haha the tl floored it around a corner and hauled ass, so my friend driving got the clue he wanted to run so he caught up behind the tl and got whooped by a good 3 cars, but he started behind the tl and then did a ricer fly-by after he lost. haha.
btw it was a automatic gt-s.

 

03-04ish? lmao

 

lol 03 is the 2g and 04 is the 3g which one was it lol celicas are balls out slow

 

lotus are fuckin fast tho.. shit.. lotus has a celica engine inside

 

haha oops i meant 04, it was a 3g but it was the early version.

 

speaking of lotus i love those cars. efficient on gas for a supercar plus it is fast. you can get an elise for 50 grand used which is really cheap or the exige for 80 or so and those things do 0-60 in 4.1 sec.

 

http://www.trader.ca/powerpage/detai...7&adid=6498928

 

i think its ugly. and its not safe. its made out of aluminum. thats what makes it so fast because its light. but its fast.. and easy to mod

 

man i got a ride in a exige and all i gotta say is holy shit. he took me on some twisties, stayed in his lane while takin the turns at 120+. the same turns i do no more than 80. i thought i pissed my pants.

 

That Lotus is a great car for handling but I don't understand why they would use the Toyota engine and then charge over 50,000 dollars for a car like that. I know they used the B18C5 from the Type-R before the 1.8L GT-S motor.

 

And it's interesting to know that tthe Toyota engine is actually developed by Yamaha.

 

yea i was about to say...those Lotus' only wiegh like 1800 lbs if that...

 

its aluminum.. its just fast because its light.

 

must have amazing weight to power ratio

 

pretty sure the Celica GT-S is only available in a 6-spd transmission.

 

That's what I thought too haha..but then I drove this Matrix XR-S which had the same engine as the Celica GTS..but it was AT.

 

$80,000? Theres a used Exige-S here in ATL with 2k miles on it going for only $57,000. idk if the S models are cheaper than the normal ones though.. but that thing is nicee!

 

nope, it was available 6speed manual. 4 speed auto w/button shifters on steering wheel.

 

A celica Gt-s with a CAI wants to race me. my car got a intake exhaust Tl-s 07...

Chances are i win right? lol...

 

lol go for it!

 

my friend has a toyota matrix xr-s 6 speed wit a trd cold air intake and he beat a 3rd gen tl by 2 car length. i was surprise and he a good driver too. i own a 02 acura tl-p and he always pull on me. i am guessing it has to do something with vvt-i.

 

if u don't win, we trade cars, deal?

 

2 cars?! are matrixes really that fast?

 

he has to be supercharged.......they're fast but no where close to a TL.

 

yes they r fast and even wit a full car they can still keep up with 3rd gen but not pull on them. i think because of 6 speed, vtt-i, and trd cold air intake.

 

They produce 180 HP the 2003's doo.. Wtf with CAI it can beat a 3rd gen tl... CMON NOW

 

lol exactly what i was thinking.

 

but its got "vtt-i"

that scares me enough to stay away from any Matrix's i encounter on the road...

 

The 3rd gen driver must not know how to drive Ill smoke that shit and leave it by like 10 car lengths if it fucked with my car.. OMG 190 horses with a cAI... and thats to the CRaNK

 

wt is vtt-i

 

toyota's version of vtec.

 

lol matrix arent that slow 0-60 in 7.3 secs..prob can keep up with a base TL

 

no it can't 7.3 SECONDS IS SHIT. thats like .3 seconds faster than a Scion..

 

actually, its VVT-I...

it was a typo and hence why i quoted it as such.

A matrix with a CAI is enough to probably take my sisters xB out, but not my TL. Whoever was driving that 3g TL was probably lame. wait... scratch that, he/she is lame.

 

acually its VVTL-I (L stands for lift, this engine is found in the Celica GTS, Matrix XRS and Corolla XRS, stock at 180hp) the base celica gets VVT-I (no "L" i guess less effective because its rated at only 140hp) Celica GTS with a 6 speed is capable of high 6 second runs to 60. Although their VVTL-I hits at only like 6k rpm so there's no torque or real power off the line. I'm pretty sure no 3rd gen TL is capable of loosing to this. Maybe 2nd gen base TL might lose if the driver of the celica knows how to shift... just my

 

Lol I raced one the other day, with the big wing and wierd insect looking bodykit from the dealer. I see them all the time, and it said GTS on the back so yeah.He had exhaust and some other shit...Even with my 19's i destroyed him. 5AT 3rd gen.,..only thing ive done to it was the AEM intake

 

yep, that looks exactly like my friend's gts. dropped to the ground with a huge evo wing and body kit aka action package from factory.

 

hey aznX TL you live near Reading or Lebanon?

 

lebanon, im right next to hershey.

 

i think i seen ur car before when i went passing the palmyra movies theater once. i have a cousin that live in Lebanon and used to have a 06 civic si and his name is tuan i duno if u know him or not just wondering.