March Celica of the Month, Poll is now up! Options

[SwissFerdi]

Some members are requesting a Celica of the Month thread in lieu of the Featured Ride being changed to a quarterly instead of monthly honor. So, anyone who would like to can post their Celica's info, along with some pictures. A poll will eventually be created for members to select their favorite submission. So, having established that, let's start the submissions for March Celica of the Month!

Everyone is free to post below. What we want to see is the inspiration behind the car, let us know how it came to be the way it is now. Where it's been, and where it's going is just as important as where it is now. A poll of all submissions will be created from those posts.

Entrants can vote for themselves, but NO ONE should be going in and making new accounts to add votes. If this is found to happen the moderators will disqualify ALL votes made by that person.

Good luck, and go!

Entrant profiles:

richee3

Malek

pipes

Rusty

l19tly

Tigawoods

SwissFerdi

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Feb 24, 2010 - 11:19 AM

[presure2]

I'm sure this will be reviewed and changed as we gain input, but some members are requesting a Celica of the Month thread in lieu of the Featured Ride being changed to a quarterly instead of monthly honor. So, I propose that anyone who would like to can post their Celica's info, along with some pictures. A poll will eventually be created for members to select their favorite submission. So, having established that, let's start the submissions for March Celica of the Month!

Go.

just FYI, the featured ride was never a monthly thing, everyone whos been featured ride in the past was up for several months at a minimum.
i would just like to start doing it on a regular, consistant basis instead of what we've had the past few years.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

[trdproven]

delete

This post has been edited by trdproven: Feb 8, 2010 - 7:23 PM

[malpaso]

My SS-Four please

[96stgreendemon]

hmm as soon as my skirts and splitters are on

[95CelicaST]

I think the idea of the thread was for the entrants to post a bit of background on the car, modifications, etc. (Do NOT post "mods in profile"). What we want to see is the inspiration behind the car, let us know how it came to be the way it is now. Where its been, and where its going is just as important as where it is now.

To avoid clutter, do not post unless you are entering your car. It will make it easier for people to run down the applicants to choose their favorite.

Perhaps a 5 car limit in the final round per month? If more than 5 entries are made, a preliminary vote will be made to bring it down to the "top 5", and a final poll will then be made.

Entrants can vote for themselves, but NO ONE should be going in and making new accounts to add votes. If this is found to happen the moderators will disqualify ALL votes made by that person (maybe even put you in a cheater's time-out for not obeying rules.)

Once there is a winner all other posts will be deleted from the thread, leaving the winner's original submission. The thread will be locked, and when a new thread is made a simple link will be placed so that viewers can look back through previous CotM threads.




Does everyone think those are fine rules? Manny? Luke?

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Feb 8, 2010 - 6:57 PM

[richee3]

I support those rules. Seems fair to me.

I've got absolutely no chance of winning, but this is the last month I'll actually have the Celica, so I might as well just put it out there.

I picked my first Celica up when I was 16 and had it 5 months to the day before a deer totaled it out. It took me 2 months and a 3 hour one way drive to pick up my '98 GT. It was a one owner lease car, and the previous owner had no mechanical skill, so I've spent the last 3 years as a poor student, struggling to find a balance between fixing the previous owner's mistakes and not spending all of my money on the car. I used to hate the car because of how much I had to fix it and how much I had to spend on maintenance, but now I love it for the same reason. My plan for the car was to keep it clean and swap a 3rd gen 3S-GTE into it, then drive the car until it absolutely could not be driven anymore. Despite no chance of winning, here's the picture.



This post has been edited by richee3: Feb 15, 2010 - 1:24 PM

[CelicaST_CALI]

We dont have enough moded celicas..this thread will die..

[95CelicaST]

Who says it needs to be a super modded Celica to win? How about a Celica in near factory condition? How about a Celica that was totalled by a deer and was rebuilt to OEM spec? What about a clean Celica with wheels and springs? Its about the background of the car, not just a pretty picture.

Go be a Debbie Downer in some other thread, please.

[pipes]

ill enter i guess...if noone else will

[SwissFerdi]

95CelicaST, I agree with those rules. However the idea was for just one thread to exist, hence this isn't named "March Celica of the Month." And to the entrants above, the idea is to post a picture of your choosing and then some things that make the car special to you or otherwise unique; so please edit your posts to reflect that.

