ITT - Brag About Your Car

Have a car you've put a lot of time/money/effort into? Brag about it here. If you don't, post a car that you would brag about if you had.


In my case, it's probably an instance where I should be posting a car that I would brag about if I had, seeing as a drive a 98' Dodge Dakota (not bad, but no bragging rights), but I have a 67' Firebird I was working on before I left for college, and I plan to finish it when I take a semester off.

About a year ago I bought two Firebirds that were complete pieces of junk. One hardly ran, but was complete... except for the holes in the floor created by rust that made it a Flinstones car, and the other was the decent body (in the pictures) completely gutted. I took every piece off the Flinstones car, and sold the scrap metal and cleaned and painted a bunch of pieces before putting them on the decent body. As you can see, I'm far from finished.





Jam it back in, in the dark.

How long before you finish that beast? I've never really been a fan of the 70's era Firebirds but I do love the late 60's Camaro; more specifically the 1969 Chevy Camaro SS.



My friend Filemon has one identical to this one above and, ever since I laid my eyes on it back in 1995, I knew I wanted that car. Too bad the asshole is gonna give it to HIS OLDEST SON. What a DICK, that guy.

All I have is a 1993 Infiniti G20.



Thing is old as fuck but it runs cherry and gives me 31 miles to the gallon. I know it ain't much but the car has been infinitely more reliable than my last 6 exes put together; that, my friends, is saying something.

My family nagged me for the longest time about buying a new car and one day I just went out to an Infiniti dealer just to check out cars. I test drove this used G35 they had there and I was in awe of the car altogether. Then as I was about to sign the papers I thought to myself, "Why the fuck am I buying another car if the old one still runs? FUCK THIS NOISE."

So yeah, I'm gonna run that rickety-ass ride into the ground and THEN I'm gonna buy a new car. I figure in the future (along with time machines) there will be nicer designs on the Infiniti G line.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A guy named DeLorean starts a thread about cars. Awesome.

Anyway I have like a '92 Volvo station wagon that miraculously runs really well and has only needed one repair over $100. Also, you can fuck in the back.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Encephalon

How long before you finish that beast? I've never really been a fan of the 70's era Firebirds but I do love the late 60's Camaro; more specifically the 1969 Chevy Camaro SS.



My friend Filemon has one identical to this one above and, ever since I laid my eyes on it back in 1995, I knew I wanted that car. Too bad the asshole is gonna give it to HIS OLDEST SON. What a DICK, that guy.

All I have is a 1993 Infiniti G20.



Thing is old as fuck but it runs cherry and gives me 31 miles to the gallon. I know it ain't much but the car has been infinitely more reliable than my last 6 exes put together; that, my friends, is saying something.

My family nagged me for the longest time about buying a new car and one day I just went out to an Infiniti dealer just to check out cars. I test drove this used G35 they had there and I was in awe of the car altogether. Then as I was about to sign the papers I thought to myself, "Why the fuck am I buying another car if the old one still runs? FUCK THIS NOISE."

So yeah, I'm gonna run that rickety-ass ride into the ground and THEN I'm gonna buy a new car. I figure in the future (along with time machines) there will be nicer designs on the Infiniti G line.

I wish I knew when I'd finish it, I'm in a different state doing school and I'm not sure when I'll get so sick of it I'll have to take a semester off... but when I do I assume it will only take me one semester to finish it minus the cosmetic stuff like paint/body work.

If you like the late 60's camaros you should like 67/68 firebirds because there are very few differences between 67/68 firebirds and 67/68 camaros. In my opinion, it was 1969 when the firebirds went down hill, whereas the 69 camaro was just as cool (imo) as the 67/68. The elongated back started looking a little funny.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Fuck yeah, MY CAR.

AUSTRALIAN MADE NISSAN PINTARA FOR AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS!

It starts 1st time, most times.
Someone stole the faceplat from teh CD player a few weeks ago.
The aircon doesn't work properly
I've replaced the panel behind the back door on the left side after I powerslided in AUSTRALIAN gravel into some farmer's gate. New front bumper obviously.
Blown a head gasket, cracked the head. Bald tyres. Um what else? Oh yeah obviously a whole new coolant system.

