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by **brink** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 9:19 pm

Don't own a Solara, just admire them from afar

Registering cause this forum looks neat.

So... I'm Jon from South Bend, Indiana. I drive a 2000 Camry, 5sfe, 5 spd. 'Sup?

by **TadS** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:34 pm

Welcome from about 2 hrs. south of your location! Actually, my grandparents live in South Bend and my dad graduated from Washington HS. Now that you’re totally creeped out, enjoy the forum.

by **kubi** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:54 pm

It may be called Solara Guy, but it's a Camry board, too! Welcome.

by **all_red** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:40 am

and I'm sure you know that camry's are solara's :wink:

but with 2 more doors :lol:

by **brink** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:51 am

Thanks for the welcomes

Yeah, mine's been a toyota family for the past couple decades, so I'm sorta familiar with the solara. In fact, right now my dad is trying to decide on whether he wants to get a solara or an mr2 for his "twilight years"

TadS: Yo, I think I saw you when you registered on TN awhile back. Wondered how far away your town was from SB.

Also, I've seen two Solaras with TRD badging around town... anyone from the board? Both were like 00s, one was white, the other red.

by **hari-bhari** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:30 am

brink wrote:Thanks for the welcomes Yeah, mine's been a toyota family for the past couple decades, so I'm sorta familiar with the solara. In fact, right now my dad is trying to decide on whether he wants to get a solara or an mr2 for his "twilight years"

TadS: Yo, I think I saw you when you registered on TN awhile back. Wondered how far away your town was from SB.

Also, I've seen two Solaras with TRD badging around town... anyone from the board? Both were like 00s, one was white, the other red.

tell hmi to go for the solara, mr2 = UGLY!! :lol:

http://members.sounddomain.com/99stolara · by **sto** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:33 am

whats up, there may be an all toyota meet in the spring sometime over in chicago. u should come up?!~? sto

by **WTF??** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:37 am

Welcome!!

yeah we have a couple ppl here thats from IN so just keep an eye out for their posts... maybe you can even meet-up with em sometime

I know theyve met up at carshows before

by **TadS** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:58 am

brink wrote:
TadS: Yo, I think I saw you when you registered on TN awhile back. Wondered how far away your town was from SB.

Also, I've seen two Solaras with TRD badging around town... anyone from the board? Both were like 00s, one was white, the other red.

There is a guy here that is in "Northern Indiana" but no idea where. Fletch where you at man? Anyway, if you want to find my town, plot a point on I-65 between Lafayette and Merrivile/Hobart. It's a town of about 3000 people and maybe 10 Toyotas :lol:

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As for an all Toyota meet my brother and I are both interested. He has his "new" 5S-FE MR-2 that we're going to be working on over the winter.

by **brink** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:09 pm

Sweet. Yeah I'd be up for a toyota meet, work/weather permitting of course

by **cdssolara** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:32 pm

Welcome. There's actually a lot of information here that would pertain to your car. As for your dad's choice of MR2 or Solara, it depends on how sporty of a car he wants. I think the older MR2's, like '92 '93, are really great cars, especially with turbos. I see that people are now swapping the 1MZFE engines into them, which has got to really give them a lot of potential. Of course, your dad may not be into modding his car!

by **brink** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:33 pm

Yah, I'm not really into the newer style MR2s, but that's what he's looking at. Basically he wants something that's going to be both fun to drive and reliable. No modding for him... yet. He did race his Olds 442 back in the day, so who knows...

But yeah, I'd be game for any IN or Chicago meets. Actually, I was thinking of trying to set up a meet and like Gingerman sometime in the spring. Never been there before, but it sounds like a nice course.

by **cdssolara** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:02 am

The first generation Solara's stock suspension was way too soft for the car to be a truly "fun to drive" car. With some suspension tweaking, that can be changed, though. From what I read on this forum, the SE version of the 2004 Solara has a firmer suspension than the previous generation, so maybe that would qualify. The Solara is certainly reliable.

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