From: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!bob
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Celica '82
Article-I.D.: utcsstat.184
Posted: Fri Jun 11 15:21:27 1982
Received: Sat Jun 12 02:23:06 1982

    I was looking into a Toyota Celica back in '81. It was late in the year
and the dealer advised me that the new model would be out soon and the
selection would be better. As my present car, a '72 Celica, was running just
fine I descided to wait. I was disappointed with the '82 model. I don't like
the lines but then I judge a car from the inside and under the hood. The
inside looked cheap when compared to the '81 interior. I was in to have the
timing chain replaced and the dealer drove me to the train. I was thinking
that, 'The Corolla interior wasn't too bad but nothing like a Celica' when
the dealer asked me how I liked the new Celica. 

    Well to conclude, my '72 is running just fine at 122,000 miles and the
timing chain is the only major engine repair the car has had. Some other
parts are giving way like the radiator but after 10 years of salt and snow
it can be expected. As far as I am concerned Toyota makes the best cars on
the market, in the under $20K range. If my car does give out I would have no
objections to buying an '82 but I'll hold out for an '83 in hopes that the
design is better.

	Bob Lawson (U of Toronto Computing Services)