Hi
I am at that stage of thinking about ordering a GT86, wondering how I'm going to pay for it etc etc.
I owned a Mk1 1600ST Celica '73 Mreg years ago. I loved that car. It was a tad underpowered but exactly what a car should be...then I owned a race modified Triumph Spitfiire for many years until it was killed by an uninsured bread van just before I was due to convert it to 2.5PI six power.
I then went through a phase of Pug205GTis...2 of them - but FWD just isn't FUN!...then I bought one of the last shaped Celicas - this was the first brand new car I bought. I loved it but it was underpowered and FWD ....I had child #1 and managed to find a child seat that sat well in the bucket like rear seats..but the Mrs moaned and moaned and moaned about getting kicked in the back and nagged and nagged and nagged until i bought a sensible family car; a Mazda 6 TS2 estate....that got nicked and written off (there are pics on a Mazda6 owners site) and then the insurance Co bought me another one.......since then the Mrs has thrown me out (2 years now) and i find myself with a dull family estate and as a single man again. My Mazda6 is 5 years old now and I think I need a change. I have now decided that if i can find a way to raise the funds (not easy with 2 houses and 2 kids and alimony to pay) I want a Gt86....it seems to be what the last Celica should have been and tbh I did like that car.
The GT86 seems ideal to me. It has some albeit small seats in the back for ferrying the kids between their mother's and my house. It is RWD with more power than the old Celica....and more character than a FWD coupe like a Scirocco....and it's got me lusting after a car again...
I have one question at the moment about the Gt86. I doubt anyone will be able to answer it as none of you will have had yours over a winter yet. The wheels on my '02 Celica suffered REALLY badly from corrosion on winter roads. Each winter Toyota, after lots of moaning, replaced the wheels under warranty. the final year before the warranty ran out they replaced the wheels and let me keep the old ones, so the old ones went on the car and the new ones were stored in the garage until I sold the car.....What I want to know is whether Toyota have sorted out the corrosion problems on their alloys? There's little worse than wheels going furry after a couple of drives on salted roads.
Edit: Also could someone advise if a bass guitar in a flightcase is going to fit in the boot (with the rear seat folded down) ?
Edited by: Twigman
I am at that stage of thinking about ordering a GT86, wondering how I'm going to pay for it etc etc.
I owned a Mk1 1600ST Celica '73 Mreg years ago. I loved that car. It was a tad underpowered but exactly what a car should be...then I owned a race modified Triumph Spitfiire for many years until it was killed by an uninsured bread van just before I was due to convert it to 2.5PI six power.
I then went through a phase of Pug205GTis...2 of them - but FWD just isn't FUN!...then I bought one of the last shaped Celicas - this was the first brand new car I bought. I loved it but it was underpowered and FWD ....I had child #1 and managed to find a child seat that sat well in the bucket like rear seats..but the Mrs moaned and moaned and moaned about getting kicked in the back and nagged and nagged and nagged until i bought a sensible family car; a Mazda 6 TS2 estate....that got nicked and written off (there are pics on a Mazda6 owners site) and then the insurance Co bought me another one.......since then the Mrs has thrown me out (2 years now) and i find myself with a dull family estate and as a single man again. My Mazda6 is 5 years old now and I think I need a change. I have now decided that if i can find a way to raise the funds (not easy with 2 houses and 2 kids and alimony to pay) I want a Gt86....it seems to be what the last Celica should have been and tbh I did like that car.The GT86 seems ideal to me. It has some albeit small seats in the back for ferrying the kids between their mother's and my house. It is RWD with more power than the old Celica....and more character than a FWD coupe like a Scirocco....and it's got me lusting after a car again...
I have one question at the moment about the Gt86. I doubt anyone will be able to answer it as none of you will have had yours over a winter yet. The wheels on my '02 Celica suffered REALLY badly from corrosion on winter roads. Each winter Toyota, after lots of moaning, replaced the wheels under warranty. the final year before the warranty ran out they replaced the wheels and let me keep the old ones, so the old ones went on the car and the new ones were stored in the garage until I sold the car.
....What I want to know is whether Toyota have sorted out the corrosion problems on their alloys? There's little worse than wheels going furry after a couple of drives on salted roads.Edit: Also could someone advise if a bass guitar in a flightcase is going to fit in the boot (with the rear seat folded down) ?
Edited by: Twigman
