what kinda of car do you drive?

I have two active children.

With dump stickers and all.

(after my attitude)

All Z24 5-speeds, 88, 92, and 98

Still runs like a champ. I love that car.

Rats. I have no chance of posting first in these daytime threads.

Likewise, I love my '95 Infiniti G20, a Crimson Pearl model that I still label Burgundy. No one has keyed it or left chicken bones on the top for a while.

And somehow my replacement antenna shaft now fully declines. I bought it off ebay in May after the old antenna mast broke and got stuck in the up position. I had no clue what I was doing and had to take apart the entire assembly through an opening in the trunk. Took the bulk of two days and for the next 5 months the antenna would only descend to a level many inches above the car. Somehow a few weeks ago it finally decided to hide completely, every time. Hurray for me!

Mine is stuck about 6 inches in the "up" position. Thankfully I use XM or play my iPod. ;)

The white antenna stem probably broke. If you can still hear the motor trying to work that's the most likely culprit. Damn, I forget the exact terminology but this is the site I used. Search for antenna and plenty of threads will come up. It's a common problem:
http://www.g20.net/

It was a $20 replacement mast on ebay. Then you unscrew the black molding atop the car. If you're lucky, merely feeding the new antenna will do the trick. It requires two people so one can turn the radio on and off while the other holds the antenna. If you're unlucky like me, it required opening the trunk and taking out the motor assembly to the right, inside where the jack is located. I had to unscrew everything and place grease inside the assembly, then wrap the new white stem. Since it's working now I can look back and be satisified, but at the time I was wishing I either took it to a shop or let the antenna stay in the up position. That's where mine was stuck.

Tha might come in handy.

Meh...that antenna thing sounds like an easy fix, but a pain in the ass. I'll work on it when I get back.

I described the problem and the forum regulars pointed me toward the correct diagnosis and remedy, always much less painful and expensive than I imagined. The last time was a couple months ago. A little motor in the front right of the hood kept staying on even while I turned off the ignition. It drained the battery once. Turned out it was ABS related, the sensor relay switches. I boiught two of them for $15 apiece after advice from that forum and popped them in myself. Problem solved pronto.

Traded in the 1991 Cavalier that I had driven since high school. I loved that car. If cars could talk... well, actually, if cars could talk, I would have had to dump that car in the ocean or something :evilgrin:

I traded in my SUV for this ultra low emissions car once my kids didn't need mom to haul them around anymore. I have saved so much in gas you have no idea!

This is car #8 for me...

61 Buick Electra
72 Chevy Monte Carlo
69 Dodge Coronet Wagon
69 International Travelall
72 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
94 Chrysler New Yorker
96 Chevy Blazer

And they all have their stories... boy, oh boy, do they have their stories!

Wonderful sport sedan bought used last March for $11,000. Was $38K just three years before when new, and it still feels new. Guess that's what happens when the nameplate is discontinued.

My wife reluctantly sold her 02, and bought an 04 GTO.

. . . with a spoiler! Top that!

:hide:

:cry:

Dont have a long commute so im not killed by gas prices. Both paid for and im hoping to drive both a long time.

Bought it in October. Got 195000 miles on it. Body is in great shape, (bought it from an older gent) and runs fine. Mileage sucks, but I don't drive very far.

I love that old car......

Next year, I plan to get the new hybrid Camry, if they offer it as they say they will......

:woohoo:

It's a great little car. I have a Santa Fe and am very happy. I want the new Sonata made in Alabama. It's becoming harder and harder to just say camry and accord. You MUST put the sonata in the same league if you've test driven it a bit and compared. I did.

I drove one and loved it. I love the Elantra too, though, and it was cheaper. :P Maybe for my next car I'll get the Sonata lol.

I like it :)

:hi: How are things going? I haven't seen you around for a while.

I drive a 2004 Lexus 330.

I'm doing okay

And how are you?

Hate that winter seems to have really set in so early this year. It's awfully cold already here in the Motor City and it's snowed twice. The snow hasn't been too bad -- just 2-3" each time -- but enough to make it dreary.

