Buying a Celica... questions - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

flyinace09 · 07-01-2005, 04:49 PM

Greetings...

I had an auto accident a few weeks ago and after getting my insurance check and scrounging more money I have been looking on the net for some used Celicas... specifically the 7th Gen 2000-present. I found a few hits, but I have a few questions for when I go for a drive.

1. Is there any way to tell a GT from a GT-S? I understand that the GT-S has a variable valve timing, so is there any marking on the engine for it that would make a GT-S stand out?

2. There is one that I found in automatic that looks realy nice. Granted - I am not going to be street racing (been stopped by too many cops for that) or taking it on a track... but does the automatic still give the Celica a powerful, seat-gripping ride? I am looking at something with a little punch from the start (I know auto won't get too punchy though) and something that will let be do little dashes down the highway when I want to pass a truck... or a friend

Any replies will help... I will be seeing this car next week and I would like to know if its even worth my while to see this car before I spend 30 minutes of my time driving to the person that has it.

BTW, its a 2001 Celica, red, with 75k miles that I am finding for $6000... thats why it is so enticing right now. I love manual trannies but I will be driving to work and school mostly now so I don't really have time to joy-ride anymore... tell me what you think

Thanks

nyyankees3511 · 07-02-2005, 07:39 PM

Hey how are you. I saw that too on autotrader it seems like a scam. The number is located in illinois. Have you spoken with him at all?

flyinace09 · 07-03-2005, 07:34 PM

Haven't gotten a reply from him via email. I am going to try to call him before I give up and move on the my next search. Granted $6000 is half the book value for the car but hey... he just may be nuts enough to just let it go for that price!

nyyankees3511 · 07-03-2005, 10:12 PM

I called him and i got a welcome to callwave. If you google that number it is in illinois. I was gonna go buy it saturday but it was a scam.

90celicaGT-S · 07-04-2005, 12:54 AM

the gts is definiteley the way to go it has 180 hp compazred to the gt 140. the gts should say vvtl-i and the gt says vvt-i it also says gt/gts on the rear. auto is alright but if u want to unlock all of this cars potential u need a 6 speed cause most of its power is after 6k rpms.