abou the featured rides..., how are they picked? Options

[droptopGT]

was just wondering is all, if this is a repost i'm sorry i searched for this type of topic but nothing came up

[Coomer]

The management just chooses a sweet car every so often and ask them if they want to be featured and stuff.

[Akimbo]

Whether or not you have a turbo or some awesome body mods!

[gas65]

You have to have $5000 worth of mods, which is about the only thing I don't like about this site.

Some of us are happy with the way our cars came from the factory stock, so why change what we like. And if you check out all the featured rides so far, the list of mods added is longer than the list of parts I have had to replace on my stock Celica.

Maybe I should list everything I have replaced in my profile so my list is bigger and I can compete.

This post has been edited by gas65: Dec 12, 2004 - 1:03 AM

[Coomer]

Well, the thing is, we wouldn't really want to put a stock Celica in there...it'd be like having a stock Civic featured in Import Tuner.

But we're working to find more realistic rides for some of the featured rides. The next car will probably be a USDM Celica with some mild tasteful mods and no turbo or anything crazy, because we've heard that people get depressed seeing all the GT-Fours as featured rides.

[gas65]

Well, the thing is, we wouldn't really want to put a stock Celica in there...it'd be like having a stock Civic featured in Import Tuner.

But we're working to find more realistic rides for some of the featured rides.
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So 6gc.net is a tuner and mod site, and not for stock celicas? Sorry I did'nt know that.

[Coomer]

Well, the thing is, we wouldn't really want to put a stock Celica in there...it'd be like having a stock Civic featured in Import Tuner.

But we're working to find more realistic rides for some of the featured rides.
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So 6gc.net is a tuner and mod site, and not for stock celicas? Sorry I did'nt know that.
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Oh c'mon, you know what I mean. 6G Celicas is an equal-opportunity...umm...website.

[playr158]

ummm when i get my celi back from the shop i nominate mine with the silvia headlights and a few other things....that and its a 7afe

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I think it would be dissrespectful to put some ones car up there when it doesn't have much done to it when there's some other guy out there that's worked long hours and lots of money creating art out of his car. If there's ever complete restores or something else like that that take alot of effort, then I think that person should get nominated too. But I don't think someone should be aloud to buy a 6gc, put a muffler, air intake, and wheels on, and then be rated one of the top rides. You've got to put your heart into it.

[gas65]

In that case I nominate Greenzilla(as Doggy called it) for featured ride, it does'nt matter that it is'nt a 6 gen, alot of the cars here barely resemble one anymore anyways.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

That's pushing it way to far. I by no means ment I wanted a 5th gen as a featured ride. This is 6gc, not 5gc. And so me a featured car that doesn't look like a 6gc. Besides, it looks like West Coast Customs did that car.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Dec 13, 2004 - 10:01 AM

[Supersprynt]

i think he was kidding.

[rjbibeau]

i saw that car on ebay haha

[droptopGT]

when mine comes back, i'm gonna be the next featured ride, and the first droptop too

[playr158]

haha you wish jay i'll beat you to it with my celica s-15!! mwahahahahah
and ruffly 15k-17k in work done to it and still goin

and my moms bought the car for my sister at 14k

mwahahhahahahahahahhahahahahaha

all for the love all for the love

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

i think he was kidding.
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I hope so, I felt bad about putting that if he was serious. I just felt like it had to be said. Cars like that should be burnt at stake, or given to women to teach them how to drive. lol, all you women know that most of you can't drive.

[droptopGT]

we'll see who gets the title first danny boy!! hahahaha

[Consynx]

can we do bets?

[Batman722]

personally I don't like seeing a very modded car featured. Most of the body kits out there look just like any other kit for any other car, just that it happens to be on a celica this time. You could put a GT4 up there but this really isn't a site about GT4s. There are only 2 (I think) in the US.

But I don't think someone should be aloud to buy a 6gc, put a muffler, air intake, and wheels on, and then be rated one of the top rides.

it's not about being one of the top rated rides

The management just chooses a sweet car every so often and ask them if they want to be featured and stuff.

you need to have a sweet car

gas65 is correct for the most part. Someone would have to spend a boatload of money to have a "sweet" ride and be chosen to be featured. It tells everyone else, "your car is not good enough or as good as theirs"

IMO each month a new featured ride should be picked from members photos. Members would only make sure they have a nice photo of their Celica. or maybe just a featured member. Give everyone a chance to get excited and be featured.

with the current standard, 95% of the members of this site will never have a their day in the sun.