Original post edited to reflect new rules.

[malpaso]

since we discussing rules (etc) here as well let me share with my opinion

first of all: Idea is perfect!

second: rules are nice thing... but... Why "copy + paste" what I already have in my profile? Why post pictures I already have in my profile? Why re-post something I already wrote? Since this is not "best picture competition" who cares how good or bad pictures I have in my profile? Or is this about amount of mods I have on my car? So longer list the better? I do not think so... The point is...

Let's ask yourself question first: What is purpose of this "feature"? (just describe it)

...than ask again: what makes winner "the winner"? What is "the scale"? (for 1/4 mile sprint is time... sure thing. but what it would be for this?)

Hope you get what I mean.

[presure2]

i think you misunderstood malpaso.
he meant NOT to just put "look in my profile for pics or info about the car"

the basic rules are good IMO, although i dont really think we need to post a complete mod list and whatnot.
i think creating a new thread each month is the best way to do it, and once everyone posts theyre pics the OP will edit the first post with the poll. once the votes are in, i will lock the thread, and post the results in the official sticky for COTM that i will create.
once chris gives me the ability to do so, i think i will give the winner each month one extra picture in theyre profile or somthing.
i think we need to limit the entries to 1 or 2 a month per person, tops.
to those that think there isnt enough cars, i disagree. its up to all of YOU to post your cars, and to let others know about the COTM thread.
i think you guys are taking this a bit to seriously. this isnt "featured ride" where the car has to be perfect in every way, its just a way to get people involved, like a better version of the post a pic of your car thread.
IMO it isnt about who has the most mods, or longest build list. for me, i just wanna see clean celicas. modded, stock, it dont matter. clean is clean. IMO its as much about the picture itself as it is about the celica thats in it.
pics of a 100% stock celica with a nice background looks great IMO and is just as worthy as malpaso for instance, or anyone else on the site.

as far as voting, if i catch anyone making diffrent names to vote, they get the banhammer, period.
a shame you guys are posting, but not any entries from any of you, when most of you have cars that COULD be "Celica Of The Month"

[Malek]

Visual Representation: 1997 Toyota Celica GT


-Name: Malek Awad
-Name of the Car: Spyro
-Background: Born in 1997, Spyro has been owned and maintained by a little old Japanese lady. That is, until 21 January 2009 when I bought it from the used car lot where she traded it. It was 100% stock when I bought it.
-Now: After a little over a year of owning it (being my first major expense), I tallied quite a few on the modifications list for being a relatively short time. My vision for Spyro at the beginning was simple. I wanted it to be clean and sleek, not in your face and look at me, but I also wanted it to be a car people remembered at a car show. It is well on its way to being that car. I'm constantly asked what kind of car it is or where I got it. It's even getting attention from BMW and Mercedes owners. Some know it just by Spyro.
-Modifications: Some basic modifications are the splitters and GT4 spoiler. I repainted the whole car getting rid of the side wall gash on the rear quarter and the minor dents. Interior wise, I got a Pioneer Premiere head unit with Boston Acoustic speakers. Great condition stock leather seats with seat heaters and OEM switches. A blue LED heater unit and gauge cluster. 7th gen short shifter and soon a TRD shift knob.
-Future: Future plans for Spyro include JDM Projectors, an ST205 3s-gte swap, 16x7in 5 spoke gunmetal rims and JDM tail lights. I want people to stand there at car shows guessing

I've had many personal experiences with Spyro that makes it more than just a car for me. Never will I consider leaving it. Thanks for reading.

[manphibian]

Good post mate

[pipes]

[SwissFerdi]

I'll post up some pics once she's clean.

Manny, thanks for putting me out there like that BTW.

[cheela]

your car looks so hot now that's it's paint. BTW, how's she running?