If you're ever in town visiting relatives, PM me ahead of time and maybe you can join us for dinner one night or something.

Sounds like a plan

Comfortable, handles well, and I can drive from southwest Fort Worth to Little Rock Arkansas on one tank of gas.

I love this SUV. And yes I have an SUV. It gets great gas mileage. It gets better mileage than my 2001 Galant used to get. And we love to travel in it. Very comfortable vehicle.

A green 2005 Mini Cooper S.

there are exceptions...MY favorite car/color...Do you have the white top?

What do I win???

You own a Prius, what more do you need?! ;)

Chief selling points: dent resistant doors and gas mileage similar to the Honda Accord hybrid.

Sadly Saturn's used them on less and less of thier cars' surface over time, which sucks. Other than paint scuffs my 8 year old Saturn looks new since it's old enough that the whole body's polymer.

to quote the Pointer Sisters... I'm so excited!

How do you like it?

:silly:

Much less just getting into it - you'd need a stepladder.

Whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

:bounce:

My husband drives the 2005 Prius. Dang him. :)

That is. My husband has a 97 or 98 Mazda Miata, while I drive the Taurus wagon Mom-Mobile! It's been a great car though. Just around 67,000 miles and in pretty darn good shape for a 9 yr. old car.

:bounce:

mine is a 90 Si with the b16 motor swap...I got 41 more HP and still get 30 MPG...

Here's Missy:




Redstone

30-40 MPG. Bought it new, it now has 145,000 miles.I want to get 250,000 out of it

I have a Ford Focus 2004 - same style - just navy blue. We also have a 2004 Ford Windstar minivan. And yes we have a need for it as we often are hauling kids around the Greensboro area. The Ford Focus doesn't have enough seats or room for three adults and four kids.

Mark.

but next year, this baby is MINE...

Reminiscent of an Acura RSX.

redstone

The Scion tC to be specific.

Very cute, very sporty, excellent reviews...and well under $20,000.

:toast:

It's got about 60K miles on it. That's it.

and 2005 Toyota Sienna

Great gas mileage, minimal engine noise.

Boring I know

Don't see any trucks on the list yet, so here's the first...
(Have to have a truck in Texas :) )

Like this but mine's pewter..

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2003, I think.

van. It's had its problems, but it's great. I never owned a van until this vehicle, and I don't think I can ever go back to a regular sized car, since I'm a packrat and an incurable shopaholic!

Almost 49K.

and I use my H1 for trips to the grocery store.

Nah, not really.

Zoom zoom...and 26/32 mpg.

I like it

My two previous ones were an '81 and an '88. Thinking hybrid this time around...

:blush:

We also have a 1998 Jeep Wrangler. I want to trade the Miata in for a Mazda 3 (5 door). Those cars are freakin AWESOME!

Great little car - ZOOM

:loveya:

very good car, bought it used and have had it for 6 years with no problems. I love it.

2006 Scion XA

http://www.scion.com/showroom/xa/gallery/

Keeps me on the road in the ice and snow of Oregon's winters in the mountains. It's a great little car.

it just rolled over 153,000 yesterday

1982 VW pickup diesel converted to run on used veg oil. Some details of the conversion are here:

http://www.freewebs.com/vegtruck/index.html

460, C6. Roller cam, worked heads, Victor intake, Crites headers.

I knew someone who had the hardtop convertible. WEIRD!

460's a monster; freakin' truck motor. Wha'd you have done to the heads?

When I was a kid, a friend o' mine's brother had a '58. Think his was a basically stock 312.

The 460 is the same as the 429 but with more stroke. The heads are early passenger car heads. Many people would step over these in favor of the Cobra Jet heads with the larger ports and valves, but in the hands of a real artist the passenger car heads (C8VE, C9VE and D0VE) can flow huge amounts of air and do so with higher velocity. I have numbers if you want, but they will rival the Edelbrock aluminum heads, and yet most people don't know how good these heads are. Stealth heads. The compression is streetable on premium.

