Hello everyone,

After going without my 6th gen for about a year and a half, I finally got another one. I searched for a long time to get one in good condition. Anyway, I found one all the way in Bethesda, Maryland and it looked pretty good so I decided it was worth the trip up there from NC. 800 miles later and lots of driving, I finally have another 6th gen. It was a pretty fun trip, and the scenery in Virginia kept me from getting too bored. I wanted to go to Washington but didn't have the time. I left my house at midnight Friday and got there around 7 am Saturday.

Now, some info about the car. It's a 98 GT 5 speed with 69,000 miles. I'm the second owner so I'm pretty excited cause I've never been the second owner of a vehicle before. Its good to be back driving a Celica; I missed it. The only plans I have as of now is doing a turbo set up possibly in the fall when I have more time and money. Being in college keeps you pretty broke and busy.

And now for some pics...


Washington!!


At the dealership in Bethesda, Maryland. I got the car inspected to make sure it had no major problems.


Virgina countryside. Its pretty nice up there.


In its new home .




Comments are appreciated . Oh yeah, to you guys in NC: I'm ready to have a meet .

-Rob

nice find. looks clean and low mileage. thought ya were bout to buy my celi.. might've been able to avoid the tragedy if ya did. but welcome back

welcome back very clean car, definatly worth the drive!

Nice example - good blank canvas to start with

Congrats man!!! Looks great!!

Lets def get an NC meet soon.. we should get a decent turnout.

WOW... that is one CLEAN Celica! 98~99 is the best year!

Glad to see you back guy, the car looks clean

NICE! woulda rode up with ya man! lol...nice red! you know what they say, red is the new black!

woot thats up by my house...but DAMMMMN it took you 7 hours?!
raleigh is only a 4.5 hour drive from here? (looks like you took 81?)

congrats

This post has been edited by playr158: Jan 10, 2007 - 5:34 PM

Oh, I drove from near Charlotte, which is where my hometown is. I'm only in Raleigh during college and I was on break at the time. Thanks for the comments, I like it and I think its a good start for whatever project I decide to do.

Great find! That is one nice celica!

oh cool, that would make it 7 hours lol, but 81 is a gorgeous drive!
congrats and hope she treats u well

still looks good. hmmm...maybe I should go back to stock now.

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Kinda funny, when i went to get my hatchback and 3s i drove down 81 from New york to Tennesee quite the drive

Nice looking car man. Very very clean. Looks almost brand new.

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nice find. it kinda reminds me of when i first got mine, it's red, 2nd owner, brand new cond. low mileage, etc.

btw, what is that around the wheel wells?

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its a rubber strip, i had that too, but i also had it on the doors though. that came off soon.

Yea Azain advanced that reminds me of when i got mine to. 2nd owner brand new condition very low miles. Now i got a trillion miles but the car still looks new since i repainted it lol. Can't wait to see some modding.

looks GREAT man!

Thanks guys. Yeah the rubber trip is ugly. If you notice in my pics you can see I removed the trim from the doors. I haven't removed the trim from around the wheels, is it hard to do cause I would like to do that next?

Thanks,
Rob

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nope, not hard at all. for me, i just pulled it off. there will be some adhesive left though on the body. just use some goof off and your set. by the way, very nice clean car you got there. cant go wrong with red. reminds me of when i got mine, except being an st. second owner at 33k

We should make a thread to see what people did to get their hands on a celica haha...

My dad and I drove 500 miles east from Minnesota to Michigan. Then 500 miles back home. $300 ish for gas for the freaking truck, the celica coming back, food, and toll! So roughly 1000 miles on dads truck and 500 miles on the celica... gathering a total of 57600 miles on the celica. Nice buy dude! Congrats!

Damn beautiful, looks amazing in this picture...

nice car. welcome back dude.

Thanks guys.