[Rusty]

dang my plan failed! plan was to be the only picture poster giving me no competition

I like your style Malek, so I'm going to follow with my celica story
Born 1996 in a Japanese toyota plant (so JDM) and it's a SS-II manual. The first japanese owner had done about 60,000km's (so about 37,000miles) and I bought in July 2007, pretty much factory apart from a hks intake and a few extras, shorty later my first modifcation were trd leads and sparkplugs. I began some intensive research, as the plan was to keep it clean, sleek , elegant and simple, my impression of what celica stands for. my first idea was the tom's lip, though I like the design of the SS-III kit better, so I went ahead with that, I also grabed some great trd goodies and projectors etc to complement the look, recently I've installed tein suspension and facelift gt4 rims.... anyway if you wish to read more about my progress you can by clicking my signature (My SS-II CELICA)


anyway pic


This post has been edited by Rusty: Feb 23, 2010 - 2:41 AM

[Malek]

You have a beautiful celica rusty! The SS-III kit looks soo sleek. The mix between the rims and the projectors really set it off..

[presure2]

dang my plan failed! plan was to be the only picture poster giving me no competition

I like your style Malek, so I'm going to follow with my celica story
Born 1996 in a Japanese toyota plant (so JDM) and it's a SS-II manual. The first japanese owner had done about 60,000km's (so about 37,000miles) and I bought in July 2007, pretty much factory apart from a hks intake and a few extras, shorty later my first modifcation were trd leads and sparkplugs. I began some intensive research, as the plan was to keep it clean, sleek , elegant and simple, my impression of what celica stands for. my first idea was the tom's lip, though I like the design of the SS-III kit so I went ahead with that, I also grabed some great trd goodies and projectors etc to complement the look, recently I've installed tein and facelift gt4 rims.... anyway if you wish to read more about my progress you can my clicking my signature


anyway pics (I guess you can post more than one??)

rusty, please try and keep it to one pic.
it keeps it simple, and keeps the polls to come easy to navigate and vote on.

[l19tly]

Not sure if i will be aloud to enter this as ive just sold this but ill give it a go mods can delete if its not allowed.

1995 celica ss2, made in japan and stayed there until 2006 when i imported it myself with only 79500kms, it took almost 2months for me to get my hands on it but when i did it was the cleanest one id seen, not 1 single mark on the car or dent anywhere.
The car came into the uk with a genuine veilside front bumper and veilside sideskirts, 16" enkei alloys, HKS hi power exhaust and recaro seat, i then bought some 18" alloys, Jdm tail lights and euro raiser blocks. The car stayed that way untill i recently sold the car which i do regret as i will never get one that clean again. I spent most of my time cleaning and maintaining the car as i wanted to keep it as mint as i could.



This post has been edited by l19tly: Feb 15, 2010 - 5:53 PM

[Rusty]

rusty, please try and keep it to one pic.
it keeps it simple, and keeps the polls to come easy to navigate and vote on.

edited ok wasn't too sure thanks

[Random_Stranger]

My SS-Four please

I would go with that. Very well deserving of acknowledgment!

[spolski07]

mine is dead and gone, but worth a shot for celica photo of the month!



This post has been edited by spolski07: Feb 16, 2010 - 10:02 AM

[SlvrCelica09]

your car has a vote from me!

[CelicaST_CALI]

I think you need to currently own the car for it to be eligible...

[bloodMoney]

Oh how I wish I had something to show for all the work I put into mine..... One day.......

GL to all applicants!

[Tigawoods]

well since i cant win anything with my car whats the harm with putting it in


1995 GT
It was my cousins new off the lot when she went to college in 95. After she graduated and moved out, it stayed at her home (uncles garage) until 2006 when i picked her up.
I remember saying to myself a couple years before i had gotten the car that the color was to girly and i didnt want it, but as time passed it grew on me.

If youve read my member journal ive gone a completely different direction than what i had planned when i first got it.
Im not sure what else we are required to say about the car, but i am happy where i am with her now.

[Random_Stranger]

^^^I really like that photo

[SwissFerdi]

Hopefully you guys don't find it unfair if I put my own car here.

'97 ST...auto (). This car is my baby through and through. It's my first car, and I couldn't be much happier. It was bought new in New York and probably owned by an old lady who only used it for groceries, so it only accumulated 66,545 miles from '97 to '08, when I picked her up (currently, she has 80,7xx). My plan is to make her as sleek and clean as possible, mostly doing only OEM mods. After recently lowering, next on the list are splitters and some other small cosmetic touches. Also, I'd like to do a manual swap and then potentially some form of swap or alternately, a 7A-FTE setup. Regardless of future direction, I will try my best to keep the car in its current condition and strive to continue to care for her.