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FULL FIST to these guys. I find mine tends to get bogged itself.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm currently driving a P-reg Citroen Saxo, that'd make it a 96/97 model. The older model of one of these:



It's my girlfriend's mum's old car (We got that, her twin sister got a 3 year olf Ford Focus, cheers mum) and they live next to a cow shed and all the amonia from the cow shit had rotted through the brakes and exhaust. I had to get all new brakes (Not just pads, the whole unit was fucked on three of them), got the exhaust welded up, new oil filter, re-aligned the headlights which were angled off funny for some reason and gave it a proper clean out. Cost me £500 to get the fucking thing road-legal.

It's got a key-pad code immobilizer thingy, the stereo is a semi-decent Sony head unit with ragged to fuck shitty stock speakers. The sealant round the windscreen is going so when it rains you get pretty wet inside the car. The monstrous 1.1 engine propells the car to a strained 85mph with only me in it and I think the clutch will be gone by next year. It's a pretty horrible brown colour (Bronze I think technically) and pretty dirty. Oh yeah, the left wing mirror is a bit loose from where some daft woman cycled into it earlier this morning when I was stopped at the lights. She properly face-planted into the pavement afterwards, it was hilarious.

My previous car was my girlfriend's sister's old Fiesta. She never put any oil or water in it so one day I was pushing it a little hard and one of the pistons smashed through the engine block...

Prior to that I had my Impreza which was basically the best car ever. 0-60 in a shade over 5 seconds, top speed of about 155 and unlike those ridiculous contraptions you Americans call fast cars, it went round corners with barely a thought for the brakes. Nicola pointed out the other day that now I'm getting paid a shit load for my job, I could actually afford another one but I think I'll wait until I've cleared some debts first. When the Saxo dies (Sometime in the next year I imagine) I'd quite like something like a Vauxhall Tigra or a Mitsubishi FTO, essentially a small hatchback with the back seat reduced to a shelf and a decent suspension package. Having driven a car at over 150mph on public roads, I no longer feel the need for something that stupidly fast and given most of the driving I do is round country lanes, something that corners well is far more of a priority for me.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

My car has 32 doors, fits over 1200 passengers, and is fully electric:



And it only costs me $81 a month!


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Originally Posted by Encephalon

All I have is a 1993 Infiniti G20.



Thing is old as fuck but it runs cherry and gives me 31 miles to the gallon. I know it ain't much but the car has been infinitely more reliable than my last 6 exes put together; that, my friends, is saying something.

My family nagged me for the longest time about buying a new car and one day I just went out to an Infiniti dealer just to check out cars. I test drove this used G35 they had there and I was in awe of the car altogether. Then as I was about to sign the papers I thought to myself, "Why the fuck am I buying another car if the old one still runs? FUCK THIS NOISE."

So yeah, I'm gonna run that rickety-ass ride into the ground and THEN I'm gonna buy a new car. I figure in the future (along with time machines) there will be nicer designs on the Infiniti G line.

1993 was a good year for Nissan. My 93 Maxima lasted me right up until the month I started leasing my Civic, June 2007, and had I chosen to fix it, it probably would still be running today. To this day, no car has been able to compare to ol' Maxi. The thing had balls of steel, decent gas mileage (though not as good as the Civic, natch), and was smooth as butter when cruising down the freeway. Thing simply refused to shake.

I gave it up because the brakes finally died, and it would have cost roughly what it was worth to fix them, plus the myriad of other issues plaguing it. At this time I had planned on moving to LA, so I said goodbye to Maxi and got the Civic. Funny how life changes in a year. Now my sister drives the Civic, and has fagged it up with Hello Kitty floormats and the like.

FELIPE NO

I have a 2008 Honda Civic. It's pretty cool. Six speed manual transmission, very nice interior, Hello Kitty floormats, nice exterior styling, etc.



I am also a huge fan of first gen Camaros and which I had one. They're just kind of tough to find in decent condition, and even then, they cost an arm and a leg.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I just saw this and figured you fellow gearhead types would be interested:

This guy beats everyone for bragging rights.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

2007 Acura TSX Black. It's good but it's more $ than I would like to pay for a car. It's nice though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just scored a 2008 Subaru Legacy last week after my faithful 99 Saturn SL2 was totaled in an accident. I wish the upgrade were under better circumstances and I miss the Saturn, but the Legacy is a very nice car - definite step up.

