Car thread

[maverick06]

-Cars I have (or want): The opportunity to show off or dream in public
-First Cars: Same idea, but hopefully with a little more humility
-Projects: What are you up to on your car- and how, or why you are doing it.
...or anything else you can come up with that has to do with things that go vroom.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!

Cars I have - 99 Jetta TDI (175k miles, 53 mpg)
Wife - 2010 Dodge Caravan SXT (faster than my jetta)
First car - 86 Jetta TDI
Past cars - 98 jetta TDI.
(notice a pattern)

Cars I want - 2009+ Porsche cayman PDK with chrono package. Probably on the "buy" list in 2 to 3 years.... I hope...

 

[nate379]

Cars I have...

05 Jetta TDI
05 Lotus Elise
98 Dodge 2500 CTD
98 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 4.0L
98 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.9L

Let's not even get into what I have owned, it'd be a LONG list.

First was an 85 Chev S-10 Blazer 4x4.

Want... I'd like to be able to replace my pickup with something a bit newer. Starting to get long in the tooth with ~235,000 miles on it.

 

[ironpony]

yea, I like bright color MOPARS

 

[rottiman]

My current rides. I couldn't even begin to list past rides...............

 

[pen]

Here's the toy I sold about 4 years ago now. Played around with it for about 9 years.

Here's my current project / toy. Done a lot of work to it since this pic was taken, although the most visible would be tube bumpers.

 

[ironpony]

1952 Thunderbird 1977 Cadillac Hearse October ride

 

[Hearth Mistress]

1st car - '94 ford tempo 4 speed
2-3cars, 89 Corsica, 2000 Chevy Tracker
Current Car - 2006 Mini Cooper S

Dream car - no question.... 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 - not a kit car, a REAL one

 

[fossil]

This was fun (6th motorcycle, 2nd H-D)...sold it 3 years ago. Too many others to mention. (Just traded in my old trusty 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee on a '13 Volvo xc60 T6 awd.)

 

[fossil]

Hope to get this finished before I'm too old to drive

 

[DexterDay]

Here's the toy I sold about 4 years ago now. Played around with it for about 9 years.

My Buddy had a Conquest that looked just like that... That's probably the most "forgotten" sports car

 

[pen]

My Buddy had a Conquest that looked just like that... That's probably the most "forgotten" sports car

+10 points! Not many people recognize what it was by name!

Fun car, well ahead of it's time with many features.

Hated to sell it, but couldn't stand to bastardize it and mitsu wasn't making parts anymore and the aftermarket stuff sucked. The guy I sold it too, sold it again last summer. It's somewhere down in Georgia and the owner called me 3x last year asking questions and shooting the bull. Definitely a cult following, albeit a small one, for those who appreciate what that car is.

You made my day dex.

pen

 

[pen]

This was fun (6th motorcycle, 2nd H-D)...sold it 3 years ago. Too many others to mention. (Just traded in my old trusty 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee on a '13 Volvo xc60 T6 awd.)

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My BIL has a '93 that he has jacked up, done engine work too, does mudder stuff with, etc. While I help him with the jeep, and I'll admit it can't seem to be killed, there's days that I wish it would have been! I hate working on them things when they are driven through hell.

Looking forward to hearing your take on the volvo. Was curious as to what you purchased.

Great bike pic btw!

 

[BrotherBart]

First car: 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 door. Blue Flame six with babbit rods instead of inserts. Stuffed a 283 CID with two four barrels into it. It got totaled in one hell of a wreck. At the very minute at lunch time that the high school was raising the student driving safety flag that would stay up until a student had a wreck. The flag came back down that day.

Most fun car: 1970 Challenger 440 Six Pack. That Six Pack won a lot of six packs on back road quarter mile runs. And ended up one night in the Plainview, Texas impound lot. You can guess where I ended up. I was sitting on the hood smoking a cig when they caught up. Ran out of gas.

Current car: 1995 Suburban 454 3/4 ton 4X4. Ain't fast but could pull hell up a mountain.

Dream car: A van at the old folks home with comfortable seats.

 

[DexterDay]

+10 points! Not many people recognize what it was by name!