[ghostdog]

I dunno, personally I've always looked to the featured ride as inspiration. Having a featured ride that is completely stock doesn't inspire me. Now I'm not saying it needs a swap or bodykit to be of interest, it could be a meticulously cared for stock looking ride with a nice set of wheels. But it needs to have something to set it apart from the majority of rides, otherwise what would we have to look up to?

[gas65]

I hope so, I felt bad about putting that if he was serious. I just felt like it had to be said. Cars like that should be burnt at stake, or given to women to teach them how to drive. lol, all you women know that most of you can't drive.

Yes, I was kidding about that 5th gen. But let me explain a few things and see if some of you see my reasoning about what I say.

I think it would be dissrespectful to put some ones car up there when it doesn't have much done to it when there's some other guy out there that's worked long hours and lots of money creating art out of his car.

Most of the people on this site did nothing but pick out the body kit and have someone else install and paint it for them. So they have spent money but have done no work per say. There are a few on this site that have actually done their own work and deserve credit for it. And if somebody actually designs a new front end using fiberglass instead of a body kit, they should get more credit than anyone. But don't put someone up on a pedalstal above the rest of us because they spent money to have someone else do the work for them, because the body kit was someone elses true work of art not theirs.

But I don't think someone should be aloud to buy a 6gc, put a muffler, air intake, and wheels on, and then be rated one of the top rides. You've got to put your heart into it.

It says featured ride, not top ride. A featured ride should be something this site can be proud to say this owner belongs to our site. The owner should'nt have to had spent more on fixing up the car than it originally cost him to buy it in the first place. It could be a modded out car, a completely stock car that someone has taken very good care of, or even a car that has 300,000 miles on it's engine and still looks and runs decently. And you might even think this is crazy but a featured ride could be pics of someone's old car that is totaled out now. Yes, it sounds silly but why not?

The featured ride is on the front page of the site, I see nothing wrong with showing the world what great cars we got. A great car to me is something that that is dependable, low maintenance, looks good for it's age and mileage, and mostly something I know I will keep for many years use.

A great car is'nt how much you have spent on it to make it look like something else. If you want it to look like some other car, you should have saved your money and bought it instead of your Celica. So I think your heart was never into your car to begin with.

I have one question for everyone that thinks that a featured ride should be something non stock. Why is it once someone gets their car all modded out and engine swapped, they decide to sell it? Not everyone has, but it seems like alot have lately. I think we should feature their empty wallet on the front page, that would seem pretty appropriate.


In my opinion I would be proud to have any of these as featured rides for our site and I will list why:

An older stock Celica maybe a 94 or 95 - to show people that even with age our cars are still running and look good.

An extreme high mileage Celica(maybe over 200,000 miles) - to show the dependability of our cars, how many other car companies can say that?

A Celica with body mods or other countries body styles(GT4) - to show different looks our cars can have.

A swapped motor Celica - to show that we can make our cars faster than stock, to intimidate the competition.

A wrecked Celica - I know it sounds bad but it will show how well designed these cars are. Most of the Celica's totaled I've heard of, the owners usually walked away with little harm.

And even a stock Celica that somebody just keeps cleaned and waxed - to let the people who run across this site doing a search, it just is'nt for modded cars we want all 6th gen owners coming here.


I hope you see my reasoning now, but don't get me wrong I do like some of the cars that have been modded, but to some of us it's not practical for our own useage.

[Coomer]

I see your guys' reasoning, and I've heard it a lot, but I still don't think a completely stock Celica really deserves to be a featured ride.

It's like a car magazine, say Import Tuner for example. You never see an older car that's stock featured in the magazine. You know you won't see one in there either, even if you do send in some photos and info to them. Yet you still buy the magazine.

Why? Because bone-stock cars typically don't appeal to the masses. People want to see something unique, something rare, something to dream about. Not many people want to see something featured when they can drive through town and see three of the exact same thing.

Now I agree that a car doesn't have be heavily modified or have tons of money put into it to be featured, but I don't think a bone stock car(even if it has 300,000 miles and a perfect body) or a wrecked Celica should be featured.

That's my thinking.

[shid]

I think a car with massive custom work in electronics and macintosh stuff should be the next featured ride.

hehe

[Coomer]

I think a car with massive custom work in electronics and macintosh stuff should be the next featured ride.

hehe
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That'd be pretty cool if someone had that stuff 'glassed into their dash.

