Thread: Our Cars

Your Current Car :
2005 Nissan Altima

Color:
Mystic Emerald (Dark Blue)

Odometer Reads:
13,000

Purchase Price:
$17,500 (new)

Fixed Problems:
N/A

Remaining Problems:
No carPC yet

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
19" Rims
Lowering Springs
Window Tint
Active Tuning Grounding Kit

Future Plans:
finish carPC
Cold Air Intake, Upgraded Exhaust

Why did you buy it?
Great deal and better gas milage then my 14mpg Durango

What do you like the most about your car?
EVERYTHING!!

What do you dislike about your car?
NOTHING!!

Previous and other cars:
-1991 Honda Civic (bought from parents as first car)
-1999 Nissan Frontier 4x4 V6
-2000 Honda Civic
-2000 Honda CRV
-2002 Honda Accord
-2003 Dodge Durango

Possible Future Cars:
Keeping my car for a long time. Will decide what to get later when I see whats out...

Your Current Car :
2003 Ford Mustang GT

Color:
Dark Shadow Grey

Odometer Reads:
26,000

Purchase Price:
New - I forget, somewhere around $21k

Fixed Problems:
New driver-side door, new driver-side rear quarter panel due to accident.

Remaining Problems:
Bodyshop created the following issues:
- cut in driver-side inside door panel
- driver-side c-pillar paintjob flaking
- cut in rear window moulding
- ruined rear window tint
- cut in passenger-side speaker cover

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Mach 1 Chin Spoiler
Mach 1 Grill Delete
Clear Fog Lamps
MRT B-Wing Rear Spoiler
Vogtland Sport Springs (lowered 1.5”)
1.25” Wheel Spacers
Pro 5.0 Shifter
K&N Air Filter
Painted Sideview Mirrors
Ventshade Rain Guards
Visus Louvers
Borla Stinger catback
Bilstein shocks
A set of Blizzak WS-50s for the winter season

Future Plans:
3.73 Gears
Underdrive Pulleys
Bullitt-style deep dish wheels
(performance mods after warranty expires)

Why did you buy it?
Missed V8 RWD, American

What do you like the most about your car?
V8, RWD, styling

What do you dislike about your car?
sloppy handling, improved a little after lowering

Previous and other cars:
2002 VW Jetta 1.8T (because of defects)
2000 VW Jetta VR6
1996 Chevy Impala SS
1992 VW Jetta GL
1986 Plymouth Reliant K Wagon

Possible Future Cars:
Mercedes Benz SL-65 AMG, Dodge Viper R/T
Realistically: not looking

Your Current Car :
2003 Nissan Xterra SE Supercharged

Color:
Super black

Odometer Reads:
30,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
$21,000 (new)

Fixed Problems:
Two recalls from the factory

Remaining Problems:
None

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-$350 seat covers (wet suit type)
-$270 snorkle system (haven't install it yet)

Future Plans:
-Bad *** Off-roading tires (to use when off-roading only)
-Calmini winch bumper
-Nismo R-tune cold air intake
-Tow package

Why did you buy it?
-I always like it
-Fast (for an SUV)
-Reliable
-Step bars
-Sunroof
-Premium stereo

What do you like the most about your car?
-The sound of the SC when it goes on

What do you dislike about your car?
-No third row seats
-Factory alarm

Previous and other cars:
-Geo storm (blew engine)

Possible Future Cars:
-Nissan 350Z
-VW new beetle (my Gf love it)

Your Current Car :
1993 Mercury Sable GS 3.8L V6

Color:
Used to be Puke Green, now Metalic Blue

Odometer Reads:
118,000 (Although it got a new engine and Transmission 3 years ago)
Real milage: ~30,000

Purchase Price:
$0.00 (Hand-me-down from my older bro, to my older sis, to me)

Fixed Problems:
Engine replacement @ 88,000 Miles
Transmission replacement @ 90,000
Little things here and there.

Remaining Problems:
The Car
It kills amps, subs, and receivers. (Probably bad stock wire)

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Magnaflow exaust (Hence the 160HP)
Stereo systems galore
Bulldog alarm system

Future Plans:
Dump it in a ditch

Why did you buy it?
I didn't buy it. Never would have!!

What do you like the most about your car?
Nothing at all!!

What do you dislike about your car?
The whole thing.
Not worth the metal it was built with
Slow *** POS

Previous and other cars:
1985 Ford Clubwagon (Desiel) Still runs great
1990 Honda Civic
1995 Ford Windstar
1999 Pontiac Montana

Possible Future Cars:
'98-'02 Honda Accord EX (V6)?
95-96 BMW M3
'03 Nissan Sentra SER Spec-V
'95-'98 Lexus SC300 (Only to make 01331 happy!! )

Your Current Car:
- 1993 Ford Crown Victoria LX

Color:
- Silver

Odometer Reads:
- 207,063

Purchase Price:
- $10 (i'm not kidding)

Fixed Problems:
- Air-bag suspension
- Heater core
- Automatic Heat switch
- Thermostat
- Water pump
- Sparkplugs and wires
- Various switches (window etc.)
- Upper Heater hose
- Shock absorbers
- A/C leak


Remaining Problems:
- leaky valve or something, it burns oil when you start it up, but not during normal running


What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
- 2 12" subs + amp
- new HU
- switches in Dashboard to turn bass off around the coppers
- custom pneumaticaly opened and closed trunk


Future Plans:
- fix stuff that breaks
- fiberglass sub enclosure


Why did you buy it?
- see : "price"

What do you like the most about your car?
- VERY large
- seats 6
- V8
- 40 billion cubic feet of trunk space
- safe
- RWD
- Digital Display

