celica or fto gpx?

Post by **smorison** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:32 am

oh so that's what you were doing yesterday instead of crusing with us....

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:53 pm

if it's not an ST202 Group-A GT-Four, forget it... just buy the FTO instead (and that is my completely unbiased opinion

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mrx · Post by **mrx** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:14 pm

smorison wrote:oh so that's what you were doing yesterday instead of crusing with us....

No no no of course not!

I was also busy after that! If that was all I had to do, it could have waited until today!

It does make you realise just how far cars have come - even from '86 to '94 there is such a big difference. Of course, they are not exactly in the same category of car, but you know what I mean.

On the other hand, driving old cars does have a certain charm too it. And yes, I think that 18 years (nearly 19) is old enough! It is probably older than some people on these forums, but I remember when they came out! How badly did I want one!

And to apease the gods - don't buy the Celica unless it is a GT4, then toss a coin.

Breza · Post by **Breza** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:48 am

A mate of mine actually picked up an 89 model GT4 (early nineties rounded shape, ala Carlos Sainz Castrol Celica) for $2.5k (less than $6k landed in Aust) at a Japanese auction and is importing it under the 15 year rule. No visible mods except a set of 18in alloys.

Looks quite clean and the auction report was quite good for the age of the car. (auction grade 3.5?)

Spend another $10k on such a care with wise modifications and it would crap all over any FTO in the performance stakes for the same money.

But wouldn't look anywhere near as good.

Cheers

Chris

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:55 pm

notice this guy hasnt replyed again
i think we scared him!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:42 pm

paladin wrote:notice this guy hasnt replyed again
i think we scared him!

Theres few reason i can think of for that,

1. Like steve said, its a "interesting" question to ask in a FTO forum.

2. He brought the 96 Silly-Car already.

3. He went & brought a Skyline GTst instead

4. His computer crash.

5. He fogot his login name or password.

Hmmmmmmm........anyone else???