I fell in love with this car as soon as I saw it. I was actively looking for just this model and found it. I loved everything about it at the time and I still have it a love it. However, it is old now, and things are starting to need replaced and repaired, so I have to make a decision weather to put extra money into it or not. I have recently put in some money that I think is well worth it, although the car is 18 yrs. Old! It still runs very smooth and never strands me.

The Celica that I owned has been a great first car. I have had it in my ownership for about 5 years now and have never had a critical engine failure. However, it has recently become a bit of a money pit as a lot of the undercarriage components have degraded and are continually breaking. Though it is becoming more of a hassle, I blame the weather(and salt use) in my area for the poor condition of the undercarriage and think the build quality of the car is still great.

I owned this vehicle for about 2 years. It was a solid performer from day one. I bought it used in 2013 with about 180,000 miles on it with a rebuilt engine. Paid all at once in cash to the previous owner. I will say that you even with that many miles on it, it still ran great. I put about another 100,000 miles on it for the two years I owned it. The car itself was very low to the ground which gave it amazing handling. That baby could take turns without even barely slowing down. Had excellent acceleration for a car with almost 200,000 miles. It was a 4cylinder 5 speed manual transmission. Very cost effective on gas and still had power when needed. I did a lot of work under the hood as Toyotas are great cars to modify. Not because of break downs but just to sup it up even more so to speak. I loved that car, only reason I do not have it anymore is because I made it a little too fast and ended up driving it into a tree. Even with hitting a tree at 60 mph the engine still held up, the axels broke in two but the car still cranked right back up and wheels still provided movement. I have never know any other car to do this in my entire life. Will say though that it is a compact car so not recommended for 'bigger' people, but it was well worth the price I paid for it, and I firmly believe it could have gone another 100,000 miles no problem if it were not for the accident. Highly recommended.