In 1958, the "Y block" 292 was optional, as was the new 332 and 352 FE engines. The 312, a larger version of the 292 last available in 1957, was a common swap. In the picture, my car still had the 352 with fenderwell headers and 3X2 carbs.

Not without something to compare to, anyway. I haven't gotten into the hard-core physics of engine-building.

But, yeah, it kinda breaks me up how so many guys go for the big-ass heads and fat cams — and it's gotta be a cool-sounding name brand — when the factory option sheets will often have setups that work more efficiently for a lot less $, and they'll run on 89 octane. GM has complete aftermarket small-blocks that give 330 BHP from 8.5:1 compression. Tempting.

This is part of what I learned by screwing up. :banghead:

The GM 350s & 383s and the Ford 302/342, 351Ws & 392Ws are a great way to go. Chrysler has cool crate engines for the Mopar folks, and they all have big block versions. I roll my own because I am a cheap bastard and because I have a compulsion to work on stuff. Rodents gotta gnaw and I have to work on stuff. :shrug:

The old Spitfire got 36 miles per gallon, and they are pretty cool. I figure that although the '58 will be the last real hot rod I have, I can still have some car fun. Maybe a VW turbo diesel in a Jeep.

in my El Camino — the bone-stock version; I think it's rated at 225 BHP with the 4-barrel. With the Edelbrock intake and headers it might be pushing 250, but it doesn't have the lungs or gears to work the power curve very well. But that's okay, because I'm not the speed freak I once was.

Before, it had a .030-over 327 from Summit Racing that was pretty sweet, but a couple of cam lobes went flat and I let a guy at a speed shop talk me into a roller cam with too much duration. He advanced the ignition timing like 15 degrees just to get it to idle, and it ran so rich that the rings went away after 40,000. That was the mistake that made me start learning more.

The main thing I wanna do now is yank the Powerglide and stuff a TH-350 or 700-4R behind it. 'Glides are the best-built trannys ever, but this one's the original; it's gone 330,000 miles. And besides, I'm sick of having only two gears.

1990 Mercury Colony Park wagon, and a 1968 Mercury Cougar.

I was born in '68 too, and I've always liked the body style of the Cougar back to my Matchbox days.

But the big one is real. We bought it at the Pomona car swap meet. I've been all over it. The differential is the only part I have not worked over or rebuilt. It's a 302 with 351W heads, Edelbrock intake and cam and 351W exhaust manifolds. I'd love to do something with the engine, like a roller cam and those modern GT40P heads for better mileage. I dunno. It does not get driven much these days.

:D

I could get in trouble at a swap meet. Big, big trouble.

The Veg truck is my daily driver. The 1990 Colony Park is Ms. OR's daily driver, unless Veg Truck is broke. If I have the CP, then Ms. OR drives the Cougar. It was her daily driver for many years, but the CP gets better mileage. The '58 is strictly a toy. I need to seal a leak in the gas tank, swap the carb (for bigger, aaaarrrrg!). Always something.

I also have another VW pickup. I have to drop in a new engine and do some repairs before I sell it. I'm looking for a Veedub diesel wagon to replace the CP.

Ah do loves the cars, but it's a different world now.

I either drive my Infiniti or I walk or ride the bus. ;)

I like your veg truck idea. Self-sufficiency is a good thing.

And a F-350 4x4 dually four door.

Now before you say anything, I used to flip people off who drove those fucking duallies. But, I had to pull a backhoe. And karma had it in for me.

Besides, I drive exactly 120 miles per month.


Phew. I'm going to rot in hell.

Oh yeah- I'd gladly melt them down for a bicycle society.

Not like a vanity truck that could be replaced with a Focus with no loss of funtionality.

I loved the look of the 928 when it was new and I love it now. Lucky!

He had to calm me down after I bought it. Secretly, it's pretty damn cool.

