Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
5/18/17 9:41 a.m.
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The subject line for this one says it all: Beater with a heater. It’s a usable 1997 Toyota Celica ST with 157,000 on the clock. It looks a lot like one that we had in our fleet back in the day.

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Duke
Duke MegaDork
5/18/17 9:55 a.m.

Hey, thanks! Can deal for GRMers.

NickD
NickD SuperDork
5/18/17 9:57 a.m.

Always liked the looks of these cars, just a pity that Toyota never saw fit to really give them any love in the US market.

ssswitch
ssswitch Dork
5/18/17 10:18 a.m.

I've never seen a brown sixth gen before. I like it!

My own fifth gen was and still is a great little car, so now I'm wondering about the newer ones.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/18/17 10:51 a.m.
Duke wrote: Hey, thanks! Can deal for GRMers.

You're welcome. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of the class.

Grizz
Grizz UltraDork
5/18/17 10:59 a.m.

Speaking of Celicas, I've seen an explosion of older convertible Celicas on CL all of a sudden. I don't know where they all came from.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
5/18/17 11:10 a.m.
ssswitch wrote: I've never seen a brown sixth gen before. I like it! My own fifth gen was and still is a great little car, so now I'm wondering about the newer ones.

It can be yours...

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/18/17 1:18 p.m.

I will never willingly own a brown car. That color is just not for me.

stafford1500
stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
5/18/17 1:43 p.m.
Appleseed wrote: I will never willingly own a brown car. That color is just not for me.

Brown can be fun!

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/18/17 2:27 p.m.

Except that's red and orange.

NickD
NickD SuperDork
5/18/17 2:36 p.m.
Appleseed wrote: Except that's red and orange.

Glad I'm not the only one. I looked at it and went "Ummm, that's not brown"

stafford1500
stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
5/18/17 3:14 p.m.

You have to see it in person. Its brown. The wash and sun may be blinding you...

NickD
NickD SuperDork
5/18/17 3:16 p.m.
stafford1500 wrote: You have to see it in person. Its brown. The wash and sun may be blinding you...

I thought maybe it was going to be the next "Is it black and blue or blue and gold?" thing

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan Dork
5/18/17 4:58 p.m.

Ssshhhhh! I was hoping this would still be around come September. I do keep telling myself sweet deals always show up fairly regularly so good luck in selling the Celica. And I'm also hoping a '98 SE-R is still knocking about then too.

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA SuperDork
5/18/17 5:01 p.m.

This Celica color is a miracle. You can go a couple of years between washings and never see the dirt.

JamesMcD
JamesMcD SuperDork
5/18/17 7:49 p.m.

Needs bronze TE37s

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/18/17 8:43 p.m.
JamesMcD wrote: Needs bronze TE37s

What doesn't?

sesto elemento
sesto elemento SuperDork
5/18/17 9:05 p.m.

That's what color my mkiv supra was.

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