help me decide - toyota or honda

[Mr Revhead]

a lot of you seem to be forgetting he is on a uni student budget
which will negate modifications!


keep the honda, unless you can survive with having the celica off the road for maintanence, unless its a minta

really you have to look at it and decide if it will be reliable enough for you.


and boso translates as "bad taste"

[Mad Murphy]

Yea, stick to the Honda while you're a student, you'll be able to get something nice when you're finished studying and get a job or be able to afford to do a Celica properly.

[Mr.Phreak]

The only way to do a Celica properly is to start with the right chassis

[Snoozin]

^^^ Amen.

Celica Supra's are cool though But probably not a wise choice in your current situation, the Integra will be more fun as it sits too.

[RomanV]

It's funny when people hate on rice, but think that boso is cool... when it's essentially rice from the 80s.

/offtopic

$&#$% you!

Well... it is!

Think about what 'rice' is....

People trying to emulate the look of race car versions of their own cars.

Fart cannon exhaust, big T wings, millions of gauges, etc... Which are all inspired by 'race cars' of that era (that era being the 90s), as these were things that the japanese race cars generally had.
(However obviously many people dont realise that correlation =! causation... A cake has icing on it and tastes good, but this does not mean that putting icing on shit will make it taste good)

Boso is exactly the same, it's people adding things to their cars to emulate race cars of the time. Just a bit more exaggerated.
External oil coolers on the front, tape over the headlights, sacked out on wide wheels, are all things that race cars of the time featured.
I cant quite explain the crazy exhausts though, haha. I suppose it's just what they did before 8" wide fart cannons were available.

I dont know if you've ever seen the actual wide body race cars of that era, but they are definitely what inspired the 'boso' look.
The widebody DR30 looks wicked.

I dont think that 'boso' is anything particularly new, it most likely started in the 80s, and then has become popular again in recent years.
I wonder if it will be trendy to rice up civics in another 20 years.

[Mad Murphy]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bōsōzoku]Bōsōzoku[/url]

Explaination of what Bōsōzoku is all about.

[Adamal]

Hmm.... After much thought I have found you the perfect solution.

Don't buy the Celica, and sell the Honda.

[MrDori]

hes a uni student, Most boso mods are free or pick a part!

Down suspension cutting!!!! It is the boso companion the will become the victor!

[Dr J]

Im all for making the wrong decision so buy the xx cos they are awsome and parts aren't that hard to come by but you will need them often.

but really you being a student i agree with Adamal

Don't buy the Celica, and sell the Honda.

[RED TOP MR 2]

sell the honda, catch the bus, buy a project, wish you had a car that worked, drink all the problems away, cry.
itll be awesome

[noel0leon]

lol

yeah i'll be keeping the honda for the mo'...


i cant think of what i would buy to replace the ol teg

[JIZRAG]

Honda will be a better performer, cheaper on gas, last longer, and be less rustier. Dnt bother with old celicas, they never got them rite untill the VVTLi versions

[gleem]

im going with the swap for a levin idea but i know what its like being a uni student i often cant afford gas for the gtt and have to scab lifts off the olds

[deaf_rattle]

Honda will be a better performer, cheaper on gas, last longer, and be less rustier. Dnt bother with old celicas, they never got them rite untill the VVTLi versions

celicas turned to shit when they made them fwd

[noel0leon]

celicas turned to shizzel when they made them fwd

haha i totally agree....
i was thinking of getting a levin before i got the honda, but the integra is a hatch and thus so much more practical, i can fit so much in there.

but every time i look a XX one i want it, so for now, this will have to suffice

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Toys-models/Mo ... 465206.htm

and as for boso, i didn't even know what that was till now... but damn is it hilarious

[noel0leon]

oh yeah forgot...

does anyone know exactly how much less power the 1G-GEU XX would have against the b16a integra?

[Jebus]

XX 1G IS 160HP - 25 YEARS OF THRASHING

[Snoozin]

XX 1G IS 160HP - 25 YEARS OF THRASHING

THAT'S A 1G-GE THOUGH DAWG. I SHUDDER TO THINK HOW MUCH STONKING POWER A 1G-EU HAS...

[mr pad]

LOL ^^

[noel0leon]

true..
the one im looking at has a 1G-GEU...
aparantly rated at 140-160hp

oh and a 1g-eu has 125hp