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my take on this. I sorned trinity a few times, stored in a dry but aired garage. each time however it was to do work on the car. and each time I got her back on the road I kicked myself for not doing it sooner. Cars liked to be used, its what they are designed for. Gen 4s can be either good as gold when laid up, or a pain in the butt. First time I did it, I had a couple of electrical issues that required sorting, a temp sensor went nuts, and a sticky passenger window motor. Using your car even say just weekends, is a much better idea than leavin it sat for 6 months, the heat cycles the car will go though will be good for all the operating parts and if there is an issue you will be able to identify straight away as you are familar with the drive off the car. dont drive it for 6 months and you will take a while to learn it again, by that I mean things like, "was that knock always there before", "did it hesitate at these revs before" etc a Battery conditioner, like a Citec is a great idea, it keeps the battery topped up and pro longs the life of it, when you are not using your car everyday. If you do Sorn and lay it up, I would Refresh the Coolant, flush as much crap out, and make sure you have new stuff in, to help prevent corrision in the waterways and if we get extremes of temp, any issues with freezing also make sure the handbrake is off, and I always place some drying elements in the cabin to prevent any mould, I use the cheap stuff you get for damp bathrooms. I also second the use of an axle stand the get your wheels up in the air, not only does it stop your tyres flat spoting, it means you can spend the winter, rust proofing the underside.

Plate was just old n delaminated. Good luck with yours

Ha ha true

To be honest the amount of work we have done recently to the car, I would have been kinda gutted..

Passed, advisory on the front plate that's it. Very happy. Must have known I decided to keep the old thing and blast it up a hillclimb and round silverstone soon..

Nope sorry not for me that one while worthy. Thanks to everyone for their imput. Decided last night after spending ages on the trader, ebay and some insurance sites, that, really all things considered, even running a 1.0 shitbox on my budget will still only really save me £600 ish a year on fuel, tax and insurance based on my miles. And as my wife pointed out, the Gen 4 I want to build is in my head so aint going anywhere at present! So going to keep the GT, and have some celica fun. may even practice my V6 conversion on it. Who knows what next year may bring re money etc.

Well the increase in fuel duty has been put off which is a help. I was aiming to save £100 - £150 a month, as ideally I want at least £1500 to start my gen 4 project. lol at waynes choices, not good on mpg sadly me thinks.. So do I sell a celica to afford a celica or do i keep a celica that means for a while I cannot buy a celica gen 4. If that makes any sense.

I am caught between two stones, I either stop saving for a gen 4 / project car and spend a bit more each month and keep the 6. Or take a break from shows and stuff and buy a cheapie pref an oil burner and save like mad for two years and have the funds to build what I want. Running two cars when the fun car is 6 gt is daft, maybe if it was a GT4 or vert, but a bog standard GT? nope No offence GT guys. Cheers for all the input, plenty to ponder.

LPG was an option however it does require a long term commitment on the car, which I just cannot give. That rolla was a thought, not sure on the mpg, but at a guess it maybe better that the gt. Later 99 shape rollas with the 1.4 VVT engines look okay, bit mumsey I guess.

not really looked into that, cheers nice one thank you

Argh! The plan to run a GT as an everyday car is not going so well. Fuel economy is killing me. I am getting between 21 - 25 mpg on my daily commute, which is about 15 miles in stop start heavy traffic. Car is running fine, no issues, and yes on long gentle runs I can get mid 30s. But driving like miss daisy the entire time has made me think. The insurance is up soon too.. I think my best bet is to de mod the car, sell the bits sep, get a years ticket on it, and sell it as a std car, with just over 100k on it, recent all new brakes, new exhaust and clutch plus service history should at least see me get £750 back for it. Question is what to replace it with, ideally I want a Toyota or at very least a Jap car, but not a lot floats me boat. Tried A puma, loved driving it, but too small. Ideas guys? I wanted a gen 6 to replace my 4, but realise now that my heart rulled my head, I cannot ignore the money I am sticking into the tank! I want some fun behind the wheel and driving everywhere for max mpg to eek out every litre is not it. I want 3drs ideally, decent size boot, and mpg of at least 30mpg in urban conditions, with a bit of driver fun thrown in.

After some fun with a Mazda on the way home, I will add ever so slightly naughty too. Lol

Hard, Its built for fun. So its gets driven in a way that makes me smile!

No prob mate, never an issue. Looking forward now to getting my stereo in now

Yes mate just opened it today thank u never seen then before lol

Tim thank you again for your offers of help and Ben and GT Sillycar You are all stars I went in person a factors called mr exhaust in Wolverhampton, and choose my front pipe, Cannot recommend them enough, strayed late back for me and charged me only trade price, £55 for it! Mr t wanted over £250!! for gawds sake just finished fitting it, apart from a slight blow at the back box which I will fix saturday, its all good... fitted like a glove! I now thanks to one broken front pipe, have an all new exhaust from manifold gasket back lol, bar a used cat from Nix. I will explain why i was getting wrong parts tomorrow, off to have a can of coke and a bag of chips. tim btw, i will pop over one weekend to catch up mate.been ages. thankks to CCUK again

Thanks guys, TIM, will pm u tomorrow if I have no luck as that would really help short term.

Cheers mate, that would really help me..

Hi Everyone, I am stuck up the creek without my car. the front downpipe on my car was shagged, so I got a second hand one from an ebayer breaker. went to fit it sunday after taking the rest of the exhaust off, and despite the guys promises, it was crap. My fault for trusting the guy. anyhow I did not think it would take days to find a new front pipe for my car.. I was wrong, no motor factors in birmingham have any. I got one online from click car parts, shower of shit, its the wrong part!! The old exhaust was in bits so I am stuck with no exhaust on my car, and facing taking unpaid leave which I can ill afford to try and resolve this. Has anyone got a front pipe for a GT in good nick I can buy in the west mids area? I have use of a car for tomorrow, so could pick up tomorrow night? please pm me if you can help Cheers Rich

mad as hell, thats some damage!!! sorry to see you bad luck. having done a clutch swap at home, its not to bad a job to get the box off. hope weather stays kind to you.

No prob mate, so sorry re your luck. See u soon.

weird. I got out of a gen 4 GT4 for cash reasons, got a puma, loved it, but it wasn't a Celica, got a gen 6 GT and today sold my puma for £865... I did look at the cougar, but.. Engine issues, they drink a fair bit of oil, and the fact that they dont hold any value at all put me off. The one I sat in also had pretty poor build quality too. Not driven a gen 7, but my gen 6 does like a fair bit of revs before going. compared to the puma, which is short geared and nippy but runs outa puff high up the speed range the gen 6 is the opposite. My gen 6 is totally stock at present, its a little crashy on the ride, brakes strongly, it grips well although its harder to play with the car on the throttle in the corners, stock anyway, its a very safe but maybe lacking in total fun factor chassis set up. Engine is great top end, it gathers speed well with its longer ratios, I like the interior although its a bit black. great driving position, decent space inside. I am doing around 28mpg at present, but thats due to blow on the exhaust, I expect that to rise to early 30s for urban driving once all sorted. hth,

When we did this I filled them as you, then used a rattle gun to pull em though, much easier than manually doing it. Hope this helps

I have come from a gt4 to a Gt. okay so it was a gen 4, but it was a proper GT4.. The cars are worlds apart, the power, the delivery, the stabilty and the traction. But run one on a limited budget and it really really helps to be handy with the spanners tbh. Or know some one who is. But they are fantastic cars.