Your car history

[Mischief007]

Dad's Boss' car, drove it: 1988 Ford Tempo 5-Speed (Scrapped)

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Parent's car, drove it: 1988 GMC Safari SLX (died at 250.000 km, lived a hard life)

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Dad's Boss' car, drove it: 1986 Chevy Blazer 4x4 5-Speed (Scrapped)

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Parent's car, drove it: 1997 GMC Safari SLX (Traded in)

Parent's car, drove it: 2003 Ford Taurus SE (totaled)

Parent's car, drove it: 2006 Grand Prix Se (Mom's)

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Parent's car, drove it: 2002 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 4x4 Long Bed (Dad's)

Dad's Boss' Current car, drove it: 2005 Colorado Canyon 5-Speed

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MY CARS

First Car: 1991 Chevy Cavalier VL (Traded in)

Current Car: 2002 Olds Alero GL2 5-speed

 

[mgkdk]

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That's mine, kinda pathetic really

Ohhhh, I forgot to write in here

2003 Volvo V40
http://armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/07/volvo1.jpg

 

[Deanodriver]

First car: 1988 Nissan Pintara - June 2002 (got licence in August) - March 2006

http://www.armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/08/dean1.jpg

This was the first car, a 2.0L automatic 1988 Nissan Pintara. Purchased it with 266,000km, and about 3 months after buying it, a mate of mine crashed it into a fence post whilst driving on muddy roads. Ended up buying a new bumper and panel for it, but it wasn't the same again. That photo above is from soon after then.

I kept driving it around for a few years, and it just kept on going, but looked pretty shitty, and was pretty slow (78kW 2.0L engine, 1.3 tonne car, automatic transmission). Fuel economy wasn't too bad, 10.5-11L/100km average. I killed the engine in early 2003, put another one in, and split a hose and blew the HG on it in late 2005. Put a secondhand hose (how dodgy) on, patched it up with Chemiweld, and drove it until soon after I bought the Falcon. Here's a photo of just before I got rid of it:

http://www.armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/08/latepintara.jpg

By the time I got rid of it, it had 359000km on the clock. Sold it to the wreckers for $100

Second car: 1994 Ford Falcon - February 2006 - July 2006

http://www.armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/08/falcon.jpg

This was a big upgrade from the Pintara, firstly because it had power! It had 145,000km, and had a 157kW 4.0L 6 cylinder engine, which pulled really well, but partly due to a dodgy auto box (lock-up torque converter was dodgy, I think), was pretty thirsty, 12.5-13L/100km average. Still, it looked nicer, went nicer, and was much nicer than the old Pintara.

Sadly, on one cold July morning, it had a little accident (very foggy, didn't see a car coming at a T intersection):

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I was fine (and so was the girl in the other car), but the car was pretty much a writeoff. Only had 155,000km on it, too

Third and current car: 1993 Ford Telstar - August 2006 - present

http://www.armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/08/IMGP0013.JPG

I was looking around at the time for an early 90's 1.6L Nissan Pulsar/Toyota Corolla/Ford Laser, and spotted this car at a yard. It had 177,000km on the clock, seemed to drive nicely, and at a time when petrol prices had spiked (driving up small car prices), it was fairly good value. It was a bit bigger than I wanted (and runs an 85kW 2.0L engine), but it's more economical than I expected anyway. It's hardly pretty, but it drives well, sounds nice, is comfy enough, goes well enough, and only uses about 8-8.5L/100km. What's more, this car is a manual, yay (the manual and the fuel economy are the big plusses with this car)!

Whether it's an upgrade or downgrade from the Falcon depends on your opinion, but I think it's a side-grade. It's smaller, older, higher mileage, and less features, but it's probably in better condition, and it's more economical, and manual.

Despite some early mechanical issues (blew the HG a month after buying it, but the yard I'd bought it from went halves in the repair, and had the CV joints done), the car's running fine, and it's got just under 200,000km on the clock (I'll hit the 200K mark this week). I'm aiming to hang onto this car until I'm 25, because by then insurance premiums will be a bit more reasonable, so I can buy something better

http://www.armedcats.net/thumb/2007/06/08/IMGP0010.JPG

 

[T'booTed]

well for my 1st car, a 1981 Datsun Stanza SSS (or voilet GT (ish) for you euro types
then a 1982 Mazda RX7
tehn a 1991 Subaru Liberty (legacy) RS turbo
then 1982 Audi quattro
1988 Holden commadore wagon

also with the GF,
1996 Toyota starlet
1988 Ford Falcon ute
1997 Daiwoo Nubira wagon

 

[powah]

Obviously I don't have one but my dad has had heaps. He really likes his Fiats and he has had a Fiat Coupe, I really liked that, it was fun to even be in. Now he has a Stilo Arbath 3-door.

 

[C53A_4G63T]

My first car was an 88' Volvo 740 GLE Wagon, pictured below. All I did was put a system in it.

My second car is a rare 89' Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo Hatchback. It's my "fun"
car. It currently does 12's in the quarter mile on a base tune and a couple mods.

I am currently looking to purchase a late 90's Infiniti Q45t.