silver gt
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How about this?
I never go anywhere without a couple of axes in the boot.
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I've just changed my tyres so here's a review of the ones that I'm ditching after 3 years.
Bridgestone RE010
Make and Model plus size of Tyre: Bridgestone RE010 - 215/50W16
Celica owned: Gen 6 GT
Type of driving: Mostly rural B roads. A few 300 mile motorway trips.
Type of driver: Mostly steady, but occasional blasts.
Miles covered so far and wear rate: 30,000 in 3 years. All still legal tread.
Dry use: The best grip I've ever come across.
Wet use: Excellent. Progressive and predictable.
Snow / Ice use: Not here in the sunny south.
Noise: Not that I've noticed.
Overall opinion / comments / strengths / weaknesses: Best tyres I've ever had, and although expensive, as I've got 3 years use from them they have been a good buy.
Price paid and from where: £120 a corner from Headley Tyres.
Rating out of 10: 9
Quick review - Kumho Ecsta Supra 712
Mileage: 1/2 mile.
I've just put new (secondhand) wheels on that have come complete with tyres, 2 Bridgestones and 2 Kumhos. I got the car sideways on a clean dry road just 400 yards after setting off. The Kumhos are lethal, absolutely zero grip!
They have loads of tread, but they're going in a skip tomorrow. New Bridgestones I think.
Rating out of 10: -2
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The next challenge is... Doing your bit for the environment. So your Celica next to or near by a recycling/bottle bank.
How about that?
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cant believe nobody has mentioend to wait until engine cold.. less risk of over tightening them that way
Johny did, 3 days ago.
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It's not difficult but there is a potential for disaster. I've seen broken off plugs and cross threaded ones, both of which need specialist work to put right.
Get your Dad to show you how to do it, then you can do it yourself.
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Ha, an easy one for me. Just rolled the bike out of the garage, and voila!
Another challenge? mmm
Your car, with an item of ladies intimate apparel caught under a wiper.
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Excellent
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It's an 80's car, they're period ... they're retro chic ... they're ironic?
Whatever
OK, for the next one, I want to see your car with all of your car cleaning products arranged on the bonnet.
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There you go Katy, I fixed it for you.
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It's taken me days to find a sub station, but at last...
OK, what I want to see next is your car in a disused quarry, surrounded by Daleks.
but if that's too difficult then your car parked next to a car that's not your's, not Toyota, but exactly the same colour. -
How about this one?
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Brian Long wrote a book, Toyota Celica (1899154027), on the history of the Celica in 1995. An excellent book, it's out of print and hard to find now.
He has written a new book, Celica and Supra: The Book of Toyota's Sports Coupes (1904788130) which is due for publication in April.
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I've got a brown car, anyone want to come and park next to it?
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I know it's cheating cos they're old pics, but because I can....
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Here's my car this afternoon next to the outer wall of the Roman town Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).
Could be anywhere I suppose, so I took one in front of the sign as well.
Celica photo challenge.
in General Celica Discussion
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I wish!
It's a cheap copy I bought secondhand for £10 because the electrics didn't work. A quick rewire and some replacement switches got it going. When I was in a band in the 70's I used run it in stereo using 2 amps, with a touch of distortion on the bridge pick up. Well, I thought it was cool
So, another challenge?
What I want is something at least 100 years old on your Celica. A thing, not a person, so no getting you Gran in her stockings on the bonnet (though if you want to do that, post it up anyway
), and it's got to be on your car, so no parking in front of old church or something.