What do you dislike about your car?
- 207,XXX miles

Previous and other cars:
NONE

Your Current Car :
1994 Nissan Primera P10 eGT

Color:
Black

Odometer Reads:
90,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
Approx $1700

Fixed Problems:
electric window fault
missing trim
Snapped driveshaft

Remaining Problems:
Swirl marks, stone chips and some rust starting
Worn suspension bushes

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
coilover suspension
larger Nissan rims
Nardi steering wheel
Infiniti badging
JDM power folding mirrors
LSD
Thermoblok spacers
Scorpion SS exhaust
SSAutochrome header
Blitz air filter

Future Plans:
Strut braces
Suspension bushings
CAI
tints

Why did you buy it?
Practical
Excellent handling
Reliability

What do you like the most about your car?
Handling
Looks
SR20DE

What do you dislike about your car?
Cost of running it here in the UK

Previous and other cars:
Ford Capri MK2 1.6
Vauxhall Chevette 1.3
Vauxhall Nova 1.2
Ford Escort MK2 1.3
Austin Montego 2.0i
Nissan Bluebird 2.0i
Ford Sierra 2.0i
Rover Metro 1.1

Possible Future Cars:

??????

Your Current Car :
1995 Lexus SC300 (Otherwise known as Toyota Soarer in Japan)

Color:
Renaissance Red

Odometer Reads:
154,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
$7,200

Fixed Problems:
Timing Belt
Water Pump
Bald Tires (thanks to me)
Alarm
Missing knob


Remaining Problems:
Paint is horrible
Slow off the line
Passenger door lock and window regulator
Damage caused my crown victoria
Leaking power streering pump
Yellow headlights
Ugly 3rd brakelight (working on it)

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-$125 Phoenix Gold Octane-r 500.4
-$40 Griffin Emblem (JDM)
-$800 For Gas
-$450 Clifford Alarm
-$650 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3s

Future Plans:
-Engine upgrade
-Tranny upgrade
-Redo interior
-New speakers/woofer
-New Paint

Why did you buy it?
-Good Looking
-Safe
-Reliable
-Fast on the highway

What do you like the most about your car?
-Roomy
-Feels like a tank
-Seats 4
-Looks good
-Lots of supra parts interchaingable
-Rear Wheel Drive

What do you dislike about your car?
-Trunk space
-Rattleing rear deck... i'm gonna redo it
-Dent magnet

Previous and other cars:
-1998 Nissan Sentra GXE - Grandma's
-2002 Nissan Sentra GXE - Mom's

Possible Future Cars:
-Raped Mazda Miata
-BMW... still haven't decided yet... pre OBDII

Your Current Car :
2002 Lexus IS300 (Toyota Altezza in Japan)

Color:
Intenza Blue Pearl

Odometer Reads:
41,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
$33,000 OTD

Fixed Problems:
- Repainted, replaced windows, pulled dents from baseball bat vandalism
- Repainted, pulled dents from a stupid goddamn flying ladder on the freeway

Remaining Problems:
- Repaint panel after body shop screwed up repaint
- Retint the back after tint shop screwed it up
- Fix front bumper scratches from SF people who can't parallel park
- Fix back bumper from stupid valet parking

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
- $4400 For Gas (yes, I kept records)
- $100 alarm upgrade
- Tint
- Caliper Paint
- $400 tires

Future Plans:
- Lower it
- front lip
- fix rock chips
- sand out orange peel
- polish out swirls
- braided brake lines
- better tires

Why did you buy it?
- Lexus quality
- 2JZ Inline-6
- Awesome handling
- Rear Wheel Drive

What do you like the most about your car?
- Lexus quality
- 2JZ Inline-6
- Awesome handling
- Rear Wheel Drive

What do you dislike about your car?
- Gas guzzler
- Rock chip magnet
- door ding magnet
- stray shopping cart magnet
- bird bomb magnet

Previous and other cars:
- 1991 Toyota Camry LE

Possible Future Cars:
- Aston Martin DB9 (a man can dream...)
- Honda CBR600RR (whenever I get back on a bike)
- whatever Gen2 IS300 hybrid coupe that Lexus produces

-psyrex

Your Current Car :
1996 Landrover Defender CSW 300 Tdi

Color:
Green

Odometer Reads:
121,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
£8,200

Fixed Problems:
Wobbly wiper switch stalk

Remaining Problems:
Leaky fuel tank (developed recently) EDIT:Now fixed
Minor oil leak (engine)


What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-Personalised number plate
-Infinity speakers
-Radio aerial
-Blue LED instrument bulbs
-New battery
-Assorted service items

Future Plans:
-Fit galvanised fuel tank EDIT:Now fitted
-Fuel pump modification
-33x12.50 R16 BF Goodrich Mud Terrains
-Amp and replacement speakers
-Chequer plate for sills, wing tops and rear quarters
-Electric windows
-Central locking
-Upgrade chip

Why did you buy it?
-Cos I like 'em
-Best 4WD anywhere
-Reliability
-Goes like stink
-Handles well
-Holds its value
-Uses other vehicles as crumple zones

What do you like the most about your car?
-Looks good
-Proven heritage
-Higher driving position
-Tows anything (including my boat)
-No-one argues with me on the road
-Won't get stuck, anywhere!
-Goes well for a diesel

What do you dislike about your car?
-Aluminium panels get dinged too easily

Previous and other cars:
-1974 Yamaha FS1E
-1977 Yamaha XS250
-1981 Yamaha RD350LC
-1972 Ford Cortina 1600L
-1977 Ford Capri MkII 2.0S JPS
-1982 Toyota Hilux 4WD
-1984 Range Rover Vogue
-1990 Landrover 90 2.5 petrol

Possible Future Cars:
-Landrover Discovery 3 TD5
-Range Rover (new shape) or Range Rover Sport
-Scooby