RE: Shed Of The Week: Toyota Celica

[carinaman]

J4CKO said:

Bit of a timewarp car that and refreshingly un-barried, should be reasonably quick as well.

Preferable to last weeks Honda for me.

For me the Honda has been the worst so far this year. If Shed has gone a bit bangernomics, then this Celica meets the bill IMO.

It's a like a front wheel drive Capri, or what a well built Probe or Cougar would be like. I don't know how MX-6 build quality compares to one of these.

The Celica name outlived the Capri name?

I can't see how much MoT it has? I am being dull?

Edited by carinaman on Friday 13th February 12:39

[M@1975]

I'm a big fan of the Celica, having owned the previous ST182 and several ST185s and one ST205, if well maintained adn not barried they are great but they are not so great when they get played with (which I did on many occaisions) modification ups the maintenance budget on all Celica models to silly levels so its noce to see a stock ST202 for a change. Will be a great shed for soemone!

[Rumblestripe]

Any man who "retains the original air box and panel filter" after fitting a K&N filter is the sort of man you WANT to buy a car off. A little anal retentive and over fastidious.

Snap his hand off someone!

[dc2rr07]

Steamer said:

LotusEspritTurbo said:

Not for me. Preferred the T160 and T180, much nicer looking cars.

My first thoughts.

Great cars but the shape just didnt do anything for me.

However - where did all the T160s go!?!

Each to there own, but seriously how about the ST205 GT-Four, never probably going to be in shed money territory to be honest but better looking than a T160 or T180 IMHO.

[danjama]

Funnily enough i was looking at his ad the other day as I need a car with four seats alongside my mr2. I was very tempted to go and look.

[Steve_F]

I had the 114bhp 1.8 version as a stop gap, had it for 3 or 4 months and was a bit gutted the right car came along so quickly making me change it.

Medium road bike fitted in fully assembled, medium mountain bike needed the front wheel off but never managed a full mtb in anything smaller than a Mondeo.

The rear end will definitely move around a bit. There was a lovely off-camber roundabout by my work that it would lift-off oversteer in the wet in a perfectly controllable manner.

Would really like to try one of the more powerful ones, definitely not the best car out there but still good fun.

[daytona365]

Again, a very worthy and capable car, however image wise it must be on a par with a beige Allegro..........Shame.

[DaveCWK]

s m said:

1434 kg for the Autocar test one - managed 60 in 5.9

Never realised there was such a weight difference between the regular Gen6 & GT4! Always imagined it to be ~100kg more, tops.

[Shnozz]

I bought the generation 5 version as a daily snotter some years ago.

Proved fantastic and outlasted the usual 12 month snotter expectancy by 2 or 3 years. Went well enough, decent enough mpg, hugely, hugely practical with an enormous hatchback (particularly with the seats down), reliable and comfortable.

Brilliant car in every respect and only died in the end as the clutch came to the end of its days. Really couldn't fault it.

[soad]

KimJongHealthy said:

Limeymk1 said:

They're not the most inspiring cars to look at

Let's go back to 1994 for a second. This is what's on the roads:











Watching my cat lick his ass for 15 minutes is more inspiring than euroboxes of the 90's.

You forgot to mention Vauxhall Nova (still made then?) and Cavalier, plus various Rover, Citroen, Peugeot offerings...
Saw a rusted out Nova five minutes ago, floating past on the road.

[Gary C]

Phil303 said:

I can appreciate this as a good example of it's kind, especially at shed money, but they do nothing for me.

Once inside, any attraction is lost and they aren't the most accommodating car to be a rear seat passenger in; at least if you're an adult over 5'.

The faster, rally-esque models I can see the appeal of. Everything else is style over substance - and not-ageing-very-well-styling at that.

but compared to alternatives for shed money !

Reasonably sporty looking, reasonably quick, quite practical, cheap and to top it all particularly with the 3SGE engine very reliable. What's not to like.

I had a shed ST185 GT4 and wish I had never sold it as it started on the first turn of the key every time, pulled well and handling was far more fun than the new STi I also had.

