Some Quick Help, Not-too-car-savvy girl here needs some ideas... Options

[mzztoyota]

Hi everyone I live in the Virgin Islands where even the hills have hills...and I'm selling my '86 Chevy Nova (Corolla in disguise...) and looking for a car for around $4,500. I found an ad in our local paper for a '94 Celica, and I'm going to go look at it tonight or tommorow. It's a GT 5 Speed with a new clutch and pressure plate, and the guys claims it has less than 60,000 miles on it (I'll be shocked if that's true).

I know that a lot of people say that Celicas don't have much power...but I'm not thinking of racing it, I just need to be able to get up steep hills. Is this car built for that kind of driving? Also, buying this car would pretty much empty my spending account for a couple weeks, so I need to be sure that I won't need to be making any mechanic trips any time soon...so what kind of common problems should I be looking for when I go and see this car?

I really appreciate your help guys, and if I buy it, I do plan on saving up and doing some work on it...so hopefully you'll see me around Thanks a lot.

[mzztoyota]

OMG guys I just saw the car and it is GORGEOUS. I expected to just find a stock car with faded paint, but this guy is selling it with some nice rims, though he admits they're old, and he's sprayed it over! It is beautiful!

He bought it from the original owner six years ago, and he's selling it because he has three kids and there's no room for them in the car (surprise, surprise). He said the original owner had hit it on the front right fender, but that it had never caused any problems. The only other thing is that te interior leather has split and shredded...but I know a good place to get that stuff fixed.

I'm so excited! He's meeting me at my mechanic's shop on Saturday so I can get it looked over, and if that goes through well...then I'M TAKING IT!!! Woohoo!!! He already has other people interested, he says, so I'm hoping that if people start offering more money that it doesn't get to high out of my price range. I figure I can afford an extra thousand if I borrow it from a family member and pay it back when I sell my car. I want this car so bad, it is SO exactly what I want!

YIPPEE!!!

...hopeful future Celica owner...