Bye Guys and Gals Options

[yel094]

Well, I'm sad (& somewhat happy) to say that I have sold the celica and made a new purchase...

With Emily, my little one, it was just getting too much, I needed 4 dorrs and a bit more room. The wife has the last series of the previous model corrolla which shares a fgew things in common with the celi so I'll still be dropping in occasionally to see what's doing.

For those of you from Oz (only a handfull last time I checked) I bought a new SS Commodore, white and spent a few bucks and intake and exhaust, purchased the HSV drop kit which puts it on Clubsport Specs (only $300 when you do it at time of purchase).

For those of you who wouldn't be familiar with the car, its an Australian 4 door sedan which is what the New 2 dr Pontiac GTO is based on, it has a much more angular and better looking IMHO front and rear end and the interior is somewhat more sophisticated. Power wise it has a 245kw (about 180rwkw I think) 5.7L Chev V8 LS1 GENIII, same as what's been used in the Corvette's for the last little while, with less than $1000 spent it is comfortably putting out 270kw, just by pulling back intake and exhaust restrictions. I'll post some pics later, anyway have to go rest my kidney's cos they are a bit sore from being constantly kicked by 550nm of torque...

The point is, I now can take the princess anywhere with ease, I can still drive around like a lunatic when she's with Mum, and I still love driving this beast as much (dare I say it maybe even more than) the Celica.

Good driving to you all, and many thanks for all the help over the past couple of years. Finally Coomer, well done, you have really set the standard for others out there on what this kind of site should offer its users, I'm struggling to find a site fro my new beast that offers as much useful info as yours...

Regards, YEL094 A.K.A. Paul

[Andason]

good luck in the future

[Drocay]

good look man, and be sure to post up some pics.

[dstrbcelica]

best of luck

[aaronc222]

[chosen1]

How much did you sell the Celi for or how much did they give you for trade?

[yel094]

Got AUS$13,000 which is probably far less than what I could have sold it for, but was in a tight place and needed the bigger car in a hurry. It was more than I owed on it so its all good.

Nearly sold it to this 40 something woman for $16,500 a few months earlier but she got rejected on her salary sacrifice with the car due to the mileage. (I was very unhappy)

Just about to post some pics of the new ride if I can figure out how!

Thanks for the good wishes guys, maybe one day, when money is no object I'll find a half beaten up GT4 and make it happy again...