My 1st import...and I love it!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:21 pm

Well I got rid of the '83 Trans Am (worst car I've owned by far) and bought a 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S liftback with 120K miles, 22R-E 4cylinder and a 5-speed trans. It's got ZERO rust, which is amazing with these cars having so much rust trouble in the spare tire well. It's got about the same amount of power as the '05 Neon I had, and it's RWD. It handles SUPERBLY for a bone-stock car! I'm amazed at everything with this car so far. I paid a mere $2200 for it...such a steal! I do have to get rid of the Dynasty and I'll probably look for a cheaper Neon for a winter car. Here's what I got:

I absolutely HATE the steering wheel...so I bought an eBay wheel that would match the car somewhat (going to re-stitch with color-matched thread and dye the top stripe to match with SEM paint):

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:48 am

Wow whoever had it before kept great care of it.

Dont tell me you gon' be one dem drift'n type people, hmmmm!?!?

What was so bad about the trans-am?

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:52 am

Nope...I can't afford the tires!

The Trans Am was a never-ending battle to keep it on the damn road. Never again...

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:55 am

Nice find Brodie

That puppy is clean as hell

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:17 am

to bad its not a Celica Supra.....i had one as a project car

car looks cleas as hell though dood.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:22 am

Very clean!

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:27 am

Awsome find!

This is the first thing that comes to mind:

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:44 am

Bad ass car, really good condition too

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:32 pm

Thanks guys! Yeah, I would have rather had a Celica Supra, but in this condition, I'd never find one for $2200. I'm very happy with it and don't plan on changing much to it.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:51 pm

1983 your favorite year or something?

Looks clean!

SC62391 · Post by **SC62391** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:25 pm

Sooooooo clean

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:51 pm

This car is an '85. I was born in '83 though

Lantern04rt · Post by **Lantern04rt** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:53 pm

very nice man! now you need a new sig.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:53 pm

supertrick_05 wrote:This car is an '85. I was born in '83 though

Nice edit.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:36 am

You need another Neon! Although this is clean as hell and in great condition I'm honestly not a fan of em.

I miss Naiya!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:50 am

I figured I wouldn't.get a Cam approval, but I really like it. I'd like to get another Neon for a beater and make it a sweetheart. Not too nice to where I won't eant to drive in the winter. LoL

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:21 am

haha I know where all those pics were taken! agreed with LSP...get another neon

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:09 am

Yeah I'm not an old school import fan but it is in awesome condition so I will give it that

Post by **jonnymopar** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:04 pm

'85 = last good year for the Celica. NICE find!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:25 pm

Now this is a car I like. Did it come with a bowl of rice?

And just think, with all the money you were saving not having to cut your mullet, you should have had craploads of cash to dump into the T/A!

I kid, I kid. Seriously nice car you've got now though.