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That's good then.
ilikewaffles11's Toyotas
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Since it's Sunday, why not go for a nice Sunday drive? Went back to the usual backroads and went for a nice long spirited drive. 
Finally found a nice place to stop and get some pictures as well!
And some nature, a stream and stuff, some trees.
Just about to roll over 2,000 miles put on this in less than a month, and I've been loving every minute of driving it!
Finally found a nice place to stop and get some pictures as well!
And some nature, a stream and stuff, some trees.
Just about to roll over 2,000 miles put on this in less than a month, and I've been loving every minute of driving it!
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Thanks guys!Another thing has arisen that needs to be taken care of, my clutch is sticking. Not all the time, but I'd still like it fixed as it doesn't feel right. Quite often when I let off of it, it'll go up about 7/8th of the way, stop for a second, and then fully come up. Plus, this has only happened twice on me, but it's stopped at about halfway where I had to pump it once or twice for it to come back up. So need a new master cylinder, which is only like $50-60. So not all that bothered. Add that to my $120-200 radiator.
Also, figured it's worth a mention here, I'm looking into buying a Subaru SVX for a winter car. Currently, my '94 Celica GT is reserved for winter, however the SVX is pretty cheap not to mention it'd no doubt be a lot better in the snow and make driving in the winter a lot more fun. So there's one for $1600 on Craigslist which I've contacted the owner about, so... We'll wait and see how that plays out.
Guess I should make a little post to commemorate my Celica GT shortly. And my legendary 2.2 Camry...
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I said I was gonna do it, and well I've got nothing better to do, so I'd like to make a little post commemorating my past cars. The first being a 1993 Toyota Camry LE...
...and the second being a 1994 Toyota Celica GT.
So I'll start with my first car, the almighty 2.2 Camry. You might be asking yourself how I managed such a powerful steed as my first car, and I assure you, it wasn't easy...
No I'm joking of course, all jokes aside the 2.2 Camry is a god awfully slow car that pretty much completely discourages you from driving fast or aggressively. So really, the perfect first car.
I'll go ahead and say it right now, I didn't buy either of these. My dad did. The Camry he purchase for relatively cheap, the engine needed a little bit of work and the lady was planning on scraping it. It had around 230K odd miles on it, and after a little but of work, ran like a champ. The interior was spotless as well. The main problem it had was oil pressure would drop, so to make sure it wouldn't blow up the mighty little 5SFE, my dad had fitted aboost gauge oil pressure gauge.
I drove my little donkey for only maybe two months, which mostly consisted of minus 10 degree temperatures and general crappy weather. So it really didn't see all that many miles as I mostly spent my time curled up in a blanket in bed praying for nice weather to come back.
For the most part, ownership was rather uneventful. However, not long after getting my license, me and a friend had planned on going out to some car dealers and do some car spotting in January because hey, I GOT A FREAKING DRIVERS LICENSE NOW. So after heading to the Lexus and Jaguar dealers, I get onto the highway to head to my prime car spotting location, the promenade shops. However, not 5 seconds after merging, I smell the all to familiar scent of burning oil, while my oil gauge drops to zero and my oil light comes on... Great. Stranded on the side of the highway in the middle of January. After calling my dad, he said to wait a bit and try to continue, and when I continued... Same thing. A half hour later, I'm back on my way. THIS time, I go incredibly slowly (lel screw other people trying to get places), and manage to get to an exit and drive to work. Then I got to take the IS300 out for the rest of the day, woo! I also did manage to get the Camry sideways in some very icy roads (not intentionally)... Which I guess was kinda cool. Such mad drifts yo.
After that, I drove it for a few more weeks, however my dad came to me with the prospect of driving the Celica he had bought with the intention of giving my brother, and well, that was the end of the Camry. He sold it to a guy who's buddies with the one guy at work, and he works down the street from us, so I still see it whenever I'm down that way. Overall, it was a boring, slow, crappy handling, and a rather meh slush box econo box, but it DID always fire up and get me where I needed to go without any drama all the time, unless I tried taking the highway... Not to mention my first car, so I salute you my legendary little '93 Camry.
