Parkers Review Of 6th Gen

[cookci]

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does anyone else feel like this person just has something against the celica or something! i mean just read whats he's wrote!!!!

"There are just two engine options and both can be justified. Having decided the Celica is not a performance car, the 1.8 ST is perfectly okay at getting the car to 60 mph in under 10 seconds. The GT does it a couple of seconds quicker, but is a lot pricier. Besides which, the gearbox is set for motorway cruising and requires lots of shifting to get a rapid response. The entry level 1.8 is only slightly slower than the 2.0; GT-Four is the closest to a real sports car."

They reckon the GT aint quick at all basically and only a little quicker than the 1.8 which is at least 2 seconds difference!!!! Or hold on the celica is a slow car so the 1.8 is only slightly slower!!!! argh!

so are they saying that a car that does 0-60 in 6 seconds is only slightly slower than one that does it in 4 seconds!! its just ridiculous!!!! :!Removed!:

[martint]

i know where you coming from, went on the site the other day just to read it out of interest....... think the man he known nothin!! :ffs:

[cookci]

the older review was slightly better. think they said something like its quickish but doesn't feel quick! which is fair enough... i agree it doesnt FEEL THAT quick but its a quick car even by todays standards i mean it'll destroy most cheap "sports" cars... MX5's MG's etc...

OOO read the review of the CIVIC Type R.. THEY LOVE IT!!!! ARGH. They aren't much if any quicker than the GT. I mean i raced one and we were side by side until eventually i creeped away from him!

[martint]

yup agree! only had mine a month or so and its gonna get lowered soon, pluys de-cat/performance air filter....... the old review was better, it what kinda made me wanna go for the car!

[ChadPaul]

I also thought it was a bad review. If i remember correctly it got updated a month or so ago from the older review which was quite good. Although it wouldn't bother me so much if they hadn't put "Also consider- Fiat Coupe, Hyundai Coupe & Ford Cougar"! :!Removed!:

[GT4 BOOSTER]

agreed the gearing in second and third could of been closer for better acceleration , but i would not say it was a slow motor , you just need to know how to drive the beast.

[dymchurchpaseo]

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[cookci]

is mine geared differently then?

i get 60 in second and 90 in third?

[martint]

mines the same 60+ in second 90+ in third... kinda go in to the red..... :!Removed!:

[cookci]

there not that long the gears then? Especially with the car pulling so well upto rev limiter.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

its about how it gets there , not the fact it can get there. its all about red lines , my xr3i never had to redline it was geared differently , closer ratio gearbox ,the celica has to get to 4000 rpm to take off.other motors do it from scratch.i find the celica gearing tedious at times.

[martint]

gears seem fine to me, wish it was alittle faster off the mark, but that's why theres a gt4(if i could afford it!) you sure you raced a type-r, not the look a like? typr-r's 0-60 in 6.4 secs..... umm got thrashed by my mates..... ugly on the inside thou!!!!

[martint]

maleborn, i'd have to agree takes a bit to get it going but only in 1st, was the same with my corolla gti....

[cookci]

yeah it can be but thats the cams isn't it?

the cars "cammy" hence no power under 3,000 revs. It could use a kick up the BTM under 3K! Think the SS1 is the same car really but with less hubik cams... should be a better cruiser.

Come off a round in second at about 2,000 revs and it takes forever and a year till it starts shifting... Drop it into fitrst though...

[cookci]

gears seem fine to me, wish it was alittle faster off the mark, but that's why theres a gt4(if i could afford it!) you sure you raced a type-r, not the look a like? typr-r's 0-60 in 6.4 secs..... umm got thrashed by my mates..... ugly on the inside thou!!!!

6.4 seems a little optimistic TBH for the new type R!

Positive it was a type R, a standard looking silver one!

[martint]

2.0i VTEC 30th Anniversary 3d 1998/4 197 146 6.6 31 212 17

2.0i VTEC 3d 1998/4 197 146 6.6 31 212 17

2.0i VTEC 3d (AC) 1998/4 197 146 6.6 31 212 17

that's from tha parkers guide, sorry was 0.2 of sec off there fast but a bit ugly for my liking..... recon it was the look a like...

[cookci]

you know the 1/4 mile of a type R?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

thats just the thing , thrash it in first up to around 45, quickly into second until 60 ish and ur away upto over 100 in a little time , but try to apply power in third under 3000 rpm and they just sit there longing to be thrashed.i feel at times i'm cruel to the motor but they seem to love it.

[martint]

sorry dude no idea, think you did a look a like..... or some or granny was driving it

[martint]

if ya need to know here's my mates type-r website, sure they have the time http://civictype-r.co.uk/

[dymchurchpaseo]

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[dymchurchpaseo]

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[martint]

thrash the nutz off em every now and then, well every other day for me, they can handle it..... my old corolla took some serious punishment and still run smouth and started first time everytime. you have to hand it to the !Removed! they know how to make cars and how to make them last......

[T V O R]

As soon as you said ‘Parkers’ I switched off!

The whole site is below par and the forum is a pile of poo, full of obnoxious self opinionated morons.

TOC is a higher class all together

[martint]

take you mean the type-r web site? if so your wrong type-r rocks NOT!!!!!! most of them are up there own ubiks(sorry had to say it!) wanted a GT4 so i could finally shut my mate up keep on going on about his civic! thankfully before i got my celica, my now very good friend got a supra 3l twin turbo(new shape) and pee'd over his dreams of having the fastest car at work....... B)