The Cressida's back...well its been back a while ago...
I sent my car to the body shop in July 7, 2008 early in the morning. At work I managed to catch a black Mazda 6 being cleaned in the back with no reservations, the bonus is that the car had been detailed rather recently meaning it didn't have pet hair or some other disgusting stuff people leave in rentals. I could have taken a Mazda 3 that day too...but that car was somewhat dirty.
My Cressida was finally done in July 25, 2008 with no more visible exterior rust on any of the body panels. I was very happy with the job done that day. The next day on the drive to work, one of the chrome trim on top of the windshield just had enough and came loose and was bent from the speed. It appeared the corner chrome pieces had given up so the shop replaced all three pieces at the top. The parts all come from Toyota directly so it took a while for them to arrive, I only recently had them put back on. The last remaining piece to acquire is the chrome trim piece on the trunk of the car, this piece was lost years ago and seemed to be a piece several Cressidas of this generation lose.
I've now driven more than 60 different cars, I still think my elderly 1986 Cressida is the best car I've driven of this 60. Although despite my major preference for RWD and AWD...I've once again been lured to the 7th generation Celica(2000-2005). I honestly believe its the styling since I thought it was the best looking Celica in a long time. Reading several reviews many including Jeremy Clarkson's own review say it was fun, Clarkson of course criticized the FWD but in the end gave it 4 out of 5. Its the only FWD car I'm at all considering, for some reason I don't like the idea of owning a common car and love the fact my car and car choices are exclusive. I'm trying to see whether I might be able to acquire a 2003-2005 Celica GT with the D package, basically I get keyless, sun roof, etc. and I liked the face lifted version which is why I didn't say 2000-2002, plus the year 2000 GT has brakes that aren't made for any car which is not good for the future. The big question is whether I go manual or automatic, going manual will drop the prices and make a car like this much more fun but I don't know how to drive stick. Automatic is the safer choice and familiar choice, but it doesn't seem right for a car like this.
My Cressida was finally done in July 25, 2008 with no more visible exterior rust on any of the body panels. I was very happy with the job done that day. The next day on the drive to work, one of the chrome trim on top of the windshield just had enough and came loose and was bent from the speed. It appeared the corner chrome pieces had given up so the shop replaced all three pieces at the top. The parts all come from Toyota directly so it took a while for them to arrive, I only recently had them put back on. The last remaining piece to acquire is the chrome trim piece on the trunk of the car, this piece was lost years ago and seemed to be a piece several Cressidas of this generation lose.
I've now driven more than 60 different cars, I still think my elderly 1986 Cressida is the best car I've driven of this 60. Although despite my major preference for RWD and AWD...I've once again been lured to the 7th generation Celica(2000-2005). I honestly believe its the styling since I thought it was the best looking Celica in a long time. Reading several reviews many including Jeremy Clarkson's own review say it was fun, Clarkson of course criticized the FWD but in the end gave it 4 out of 5. Its the only FWD car I'm at all considering, for some reason I don't like the idea of owning a common car and love the fact my car and car choices are exclusive. I'm trying to see whether I might be able to acquire a 2003-2005 Celica GT with the D package, basically I get keyless, sun roof, etc. and I liked the face lifted version which is why I didn't say 2000-2002, plus the year 2000 GT has brakes that aren't made for any car which is not good for the future. The big question is whether I go manual or automatic, going manual will drop the prices and make a car like this much more fun but I don't know how to drive stick. Automatic is the safer choice and familiar choice, but it doesn't seem right for a car like this.