Interested in 6G Celica, what to look out for? Options

[Daenarys]

Hey guys,

I found this site while looking for information about 6th Gen Celicas. I'm helping my son look for a Celica, and i'm hoping I can get some pointers here. He's particularly interested in the 6th generation ones.
What will be a reasonable price now for 1997-1999 6GC? of course mileage is pretty high now on most of the cars listed for sale given the age of cars.
Any gotchas that I need to look out for? I prefer the GT version if I can find one.


TIA

[Box]

One thing to look out for on either model is third gear synchro grinding when downshifting. The ST with the 7A-FE the oil control rings like to stick and cause oil burn, though one where oil was changed religiously should be fine and if you do get one with stuck rings sometimes you get lucky by doing a piston soak and can free them. Personally I would look for a GT anyway since you get four wheel disc and it's a little easier to swap one should that be wanted down the road. You should be able to find a pretty nice example for $3,000 or less but that varies some from location to location.