Thought About Selling My Celica Convertible....., Ever Had that Feeling???? Options

[FrankB2]

I wasn't aware of the lack/high cost of parts for the convertible when my wife and I bought it. The weather stripping for the windows is about $400 per side, and that's just for the rubber! There are pieces that the rubber attaches to, and they are expensive as well. We looked at Miatas, since they've made a zillion (closer to a million ) of those little suckers, and I test drove a Chrysler Crossfire a few days ago. The Crossfire was nice, but lacked the zippy steering of the Celica, and parts for that car are getting scarce as well! Crossfires don't seem to be much in demand, and this one is being sold by a new car dealership. They gave me the CarFax, and it shows that they've moved it to all three of their dealerships since April 2012, and still haven't been able to sell it!

While the Crossfire had a LOT of power, I was very glad to get back behind the wheel of my Celica on last Thursday. Parts might be expensive and hard to find for the Celica, but I don't think it's time to spend $12,000 on a used car with equally hard to find parts (Mercedes and Chrysler parts!!!), and the Miata just doesn't seem to go with my height. Guess I'm stuck with my Celica for now. I should mention that my Celica is in pristine condition, and doesn't need any parts right now. I was just a little concerned that the day will come when I'm just outta luck.

It was in the upper 50's yesterday, and we spent several hours burning up fuel with the top down. We did pass a Triumph TR6, and I said to my wife, "Now that's a roadster!" I then began to wonder how much parts for that car would cost.

[FrankB2]

Hi Dennis,
I'm guessing those caps are original. It was a one-owner trade-in at a local car dealer, and belonged to a little old lady. I have no idea about interchanging them....

The car didn't have a spoiler when I bought it. My insurance company says it's a GT LE according to the vin, but there's no sign of a spoiler mounted on the deck lid. I did have to replace a tail lamp assembly last week. I was backing out of a parking spot a Walmart (should've known nothing good would come of that), and a woman was backing out at the same time. The only damage Was to my tail light assembly, and a new one cost $160. The local Toyota dealer wanted over $200, but I bought this one from Lithia Toyota. BTW, I'm using the voice dictation keyboard on my iPad to type this. Pretty cool!