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100,000 yen (I`m living in Japan) - about US1100 dollars.
Before I see it, does this sound like
a) an amazing deal
b)ok
c)nothing special
Excuse my total ignorance, and most of the posts here are way more technical, but what do you think?
First, for anyone who's special ordered a Celica, is it more difficult to negotiate a good price with the dealer for a hard to find configuration or special order than if I were to buy a car directly off of their lot? How flexible on price are the dealers in these situations? I have specific options I want and I don't mind waiting the time it takes for a special order to come in, but I don't want to bother with it if I'm not going to be able to get as good a deal as I would if I bought one off the lot. Secondly, how long do special orders usually take to come in?
Also, I was wondering exactly what benefit do the alloy wheels have over the wheels that come standard? I'm not sure this is something that I'll need, but I wanted to find out a little more.
Thanks for your help!
Jen
As far as a good price, if you read all the various advice, like on this Edmunds website and others, you'll see that on the one hand, you should be able to get a good deal, because the dealer won't be paying any of the dealer holdback, i.e., something about the financing cost of them having the car on their lot. On the other hand, in my case I couldn't find but one dealer in this area (Philadelphia-area) who would bother to special-order it for me, so I was kind of stuck.
If they have had one on the lot for awhile, that they're paying finance charges on, you could probably get a better deal, I guess.
I ended up with a price that can be considered between 4.5% over invoice (if you count that freakin' advertising fee part of invoice) or 6.3% over the invoice as published on this website (and others). Not too bad, I figured.
I ordered mine on 8/30/2000, and picked it up on 1/11/2001, just over 4 months. They said 8 - 12 weeks, but also said they really have no idea, they have no control over it.
But I'm happy, I got exactly the configuration I want, and in my case I didn't need it in a hurry. Just wish I didn't get it in the middle of the winter with all of this snow!!!
I got the alloy wheels, simply because of the way they look, I have no clue about the benefit of them, if any.
Thanks again! Oh, I had another question. Does anyone have a carbon blue Celica? I haven't seen one. I love that color on the website but I heard that in reality you can hardly tell it from a black one. Is that true?
Brenda
Owner can compare notes..., and non-owners can see what it's like to live with this 2000 Toyota Celica GT-S with Edmunds.com's Long Term Road Test.
Happy Motoring. ;-)
Pocahontas
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I read the article. I agree the power point is a little high. About operation: After 1 week of driving, I too felt that this was the car for me. Comparing to Integras: I will say 2 things: The drivetrain may be somewhat noisy, and there IS a need to keep low revs in order to keep cabin conversations. But once a driver gets over the fact that this is a little different, (yes, Acura does a great job of making the Integra a perfect balance of performance and passenger comfort) I think the serious drivers just enjoy the drive from there on out. I know I just pretend I'm in an F1 car, and that works well for me...
Thanks for your comments! I look forward to seeing you around the Hatchbacks Message Board.
;-)
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Now I'm a proud owner of Silver GT 5-spd. All I can say is - the car is awesome. This is the first time I drive a stick shift and I had very little trouble with it. Got used to the clutch in less than a day. The car handles very very well. Brakes are superb. The spoiler that everybody seems to dislike is not that bad. It's true it obscures the view a little bit but it's not dangerous or anything. Going in reverse is tricky but that has to do with the tall rear of the car. Otherwise everything else is just awesome. The engine is very responsive and sooo fast. I was a little scared to punch the accelerator too much because the car would literally jump forward ;-)
Anyway, I want to highly recommend the people at Miller Toyota (Culver City, CA), especially their internet department. They have really low prices, no tricks, no extra stuff. I got exactly what I wanted. Payed 19,000 out the door (tax and everything).
Good luck to any future Celica buyers.
Haven't replaced my antenna. IMO, a short fat black antenna would look (hmmmm, how do I put this.....) STOOPID.
It should be a simple procedure. Unscrew the old antenna, screw on the new one. BFD.
I'd really like to install a power antenna. On my Integra, me and my best friend did just that. The only hard part was finding a way to decently wire the antenna to the radio so that it powers up automatically when the radio is turned on. I can't remember how we did it. Originally, we just jammed the wire into the DIN slot that we had tested to be the right one. But then I remember we found a DIN adapter or something similar to do it properly. And I only spent $35 on the antenna and hardware.
Brenda
Thanks.
Brenda
http://www.celica-garage.cityslide.com/articles/article.cfm/522/984
If something concerning the speaker does come up, you can take it back and tell them to do the diagnostic themselves. That will prove there's something wrong with the speaker.
Brenda
anyone know if installing a set of subwoofers will void any waranties. such as electrical or even glass?... after a few months with 12 inch subs in the back my rear window creaks when the car goes up driveways or over bumps at slow speeds. also a small clicking from the split folding rear seats. any ideas?
Thanks
Brenda
I didn't get the alarm package, wanted keyless entry only without the useless alarm, got it installed after I bought the car.
By the way, car-jacking only became common then auto alarms became common as well. So they ARE a deterrent.
Seems like I often see cars with the alarm going off, for no apparent reason.
My keyless entry system includes a starter immobilizer, that's good enough for me.