 Brought a Lemon..., What else can go wrong? |
 Oct 13, 2008 - 3:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 7, '08 From New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
I have been a st205 owner for just over a week now... and its not been pretty.
Stage one, fix the clunk in the suspension - bottom arms needed replacing + wheel alignment = $980 Stage two, sort out the perished intake - this worked out ok and managed to scam some written off intake pipe from another kit to bodgy something together as a mid term soltion. Stage foura good one, knock sensor need replacig from what i can tell... getting code 52 with diagnostic check. Is this a common issue? What else can go wrong? I am hanging out to get this thing running without being in 'limp mode'. Oh and thanks to Manawatu Toyota for a grat price on a new KS. I upgraded (or is that a down grade?) from a JZX100 Mark II. Toyotas are suppose to be bullet proof and already I have dumped around $1500 into it in just 7 days... And to top it off someones Nana decided giving way is for suckers... car is off to the shop this week to get some panel and paint. |
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Oct 13, 2008 - 1:05 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
make lemonade.
Used cars are usually attached with issues. Brand new cars with issues are lemons. But anyways. Celicas are very reliable, but it depends of the care it has received. Like he said before. the figure 8 is the most problem in the gt4 -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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tiny Brought a Lemon... Oct 13, 2008 - 3:13 AM
parriehunter Thats sucks man. I hope you get it running right.
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tiny QUOTE (parriehunter @ Oct 13, 2008 - 5... Oct 13, 2008 - 7:32 PM manphibian The fig 8 suspension is the main thing to check on... Oct 13, 2008 - 5:50 AM DEATH I don't see how you can call that 10-15yo car ... Oct 13, 2008 - 9:26 AM delusionz My first Celica was a lemon too bro, welcome to th... Oct 13, 2008 - 2:23 PM parriehunter Sweet as man.
Nice part of the country.
Yea i wo... Oct 13, 2008 - 9:01 PM tiny QUOTE (parriehunter @ Oct 13, 2008 - 9... Oct 14, 2008 - 3:08 AM parriehunter $5k does seem cheap. i paid that for my SSII ... Oct 14, 2008 - 4:46 AM delusionz dam my ss3 was 5.7 wish i got a gt4 haha Oct 14, 2008 - 5:19 AM tiny Happy ending...
After sorting out the dented pane... Nov 11, 2008 - 2:18 AM parriehunter Sweet, thats good to know.
Where are the pics . Nov 11, 2008 - 5:52 PM tiny Finally, as promised I have uploaded some pics to ... Nov 15, 2008 - 9:56 PM RickJamesBish Looks good. What's up with the giant shift kno... Nov 16, 2008 - 11:34 AM tiny QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Nov 16, 2008 - 11... Nov 17, 2008 - 2:43 AM RickJamesBish QUOTE (tiny @ Nov 17, 2008 - 2:43 AM... Nov 17, 2008 - 3:24 PM parriehunter Sweet sounds like a classy guy or girl owned it be... Nov 17, 2008 - 3:29 AM tiny The old theory is good - be good to your car and s... Nov 19, 2008 - 2:47 AM parriehunter ^^^^ Sweet.
I want to get a new gear knob aswell,... Nov 19, 2008 - 4:31 PM tiny QUOTE (parriehunter @ Nov 19, 2008 - 5... Nov 20, 2008 - 12:51 AM parriehunter QUOTE (tiny @ Nov 20, 2008 - 6:51 PM... Nov 21, 2008 - 2:29 AM tiny Man you dont know what your missing!
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