600cc. With the bike I will be an unstoppable chick getting machine. The rest of the money can go to the STD clinic.

If the celica was a fast car (in the US) theres a GOOD chance I wouldn't own one since insurance would be much higher and so would the resale basically making it a car that wouldn't have met my criteria when I was looking for a good used car, so Im glad (mostly) it is the way it is.

Two options

Get a uk or jdm spec celi - 3sge 173 bhp
get a gt4, jdm spec ~ 255 bhp, uk spec ~245bhp

Much, much better then mustang, cos it is designed to be driven properl, not just raced between lights and parked outside schools.

I can't think teh import cost would be that high, £8k will get you a pretty ddamn good gt4 in teh uk, imported.

And yeah just be glad, like ben said you dont have to pay uk fuel prices.

79pence a litre, works out at about £40, or (57 dollars for you americans) to fill the tank (and no the tank isn't bigger!)

The people from UK have risen a very good point. (regarding gas prices etc) Soemone at another thread was asking how come all the good Celicas are in Cyprus. Well you see, the Celica in Cyprus is considered a sports car. Custom Duties and gas prices make it prohibitive to own a car more than 1600cc. And by the way, gas prices in Cyprus are even higher than UK's. >>
As you can understand, there are absolutely NO american cars in Cyprus (except for a few Jeeps some rich people have just for showing off and a Caddilac STS that my uncle brought from the US- but he owns a gas station)

I was definitly considering selling my Celica. I was going to get a Porsche 944 Turbo, or maybe a 300ZX. I decided against domestics, they are too common and not stylish enough for me. But if I were building a dragster, I'd do a domestic.

But speed isn't really everything. I'm more of a tuner. I love to work on cars just as much as I love to drive them. If I took the money I'd get from selling the Celica, and the money that I was going to throw down for parts for her, I'd be able to get a decent, really fast car. But it just wouldn't look as good, and it definitly wouldn't be a drop-top. Not only that, but it'd just be a car then. It wouldn't be a hobby.

y do people keep saying a motor swap costs 9k bucks?? you can get it done for around 5k no problem.

You could get a full swap done without touching anything yourself for around $3000 USD over here. Maybe a little more depending on what electronic extra's you want + FMIC etc etc.. But there are loads of shops around here who can swap them in cheap because we have HUGE numbers of 5th gen alltracs and their engines in Australia.

Im getting rid of my gt4 soon. going for a series 7 rx7 instead. gotta love the rotaries!!! >>

I considered selling my car back when it was teal and close to stock and getting a stock '94 Integra GS-R with low, low miles. I even made the for sale ad and everything...I put in it the car window one night, drove to school the next day, and tore it down once I made it into the parking lot, and haven't looked back since. I absolutely love the car now, and couldn't imagine driving an Integra and being like everyone else. >>

-KAMiX+Feb 10, 2004 - 1:22 AM

Honestly, I want a Mustang Cobra.... nothing beats the V8 roar and that exhaust sound...

-holson+Feb 11, 2004 - 7:27 AM