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Onto my next car, my '94 Celica GT. At the point of selling the Camry, it was now early March. The Celica GT was now all mine. And damn was I happy to have it.
As I said, it was originally purchased for my brother, however I won't get into why he can't drive, so instead, it's sat behind work for a while, and sat.... And sat... Annnnnd sat...
So since it say for so long, it needed a little bit of basic work. For starters, a tune up and a battery. Plus it leaked oil, just like EVERY SINGLE 5SFE ENGINE EVER BUILT. However, the engine was solid and soon was running like new. The interior on this car was also incredibly clean. The exterior made the car look a lot worse than it really was, the clear coat was peeling off the roof, it has a dent on the LR fender, and also a rust spot there to go along with it...
This had only about 120K on it iirc. I honestly don't remember. Maybe it was 160K... I unno. Anyway, it also had an automatic transmission. Sure it has the same engine as a Camry and it's also FWD, but it's also smaller and lighter so not only is it quicker, but it also handles better.
After sitting so long it was difficult to get clean...
I did get this once the weather had become a bit nicer, so I definitely got a lot more enjoyment out of this car. I do believe I racked up something like 1-1.5K miles on it in March. Went out to a lot of car dealers and did quite a bit of car spotting in weekends. Really enjoyed the car, was a huge step up from driving a Camry. Plus it had an aux jack!
Of course, warm weather also means bringing out nice cars. So once the salt washed off the roads, my dad took out what is now my Supra. After about a week, it became fully mine and I started daily driving it. This did give me one last nice usage, a trip down to Hershey PA for a Porsche Club of America swap meet and show. And it even made a friend while it was there!
Whatever happened to it now? Well, it's still my car, however it's reserved for winter so it's back to it's spot behind work. Battery is out, and well I'm planning on getting something a bit better for driving in the winter, so it's likely that this'll be gone shortly. I did really enjoy the time I spent driving this though, and I'll definitely consider buying one with a 5 speed in the future.
...and the second being a 1994 Toyota Celica GT.
So I'll start with my first car, the almighty 2.2 Camry. You might be asking yourself how I managed such a powerful steed as my first car, and I assure you, it wasn't easy...
No I'm joking of course, all jokes aside the 2.2 Camry is a god awfully slow car that pretty much completely discourages you from driving fast or aggressively. So really, the perfect first car.
I'll go ahead and say it right now, I didn't buy either of these. My dad did. The Camry he purchase for relatively cheap, the engine needed a little bit of work and the lady was planning on scraping it. It had around 230K odd miles on it, and after a little but of work, ran like a champ. The interior was spotless as well. The main problem it had was oil pressure would drop, so to make sure it wouldn't blow up the mighty little 5SFE, my dad had fitted a
I drove my little donkey for only maybe two months, which mostly consisted of minus 10 degree temperatures and general crappy weather. So it really didn't see all that many miles as I mostly spent my time curled up in a blanket in bed praying for nice weather to come back.
For the most part, ownership was rather uneventful. However, not long after getting my license, me and a friend had planned on going out to some car dealers and do some car spotting in January because hey, I GOT A FREAKING DRIVERS LICENSE NOW. So after heading to the Lexus and Jaguar dealers, I get onto the highway to head to my prime car spotting location, the promenade shops. However, not 5 seconds after merging, I smell the all to familiar scent of burning oil, while my oil gauge drops to zero and my oil light comes on... Great. Stranded on the side of the highway in the middle of January. After calling my dad, he said to wait a bit and try to continue, and when I continued... Same thing. A half hour later, I'm back on my way. THIS time, I go incredibly slowly (lel screw other people trying to get places), and manage to get to an exit and drive to work. Then I got to take the IS300 out for the rest of the day, woo! I also did manage to get the Camry sideways in some very icy roads (not intentionally)... Which I guess was kinda cool. Such mad drifts yo.
