Just got a "New" car, what do you guys drive?

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:59 am

I just bought a '95 BMW M3. The car is absolutely incredible, almost as if it had been stored in a glass box for the last 9 years. The paint is perfect, the wheels have absolutely no road rash, and the leather looks better than my old '01 330Ci. This car screams too.

I feel like a kid in high school again, too much fun. I wish I had a place to host pictures, I'd post some because the car is almost perfect.

So what does everyone else drive? Pics?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:20 am

http://www.octranspo.com

Takes me everywhere.

Kumba · Post by **Kumba** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:37 am

2004 Mazda 3s, just bought it a few weeks ago, not even a thousand miles on it yet. Very sweet car, Titanium Gray, with black leather interior. I will post pics soon.

Viralphrame · Post by **Viralphrame** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:47 am

'94 Honda Civic DX. Black, manual transmission, no power steering or air conditioning.

Condenser's gone but the fan is still there.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:59 am

2001 Rav4 loaded excpet for leather and moon roof.

Garak · Post by **Garak** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:00 am

1966 Chevy Impala

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:29 am

Winter/Rain: http://www.metallisoft.com/files/boots/mycar.jpg

Summer: http://www.metallisoft.com/files/boots/mybike.jpg

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:54 am

2000 Nissan Sentra SE 5-speed, with the 2.0 liter engine. Love it. (need to get it washed soon though)

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:23 pm

1990 Caddy Deville, also in beautiful condition.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:30 pm

1977 Chevy Camaro
V8 engine, 140 hp

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:44 pm

Battlebot, that's a classic! But 140 BHP out of the V8? Are you running it on 4 cylinders?

I drive 1986 RX-7 series 4, turbo, rebuilt 13B, 3mm apex seals, ported and polished with 3" single exhaust. It'd undoubtedly be illegal in the USA because it is very very loud, and you can smell the petrol fumes when you stand behind it...

Currently shopping for 1988-1990 Porsche 928 S4 - 5.4 litre GT car. Looking to spend around $20-22,000 on one. Not bad considering they were priced at around $200,000 dollars brand new!

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:04 pm

1998 sea-green Ford Escort. It owns all of j00

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Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:31 pm

'00 VW Jetta VR6

Edit:

Mobius wrote:Currently shopping for 1988-1990 Porsche 928 S4 - 5.4 litre GT car. Looking to spend around $20-22,000 on one. Not bad considering they were priced at around $200,000 dollars brand new!

The reason is that you have to pur money into it for getting it fixed..

Same happens w/ old Dino Ferraris in europe (and old Porsches of course)..

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:32 pm

I drive a cardboard box with wheels.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:11 pm

There was a thread on my new ride not too long ago. It degenerated into a discussion of gas prices, but it was originally about the car :)

2004 Chevy Aveo LS 4-door.

1.6L 4-cylinder, 5-speed manual, 35 mpg highway/ 30 city, air conditioning, power everything, decent stereo with CD/mp3, it's pretty roomy (even when I have my friend who's 6'6" tall and his friend who's gotta be 6'2" tall and over 320 lbs in the car with me, it's not cramped for anyone) and it's pretty fun to drive. I think we just broke 1400 miles on it...

And, like merlin, I've got http://transit.metrokc.gov as backup.

Kumba, hurry with the pics :)

Stupid · Post by **Stupid** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:37 pm

I drive a non-pimped out dark blue '83 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. It runs well enough to get me to the Chicago LAN (and hopefully back, as well)

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:38 pm

Kumba wrote:2004 Mazda 3s, just bought it a few weeks ago, not even a thousand miles on it yet. Very sweet car, Titanium Gray, with black leather interior. I will post pics soon.

Just read the road test on the 3s (Hatchback) in newest Road&Track... sounds like a sweet ride, esp. for the price.

This was a '88 323GTX that I owned and raced. (Ice Racing and Gymkhana)

Driving a '95 Chevy Astro Van now...

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:43 pm

Who's that dork standing next to it Sarge?

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:11 pm

1993 Bonnieville SE in Good condition. Im currently working on "restoring" it to bring it up to excellent condition, but it is already well taken care of and looks great for a 10 year old car.