It's PZEV, too, which apparently means Al Gore will at least wait until next year to ass-rape me in my sleep.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

My 03 Acura 3.2CL-S got keyed. My city is not very hospitable. I only have to budget an extra $960 to get it fixed; still putting it off.

It has 80K miles on it, and is still going strong. Honda engineering is pretty remarkable.

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Originally Posted by Meth

My 03 Acura 3.2CL-S got keyed. My city is not very hospitable. I only have to budget an extra $960 to get it fixed; still putting it off.

It has 80K miles on it, and is still going strong. Honda engineering is pretty remarkable.

Although I haven't been keyed... my Dodge Dakota looks like it could have been. I even got a new bed on it because the original one was destroyed in an accident, and it still looks like its been keyed. I used to haul a lot of stuff around in it.

The Dakota has 208k miles on it, and the only problem I've had is 2 years ago I had to replace the transmission. There are a lot of Chrysler products I don't like... but the Dakota has been a damn fine vehicle.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Mine is a 2007 Dodge Caliber in Silver



That's not mine but it looks exactly like that. I <3 the car. Its roomy and gets some awesome mpg. It has a feel of a stationwagon due to the look and the amount of room in the car yet it drives like a sedan. The handling is pretty great as well. God if it wasn't I would be dead by now due to how dangerously i drive.

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Nothing to brag about. Ever.

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FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Animechanic

I just saw this and figured you fellow gearhead types would be interested:

This guy beats everyone for bragging rights.

Surely over the course of ten years, if he'd worked a paying job for all the time he spent building that thing he could have bought a proper Lambo and wouldn't suffer from the fact it had a substandard engine and potentially lethally sub-standard build quality?

He only would have needed to save £6,000 a year to buy this one for example.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I imagine if he was able to build one of those in the first place, as well as hire someone to knock out his wall, that he probably does have a job.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The thing about that article is, it doesn't say shit about how the vehicle performed after he got it out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'd imagine it would make quite the track car. Even if the engine is smaller, it's pretty souped up, and considering the thing is 100% aluminum body panels and space frame, the power to weight has to at least be comparable to the real thing.

Bummer about safety standards though. I wonder if it's even street legal.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Animechanic

I'd imagine it would make quite the track car. Even if the engine is smaller, it's pretty souped up, and considering the thing is 100% aluminum body panels and space frame, the power to weight has to at least be comparable to the real thing.

It might be alright in a straight drag race but I wouldn't fancy trying to take any high speed corners in it. Setting up the suspension and weight balance on a car like that so it doesn't kill you the first time you try to drive round a corner is a tricky business and it's that aspect that makes these cars so expensive in the first place. Any idiot can stick a fuck off great engine in a car and make it go fast in a straight line (Sup the American auto industry?) but making a a car that'll go round a track fast takes some brains. On this week's Top Gear the new Zonda R beat the Vayron round their track by a good half a second, despite being 300bhp less powerful.

I mean, I'm sure his Shambourghini wasn't slow and I know you guys don't actually have many corners over there but personally, I'd have saved up and bought a proper one.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

That's because the Zonda is built compact and wide to dig into the road on hard turning whereas the Veyron is... fucking long.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Shin

personally, I'd have saved up and bought a proper one.

Well yeah, that would be the response for any rational human being, but obviously this guy does not fit that category.

But, among his insane gearhead peers, he would pretty much reign king by showing them his homemade custom lambo and saying "I made this."

And that's cool about the Zonda R. I never really liked the Veyron. I can barely keep track of supercars nowadays though. They seem to be coming out of the woodwork lately.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I have a black 1993 Honda Del Sol Si. It is quite possibly the gayest car anyone can own, but god damn are they fun to drive being little go-karts and all. I have removed the power steering in anticipation for my motor swap, just need to save a few grand first. It's lowered pretty well and hugs the road around corners like you wouldn't believe for a FWD car.



How ya doing, buddy?