After that, I drove it for a few more weeks, however my dad came to me with the prospect of driving the Celica he had bought with the intention of giving my brother, and well, that was the end of the Camry. He sold it to a guy who's buddies with the one guy at work, and he works down the street from us, so I still see it whenever I'm down that way. Overall, it was a boring, slow, crappy handling, and a rather meh slush box econo box, but it DID always fire up and get me where I needed to go without any drama all the time, unless I tried taking the highway... Not to mention my first car, so I salute you my legendary little '93 Camry.
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Onto my next car, my '94 Celica GT. At the point of selling the Camry, it was now early March. The Celica GT was now all mine. And damn was I happy to have it.
As I said, it was originally purchased for my brother, however I won't get into why he can't drive, so instead, it's sat behind work for a while, and sat.... And sat... Annnnnd sat...
So since it say for so long, it needed a little bit of basic work. For starters, a tune up and a battery. Plus it leaked oil, just like EVERY SINGLE 5SFE ENGINE EVER BUILT. However, the engine was solid and soon was running like new. The interior on this car was also incredibly clean. The exterior made the car look a lot worse than it really was, the clear coat was peeling off the roof, it has a dent on the LR fender, and also a rust spot there to go along with it...
This had only about 120K on it iirc. I honestly don't remember. Maybe it was 160K... I unno. Anyway, it also had an automatic transmission. Sure it has the same engine as a Camry and it's also FWD, but it's also smaller and lighter so not only is it quicker, but it also handles better.
After sitting so long it was difficult to get clean...
I did get this once the weather had become a bit nicer, so I definitely got a lot more enjoyment out of this car. I do believe I racked up something like 1-1.5K miles on it in March. Went out to a lot of car dealers and did quite a bit of car spotting in weekends. Really enjoyed the car, was a huge step up from driving a Camry. Plus it had an aux jack!
Of course, warm weather also means bringing out nice cars. So once the salt washed off the roads, my dad took out what is now my Supra. After about a week, it became fully mine and I started daily driving it. This did give me one last nice usage, a trip down to Hershey PA for a Porsche Club of America swap meet and show. And it even made a friend while it was there!
Whatever happened to it now? Well, it's still my car, however it's reserved for winter so it's back to it's spot behind work. Battery is out, and well I'm planning on getting something a bit better for driving in the winter, so it's likely that this'll be gone shortly. I did really enjoy the time I spent driving this though, and I'll definitely consider buying one with a 5 speed in the future.
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Well that's partly from going to so many car shows, and partly because I take it out for pretty much any little reason I can find.
haha I know the feeling. About to hit half a tank of gas? Better fill up. Need some more car wash soap (down to 3 bottles), better run to AutoZone. Opps need some more car fresheners. Ohh look its a nice day...
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'Son, take out the trash..'
'Will do, dad!'
*drives miles down to the landfill*
'Will do, dad!'
*drives miles down to the landfill*
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I saw SVX.
Found one for $1600 on Craigslist, looking pretty solid.
Now if only the owner would ever get back to me...Pretty much this.
Going out for gas? Let's take the longest most fun way possible and go for a drive afterwards. Going for some food? Let's take the fun indirect route. 
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Pretty much this.
Sounds like my route I take to work, take the two lane and direct route full of traffic? hell no - gimme that twisty gorge road with zero traffic
https://goo.gl/maps/oIZS4
About 2 kilometers longer but hell, so much more fun! Especially since when I'm going to work town is gridlocked and my work isn't actually IN town - I'd just have to go through it.
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Sounds like my route I take to work, take the two lane and direct route full of traffic? hell no - gimme that twisty gorge road with zero traffic
https://goo.gl/maps/oIZS4
About 2 kilometers longer but hell, so much more fun! Especially since when I'm going to work town is gridlocked and my work isn't actually IN town - I'd just have to go through it.
Looks fun! My route to work is pretty much the only route I frequently take that I just take the direct route, as I don't even know a fun way I could take. So I've gotta take the highway, which headed down is fine but headed home is usually slow moving traffic up until the last couple miles. 👎 Usually takes me an hour to get home... And I'm not even THAT far away from where I work...
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Awww man that sucks..
