Thread: Our Cars

Your Current Car :
-2003 Mini Cooper S Schnitzer

Color:
-Red/black

Odometer Reads:
-23,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
-£18k

Fixed Problems:
-front window seal was coming out
-paint chipping on rear arches
-wheels refurbed

Remaining Problems:
-Pretty sure its got standard ecu map. getting remap to 245bhp ish.

Future Plans:
-Remap
-Carpc
-Strut brace

Why did you buy it?
-just love the way it drives
-handling
-and i test drove a Cooper S works, and this was there.


What do you like the most about your car?
-looks good
-fast
-fast
-i just love minis

What do you dislike about your car?
-painted arches chip easily

Previous and other cars:
-1996 Citreon saxo 1.1
-1997 Renault megane 1.6
-2003 mini cooper
-2005 mini cooper convertable
-older susuki SJ410 (offroad )
-1977 Lancia Beta Spyder (restoring)

Possible Future Cars:
-Supra
-who knows.

cheers rusty :P

Your Current Car :
1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL

Color:
Gold ? Silver ? looks different in different light

Odometer Reads:
110,000 Miles

Purchase Price:
$2900

Fixed Problems:
shocks and struts - bad roads

Remaining Problems:
check engine light - EGR valve needs cleaning
Paint chips and some rust starting
ABS check light - from the shocks and struts replacement

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
JVC KD-G300 - head unit
Deep Sub box
Crunch V-Drive 2600 amp
2 AudioBahn AW1251T subs
PowerAmper 1 farad cap

Future Plans:
New paint job
Window Tint

Why did you buy it?
-handling
-CHEAP
-Just a nice car
-Looked clean
-Runs good

What do you like the most about your car?
-looks good
-Feels Good
-Still has power

What do you dislike about your car?
Speaker Placement

Previous and other cars:
-1980 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon - school bus yellow
-1985 Chevy Astro Van
-1985 Chevy truck
-1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Possible Future Cars:
Oldsmobile Alero
Chevy Malibu
Chevy Impala

Your Current Car :
1995 Mercedes-Benz C 280

Color:
Arctic White

Odometer Reads:
90,000

Purchase Price:
$18,000 (CPO)

Fixed Problems:
-Shocks
-Tranny replaced entirely before I got it
-Mass Air Sensor
-Tires twice since I've had it
-Transmission vaccum valve (adjusted twice, then replaced)
-Door strap broke and bent rails window rides on, $400
-Broken Headlight

Remaining Problems:
-Thank God nothing and I hope nothing before it's sold next Saturday.

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-Coin Tray (to replace annoying tape holder)
-Bilstein Sport Shocks
-Various Chrome Accessories for the rims (chrome star cap and bolt covers)
-215/60R-15 Michelin Pilot Rubber

Future Plans:
-Goes buh-bye next Saturday to Carmax. Getting my sister's 99 C 280 Sport.

Why did you buy it?
-After many years of earning my father and mother's respect and trust, it was handed to me two years ago.

What do you like the most about your car?
-Rear Wheel Drive
-4 Wheel Independent Suspension
-looks good (from most angles)
-still drives like brand new
-handling
-it's an old school Mercedes, but not TOO old school
-still SITS at 130 MPH like it's nothing
-This one and the one I'm getting both say Daimler-Benz AG under the hood NOT Daimler-Chrylser
-fog lights built into regular head light housing

What do you dislike about your car?
-Bose system is the worst Bose sytem I've ever heard.
-Too expensive to rip the damn thing out and start over.
-Repair bills will give you a coronary. Oil changes too.
-Mercedes-Benz Service is the worst I've ever seen.
-Acceleration sucks. Took a full year to learn how to drive it.
-Vaccum controlled transmission
-front end isn't agressive enough

Previous and other cars:
- 1993 Black as Hell Nissan Maxima SE 5 Spd Manual
- 1995 White 2-Door GMC YUKON 4X4 (NOT Z-71)

Possible Future Cars:
1999 Brilliant Silver Mercedes-Benz C 280 Sport (This one's a definite)
BMW 330i
Lexus IS 300/350
Infiniti G35
Audi S4

Your Current Car :
2005 Chevrolet Impala

Color:
Black

Odometer Reads:
5,717 Miles

Purchase Price:
Approx $22,000

Fixed Problems:
None so far...(knocks on wood)

Remaining Problems:
See Above...

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Llumar 5% Tint All Around, 37% covering the entire front windshield
Headunit: Alpine CDA-9830
Amplifiers: MRV-F345, MRD-M301
Sound Deadening: B-Quiet Ultimate 150 sq. feet

Future Plans:
Black rims
Interior Switch to Leather (black or grey)

Why did you buy it?
4 Door
Black
Decent Gas Mileage
Like the Body Styling

What do you like the most about your car?
Handling

What do you dislike about your car?
Black is so hard to keep clean, but damn it look good when it is clean

Previous and other cars:
2005 Chevy Equinox
2005 Chevy Malibu
2002 Pontiac Grand Am
1999 GMC Sonoma
1998 Toyota Camry
1996 Saturn SL2
1995 Chevy Corsica

Possible Future Cars:
Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon

You make it easy for me, silencery

Your Current Car :
2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder

Color:
Silver

Odometer Reads:
13,700

Purchase Price:
$22,000

Fixed Problems:
None

Remaining Problems:
-Rattles

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-TRD short shifter
-JDM badge

Future Plans:
-Exhaust
-Strut tower bars
-Morph into android form for battle

Why did you buy it?
-Most fun to drive car I've ever had the pleasure of owning.
-Top down driving
-Aren't a zillion on the road (Miata)

What do you like the most about your car?
-Drives like its on rails. Goes exactly where you want it to.
-Mid Engine
-Rear Wheel Drive
-Covertable

What do you dislike about your car?
-Solid motor mounts make daily-driving a bit rougher.