[shid]

I think a car with massive custom work in electronics and macintosh stuff should be the next featured ride.

hehe
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That'd be pretty cool if someone had that stuff 'glassed into their dash.
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I'm getting on it!

*touches fiberglass and runs into corner*

[nik]

then there are guys out that do alot of there own work exterior or interior or machinical

[shid]

yeah.. I know my car isn't ready for featured ride yet.. even if I finish the fiberglass work; it still has stock rims!

[Consynx]

i actually like my stockers...when i clean em they look better than many sets that i've seen...no clue why

[boosted_K2]

I dunno, personally I've always looked to the featured ride as inspiration. Having a featured ride that is completely stock doesn't inspire me. Now I'm not saying it needs a swap or bodykit to be of interest, it could be a meticulously cared for stock looking ride with a nice set of wheels. But it needs to have something to set it apart from the majority of rides, otherwise what would we have to look up to?
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agreed. thats kinda the philosophy behind the "featured ride" how should we differentiate between which bone stock car should be nominated as "featured"... well done custom modifications, stuff pushing the limits of the cars, unique, tasteful, all stuff we like seeing and like to feature for other people to get ideas off of what is featured, it should be a way to condone what those people have done for the 6gc and show our appriciation.

[DamDirtyApes]

i have red tires... lol

[Mynzeyes]

i'm w/ coomer on this...a lightly modified almost stock celica basically isn't good enough. take my car...i like it, a lotta people do, but i don't think it's worthy of being a featured ride. as was said, it's something to inspire, or something desired. by putting nearly stock, or completely stock cars as featured rides, it's almost like desensitizing the title of featured ride, and eventually, no one would care anymore. but..iono, if you guys wanna stock celica, or a celica w/ clear corner markers and an aftermarket CD player to be the featured ride...post a link.

me being blunt: i think making a lightly modded celica, or a stock celica the featured ride, is the stupidest idea i've ever heard of.

-John-

[gas65]

I added some stuff to my interior, do I get to be a featured ride now?

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

nice interior too bad its not a celica
btw - i dont believe stock celicas with nothing so great about them should be featured rides, it would defeat the purpose.. it wouldnt be fair to the guys who really put their heart and work into their car.. not just fill it with gas and put an air freshener in it.

[Supersprynt]

Featured Rides should have a wow factor. Frotou's is a perfect example. When I saw that I was like whoa, I cant describe anything but whoa.

[nik]

My thoughts I think some also said it

If it has the possibility to be FEATURED in a car magazine (key word)
And is well rounded exterior/interior/motor/etc

Of course this site only has a few guys like that but yes Frotou car is a good example
Interior done
Paint done
Wheels done
Engine really done
And more

[x_itchy_b_x]

Frotou's car is a someting i have never seen on a celica thats why its great.
the invader kit played out.
my kit was cool now played out.
being custom is the only way to get people to notice your car.
also u mod a car for your own liking if other people dont like it big deal
like my gf think im dumb for getting that c-one hood. "black hoods are gay" w/e i like it

but i agree with coomer. why would u flaunt a stock car..... woowooo..
ill go buy one now for 4k.. not being a jerk but come on.

[Supersprynt]

I wouldnt go as far as saying someone with an Invader kit shouldnt be a featured ride - yes its commonplace but if its part of a magnificent car then it should be just as worth taking a second to look at it.

[x_itchy_b_x]

oh oops.. i mislead u. im just saying custom owns store bought. i have seen many nice invader type celicas though.

[Supersprynt]

Yeah true thats why I wanna keep my own hood rather than get a c-one.

[nik]

[thedevilmaycrie]

Yeah true thats why I wanna keep my own hood rather than get a c-one.
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and that is why i made my hood... i like the gt4 style and its not played out... i think im the only one with a gt4 style hood and a c-one style front... im original

-DMC

[nik]

Yeah true thats why I wanna keep my own hood rather than get a c-one.
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and that is why i made my hood... i like the gt4 style and its not played out... i think im the only one with a gt4 style hood and a c-one style front... im original

-DMC
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isnt original example a hood that no one else has instead of coping a gt4 like creating a scoop design that is totally original. Like madmods body kit custom is nice not original but fresh its hard to go total custom kinda like doggy did IMAO

give it a little time more will go to c-one front bumpers i want to do something like what NeverStop did the supra front and rear but it all comes down to what you like.

[97Celica]

You have to have $5000 worth of mods, which is about the only thing I don't like about this site. 

