The Celica, An ongoing car of controversy. Options

[snadman]

For now, I'm keeping my Celica as a daily driver and RX7 as performance. The ongoing question I get asked when driving my Celica though...."Is it fast?"...

How do you define fast? Will it beat a stock Civic...sure. Will beat any slightly modded Civic...yeah most likely.

Well, then you ask...what about a turbo'd car...does it keep up? This is the question I have trouble answering and here is why. A few weeks ago, I lost 50 bucks to a kid in a 93 Talon TSI. I actually had him, i'm an auto his being a turbo manual, until he hit third and he beat me by three car lengths. I then race a 96 Talon TSI, with an automatic...and win by a bumper.

I'm very confused on what to answer to this question, so....my question to this board is...what do you say when you're asked "Is that car fast?"

Personally, I say that it's fast enough, but what do you guys say? Obviously, if you have boost...this question doesn't apply to you because your Celi is another category...but to those of you with N/A Celi's...what do you answer?

Thanks for your help in this ongoing controversial question.

[van95st]

what i find that really shoots the celi's in the foot is the hp to weight ratio. i don't consider mine to be anywhere near fast. however out of the cars i've owned it is by far the most fun to drive, throw some 17X7's and some decent rubber and have a ball!!! and boy is she purdy! BTW the other cars i've owned are '93 integra, '95 integra and a '96 civic coupe.