This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Feb 22, 2010 - 10:47 AM

[Tigawoods]

aw man i gotta win this! i havent gotten in the calendar in the past two years, my self esteem is down

[manphibian]

lol, going for the sympathy votes

apologies, but i gotta go for the Red

[Tigawoods]

your red biased!

[manphibian]

I know, can't help it!

I'm sure you'll do fine, yours is the best picture i think i've ever seen :-O

[Supersprynt]

Mike if you posted a pic like that it'd be a shoe-in for the calendar. It's excellent.

[Tigawoods]

lol missed the calendar submission by a month or so
ill more than likely retake the shot this summer with a clean car
and submit that

[Rusty]

great so see so many people gettin involved

anyay to get votes ay Tiga?

[Stambo]

now you got rims i think you got it tiga

[trdproven]

nice photography seems to always have the advantage

[Tigawoods]

didnt help me out the past two calendars

[trdproven]

True but it did help your votes

[playr158]

(there should be a link to each profile in the initial post)

great work getting things moving guys!


voted

[easternpiro1]

^^^ aggreed and i do belive pipes should be featured ride someday! but the red=massivesechs!

[SwissFerdi]

(there should be a link to each profile in the initial post)

Good idea, but anyone can really access a member's profile easily if they wish to see more pictures. The criteria for CotM is based on the submitted picture and description anyway.

[808celica]

Tiga for celica of the month, Pipes for Celica of the year

[Tigawoods]

i am quite alright with that!

[richee3]

Quite frankly, I'm surprised I've gotten any votes at all. I expected none, I just figured I'd throw my car out there since I've got potential buyers coming to look at it today. Tiga and Rusty are very close! Both great cars, most likely the first and second Celicas of the Month!

[Rusty]

to be honest I'm quite surprised. but good to see how many people have voted

[SlvrCelica09]

people still hatin on pipes.... I think tigawoods hi def camera won him this award.

[eggman40]

so when is the winner picked? at the end of the month?

[l19tly]

Arrrrr crap no chance of me winning well its taking part that counts

[SwissFerdi]

Quite frankly, I'm surprised I've gotten any votes at all.

There are certain people that might have put in a vote for you.

[spolski07]

people still hatin on pipes.... I think tigawoods hi def camera won him this award.

i think tigawoods's car and skills are perfect for the celica photo of the month
i think pipes should be the next feature ride of the site

[GriffGirl]

aw man i gotta win this! i havent gotten in the calendar in the past two years, my self esteem is down

You've got my vote, and I'll add that I FULLY expect that picture in high-res to be submitted for the calendar. In fact, I'll put it out there that that photo is cover quality. Absolutely amazing shot!

Edit: Actually for that matter, will you email me a high res of that photo anyway? I'd love to have it as my wallpaper for my giant monitor at work, where I can really admire it fully!

people still hatin on pipes.... I think tigawoods hi def camera won him this award.

i think tigawoods's car and skills are perfect for the celica photo of the month
i think pipes should be the next feature ride of the site

Which is exactly why I voted for Tiga's CoTM and not Pipes', because I think with the major build that's gone into that car, it should be a Featured Ride. Just my opinion though.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Feb 25, 2010 - 6:35 PM

[pipes]

celica of the month or featured ride... honestly guys i was content with the fact that people belived the conversion was actually done and working.... but tiga that shot is awesome.... hopefully you will be able to shoot my car one day

[SwissFerdi]

How could we not believe? You said it yourself..."they spinnin'!"



In the future, I will create these threads on the first of the month previous to the namesake of the thread (April CotM thread on first of March, etc), allow THREE weeks for submissions, and then create the poll ONE week before the months ends. The winner will be announced on the first of the month. I will allow stragglers to submit up until the poll ends.

If anyone has any objections/comments, let me know.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Feb 26, 2010 - 12:04 PM

[SlvrCelica09]

aw man i gotta win this! i havent gotten in the calendar in the past two years, my self esteem is down

You've got my vote, and I'll add that I FULLY expect that picture in high-res to be submitted for the calendar. In fact, I'll put it out there that that photo is cover quality. Absolutely amazing shot!

