Thread: Our Cars

Your Current Car :
2001 Beetle GLX 1.8T

Color:
batik Blue

Odometer Reads:
47000

Purchase Price:
16,500

Fixed Problems:
MAF

Remaining Problems:
lower valence wont stay in

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
4.3 diode
3inch DP
MBC
Custom Intake
Full custom 3 inch exhaust
Autometer Boost gauge


Future Plans:
Tuning, tuning , tuning

Why did you buy it?
I have no clue

What do you like the most about your car?
stable

What do you dislike about your car?
APH engine

Previous and other cars:
-95 honda del sol

Possible Future Cars:
-Benz
-BMW

Your Current Car :
2002 Seat Ibiza 1.4

Color:
Technic Grey

Odometer Reads:
16,500ish miles

Purchase Price:
£6000

Fixed Problems:
none apart from sqeakey brakes

Remaining Problems:
N/A

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
new window wipers! lol


Future Plans:
Tuning, tuning , tuning

Why did you buy it?
erm 'cos i liked it

What do you like the most about your car?
VW stability with a nicer shell

What do you dislike about your car?
stereo setup

Previous and other cars:
-1995 Ford Fiesta 1.1

Possible Future Cars:
-Nissan 350z
-Mercedes SLK
-Lexus Soarer (yeh right! Boris )

Your Current Car :
1998 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8 Turbo

Color:
Royal Green (metalic)

Odometer Reads:
112,800

Purchase Price:
$4,995

Fixed Problems:
Lower Controll arms on both sides,
Crossbar assembly
CV-Boot

Remaining Problems:
Needs four diskbrakes, and brakepads before the winter
anothe CV-Boot needs replacing, maybe a CV shaft too...
MAF sensor
Full tuneup with O2 sensors

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
18" Arelli Czar wheel, and a new set of Falken Ziex ZE-512's
Had an Alpine CDA-9807 Headunit
Kenwood 1000W Amp
Two 8" Kicker's in a big box( huge bass. Ask Turbocad6... he knows hehe... )
K&N Airfilter

Future Plans:
Engine Chip (maybe)
Tint
Alarm

Why did you buy it?
Looks
Reliability - i thought... But it's not the same Passat as in Europe, Where i had one, and was really loving it...
Drive/Performance - I love how this car handles...
Hella Projector Headlamps. Makes a Huge difference.

What do you like the most about your car?
Manual
Turbo. I love the acceleration. Not huge factor, but it's quick...
Color, looks with the Chrome wheels is a killer.

What do you dislike about your car?
Frickin headache to fix.

Previous and other cars:
1992 Mazda MPV (family car)
1989 Ford Taurus (first own car)
1992 Ford taurus
1998 Dodge Grand Caravan

Possible Future Cars:
2006 Passat
2001 Sebring convertible (for the wife)
2000+ VW Beetle (for the wife)

Dream Cars:
2005 Range Rover HSE
Any Mercedes G-class (for the wife)
Aston Martin Vanquish (to commute to work)

Your Current Car:
1998 Volvo V40 1.9TD (2nd hand from may this year)

Color:
Silvergrey

Odometer Reads:
125000km

Purchase Price:
€ 7500 with 85000km on the odometer

Fixed Problems:
Four new brake disks and brake pads
Electrical fault in the towbar cabling

Remaining Problems:
Probably going to need a new battery before winter arrives
Crack in rear bumper
Left rearview mirror heating broken

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Nothing big as far as I can remember

Future Plans:
Drive the car trough the car-wash
Install new windshield sprayheads
Finally install my carPC

Why did you buy it?
Previous car broke (ran badly into a curbstone in an evasion manouvre), needed a new one. Had to be another Volvo and a preferrably a break version. Found this one cheap and it was exactly what I wanted.

