2002-2009: 1993 Ford Tauus SHO. Started as my daily driver. Ended life as a barely street legal track car. I miss it every day
2008-present: 2004 Land Rover Disco II. It goes over stuff...
From 2004: 3dr Sierra as seen in the awatar.
From 2007: other 3dr Sierra with 1.6 OHC, used to drive it for ~2 months when I got my license, but then I got the better one MOT'd and started driving it. Trying to sell the 1.6 one but it's hard to get any decent money out of it in one piece...
Oct 2002 - July 2005: 1994 Pontiac Bonneville 3.8L V6 (170HP, 4000 lbs), the thing was a boat. My parents were technically the owners but I used it to commute back and forth to high school. They let me use it for free as long as I was using it purely for commuting. Later, when I got into college and my parents got me my first bike (see below), I only drove the Bonnie on really cold*/wet/snowy days. It finally died of an electrical problem just a couple months after the end of my second year of college, after which I was planning on living on campus anyway.
*less than 45F
July 2003 - April 2008: 2002 Kawasaki Super Sherpa, my first bike and the first vehicle registered in my name. My parents bought it for me as a high school graduation present. This baby took a beating and still ran strong the day I sold her for something bigger and sportier.
November 2007 - Present: 1994 Toyota Tercel (2dr coupe, 1.5L 4-cyl, 4-speed manual), the first vehicle I ever bought for myself. I was practically broke when I bought it in anticipation of starting a new job the following month. When I started doing motorcycle trackdays, I put a trailer hitch on the car and bought a small open trailer for hauling my bike. When pulling the trailer, it maintains 55 mph in 3rd up the steeper hills on the interstate and goes 65mph just fine elsewhere. It gets me around and that's what's important.
February 2008 - November 2008: 1990 Kawasaki EX500 (aka Ninja 500, GPZ500S). My relationship with this bike was rocky from the start. The previous owner let me take it for a test ride before buying. It was dark and cold out and I was on an unfamiliar bike, so when a car stopped short in front of me and I grabbed the front brake, it locked up and I lowsided. This marked the first time I ever wrecked a helmet even after going down a few times on my Super Sherpa. Damage to the bike included a gaping hole in the water pump that I later replaced. Then it ran fine for 1 day before it started running on 1 cylinder instead of 2. Carbs were dirty. Finally got it back from the shop in April and rode it for about a month before I got my first ticket on a bike. That day, I signed up for my first trackday. I did about 4 trackdays that year before I was riding to work one day and took a tight, slippery corner too fast and lowsided. No damage to the bike but I did scrape my knees up a bit. I decided I was trying to ride too hard for the street and would stick to the track instead. A few trackdays later, I was in a club race when another rider's engine blew and dumped oil on the track that I soon slipped on, again putting a hole in the water pump. By this point, I wanted something newer/better anyway and I sold it as it was.
November 2008 - Present: 2006 Suzuki SV650S. Bought her as a pristine street bike with 3000 miles on the clock with the intent of making her a track-only bike. Took her to a trackday a couple weeks later and promptly lowsided her twice in the wet. That was my first time riding her too. I've since built an amazing relationship with her and together we've really put some pretty decent riders on 600's to shame.
April 2004 - October 2008
1992 purple Renault R19 1.4 RL gasoline
My first car. Indestructible, it just kept on going.
At first I did not like it very much, I hated the colour and it handled like a boat but after a vacation driving 3600 kilometre through France I loved it.
I have many good memories about this car.
December 2008
1995 blue Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 16V
My current car. Sporty, good looks, handles well and a beautiful engine sound. I'm not regretting this car, i'm addicted
I don't think we have the TD5 here in the states. The V8 makes me happy. Not quick, but I can still make a bit of noise before the TC cuts in. :mischievo
If you don't take the V8, you're gay.
If you don't take the hybrid, you're a redneck.
anything in between is just wrong. You've either got to have the econo-box, or the top-o-the-line. It's the American way. We're EXXTREEM!!! The extra 'x' is for awesomeness (or Exxon).
It really is sad now that people see a 3.5L V6 as a big engine. We've lost what made American cars great. I still want a 1970 Caddy Eldorado with the 8.2L. V8. 20 feet long, low, wide, and classy. They say it rides like a boat, so I'm going to paint a name on the stern and keep an anchor in the trunk. Portholes? Maybe...
ah ok, the v8 is best anyway you just have to watch for slipped liners on. the rover v8 may not be that powerful really and quite small by american standards but its a great engine
I thought i would bump this as i have just found a few old pictures of the legendary yellow peril that was my escort van!
They are pretty crap pics though as i had to take a picture of the pictures using my phone, hence the big white orb type thing in the side of the van, which was the phones flash, which you cannot turn off on an N95.
Mazda 626 2.0L [1984] ... was a kid's-rallycar, friend crashed into me at 50km/h and later my dad took it away. Had a massively good engine tho.
Aprilia Sonic 50 GP [1997] ... was my everyday driving machine, was stolen about a month ago.
... Now i got nothing, but im starting to make driving licence this december or maybe later and would like to get a Ford Mustang 2002 - very nice looking and good car
Saturday March 21 2009:
Nissan 200SX S13
Was and still will be used for drifting
It's about 70% finished. Rollcage is fully welded in. Now just waiting on my special seat rails. Need to mount welded diff, other carbattery and off we go!
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