The 928 is outrageous. Limited slip. Dual overhead cam, fuel injected v-8. Black boxes everywhere. 335 hp. Not much, really. But more than I can handle. If I wanted, I could bolt on a blower and get 450 hp. Maybe if I was bored.

My goal is to drive as little as possible. My racing days are long gone.

Prior to my illness I used to drive a hudson hornet and than a cordoba .

I am disappointed that you assume that everyone
operates one of those.

Just stop driving, y'all.

... 37 mpg, DU bumper sticker :)

Red XLT 4x4

used to have a 93 jeep but it was stolen a month ago...

engine.

Replaced the exhaust today--the guy at Speedy Muffler said, "Hey, did you know that this is your original exhaust?" :toast:



"Short on frills, long on guts."

Jim Hightower :applause: drives one, too!

That just had $7500 worth of body and frame work done to it because some jerk rear-ended me going 35mph. It looks great now though, and drives well too.

thing will go anywhere

So I didn't think I needed the offroad. It's just a 2WD. Now that I'm in Colorado I'm kicking myself. But I can still get up in the mountains just fine. Just put some sandbags in the back.

I've never had a car that I've LOVED before.... but this is it.

Got mine on NYE last year. Orange, 2004.

Bought it for the dog - (and the 4wd) - never had a newER let alone NEW car, and I knew the dog would thrash it. He gets pretty dirty sometimes when we go for hikes or to the lake. Anyway - could not have picked a more perfect car for my needs. Wish them made them in a hybrid!

:hi: E-sister!



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I have three criteria for cars. Must get excellent gas mileage, must be able to haul my skis, and must be able to haul my bike.

Isn't it curious that more and more men are buying pick ups now days opting for something that they can use if thrown out of the house LMAO.
It certainly makes it easer to move when you just gotta go


:yoiks:

With a kick-ass stereo and every option known to Saturn at the time.

Believe me, the heated leather seats are fucking awsome in this Wisconsin winter.

RL

It was only $200. Couldn't complain, and it lasted a year.

Now, I walk everywhere I go. It's a pain, especially if I have to walk to the store. :grr:

A V-8, 300 HP relic of the Big Oil era. One of my uncles worked at GM at the Norwood plant & retired before it closed so I've usually driven GM cars (Chevys until I bought this Caddy.) I bought it as a GM Certifiable used car in 2000.

Hopefully one day GM will make a hybrid and one that is bigger than a motorized tin can but I don't know when that will be.

Very sweet ride.

and my wife has the nice car: 2001 Saab 9-5 wagon.

a 1995 Mercedes C280 and during the nice months my 2005 Honda S2K.

Actually, I bought this car for my dog so that she would have more room in the back. Now that I have a little foster doggie, it really is practical because they love to go for rides.

:o

And I looooove it! :loveya:

180,000 miles strong.

Here's a pic of my 1996 A4



and another one!

The 2-piece Italias are my summer rims (17"). I put the Avus's back on with snow tires, for our 7-month winters, which it looks like you're familiar with.

has around 200,000 miles on it. Was a Nogales to Phx shuttle, then somehow got transfered to a similar but illegal job in SE Arizona, was abandoned, still running on our place a few years ago. Got the papers on it, cleaned it up, put new tires and a tranny plus a class 3 hitch for the horse trailer and viola! Heavy duty family truckster.

REALLY need a tough little errand vehicle that gets better milage, but so far ATV's are illegal on the interstate, ha ha

because I wanted to drive something no one else was driving.
:sarcasm:

Usually I get around on this:

and an old MINT Cadillac that my father left to me when he passed away. It's my baby.

a GMC 1989 Vandura, and my wife has a 2004 Dodge Intrepid...the intrepid, as a four door passenger car, is the best i have ever seen/had.

2.8 L V6 SOHC 12 valve

Currently in the car hospital (my garage)...it is sick. I've got my replacement camshart position sensor coming on Friday, though. Poor baby!

Great car...loads of fun to drive...

Sunset and mountains not included.