What do you like the most about your car?
It's a Volvo - most reliant car ever
It's a break - loads of trunkspace
It's a big-*** car compared to those Renault Clio's, Peugeot 206's and Ford Focus'es

What do you dislike about your car?
It's a bit noisy on the Belgian highways compared to more recent cars - but that's normal offcourse. Other than that, not much...

Previous and other cars:
1995 Volvo 440 - had it two years without any problems or broken things

Possible Future Cars:
Volvo V50 2.0D

Dream Cars:
Volvo V70 D5
The new Volvo C70 T5
Full option offcourse

Here's some pics of my Jeep from a few posts back... I just cleaned it with some nXt Tech Wax from Meguiars, and some nXt Insane Shine on the tires.

reviving thread.. would like to see some more posts in here..

Your Current Car:
1992 240sx coupe

Color:
Black

Odometer Reads:
134000

Purchase Price:
$200 dollars(with no engine or transmission)

Fixed Problems:
Well i bought a jdm engine and trans!

Remaining Problems:
Needs a paint job and brakes(goin with cross drilled rotors)

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Front mount intercooler,seats,jvc dvd deck, 6.5" indash screen,amp and subs,17" rims, lowered 2",

Future Plans:
either bodykit, silvia, or skyline front end conversion,

Why did you buy it?
Got a good deal and i wanted a fast, good gas economy car with low mileage.

What do you like the most about your car?
bein a sleeper, Spankin little hondas,
RWD!!

What do you dislike about your car?
hmm the paint is chippin off and dented fenders

Previous and other cars:
89' 240sx

Possible Future Cars:
Evo, crx, skyline(R32)

Dream Cars:
skyline(R34), nsx, supra 3rd gen, or a 79' firebird

Your Current Car :

2003 Acura 3.2TL Type S

Color:
Aegean Blue Pearl

Odometer Reads:
37,000

Purchase Price:
25k

Fixed Problems:
-Rippled paint on window trim (warranty)

Remaining Problems:
-none

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
-nada

Why did you buy it?
-260 HP
-Love the interior
-I dig the whole Acura thing

What do you like the most about your car?
-6 second 0-60 time

What do you dislike about your car?
-Plain styling

Previous:
-'86 VW Scirocco 8v
-'87 VW Scirocco 16V (Neuspeed)
-'93 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
-'96 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro
-'01 Chevy Cavalier Z24

Other Cars:
-'99 Toyota Camry LE V6
-'99 Honda Shadow Spirit 1100 (motorcycle)

Possible Future Cars:
-Too far away to think about

Your Current Car :

1971 Pontiac T-37

Color:
White and rust

Odometer Reads:
It's about to lap back over to 0, but the engine and tranny have about 30k

Purchase Price:
2k

Fixed Problems:
Welded the leaks in the radiator, put in a stereo

Remaining Problems:
Mechanically? Steering column, resovoir leaks, needs new shocks all around. I also need tires... and weatherstripping

What have you bought for it? (exclude carputer)
Stereo
Headliner
Leather racing bucket seats
Carpet
Spray paint
Steering wheel

Why did you buy it?
over 300hp
cheap with new major parts
ez to work on
thought i could do something I couldn't

What do you like the most about your car?
The sound it makes when I pass someone with a spoiler.
And fishtailing getting on the highway

What do you dislike about your car?
The dirt, the rust, the 1 inch thick oil sludge all over the undercarriage, the dent in the side, it leans to the left cus of a blown strut, steering column bolt is stripped so its jerry rigged at the moment.

Previous:
2003 Mazda Protege
1984 Chevy S-10
1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS
1993 Saturn SC2
1989 Mazda 929
1991 Ford Explorer
1998 toyota celica

The protege was by far the favorite.

Other Cars:
1998 toyota celica

Possible Future Cars:
My dream car is a 1976 Dodge G van, shorty with bubble windows, 4x4 converion with a V6 Cummins Turbo diesel and a waterbed in the back. But anythign that will fit a drumset in the back is the next vehicle.