Just wondering about cars people drive around here.

I have a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO

With 19 Inch Enkei Rims
Body kit
Stage 2 Turbo
Nos
Racing clutch
Custom Exhaust with 3 1/2 downpiping
Upgraded ECU Chip
Running about low 12.s in the 1/4 mile
want to get a low 11.

2001 Chevy Malibu

Nothing custom, except for the remote starter my grandfather put in a couple years ago.

I personally have 2 1985 Honda CRXs, and a 1978 Chevy Stepside.

But we have tons of other cars in various stages of repair. Our yard is basically a junkyard.

-Nick

I bet those little CRX's get good gas mileage.
My aunt had one and it got good fuel mileage.

Yes they get great mileage, one gets 40 and the other gets 50. (Different engine versions- 8 valve/12 valve). They are also kinda fun to race around a little bit also. Theyre basically set up for it already. Just stock will make a good 1/4 mile.

One thing I was thinking of doing was taking the transmission, drivetrain, transfer case, and rear axle out of one of those Civic hatchbacks-the 4WD kind-and making a 4WD CRX. It'd be a nice sports car that'd go anywhere! It'd be nice for winter driving too, with all these dirt roads.

-Nick

With as much snow as you get up there it might be worth it.

btw, is't the mosquito the state bird there?

I remmeber a cartoon that was made during the construction of the Alcan highway, there was a pup tent with two pairs of bare feet sticking out or the front and two mosquitos taller than the pup tent, one of them says to the other "let's eat one of them now, and take the other with us for later".

We have a isuzu rodeo 94 model. Its getting around 15 mpg. Luckily we dont drive enough so gas prices do effect us but not like most people. A car that got 30 would be nice though. We also have a diesel dually(cummins engine a dodge 3500) that gets 18mpg. I cant figure out what makes a little SUV get less than a big truck even if it was a gas model.

I have a phone and a cab #.

What gets me is that we went to a Dodge dealer to buy a part for my uncles truck, and in the meantime we went out and looked at one of the new dodge cars. (forgot the name) This salesperson comes running out saying how great the car is and all that other normal junk. My grandpa was with us so he asks how many MPG this thing gets, and the sales person gets all excited and says 29 mpg like its the best thing in the world. We all started laughing and my grandpa says he wouldnt be bragging about that kind of fuel mileage if it were his car. The salespersons all confused and asks why not. My grandpa responds that 20 years ago he bought a car that got 50 mpg (the CRX). The guy couldnt think of anything to say after that.

Whats really sad is in the ~1930 you could buy a chevy car that got 30mpg. (This is about 75 yrs ago.) In 1985, honda had the CRX, 50mpg, about 50 yrs later. Now, the full 75 yrs since, people are going around bragging they get 20 and 30 mpg, when it was almost twice that 20 years ago!

And according to some national survey thing the US has the lowest MPG rating than ANY OTHER COUNTRY. This is just sad.

If everyones car had a cold air intake, a carburator that used gas fumes instead of straight gas, no exhaust pipe (or at least a straightpipe) then we'd all be running around with 75mpg.

-Nick

Get a motorcycle.

A stock Suzuki Hayabusa will run 9 second quarter miles @ 145 MPH , and you can buy one brand-spankin-new for around $11,000

If you put a couple of thousand dollars into it, it shouldn't be too hard to get it into the 8 second range

Yeah but look at the (ugly lol) crx's and then look at the heavy nice looking trucks and suvs and even cars now days. We have more horspower than we need in cars. They can go faster than they need to. Your never getting over 100 and if you can you should not for safety reasons.

I read it only takes like 15 horsepower to get to freeway speeds with the right gear ratio.

Right now i'm driving a 2002 Mini Cooper (not S, unfortunately).



Soon, my dad's going to let me start driving his baby... A '72 Lotus Elan ........ *drool*



Those are Gt4 renders of our cars, which look pretty much exactly the same as the ones we own (with subtle differences in the Elan, since the gt4 is a '62).

I drive a 1985 Chevy Celebrity. No pics as of yet, but picture the Bluesmobile with a shiny metalic blue paint job. And slightly less boxy.

The only features of note are trunk and hood lights, which were apperantly pretty rare on 85s.

a 2000 dodge mini van

custuom 2 child seats

ya!!! rock on

Sweet cars!

So, what kind of mileage do you get?

i rather have 4 wheels lol i feel more safer lol

CRX ARE GOOD tuner cars , but it takes alot to make them fast... that with every honda almost....

I have never figured out why people race a little honda car???
I mean they have very little horsepower and dont take off that fast until you put a lot of money into them. Why not get a car that goes fast from the start?

yeah like a evo

Hondas are light, stop and start easily, and if you spend couple dollars on a nice JDM engine and transmission they will race pretty well. Mostly people just make them tuner cars, though.

I love Mitsubishi, too. We had a 91 (i think) Galant, all stock, and it could hit 110 anyday. We ended up putting 350,000 miles on it and its still going great.

-Nick

Hey, Nick. I've always wondered this. Who's car is that in your avatar? What happened to it?

I drive the blue version of this,

A 2006 Opel Combo



I work in marketing, but i also do construstion so its a nice hybred for both

Its a picture I found on the internet, www.wreckedexotics.com, I think is where I got it from. Its a car that was parked in front of a Nike store that had one of those giant versions of one of their products on their roof (giant vololeyball in this case) and it fell off and made its mark on some unfortuneate persons car.

-Nick

It was probably a Honda.....they can't take Volly Balls.