Previous and other cars:
-1986 Buick Century
-1989 Honda Accord
-1991 Honda Civic (current winter beater)

Possible Future Cars:
-Honda NSX (somewhat attainable dream car)

Your Current Car:
1999 Pontiac Sunfire

Color:
Not just red, but Bright red.

Odometer Reads:
Numbers, duh

Purchase Price:
Forget; Think there was a 5 and a few ones and zeros.

Fixed Problems:
Idiots keep hitting me

Remaining Problems:
None... that I know about

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Gas
Oil
Brake Pads
Coolant
Washer Fluid
Window Blades
Tires - Replaced twice
Light Bulbs

Future Plans:
Drive it to work, maybe the store.
Wash it, maybe wax if it is not too hot.

Why did you buy it?
Needed a car; Idiot T-Boned my old car.

What do you like the most about your car?
It goes VRROOMMM...

What do you dislike about your car?
Doesn't go VRROOMMM that fast.
People keep hitting me.

Previous and other cars:
1992 Sunbird - Insurance Totaled

Possible Future Cars:
Maybe a Lexus because 0l33l says they are the best.

Your Current Car :
-Spagmobile Pesto Spec, 4.0 V10 crimefighting penile machine y'all

Color:
-Bolognese Red
-odd specks of bird **** *grr*

Odometer Reads:
-2,508,969 miles - still going strong fooze

Purchase Price:
-Too much for you, fool

Fixed Problems:
-Had to get British aerospace to refurb the titanium alloys after I kerbed them smoking the batmobile at a set of traffic lights

Remaining Problems:
-I got 99 problems, but the mutha****in' Spagmobile ain't one

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-Fuzzy dice - they da **** yo

Future Plans:
-Wanna upgrade to the Spagplane yo

Why did you buy it?
-Cuz it's a full-on muthafukkin' poontang magnet, that's why fools. When dem *****es see da Spagmobile rollin' on twen'y fo's, them be gettin' a serious wide-on....

What do you like the most about your car?
-It's a full-on poontang magnet

What do you dislike about your car?
-It's a full-on poontang magnet

Previous and other cars:
-They be all poontang magnets yo

Possible Future Cars:
-Mo' poontang magnets yo

Your Current Car:
1988 Toyota Land Cruiser

Color:
White

Current Milage:
134,000

Purchase Price:
$1K

Fixed Problems:
Nothing as of yet

Remaining Problems:
Need to have some rust repaired, and emergency brake

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Nothing

Future Plans:
Suspension Lift
Reinforced Front and Rear Bumpers

Why did you buy it?
Price, and I have a think for Land Cruisers

What do you like the most about your car?
It's a Land Cruiser

What do you dislike about your car?
Gas Mileage

Previous and other cars:
1985 Nissan 2WD Pick-Up
1984 Nissan 4WD Pick-Up
2000 Saturn Coupe
1966 Toyota Land Cruiser Had to sell
2001 Nissan Sentra SE
2003 Nissan Sentra 1.8S
1989 Jeep Cherokee
2004 Nissan Sentra Spec V

Possible Future Cars:
Only Dream Cars

Your Current Car:
- 2003 Volvo S60

- 1988 Renault Master - BaiseMobile (ShagWagon)

Color:
- Black

- Silver/Black

Current Milage:
- 85.000 KM

- 250.000 KM

Purchase Price:
- 40.000 €

- 750 €

Fixed Problems:
- Torn my rubber (suspension back)
Broke intercooler (hitting a BMW, ha!)
Tighten exhaust nuts

- Torn a lot of rubbers (morning-after pill I have aboard)
Front bearings replaced
Brakepads replaced, front disks too
4 new tires
Front right suspension replaced
Lots of LPG-parts replaced
Switch for emergency indicators (are they called that?)
Rust everywhere a bit

Remaining Problems:
- Need to get the wheels refurbished

- Needs a lot of pimpin' and a lot of small repairs, mostly electrical and the back doors (they rattle!)

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
- Chiptuning to 198HP / 395Nm
19" heico-sportiv wheels
Blaupunkt, Pioneer and JVC amps
Green neon illumination in trunk
Pioneer sub

- Complete interior redo in the back (for euhm.. sleeping etc.)
Blue neon illumination in the back
Vinyl floor, tissue walls, insulation... table, bed etc..

Future Plans:
- Suspension from Koni
Bigger brakes (for looks)
Little back spoiler
Body kit

- Finish up the interior (lots of work still)
Will get the volvo radio and amp, another amp for dual 15" subs
Install my infinity kappa's
Bullbar + lights + winch (maybe)
Lots of other plans...

Why did you buy it?
- A lot of car for the price
Luxury
Beautifull
Economic (6l diesel for 100Km average!!!)

- My mom had problems with it so I bought it off of her
Economic - LPG is really cheap and ecological
It's BIIIIG

What do you like the most about your car?
- Looks, luxury and power

- Pimpability and rooooom

What do you dislike about your car?
- Not much space, a bit heavy

- No powersteering

Previous and other cars:
Opel Omega 2.0i '89 with 280.000KM, still beat those bloody golf TDI's
VW Golf 2 1600 D - Can't break that car, it just keeps going with my ex!
Renault Espace 2000 2.0 LPG - with custom purple leather!!!
Audi A4 TDI wagon - nice, but didn't drive that one very long
Renault Scenic RX4 - 1.9 DCi, I liked it very much, not enough power though

Possible Future Cars:
Volvo V70
BMW 530 Wagon
BMW Z3M
BMW Z1
Porsche 911
Porsche 928 GTS

Still got 60.000KM to go before I'll sell my volvo I think... lots of time to think