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g1 - liftback (but do like the coupe almost as much)
g2 coupe
g3 liftback (by a mile)
g4 liftback
g5 liftback, closely followed by convertible
g6 convertible, closely followed by liftback, like the coupe but only in curren form.,
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where is the car - maybe see if a local member can take a look before you pay for a proper inspection?
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lovely looking car, before i bought my first gen7, I nearly bought a kaminari kitted car but wanted to build mine from scratch, nearly painted mine a similar colour as well
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only issue ive seen on the gen7 ecus is the immobiliser part and keys no longer matching , not looked at root cause
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wish id kept that 2nd set for my gen4 now, just didnt have the space
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3 spokes if its a 205
much prefer the latter 15" wheels for the gen4 or the 165 wheels
gen7 5 spoke wheels on a gen5 or gen6
ma61 wheels on a g1,g2
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On 28/01/2022 at 23:04, slybunda said:
1L per hour idling is very low consumption. the likes of AA and RAC and others saying start stop can save loads of fuel etc doesnt make sense if 1L is used per hour then for the few seconds of stop start time its just few drops for the sake of wear on the battery and starter.
maybe im reading it wrong? could it be 1L per hour per injector? that would make it 4L per hour of fuel to idle car for 1 hour?
edit: after doing some online research it looks like its right:
no point me sitting in the car getting cold while kid is at hockey training may as well leave engine on for the hour and get some heat and sound system banging for £1.50 for 1L of fuel.
parents sat outside schools / training grounds idling whilst they wait for there kids is one of my pet hates
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should be a sticker under the bonnet?
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On 22/07/2021 at 21:43, Fuppylodders said:
Just been googling about these cancelled purchases, and came across this:
"Another increasingly common tactic is for foreign "sellers" to use eBay to collect personal information. You buy from a fake listing, pay, then seller cancels the order with a lame excuse. Once they have your paypal user name, then they can narrow down the amount of tries to hack it, needing only a password, not both data.
I even had this occur with the same "seller" twice in a row.
I reported it, but like many other problems, eBay employees are too busy tooting their own horn to care."
Might be worth increasing the strength of your paypal pw just for safety...?
A lot of sellers are middlemen. So they will create 1000s of listings of items that they dont personally have in stock but there suppliers have, when an item sells they then ship directly from manufacturer/supplier. This is why you might find the same item for sale by 10 - 20 different sellers but when you buy it, they are all out of stock - this happens with UK sellers as well. A member on here had it with ta22 shocks a few years ago.
ebay doesnt give out email address's anymore to sellers, you get a forwarding email address instead.
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seals on the gen7 are generally ok, main thing is putting a film of oil on them before putting the pipes back in - usually use the old compressor oil that comes out
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On 09/06/2021 at 21:30, Fuppylodders said:
I just find it hard to see the 86 as anything but already a gen8 celica... I get that it's meant to be after the old ae86... But... It just seems soooo much like how a gen8 celica should have been... OK, the engine is questionable but it is what it is. Just disappointed the gr86 isn't turbo'd. Such a small ask for a car nowadays given soooo many have them, I guess they're concerned it could be close to stepping on the Supra's toes...
Might also be to do with average emissions across there range, they need the smaller cars to balance out the bigger ones to meet targets. There are some bolt on supercharger conversions available.
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7 hours ago, Kev 16v said:
i prefer the look of the old one
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Dont do it, its something we used to do a lot on older cars but even then we would very carefully wrap things like distributor and then use compressed air to dry everywhere.
Have seen cars with endless problems because water has got into electrical plugs. Get any on the plug leads on that fe engine and you will be getting misfires randomly for months.
Screwfix do a 5l degreaser - use that neat with a paint brush - you will get more off with that then you will with steam cleaning
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I might have a good pair of used one - can you message me a picture of your old ones and ill check
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I have some 255 calipers and carriers quite cheap that you could rebuild if you need
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This guy is in Serbia and has quite a lot of old Celicas - not the cheapest.
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2 hours ago, Santiago said:
Ah no thats not quite right the 165 GT4s had body colored side strips to go with the bodykit they got from factory. Appreciate the picture though
Is it not just painted? Do you have a pic of the other side?
ignore that - just spoke to rich and he reminded it what it looks like .
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18 hours ago, Santiago said:
I can't say for sure but I think they would be? someone would have to confirm for me. Cheers for that
Here is a picture
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2 hours ago, Santiago said:
I can't say for sure but I think they would be? someone would have to confirm for me. Cheers for that
I can measure it and you can compare other side?
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is it different from the celica st162?
I might have one later this week
Gary loveday on facebook makes the shelf clips - ive sent him a screeshot of this request
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Cant imagine it costs a lot to renew a trademark and would think its a just in case thing more than anything else.
If they do bring out a celica - I want it to be a proper toyota
I would have considered the new supra if it was a toyota - I like BMWs but I dont want one, sorry but the build quality is not the same which shows when cars get 10-20 years old. I dont buy into the reason being that the heart of supra was a straight 6. They could have used the lexus RC platform which would have given them a 2.0 turbo, hybrid, 3,5 v6 4wd and a 5.0 v8 monster for not a lot of effort - and with all those platform options I reckon it would probably sell a lot better as well .
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On 09/01/2021 at 00:20, Cleario said:
In all fairness I think Toyota need more gratitude for being completely open about it and are more than willing to admit the error(from supplier not in-house fault) and will replace them at no expense to the owners.
I say this whenever I hear people say "OH look toyota has another recall - not as great cars as you keep saying"
Great example is the window switch recall on the mk2 yaris at 10 years old.
VAG window switches break after 5 years and they have done for years, same as there window regulators which have been the same shitty design for over 20 years!
Add to that door looms breaking after 3 years and the dealer not being able to supply them as there is a 3 month backlog - yet they deny there is a known fault.
Even the oil issue on the 1zz - the VAGs had a 1.6 engine around the same age and that was awful for oil burning - and it wasn't down to gummed up rings like the 1zz (which I blame on lack of maintenance /. wrong oil)
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ive had good quotes on classic policy with low miles with footman james