Fun car, well ahead of it's time with many features.

Hated to sell it, but couldn't stand to bastardize it and mitsu wasn't making parts anymore and the aftermarket stuff sucked. The guy I sold it too, sold it again last summer. It's somewhere down in Georgia and the owner called me 3x last year asking questions and shooting the bull. Definitely a cult following, albeit a small one, for those who appreciate what that car is.

You made my day dex.

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My buddy in high school had the one I spoke of, but a buddy at work has 2 purple (there literally purple) ones that he is trying to make one good one (manual trans).

Way ahead of its time. It was a Poor mans Porsche. And a FAST one at that!!

 

[BrotherBart]

has 2 purple (there literally purple)

The Challenger was purple with black vinyl top. Dodge called the color "Plum Crazy".

 

[begreen]

First car was a '56 Packard Clipper - 352, 2 spd torque convertor, self-leveling torsion bar suspension and 150# bumpers. No one argued with that beast in an intersection. Current vehicles. Prius, VW Eurovan camper, Ford Ranger pickup.

 

[pen]

The Challenger was purple with black vinyl top. Dodge called the color "Plum Crazy".

Ya shoulda kept it

 

[yooperdave]

1st car - '94 ford tempo 4 speed
2-3cars, 89 Corsica, 2000 Chevy Tracker
Current Car - 2006 Mini Cooper S

Dream car - no question.... 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 - not a kit car, a REAL one

Now you're talking Only thing is, I would want to drive the one I own...so it would probably be a superperformance. Yeah, baby!

Owned a 72 400 GTO and a 70 Duster. (And a bunch of other more practical cars/trucks.)

 

[BrotherBart]

Ya shoulda kept it

I got transferred and got a company car. Left it behind for my boss to sell for me. He drove it once and it scared the hell out of him. He said "That is an engine with two doors bolted onto it!".

 

[pen]

I got transferred and got a company car. Left it behind for my boss to sell for me. He drove it once and it scared the hell out of him. He said "That is an engine with two doors bolted onto it!".

I stand by my original statement

 

[pen]

Hope to get this finished before I'm too old to drive

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That'll make hauling wood a lot more fun

Love the flat head!

 

[Beetle-Kill]

Heh, heh, first car was a Chevy 4-door, 1951, straight 6 and a 3 on the tree. Yes, it was a tank.
Current is a '93 Geo Prism, 196K and going strong. I love this car, 'cause if I get wiped out by an out-of-state idiot going 70 down the hill, I won't worry about it.
Dream car- pristine Subaru 1982 GL-3 hatchback, with hi-lo transfer case. Beige color, just like my old one. Awesome car.

 

[jharkin]

Dream car - no question.... 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 - not a kit car, a REAL one

Now you're talking Only thing is, I would want to drive the one I own...so it would probably be a superperformance. Yeah, baby!

+2 Always dreamed of a 427 Cobra. Has to be white on blue racing stripes.

 

[jharkin]

First car - 82 Honda Accord 5 speed
Current car - 03 Acura RSX Type S
Wife - 08 Honda Pilot SE 4x4

Next car for me has to be 4 doors for the kids and auto so my wife can drive it. I'd get a G37 (if I could stand the mpg) or 3 series ( if I could stand the price and the breakdowns) but most likely will get the new Honda Accord.

Dream cars? Too many...
427 Cobra
Gen 2 vette
early 70s Alfa Spider
Honda S2000
Any 911 or a late model Boxster
Anything red with a prancing horse
M3 / M5
A model T (really early with lots of brass work)

Or Jay Leno's entire collection

 

[ScotO]

1st car - '94 ford tempo 4 speed
2-3cars, 89 Corsica, 2000 Chevy Tracker
Current Car - 2006 Mini Cooper S

Dream car - no question.... 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 - not a kit car, a REAL one

Wow, you set the standards high there.....
My buddy at work has an AC Cobra kit car with a REAL Ford 427 side-oiler and toploader 4 speed (with the factory drag racing ratio gears in it), that's as close to real as most can get. However, he DOES also own a 1967 Shelby GT 500 with the 428 Super Cobra Jet.....and it is REAL........

Some people have all the cool toys!