[Escort Si-130]

Im seriously worried if you think watching your cat lick its ass is inspiring.

KimJongHealthy said:

Limeymk1 said:

They're not the most inspiring cars to look at

Let's go back to 1994 for a second. This is what's on the roads:











Watching my cat lick his ass for 15 minutes is more inspiring than euroboxes of the 90's.

[RobinBanks]

"American owners have reported 300,000 miles up with no significant problems. One chap had incurred the princely sum of $258 worth of repairs in 14 years' ownership of his 257,000-miler, and that was on replacing a rusted-out exhaust manifold."

Are you that American?

[RobinBanks]

soad said:

You forgot to mention Vauxhall Nova (still made then?) and Cavalier, plus various Rover, Citroen, Peugeot offerings...
Saw a rusted out Nova five minutes ago, floating past on the road.

In fairness though at the time Vauxhall also made the Calibra which looked much nicer than the Celica.

[deltashad]

I remember it to be the wifes sportscar type of thing. Or grandmas. Does nothing for me.
A friend had the sporty one with the turbo, chipped azev a alloys and lowered. That was nice.

[anonymous-user]

Gary C said:

but compared to alternatives for shed money !

Reasonably sporty looking, reasonably quick, quite practical, cheap and to top it all particularly with the 3SGE engine very reliable. What's not to like.

I had a shed ST185 GT4 and wish I had never sold it as it started on the first turn of the key every time, pulled well and handling was far more fun than the new STi I also had.

As a shed it's a great proposition, I agree. I've never seen the appeal of these outside of a Sega Rally game. A friend has one that despite minimal care & attention just keeps going whilst getting tattier and more tired looking. I was expecting it to be a far more exciting drive than it turned out to be and the interior was a bit low rent too.

The two of us are doing a journey of a few hundred miles soon and the thought going there and back in it filled me with horror, so I offered to drive and shoulder the petrol costs.

[sorrel]

Roger Irrelevant said:

That's really helpful thanks MC - reckon I'll start looking in earnest then as from what you've said these seem to be just what I'm after for the work run.

I had both Gen 6 and 7 Celicas and fitted my mountain bike in both. Bit of a hassle getting over the lip, but can be done without removing the front wheel and just putting the back seats down and moving the front passenger seat as far forward as it will go.

Great usable everyday "sporty" cars. I miss them both.

Edited by sorrel on Friday 13th February 16:22

Edited by sorrel on Friday 13th February 16:23

[phil_cardiff]

Phil303 said:

The two of us are doing a journey of a few hundred miles soon and the thought going there and back in it filled me with horror, so I offered to drive and shoulder the petrol costs.

A couple of generations ago we were flying for 13hrs squeezed into a wooden framed aircraft that was being shot at.

Now we can't bare to travel in a plasticky interior for a couple of hours.

That's progress I guess.

[anonymous-user]

phil_cardiff said:

Phil303 said:

The two of us are doing a journey of a few hundred miles soon and the thought going there and back in it filled me with horror, so I offered to drive and shoulder the petrol costs.

A couple of generations ago we were flying for 13hrs squeezed into a wooden framed aircraft that was being shot at.

Now we can't bare to travel in a plasticky interior for a couple of hours.

That's progress I guess.

It's not the plastic (although it is pretty grim), it's the lack of comfort. The driver will be fine, it's being one half of the 2 x 6' 3" passengers that is the problem. I really don't want to travel 200 miles in the back of one of these.

[phil_cardiff]

Phil303 said:

phil_cardiff said:

Phil303 said:

The two of us are doing a journey of a few hundred miles soon and the thought going there and back in it filled me with horror, so I offered to drive and shoulder the petrol costs.

A couple of generations ago we were flying for 13hrs squeezed into a wooden framed aircraft that was being shot at.

Now we can't bare to travel in a plasticky interior for a couple of hours.

That's progress I guess.

It's not the plastic (although it is pretty grim), it's the lack of comfort. The driver will be fine, it's being one half of the 2 x 6' 3" passengers that is the problem. I really don't want to travel 200 miles in the back of one of these.

Man up! You're giving us Phils a bad name!