As for me, I just bought my fourth Suzuki.
I traded in a 2000 Grand Vitara, 4WD, fully loaded. (Macho power, but lousy gas mileage)

This one is a 2006 Forenza. Less power, but much improved gas mileage.

So far, I've added tinted windows, custom wheel covers, remote door locks and a red stripe.
Triple Air Horns and Cruise Control are yet to be installed. No racing parts yet.
And, it's Cobalt BLUE!


Suzuki file photo....not my actual car.

Cheers!

The Shadow

Hey America,

Above is the car of your future...Welcome to fuel conservation...we here in europe have been doin it for quite some time now......AND IT SUX!!!

looks like i have the fastest car in here LOL

I don't own a car yet but I would love either,

Honda Civic (Fully loaded custom body... 7 inch touch screen with carputer)
or
Mini Cooper (Modified just like the ones in The Italian Job movie

why a civic lol, there are extremly slow... and it takes alot of cash to make them fast

Dunno... but Nissan makes some nice cars too

Wish the Skyline was street legal

Why a civic?
Why get any car that goes over 85? Your going to be stuck behind traffic anyways. If you get over 85 your endangering yourself and others...
Going even 70 is fast enough. Cars are meant to get you from point to point not fly...I think fuel mileage should be a thing for car manufacturers to work on not 180mph speed limits.

If a car went 50 mph and got 100 or even 80 miles per gallon I would buy it.

I'm still driving my little Ford Escort Mk IV 1.6L van ... I've had it for 10 years now and it's been very faithful to me, telling me what's wrong with it as best it can, only breaking down when it got nearly home etc.

The only modifications I've done is to rip the Ford radio out and replace it with a Goodmans Radio/CD/MP3 player, graphic EQ and 4 decent speakers - 2 front + 2 in back suspended from a wooden bar above the back doors. Oh, I also carpeted the plyboard panels inside (fitted by the previous owner)...

It cruises at 70-80MPH and will give about 40MPG on motorways and 30-35MPG town/local driving...

Unfortunately, the poor thing is dying of rust , I'm gonna have to work on that this year...

I own a 91 Mustang GT with the following:

Exterior:

PPG Black Saphire
35% Window Tint
Polished Factory Five Spokes


Interior:

Stereo:
Alpine CDA-7873 Head Unit XM Ready
2 Alpine amps
2 US Amps (1 800 watt (damaged) and 1 200 watt)
2 12" Volcano Pro's 800 watts
2 Cerwin Vega 6" Mids
2 Cerwin Vega 5 1/2's
4 Boston Acoustic 3 1/2
Crossover
Power Capacitor

Engine:

12" K & N Filter
Underdrive pulleys
3 core radiator
Black Magic Electric Fan
180 Degree Thermostat
Accel 300 Spark Plug Wires
BBK 1 5/8 Shorty Headers
BBK Off Road H-Pipe
2 Chamber Flowmasters
2 1/2" Exhaust front to back

Chassis:

Ford Motor Sport Lowering Springs
BBK Caster/Camber Plates
Kenny Brown Struts and Shocks
Transmission Shift kit installed with the factory stall converter built to stall out till about 1400-1500 RPM's
3:73 Gears


And is FOR SALE!!

A very old one . It's a Honda Concerto 1400 16 valves. For me is the best car in the world. I like it very much. It has, of course, some improvements.

I got to play with this for a couple of days.

In case you're wondering...it's a Lotus Exige (a $55,000 go-kart)

OMG Raw That is sweet!

Whoosh!

Nice sled there Raw.

But doesn't the the whistle from that spoiler at 120+ mph drown out the quadra-sound? he he he

Well, my piece-o-junk '98 ford contour just lost it's transmission, along with a ball joint and about $1k in other "stuff". So, now I'm driving a 1990 Mercury Cougar. It's got 123,000+ miles on it. The brakes are rusted on, front and rear. Needs shocks and springs. Front windshield is cracked. Rear view mirror falls off at will. Radio doesn't work, nor does the tape deck. Wheel wells are so rusted that the mudflaps have fallen off, and I can't put them back on because there's nothing there to hold them on. The brake lines were so rusted that 3 out of 4 of them leaked (yes, I had them replaced). The frame is so rusted that it's going to snap....the 2 mechanics I've seen have both given it 6 months to a year to live. The outside is all rusted and the paints peeling off. It looks worse than my contour (which looked REALLY REALLY BAD!).

The interior is in (honestly) showroom condition. Power everything, cruise, tilt steering, 8 way power seat, plush cloth (and very comfortable) seats, electronic "digital display" dash instrument panel, middle arm rest in back seat, automatic seatbelts. Ok, maybe not showroom condition due to the rear view mirror, but I'm getting the windshield replaced this tuesday, so they'll glue a new one on .

It's by far, without a doubt, the roomiest car that I've ever owned. Runs like it's brand new, and can squak the tires should I choose. I love it.

Oh, so, ya, I get the junky crappy rust buckets to drive. The wife gets the brand new 2005 hyundai Sante Fe, all wheel drive, fully loaded SUV. Oh, and she gets my paycheck too

The married life...aint it grand!!!

May be you could park the really close to your house and close your eyes and walk to the car and when you get in all youll see is that prestine interior.

Bulldog

What a great idea! I hope Steve takes your advice.

All in fun, all in fun.

That's what she keeps telling me




I tried that. I tripped over the ruts she left in the lawn when she drove on it after a hard rain. Good thing her car is a 4wd. Makes the ruts deeper that way.



Agreed You know what they say....if you can't laugh at yourself....

Needless to say I'm always laughing!