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

[HaysoosKreesto]

The thing about the Bay Area is that you'll mostly find them in east bay or sometimes south bay, mostly because people use them as an a to b and don't really upkeep 'em. Rarely you'll see one pop up in reasonable condition, but what I would say is check all the hosing and all the connections. Look to see whats been changed or upgraded.

I've had mine the bay for almost 5.5 years and just over 70k miles with relatively no problems, but the things that did occur are from cheapass previous owners who just wanted to sell it off. Overall though, it turns over every time I turn the key and drives me to where I need to go.

I'd say avoid anything that costs less than $1,500 and over $4,000 (they shouldn't be anywhere near that high) and avoid convertibles. You'll find that convertibles have WAY less miles on them but are heavier and require additional maintenance that your son may not want.