 New Car, Corolla WRC |
 Sep 29, 2009 - 7:30 AM
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Well I have purchased myself a new car...unfortunately its not another Celica (hense why this is in "Off Topic"). It is however still a Toyota.
I bought myself a Toyota Corolla WRC  What a great little car it is with an interesting History. Started of life as a Normal Corolla 1.6 GS But Toyota plucked it from the factory and transformed it into a replica WRC car, its got TTE suspension, struts, braces etc etc...even the big wing on the back. But what makes this car extra special...for me anyway...is that it was actually driven by Carlos Sainz to demonstrate the launch of the Corolla as Toyotas new WRC car...it wasnt rallied at all...just driven around Toyota Main dealer car parks here and there and remained as a display car in a dealership for some months. It was then stripped of its stickers and unfortunately the roll cage aswell and sold on......now its mine  pick it up in 5 hours...cant wait. Needs some TLC as its a bit weathered, but its only done 60,000 miles (and it came with a spare set of Alloy wheels  ) It handles very well, but the engine has no grunt at all.....I`d be suprised if it had 100BHP but its economical and thats what I wanted it for....but at the end of the day how many people get to drive to work in a car once driven by Carlos Sainz?????Pictures will come when I get it home
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Apr 17, 2010 - 9:49 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
...you should have had a layer of clear painted over the whole car to seal the decals in....and parked in a garage or used a car cover.
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Apr 17, 2010 - 11:21 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE (Bitter @ Apr 17, 2010 - 10:49 AM)  ...you should have had a layer of clear painted over the whole car to seal the decals in....and parked in a garage or used a car cover. Yes, but I wanted the option of removing the decals when I wanted to change them, I dont have a garage to park the car in, and a car cover just invites scum to vandalise your car....kids and young people have no respect in the UK what so ever unfortunately. Moving house soon though to somewhere with a garage....and a workshop too so hopefully it wont be a problem soon
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Nial New Car Sep 29, 2009 - 7:30 AM
SwissFerdi ...wow.
Pics man, pics!
But why is the engin... Sep 29, 2009 - 7:49 AM
Nial QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Sep 29, 2009 - 8... Sep 29, 2009 - 7:58 AM TiGZ461 Nice pickup man, can't wait to see how it look... Sep 29, 2009 - 7:53 AM SwissFerdi Welcome to my world of 7A-FE enjoyment, haha.
NVM... Sep 29, 2009 - 8:18 AM Nial QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Sep 29, 2009 - 9... Sep 29, 2009 - 8:34 AM Random_Stranger Hey Nial, congrats with the new car my friend... Sep 29, 2009 - 8:44 AM Nial QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Sep 29, 2009 - ... Sep 29, 2009 - 9:55 AM Random_Stranger QUOTE (Nial @ Sep 29, 2009 - 7:55 AM... Oct 27, 2009 - 2:30 PM Nial QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Oct 27, 2009 - ... Oct 27, 2009 - 3:00 PM Nial OK. a bit late on the pictures
the car when I bou... Oct 27, 2009 - 11:57 AM manphibian so much for the economical run around then
Good ... Oct 27, 2009 - 12:33 PM SwissFerdi Oh, it's a 4A-FE...so I can say I have a bette... Oct 27, 2009 - 12:41 PM Nial It wont be for a while....it takes me a long time ... Oct 27, 2009 - 12:49 PM CastrolCelica I can't wait to see the end of this project. S... Oct 27, 2009 - 12:52 PM devilsden97 i love that rolla...
im envious Oct 27, 2009 - 3:18 PM njccmd2002 that front end of the corolla is the one i always ... Oct 27, 2009 - 9:53 PM Nial Glad you like it.
Ordered some Rally style door m... Oct 28, 2009 - 2:59 AM devilsden97 id stick with the 16s. i mean they look good, and ... Oct 28, 2009 - 6:19 AM SlvrCelica09 only in UK.. looking good nial =) Oct 28, 2009 - 8:40 PM Bitter those are not the same wheels as in the airport pi... Oct 28, 2009 - 9:00 PM Nial QUOTE (Bitter @ Oct 28, 2009 - 9:00 ... Oct 29, 2009 - 2:47 AM njccmd2002 i had to find the pics of the sedan version
... Oct 28, 2009 - 10:09 PM Nial My babies Nov 1, 2009 - 2:12 PM cheela QUOTE (Nial @ Nov 1, 2009 - 1:12 PM)... Nov 1, 2009 - 11:15 PM Nial QUOTE (cheela @ Nov 1, 2009 - 11:15 ... Nov 2, 2009 - 2:32 AM yarik83 somehow "sexy" does not give it enough j... Nov 1, 2009 - 2:26 PM njccmd2002 could that front end be swappable with the corolla... Nov 2, 2009 - 12:50 PM Nial QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Nov 2, 2009 - 12... Nov 2, 2009 - 1:13 PM delusionz So is that AWD or not? Nov 29, 2009 - 5:15 PM Nial QUOTE (delusionz @ Nov 29, 2009 - 5... Dec 10, 2009 - 4:19 PM marco-polo VERY Sexy!!!!!!!!... Nov 29, 2009 - 10:40 PM 95st-celica o0 come on! you can use the other garage....ye... Dec 10, 2009 - 4:35 PM Nial Your probably right...might get the corolla in the... Dec 10, 2009 - 5:20 PM m0dd3d1 Very nice addition Nial! If I'm ever back... Dec 22, 2009 - 5:35 PM Nial QUOTE (m0dd3d1 @ Dec 22, 2009 - 5:35... Dec 23, 2009 - 1:10 PM BonzaiCelica wait so do those corolla's even come in awd. W... Dec 23, 2009 - 4:09 PM Nial QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Dec 23, 2009 - 4... Dec 27, 2009 - 8:44 PM delusionz QUOTE (Cuts_the_Pilot @ Dec 27, 2009 - 3... Apr 14, 2010 - 4:35 PM SwissFerdi NVM, I'm apparently wrong. Dec 23, 2009 - 6:04 PM Cuts_the_Pilot ^^wrong^^
in australia (and im assuming japan too... Dec 26, 2009 - 10:30 PM Nial For a while the Corolla looked like this
but it... Apr 17, 2010 - 4:25 AM manphibian little ****ers
I know what you mean, the plac... Apr 17, 2010 - 11:23 AM ajmorris1977 QUOTE (manphibian @ Apr 17, 2010 - 12... Apr 17, 2010 - 11:32 AM |
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