Some of us are happy with the way our cars came from the factory stock, so why change what we like. And if you check out all the featured rides so far, the list of mods added is longer than the list of parts I have had to replace on my stock Celica.

Maybe I should list everything I have replaced in my profile so my list is bigger and I can compete.
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Dude.. I have over $5,000 in mods and I have never been featured...Mostly because I am a punk too!

[DamDirtyApes]

i think a featured ride shoudl be something that stands out. it would be stupid to have a stock celica as a featured ride .. big whoop who hasent seen a stock celica. but cars like itchys, froutous, coomers, DMC, doggys, tufys and more are the caliber of a car worthy for featured ride. think of it this way . would u put a stock celicas picture on the front cover of import tuner....exactly

[thedevilmaycrie]

... of the ones you mentioned i think mine and coomers are the only ones not featured lmao...

-DMC

[ghostdog]

... of the ones you mentioned i think mine and coomers are the only ones not featured lmao...

-DMC
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itchy

[x_itchy_b_x]

ill wait my turn once the hood and t3 turbo is done. oh and im lowering it finally so then ill nominate myself

[My94RedCelica]

I haven't been a member for very long, so I can't really speak for everyone, but I feel a featured ride would have to be something that stands out and unique. It shouldn't be just something different to look at, but inspire people and get people to think of creative ideas. Compare it to the International Auto show. While a motor company is proud of their mass produced vehicles, the "runway" is for their concept cars that bring a different approach to vehicles. While there are many people with stock Celica's, there's nothing unique to be featured about them. It should get a person thinking about what they like about it, dislike, what they would do differently, how they would do something. While most of you won't become a featured ride, you must understand that it's to showcase those great thinkers who has dedicated lots of time, money, energy and thought into making something truely remarkable.

[celicarocker]

ill wait my turn once the hood and t3 turbo is done. oh and im lowering it finally so then ill nominate myself
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man i remember back in the day the first time i saw your car in person and you had your invader kit on and stuff i was all "oooh his car looks soooo badass"

now your cars like 100x more badass...

thread hijack: how much psi you plan on runnin the T3 at?

[x_itchy_b_x]

10psi. *gives back thread*
a nice celica is that celica3sgte kid. its go the chromed out 3sgte.

[celicarocker]

10psi. *gives back thread*
a nice celica is that celica3sgte kid. its go the chromed out 3sgte.
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thats it?

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

i am going to be the first RE FEATURED ride ever on this site..

[x_itchy_b_x]

i second that

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

thanx

[madmods]

i am going to be the first RE FEATURED ride ever on this site.. 
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I agree too, soundslut you have a very nice car, and you and neverstop were my big inspirations when I first came on the website.
As far as cars go, I think droptops should be up there, and nemesis, and Im working hard a finishing my 2nd version of a bodykit.

[Mynzeyes]

why would we REfeature a car...?

anyway, we're gonna get a new one soon, don't worry guys. .

[doGGy]

Wait till you see my new creation.......

i am going to be the first RE FEATURED ride ever on this site.. 
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I agree too, soundslut you have a very nice car, and you and neverstop were my big inspirations when I first came on the website.
As far as cars go, I think droptops should be up there, and nemesis, and Im working hard a finishing my 2nd version of a bodykit.
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[madmods]

Doggy are we talking mr2 or celica??? What are you doing now?

[x_itchy_b_x]

i hear a celica front on an mr2... lol j/k but would be cool.

[doGGy]

BOTH Actually celica is waiting for a spring... MR2 project already started...

Doggy are we talking mr2 or celica??? What are you doing now?
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[Supersprynt]

Doggy is a mad scientist.

I've seen an MKII MR2 with a 7th Gen Celica front end. Hawt.

[Fietsbel]

when can we expect some pics?, just to satisfy the crowd!

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

why would we REfeature a car...?

anyway, we're gonna get a new one soon, don't worry guys. .
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u'll see... thanks mad

[Supersprynt]

Heres a shot in the dark: it maybe a little too much work for Coomer but what if there was a link in everyones profile that voted them as Featured? Everyone gets 1 vote (to avoid the obvious), and when Coomer decides on a featured ride he can look at said votes and put that person up.

Whattya guys think, will that work? Or am I missing something stupidly obviously bad.

Also: the ppl who have already been FRed will not have the link in their profile.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Feb 22, 2005 - 9:49 AM

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

thanks doggy, ur car will be up after mine !!!

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

i think the admin. should vote on a featured car the way they have been... then it just becomes a popluarity contest