Well I'm getting bored of my car. I want to to be faster, and just more fun and rewarding to drive. I want to know if there's anything I can do to improve it to keep my interest in the car.

No there is nothing you can do to make it faster or more fun. There is nothing you can do to improve it or keep your interest in the car.



How about checking out the "My Projects" section of the forums, it'd be the best place to start

Sell it for something with a V8. My plan anyway.

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was thinking the same thing or get a supra!

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I wanted a supra until one day when i was driving i saw this really nice one coming the other way ( nice clean bodykit+ good exhaust tone ) and then it drove past and a fat middle aged women was behind the wheel.

Just can't bring myself to driving one now...

Boooooost

boost or get a swap.

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That could be the owners mother ha

nitrous

I lost interest in mine once too. My solution: I drove something else for a while. Trust me, you'll REALLY want your aging, slow, oversteering, but cherished Celica back. As strange as it sounds, the 6th gen Celica just has a certain "feel" that other cars just can't match. Of course, boosting and swapping are great options to give the car the power you want. However, both cost a lot of money and if we all had that much money, odds are we wouldn't be tinkering around with Celicas. My advice: Freshen the car up. New struts, ball joints, tie rod ends, polyurethane bushings, sway bar end links, take the seats out and steam clean everything, etc. You get the idea. It'll still cost a good bit of money, but it can be done one day at a time. Even if your car still feels good, there's room for improvement by replacing aging parts. Plus it's a great feeling to replace parts yourself then take the car for a drive and be able to feel the results. It's also cheaper than car payments. When you are finished fixing everything up and you still aren't interested in the car, all of the new parts are an excellent selling point.

You can always start doing body work. I personally started cleaning my engine bay and thinking about colors to paint it when I got bored. It's inexpensive and keeps you personalizing it. Hell even if I'm cleaning my car or changing brakes, I just like workin on it (to an extent)

Get a Honda.

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**** Honda who is this guy .

This post has been edited by finalate: Jan 17, 2013 - 9:30 AM

I like richee's idea.

To add on.
If your thinking of buying a mk3 or older supra, then I'm sure you will be running into more problem's than you bargain for. The celica offers many bang for your buck options compared to others.
Because its an older car, there will always be room to restore old parts. Fresh Aftermarket or oem parts will make your car that much better nd more appreciated.
Its rare to see a clean celica on the streets ,that's why I recently purchased one. That and it strikes me as baby supra lol

I'm actually excited to get my celica project started lol

This post has been edited by C-Lara: Jan 17, 2013 - 9:46 AM

Turn it into a rally car. It's never boring.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Jan 17, 2013 - 10:25 AM

Strap a couple of jet engines or a flux capacitor on it and call it a day.


If you do install the flux capacitor, the rocket engines or a 3sgte are a necessity to reach 92 mph. The 7a and 5s are too weak to generate the required 1.21 gigawatts

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No.

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It's 88 mph, GAH.

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Still, you'd have to be going downhill in a hurricane to do that in a 6gc

They're not that bad. I've gotten mine up to somewhere above 80 when I shouldn't have.

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Wish the officer had known this when I was ticketed at 97.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jan 17, 2013 - 6:06 PM

i second the v8 part....

i sold the celica and got an LS400...

oh and the cop just watch my fly by at 155+
of course it was on a closed course and he was watching out of curiosity

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Maybe in your 6gc
My 5a has no trouble hitting 100mph

I test drove a 2005 Chrysler Crossfire this afternon. Cured me of not appreciating mt '97 Celica vert......QUICKLY! The Celica runs circles around that car in terms of handling and comfort.

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Having a standard would definitely keep you more interested in the Celica.
Buying an automatic was your first mistake

I swapped mine from auto to manual and now I never get bored of her.
No matter how slow and under powered she might be, no matter how many problems might occur from her age, and no matter how bored of her I might get when I'm not driving her, as soon as I sit in that seat, start her up, and drive away, I always seem to fall back in love.
Even if she is slow, she handles so nicely on curvy back roads.

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The guy who has a Honda but still drives a Toyota Camry LOL

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lol so true. But it has to be a ****ty car usually.

I drove a Saturn for a month while I was working on my celi and boy that first drive after it was done was just priceless. Although driving anything after a Saturn is an improvement.

Meh, I rather have a car with superior power over handling. In a perfect world you get both, but that costs a decent amount of money. Unless you live on a majestic mountainside, car with good handling doesn't really get much use. All the roads where I live you can take at above speed in a truck of all things. So, yeah... Give me power.

I live in Bucks County, PA. We have lots of twisting roads along hillsides (too small to be mountains), and that Chrysler Crossfire I drove yesterday revealed itself as a highway car almost immediately. I knew it was made in Germany, and its steering reminded me of the first Mercedes sedan I drove back in the late 70's: DULL, DULL, DULL. We even had the top down, and it was still dull. It had power once you punched it, but I need steering to go with those fries. I got back in my Celica, and was instantly at home.

I like the idea of gently fine tuning and fixing up a Celica. Mine was bought very clean, but I've added a HU with DVD and satellite radio. I wax it often (spray on stuff and sometimes liquid), and the black interior keeps my vacuum busy. I'd like to add some larger wheels, but wonder if that will effect the car's handling on twisty roads...

5 minutes from our house, and miles and miles of the same!



This post has been edited by FrankB2: Jan 18, 2013 - 9:43 AM

Its normal to loose interest. See here is the situation. When i bought my car and I logged here, everyone was doing something, and sparked my interest. but now only a few and between are swapping, and stuff. Life is full of challenges. I had to buy a 1st gen, and that and ps3 has diminished my time to my vert. So i lost interest. I set it under some covers and is still there. Every now and then i work on it. and its fun.. The good thing is i have a daily driver to use in the mean time.

I have tought of selling, but i put too much sweat in it, sometimes i want to do another swap, but i have no time. So its on stand by.... I have decided to finish the 1st gen this year, then work on the 6th gen...