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https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/work-has-started-next-celica-says-toyota
hopefully it’s a proper built in Japan Toyota
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I have no issue with an EV, to be honest Id be more likely to buy it if it was electric as long as it was toyota engineered
On 27/07/2024 at 04:21, JacoJa said:Been hearing rumours about a new Celica for 15 odd years. We’ve had nothing official from Toyota, other than Toyoda-san saying he’d love to bring back the badge. So I’d be super sceptical until there is a pre-production mule being tested.
Would be awesome, though! I wouldn’t even mind a ground-up EV if it offers AWD with Tesla Model 3 Performance-Levels of fun. A retro-style 2.0l Turbo would be excellent too, but I’ve always felt that the tech in our Celicas has been forward-looking for their time.
It would really suck if they stuck a Celica badge on an SUV though. Poor Capri and Mustang
Id rather the bagde never come back, than it be used as a marketing gimmick like the capri and mustang
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Id be interested if its a toyota and not something rebadged.
The supra for me is something that could have been so much better, if theyd not been so insistent on using a straight 6 - they could have used the Lexus LC.
I dont buy them just because they have a Toyota badge, its the way that toyota engineers them, I dont mind BMW but there is a lot of extra stuff on them that means that after 100,000 miles a lot of stuff starts failing which you just dont get on toyota or lexus.
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They are in with thread lock, if you heat them up first they will come out with a good spanner without rounding
Most new struts come with the ball anyway
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Someone did post recently but dont think they put the details up, ill have a search
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With e5 and e10, id try leaving as little as possible in the tank if its parked up for a while. Ive had loads of cars that have been parked for ages and the fuels come out clean and they have started after 3 or more years of being parked, with the ethanol content, it does turn to sludge a lot more,
Other thing I find on cars that have been parked a while is that its worth taking the plugs out and giving them a clean and also take off the distributor cap and take off the build up inside on the tips
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ive had good quotes on classic policy with low miles with footman james
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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
gen5 and gen6 ECU repair- John Mears
in General Celica Discussion
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I used this chap for my gen6 ECU repair, £75 - took around a week from posting it out to getting it back
https://www.johnmears.co.uk/ecu.htm