I went to work the "Fast" way once and I was 20 minutes late - leaving at the same time going through Abbey Caves? 15 minutes early. Rain or Shine I take the twisty route and every day I arrive at work and at home with a big smile on my face 👍
Please excuse the poor quality, my camera was accidentally set to QVGA.... I didn't even know it was possible to get something that records in QVGA any more - the quality was so bad the audio was un-usable, so I dubbed over the song I was listening to at the time.
But this is that road (Return trip) (Slow pace is due to an extremely nervous passenger)
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At leaat you have some variety in the States... In Canada it's mostly flat, and straight. At least where I am. My commute is only rage-inducing.
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So as I got in this morning to go to a car show, I realized I've now rolled over 2,000 miles. I thought the photo I posted in the OP was the same last three digits but it was 56 not 65. Crap.
Anyway, was an Italian car show. Mostly.
However, unlike last year, there's an open class section! Yay! So after aimlessly walking around for an hour, I decided I'd show it if I had enough money on me. Which I did!
Even got a plaque
Anyway, was an Italian car show. Mostly.
However, unlike last year, there's an open class section! Yay! So after aimlessly walking around for an hour, I decided I'd show it if I had enough money on me. Which I did!
Even got a plaque
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Long time, no updates. So today I decided to finally wash my car after not doing so in a week. So after that, vacuumed it out as well because it needed that as well. Afterwards, I decided to finally do some of the minor things I've been wanting to address.
For starters, my left side tag light has been out for a month, so I finally replaced that. If you don't know old Toyotas, they used bulbs from a company called Koito, which are the Nokia phones of the light bulb world. Still had the factory bulb and by some act of god it burned out. So that's finally done...
Secondly, I figured while I'm at it, might as well straighten out my front license plate. So I did just that, took it off and cleaned it with some cleaner wax so now it's much cleaner.
After that, spent about twenty minutes drilling, screwing it on, examining it, taking it off, repeat. Finally though, I managed to get it pretty good. It's still not perfectly straight, but it's now at an acceptable level for me.
This pic is on a slight angle, so I'm gonna have to get one while I'm on a flat surface.
Almost forgot to mention, I'm going to do some of the more major things on Wednesday. I have a new clutch slave cylinder and my new radiator. My clutch has hardly any feeling to it, and it's been sticking to the floor quite a bit more now so I decided I need to do that now. So while I'm at it I'll just do the radiator and change my oil as well.
For starters, my left side tag light has been out for a month, so I finally replaced that. If you don't know old Toyotas, they used bulbs from a company called Koito, which are the Nokia phones of the light bulb world. Still had the factory bulb and by some act of god it burned out. So that's finally done...
Secondly, I figured while I'm at it, might as well straighten out my front license plate. So I did just that, took it off and cleaned it with some cleaner wax so now it's much cleaner.
After that, spent about twenty minutes drilling, screwing it on, examining it, taking it off, repeat. Finally though, I managed to get it pretty good. It's still not perfectly straight, but it's now at an acceptable level for me.
This pic is on a slight angle, so I'm gonna have to get one while I'm on a flat surface.
Almost forgot to mention, I'm going to do some of the more major things on Wednesday. I have a new clutch slave cylinder and my new radiator. My clutch has hardly any feeling to it, and it's been sticking to the floor quite a bit more now so I decided I need to do that now. So while I'm at it I'll just do the radiator and change my oil as well.
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I'd go for an RB26DETT.
Downhill Dino
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Would totally swap in a 2JZ. It could be pretty pricey though. That was actually my plan some time ago, Mark 2 with the 2JZ. It's a fun idea. With that though you'll be taking away its show car status easily.
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My friend has a 1989 with a 2JZ swapped in with a massive turbo on it and lowered on competition suspension and a manual trans and he beats the piss out of it.
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No I'm quite alright with my 5MGE that currently powers it. I'm not really interested in power.Though if I was going to swap an engine into it, I'd go with a 2JZ. Or if possible, a 1GZFE 5.0 V12 that powers the Toyota Century. But that'll never happen, so it's staying as it is.
