Any car enthusiasts here?

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small world about jimmy carter. my bro-in-law drove a comet of the same vintage. useta drive a '91 Taurus, it had a good back seat, very roomy and supportive. is your optima a 4 or 6?

Part of what killed the Triumph TR-7 and why Alfa's and Maseratis never caught on was that buyers 'expected' a sporty car to have crisp handling at the expense of ride comfort so the makers increased the harshness of the ride over what they would have offered domestically, resulting in cars that were in most cases literally painful to drive

they didn't take into account America's generally crappy [poorly maintained] roads.

Makes me happy to see other car people here, only I seem to be the lone import driver. I have been told before by people that the only thing I seem to think about are cars... In all fairness I spend a lot of time working on mine. Got a fully built Subaru Impreza WRX.

Is there anyone else here that enjoys to modify cars or is it all just the restoration teams on this forums?

I'm in the process of tuning a new motor I hand built in my living room along with a turbo the size of a 1 gallon milk jug hanging off the side of it. end goal: 28-30 PSI of boost on a PTE6466 Turbo at about 800 HP in a 3200lbs car. (For those that know turbos)

I kind of like going fast >_>

Well, that and a poor reliability record and of course...smog controls.

I remember back in the mid-70s when emissions control regs here really got strict for the first time, that alpha romeos after they were made American-legal, would barely run, and they stopped selling them here for a while thereafter.

I was on the market for an 06-07 STI for awhile, but it got annoying trying to find one that was stock, had a clean title, and was fairly low in mileage that was in my price range so I gave up lol. But I do love those cars. My buddy had an 05 wrx that he modified (full sti swap) it was a pretty fun car.

I'm driving a 2015 Honda Civic Si 2 dr coupe. White, tinted, rims, spoiler. 210? HP. 6 speed. Much fun. No mods.

My first car was a 73 HQ (Holden) Premier S/W 308V8 - classic with an electric rear window and steel venetians!!
Owned my dream car a few years ago - 1978 F100 Ambo - best panel van ever built - don't know if you yanks had them - it's an F100 custom with a fibreglass body built up from the chassis, walk through from the cab, could fit a double bed and a fridge in the back - it had a 304 Cleveland and it was on gas (LPG) to keep fuel costs down. Unfortunately I broke a spark plug off in the cylinder head - it was rusted solid - and couldn't afford the rebuild.

The last car I had was a 1985 Daihatsu Charade G11 - 1000cc 3 cylinder - a little hoot - while it only had a top speed of 110km/h, it handled like a little rally car in the bends. Easy to work on, in 5 years it never missed a beat.

I recently bought my first new car - being a bit over working on cars to make them keep going! I bought a Mitsubishi ASX - which I thought was funny as I got my diagnosis a couple of months after buying the car!

I remember when I was working in a service station, a bloke came in with one of these and asked me to check the oil - he just stood back laughing while I tried to find the dip stick!! ! Talk about a full engine bay!!

Wow .. are these all of your cars? You're a lucky one .. I currently can't make a choice between Chevrolet Silverado and Ford-150, both are dope. Just finished reading the latest review on these cars and still can't make a choice.

My dream car: PAGANI ZONDA R

Those are a few of the projects that I used to have in storage. I trimmed my collection of projects down as I aged, as I just could not see me fixing those ones within my lifetime. The cost of parts have exploded on some of them and that added to how much it would cost to fix them.

I made a mistake on the 1970 Dodge Charger 500 SE on the list above. The original factory color was plumb crazy purple, not pink as I had remembered it as. It had been repainted pink by the time I bought it. The fender tag codes are what tells you what it was born with. Not as rare as a true factory pink car, but still rare as a purple one.

I have been into cars for a very long time and that helped me be at the right place/time to buy them when they were just cheap old cars. Back in the early 1990s, you could still find them sitting out in plain sight. Nowadays, everyone knows what they have and want top dollar on cars that are not really collectible. eBay and BJ auctions put the final r coffin nail in the cheap muscle car market.

As for the newer trucks, I am partial to the F-150, as I have a vintage one that I use when I visit my hometown. It helps me “fit in” with the locals. If I was to buy a newer one (and could afford it), I would be looking at a F-150 Super Snake by Shelby. I wish Dodge would make a new venom version of the Ram, but that is not likely going to happen anytime soon.

One of the cars that escaped my grasp was an all original 50,000 mile survivor 1968 plain Camaro in white. It was a base model with very little options, except for the aluminum head L-78 396 and rock crusher 4-speed. Not an RS or SS makes this one special. Most L-78s were high end models with lots of options. Well, this one did not even have a radio or heater installed. It was ordered that way to drag race (light weight) and that it did very well. When I found it in the mid-1990s, the owner wanted $5,000 or so for it. But, being a poor college student, I could not afford it with my expenses. It finally sold a year later and I lost track of it. That one makes me sick to think about because it would easily be valued in the six figures now in the condition I found it back then.

I have a vintage sports car (red)... it's getting a bit hard for me to get in and out of my car now, because of joint problems, though I'll do it for as long as I can, am quite attached to it after ten years. However my failing eyesight might defeat me as its driver before my joints do.

Lucas Prince of darkness.............. yes yes you know..
2 spitfires 1 xj6, 2 early minicooper austin'S' and a morris, 1 bugeyed sprite.
for AuntBlabby a 1951 buick 4 door ..a driver. mGTD kitkar on vw pan in process of conversion to electric:skull: over 50 cars to date not including
late hubbys collection .. 5 other vehicles stolen , mgtd in high risksituation but so am i , so there Buick and 1958 replicaof a 1903 curved dash olds new motors live in lower level basement. ,1926 model T depot hack in upper garage all restored. and the threatened mgtd .. are all that is left.. been through quite a number of these , and yes came from a hotrodderr familly and do most my own work , hubby was a hotrodder too non of current vehicles are hotrodders all can be runnering within a hour anyday of the week. . not bragging just a fan of old cars since my 1960 Renault duaphine,, hated electronic transmissions in it. pikkies not readily available could easily post the buick .. if could figure out how to do pikkies here .

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