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My car is 3rd row, 3rd in from the left ( red TA40 Sunchaser ), I'm right in the middle of the assembled group, and there are more than 20 people in the background if you count that as going backwards from me ! (If not, then some pedant is going to call it the foreground and someone else will have to try and win this challenge )

Well done Lee, let's have the next challenge then to keep the thread alive !! (and BTW what are you doing on the Marshfield Bank estate ?)

It's good ! I don't think I've seen one round here yet, but then again i've not been looking really

My Celica with the clock tower at Morrisons in the background. Next challenge, with this pic in mind, is your Celica outside a supermarket - preferably with the supermarket building in shot ! If this drags on I may have to accept your Celica in a supermarket car park ! !

My Celica outside the tennis courts at Nantwich this morning. The next challenge is : Your Celica next to something with a connection to the Diamond Jubilee. This is a very wide ranging challenge as it could be the Queen's Head pub, a Union Jack, even a UK postage stamp !!!!! That reminded me of a brochure I've got (Sunchaser by Tropic of Germany)

Quiet in here, isn't it !!!!! Let's try and get this going again. My Celica straddling a speed hump on one of Crewe's many badly maintained roads : And the new challenge will be your Celica next to a big puddle. Should be plenty of these about with the weather lately.

When I reposted the train pic it was just to show it had been set before. But seeing that the stadium one is also a previously set one, may I suggest that stands but make it a double challenge by adding a fresh challenge. Being topical with it being 60 years since the Queen's ascension to the throne, your Celica with some royalty connection. Use as much lateral thinking as you want, be it a mug with the Queen on it, a stamp or even parked outside the Prince of Wales pub.

Yes a train has been in a previous challenge, must have been ages ago though as I had the silver Sunchaser on the road !!

Next challenge, on a similar theme, your Celica in front of a shop in the throes of closing down. i.e. displaying signs to the effect of 'everything must go, massive clearance, closing down sale' etc.

Well I'm more than happy that Splinter has actually responded and posted some pics So in my opinion as the setter of that challenge let him set the next challenge

It's all gone quiet again in here I thought I'd set a reasonably easy challenge but it seems I'll have to make it easier to tempt you all to get your cameras out The new amended challenge is:- Next challenge is your Celica next to a lawnmower (manual. electric, petrol or sit-on) OR your Celica next to a lawn, back garden, piece of grass or even on a grass verge !!! Anybody ??

Assuming this is still a current challenge as Angus's shots were a repost from the earlier challenge, here is the Sunchaser today outside the Crewe Alexandra main stand. Next challenge is your Celica next to a lawnmower (manual. electric, petrol or sit-on). This is because I've just cut the back lawn

As has been said different people have different tastes. When I first saw my red Sunchaser 6 years ago in the brother-in-law's drive with the hood up I had fairly much the same opinion of the reviewer in the article. But the whole quirkiness and rarity of these cars has grown on me and the good thing is that the more people who slate and dislike Gen 2 Celicas makes them still an affordable old car unlike the silly money people are putting on 'classic' and 'collectible' Gen 1 Celicas. Possibly this one or this one

Today was a day off so I went in search of building sites in Crewe. This was the closest one to my house :- Next challenge is your Celica next to a 4x4 "Chelsea Tractor", preferably a Toyota (Land Cruiser, RAV 4 etc.), but Land Rover, Range Rover, Discovery et al will all fit the bill.

Well done sir I was beginning to think all the members had lost their cameras :rolleyes: Right I'll have to keep a look-out for an erection

OK so this has caused this thread to come to a grinding halt Amended challenge is " Your Celica next to a roadside flower seller or outside a florists."

Now I've read this:- I think I understand your somewhat cryptic post Bryan Just to re-cap the latest challenge is seasonally-related:- Your Celica next to a roadside flower seller.

I assume you weren't in the Gen 7 as I didn't spot you. The red Sunchaser is the everyday car at the moment so will be floating around quite a bit. I haven't decided on a definite list of shows fot this year but JAPS North is a strong contender. And just a quick visual warning to everyone of how Toyotaitus (Toyotaitis for the Scottish pedant !) can affect the view from your living room window :rolleyes:

Being a fellow sufferer myself I feel I should point out that this affliction can easily mutate into the much more prevalent condition of Toyotaitus. Back in 2004 I was a normal bloke with varied interests in all sorts of cars. Then the brother-in-law asked me to collect and sell his Sunchaser. Looking back I now think he'd realised the stage he was at because as well as having owned various Toyotas he also had a Lexus. (Lexusitus ia a much rarer but very expensive offshoot of Toyotaitus). He was emigrating to the Dominican in an effort to escape the clutches of this. (footnote: He's now realised it's even more widespread over there but is limited to mainly 4x4's) I foolishly picked up the Sunchaser and within 6 months had bought it off him for myself. Fast forward nearly 7 years and you'll find I now have 4 Sunchasers, a 79 Corolla Liftback and an 85 Corolla as an everyday car. The wife had until recently a 92 Corolla but being stronger than me overcame everything and now has a Corsa. The other victims in this have been my stepson who through attending various shows with me succumbed to the pressure and now has 5 MR2's. Also the last car the father-in-law had over here before he died was a Carina 2 but I think this was genetically inherited from his son Richard (the one who had the Sunchaser !!) or vice-versa. An offshoot is I now have a large collection of various spares for my cars and way too many magazines and brochures. All in all I'm still a happy person because like Steve I believe I'm in full control of this and have no plans to buy any more cars ( not this week anyway ). People who think they may be affected have two great support groups in CCUK and the TEC (Toyota Enthusiasts Club). PS Those who have met me will know all of the above is 100% true.

I managed to sweet-talk the local EuroCarPark warden into a full pose complete with blank ticket !!! If that fits the bill then the next challenge is seasonally-related:- Your Celica next to a roadside flower seller.

Obviously a little too late on this one but seeing a 30-mile round trip to the stepson's house was involved you're having the pic anyway His 2 bearded dragons on the bonnet of the Sunchaser ( he insisted on the blanket in case they scratched the paint - how considerate !) Anyway as you were, back to the challenge involving a uniform

Top marks for having the balls (and the aerosol) to spray that on one of your neighbours' garage !!!! And so what is the next challenge?

Taken today so definitely a currently owned Celica !! Next challenge is your Celica next to a 'No Parking' sign, like the type people put outside their garage entrance or similar.