96 ST Coupe Auto for a 95 GT Liftback Manual, Changing cars, good idea? Options

[poddjam]

So like the title says, i'm about to swap my 96 ST Coupe Auto for a 95 GT Liftback Manual. My st is my first car & I love it but looking long term I want a gt, manual liftback.

I didn't know much about cars or celica's in general when I got her so now that I know a little I feel like I want to make the switch. I bought my current car for around 6k and she has 65000 miles. I haven't done much to her yet, so although I'm really attached to having a 6gc, i'd be ok switching. The gt is being sold for around 4k with 125000 miles. I trust in the quality of toyota's engine and I plan to do a engine swap at some point so the miles don't really bother me.

I think I might just buy the GT straight up & sell my st myself. Because I feel its worth more than the car I'm getting and the dealer prob won't have a trade in worth more than the car he's selling.

But hey, gimme your advise, whether to attempt a trade in or not? stick with the st? tips of getting a better price in either buying or selling, lemme know. thanks

[poddjam]

The idea of keeping both is nice but, prob not too realistic (being the college student and all) Plus if if I can make a little profit and get the cheaper gt, could prob move right into either an engine swap or getting a gt-4 hood & bumper.

But yesterday I'm driving home and I totally lose power steering. I wasn't far from my house thankfully. So I get there & pop the hood & one of my belts is shredded. So I'm pissed bc I changed my water pump & belts a few months ago & there's no way in hell it could go bad this fast. So I wanted to go check out the gt today but I gotta get this fixed first. I'll be callling the mechanic who worked on it before & making them do a housecall or something bc I'm not paying for a tow & to fix their mistake.