Edit: Actually for that matter, will you email me a high res of that photo anyway? I'd love to have it as my wallpaper for my giant monitor at work, where I can really admire it fully!

people still hatin on pipes.... I think tigawoods hi def camera won him this award.

i think tigawoods's car and skills are perfect for the celica photo of the month
i think pipes should be the next feature ride of the site

Which is exactly why I voted for Tiga's CoTM and not Pipes', because I think with the major build that's gone into that car, it should be a Featured Ride. Just my opinion though.

how are we going about changing the featured ride? I thought only the admin could do it. whenever that section of the site is unlocked, will there be a voting thread for that as well? and BTW no offense by my comment before tigawoods, your car is also tightl.. high def or not.

[TiGZ461]

I got pipes on this one.

[MrAyasli]

Rusty has my vote.

Good luck to all.

[presure2]

there is no voting on featured ride. never has been, never will be.
its not a popularity contest.

ferdi, put the thread up for people to sumbit pics first of the month, poll the last week.

again guys, this COTM thing has NOTHING to do with the featured ride.

[SwissFerdi]

ferdi, put the thread up for people to sumbit pics first of the month, poll the last week.

Post above edited to reflect this.

Looks like Mike has March.

[Tigawoods]

i still feel as if people think i won just because of my photography and not on the car itself. I just hope that people voted on the car itself, not just the photo, there is some work done into her!
thanks to all who voted though!
im glad to be the first COTM!
And also to Rusty n Pipes who had me scared there for a bit


i agree with griff.
pipes for featured ride.

[SwissFerdi]

^ Don't get so overzealous, poll's not over guy. I only need 21 votes to beat you, so be afraid.

[Tigawoods]

oh crap i didnt see you sneaking up behind me!

[Rusty]

your a very worthy oppenent tiga. great fun watching this over the month, next month should be just as impressive

(tied at 2nd now) come on guys I need those last votes lol

[lagos]

i still feel as if people think i won just because of my photography and not on the car itself. I just hope that people voted on the car itself, not just the photo, there is some work done into her!
thanks to all who voted though!
im glad to be the first COTM!
And also to Rusty n Pipes who had me scared there for a bit


i agree with griff.
pipes for featured ride.

Pay no attention to the silly comments of a few. You have a clean car that you maintain and modify tastefully. Thats what celica of the month is all about.

Pipes kind of has the reverse of this problem. Amazing car, but almost no good pictures of it!

[Tigawoods]

i stayed away from the thread for a bit when people started to comment. it was a little disconcerting

oh well. thank you art.

and ive been sending out some pm's to some locals here and there to let ask them if they want some photos!
if anyone in the tristate area wants some photos i would be more than happy to come on out and help out a fellow owner!

[presure2]

i stayed away from the thread for a bit when people started to comment. it was a little disconcerting

oh well. thank you art.

and ive been sending out some pm's to some locals here and there to let ask them if they want some photos!
if anyone in the tristate area wants some photos i would be more than happy to come on out and help out a fellow owner!

mike, dont feel bad, bud.
you have a great combination of a clean ride, and amazing picture taking ability.
art hit the nail on the head IMO.
im sure piper will get his chance soon enough, but for march, its all about tiga-tigawoods ya'll!

(and yes, piper, you really DO need to get some high quality pics of your ride, inside and out.)

[hurley97]

i still feel as if people think i won just because of my photography and not on the car itself. I just hope that people voted on the car itself, not just the photo, there is some work done into her!
thanks to all who voted though!
im glad to be the first COTM!
And also to Rusty n Pipes who had me scared there for a bit


i agree with griff.
pipes for featured ride.

Oh I just voted for Tiga, I didn't realize I was supposed to be voting for the car...

More bars in more places FTW!

[Tigawoods]

i still feel as if people think i won just because of my photography and not on the car itself. I just hope that people voted on the car itself, not just the photo, there is some work done into her!
thanks to all who voted though!
im glad to be the first COTM!
And also to Rusty n Pipes who had me scared there for a bit


i agree with griff.
pipes for featured ride.

Oh I just voted for Tiga, I didn't realize I was supposed to be voting for the car...

More bars in more places FTW!

the dysfunctional roll cage lol
thanks for the vote!

[trdproven]

tiga, good job!

Don't feel bad bro, I have a lot of parts, i spent around 35,000 in my car (not including buying the car) in the last 3 years but no one ever votes for me
At least you know people adore your car. I have a lot parts and people don't notice me but you were able to pull it off with less parts and people like it. Great Job!