(Much better than the other bonnievilles I see on the road!)

Just got to patch some paint spots here and there with a toothpick, put in a powered air filter to give it some juice, and mayby get a new muffler. There's a metal panel strip than runs acrosss under the doors which is HEAVILY corroded, so I expect to fix that sometime. Im also thinking of adding a supercharger to the engine but I dont know the work that it requires and it may be impossible, but ill try anyway.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:05 pm

Nice car, Nexus. Is it a 3.0 or a 3.2 litre? I hear the 3.0 is smoother and more mature an engine than the 3.2, which has slightly more power.

I'm driving BMW also, I have several. They're all from the first 3 series (1975-1982) and six cylinders. Three of them are the top model of that time, the 323i, with 143HP for 2.3L.

I'm preparing one of them for track with a race suspension, a 2.7L shortblock with ~180HP and lightweight everything (aiming for a 900-950kg empty car weight).

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:26 pm

I hate old BMWs, but I am a BIG fan of the new ones. Do you have a pix yet nexy? I'd love to see it.

I'm actually considering the new M3 myself. 330 HP and pure class

they aren't to bad at 50k here

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:54 pm

Vindicator wrote:2000 Nissan Sentra SE 5-speed, with the 2.0 liter engine. Love it. (need to get it washed soon though)

Make it grey, '94, and with the tinyest engine possible and u got my car. (Small or no, its pushing 140,000 and still goin strong)

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:34 pm

don't have a car but the following is a short list of cars that I would like to have

Lotus Elise
Alfa Romeo Spyder
Audi TT Roadster
BMW Z3
Honda S2000
Mazda Miata

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:36 pm

Mobius wrote:Battlebot, that's a classic! But 140 BHP out of the V8? Are you running it on 4 cylinders?

whoops...meant 240 hp

i type without reading what i wrote

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:40 pm

Trichord: I believe it's the 3.0 liter engine. Runs very well, gobs of torque. The sound of the engine at high rpm is fvcking awesome.

Stress: I also love the new M3's, I just couldn't afford one since I'm still in school. When I graduate from Law school in 4 years my first purchase will be a brand new M4. Good luck getting a new M3, they're a hoot to drive.

I have pictures but I don't have a host for them so I can't post them. If someone could host them I could have them up in a day. Anyone?

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:44 pm

Email em to me and I'll host em. (removed)

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:56 pm

1993 Toyota Tercel

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:57 pm

'97 Buick Lesabre. All Bethany needs is a new motor pump for the window washer and some way to get the CD player working consistently. And someone to clean out all of the trash. Ebay is fun for car parts. Sometimes I just wish I knew what I was doing.

Arbitar · Post by **Arbitar** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:06 pm

my dad has 3 cars and 2 motercycles.
He has a 84 911 Porsche
a 67 Camero SS
and a little Ford Ranger for work

He also has this awesome yellow BMW Motorcycle
and a Red dirtbike

uhhm ... and ... o wait ... thats all

SolidAir · Post by **SolidAir** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:21 pm

This is my lovely 2001 Toyota Corolla, which I got for $8900 at 45k ... got the dealership to waive the $5k trade in cause I didn't have anything to trade in

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:10 pm

John Deere 6015

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:31 pm

2000 Honda Accord Sedan V6/Leather/Works ...

Wang_Lo · Post by **Wang_Lo** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:34 am

1993 Camry V6XLE, emerald green 189,000 miles, on it gettin' ready to ditch it though. having probs with it

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:00 am

1995 Chevy Lumina 129,000 miles still run great.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:01 am

Punisher's Action

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:25 am

pretty sweet pun...

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:01 pm

Battlebot wrote:pretty sweet pun...

No, this is a pun!

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:02 pm

Jeff250 wrote:
Battlebot wrote:pretty sweet pun...
No, this is a pun!

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:57 am

Nice rides guys

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:34 pm

I'm going to wash and wax my M3 tomorrow (Sunday). I'll send some pics to Vindi tomorrow night, hopefully he can post them very soon.

If you havent' heard the engine that an M engine makes at full throttle, I feel very bad for you. Better than any symphony I have ever heard.