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Past:
Eyes out for:
1999 Ford Crown Victoria
2015 Honda CR-Z EX
2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT
How happy are you about the Mach-E GT?
It's a nice car. Scary to use more than half of the "go" pedal.
If I were buying again, I'd get the extended range RWD model instead.
Overall very happy, but I bought it used and let someone else take the $30k hit on 2 years of depreciation.
Model year ascending:
1989 Volvo 240
1995 Toyota Camry
2001 Subaru Forester
2001 Toyota Echo (MT)
2001 Honda Insight (MT)
2010 Hyundai Accent
2014 Ford Fiesta (MT)
2016 Hyundai Veloster (MT)
My ford did me real dirty (blown head gasket@51,988 miles) so I decided to start learning more than basics. The Subaru is my current daily driver, but the past couple weeks have been so stupid cold that I'm starting to think there's ice in my tank, or the fuel pump is going out, or one of the old fuel hoses has cracked. AT hoses got all fucky last winter so they got swapped. Frickin cold hoses man.
Currently: Cadillac XT4, 370Z
Past: Toyota FJ Cruiser, Honda Element, Saturn Ion, Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix
How was the FJ? I think about getting one every time I see one on the road.
I loved it but it’s 15-21mpg at best!
Oh that hurts. My 2014 Corvette gets 25mpg average unless I'm on the track.
My first car was a Golf 3 Cabrio then a BMW 316ti E46 Compact and lastly a leased modern Audi A3.
After I gave my last car back I haven't bothered with one and don't have one since 2022.
Past:
Current :
I like flat engines ...
Current:
Past:
1987 Chevy Spectrum (5-speed)
1994 Ford Taurus
1994 Pontiac Sunbird (5-speed)
1999 Ford Explorer XLT (AWD 5-speed)
2013 Nissan Rogue
2008 Subaru Tribeca Limited
2018 Ford Explorer XLT
2022 Subaru Impreza
2018 Volvo XC60 T6 Momentum (current)
I love(d) all of these vehicles for different reasons—except the Rogue. That thing was a piece of shit.
Would love to see a picture of your talon if you have one to share!
I don’t, unfortunately. I left it pretty stock besides the Eibach lower springs (can’t remember if it was an inch or what) and slightly bigger exhaust because of the turbo and the muffler changed.
It was red with the black top and fin spoiler, not the raised one like the TSi had.
Sounds beautiful! I had a similar year Eclipse. I loved it but always swooned at the Talons.
That’s funny. I wanted an Eclipse. 🤣
2nd gens were sexy cars!
Absolutely! And then ruined.
Currently only have my first car which is a 2017 civic, although my mom did let me drive her Ford fusion for several years before I got it
1994 Holden Commodore
2000 Kawasaki GPX250R
2007 Mitsubishi Lancer ES Velocity
2003 Suzuki GSXR600
2001 Honda Shadow VT1100
2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster
2009 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R
2015 Hyundai Veloster Turbo
2020 Kia Sorento S
2005 Triumph Rocket III
1st car -Chevy Corsica (total junk but I loved it) 2nd car - Toyota Matrix (OK) 3rd car - Subaru WRX (love it)
2003 Toyota Prius (passed down through the family, finally gave up the ghost)
2015 Toyota Yaris (still have a special place in my heart for this but I ended up selling it)
1993 Chevy K1500 (learned manual on this, still drive it!)
2023 GR Corolla
Edit: not sure if this counts as a car but I've recently acquired a 1986(?) Honda Fourtrax 350!
My first car was a 2009 Nissan Sentra, my current is a 2017 Fiat Spider Abarth. Loved both cars for different reasons. I hope to upgrade to a used manual 2023+ Supra one day, but that's just my current dream as it's not really financially wise.
I've also got a 2013 Suzuki gladius, I have a knack for picking good vehicles with poor customer reception
Throw in a 2002 kawasaki ninja 636
In date order:
Prelude takes me back. My dad had an '89 I think, gray with red interior. If I ever strike it big, I'm gonna buy one and restore it for him.
I had it back in 2005, so it had a few years on it when I owned it, but I still miss that car; it was a lot of fun and wish I owned it longer.
My first car was a 2004 Outback. Good riddance, it was a mechanical clusterfuck.
Currently I still have:
On the back burner are a couple others.
Swapping from a 17 Focus RS to a 97 Miata is interesting. Normally that swap goes the other direction. What was the attraction to change?
Mostly because the RS was just too heavy and too powerful to have fun on the roads I'm driving, and the computers mean you barely have any feel anyway. The RS was purchased when I lived in Kansas City, but now I'm back up in the mountains of Southern California. Plus it was impossible to work on and parts were difficult to source. Plus as I list, this one's not my first and I knew I loved Miatas. So I sold the Ford and bought this 97 NA with 90k miles on it, one owner, and had more than enough money left over to dump $10k into a full refresh and mods. It was fun for a bit to have power, but there's nothing like driving a slow car fast.
The NA gets far more smiles per gallon than the RS, and anything that breaks I can fix in my own garage on the cheap. I fully intend to own this car until I die.
Also, pop up headlights.
Hell yeah! Out here there is a Miata spec series my son and I have been looking at getting into. We think an NA or NB is what we want to race in the series.
I test drove an NA at one point with 150k miles and I loved it right away. Mazda absolutely nailed the formula with this car!
Spec Miata is rad. Miatas are the most-raced cars in the world, and they dominate in AutoX as well. I almost bought an NB, they're technically the better car; a little wider, stiffer, and faster. This one was so clean though and the NA is just so classic.
And the NA has charm not recaptured since. But the ND is sexy AF particularly in the Mazda red.
I currently drive a 2006 rav4, 2002 sequoia, and a 2023 hyundai kona.
Great question!
I currently drive a 2014 Corvette with a few track mods.
370z (amazing steering)
Acura MDX
Honda Odyssey
Toyota Camry
Pontiac 6000
Saab 900 (with a turbo but no label)
Mitsubishi Eclipse (2nd Gen)
Toyota Tercel
Plymouth Valarie
Bike
1973 Chevy Vega
1978 Dodge Aspen
1982 Honda Accord
1990 Acura Integra
1999 BMW 323i
2007 MINI Cooper S
2013 MINI Cooper Countryman
2018 Tesla Model 3
Oh boy, here we go. Not in chronological order.
I'm probably forgetting a few. Now ask me about motorcycles.
The Honda Odyssey totally fucks! - Wade
Except for the ways that it does not.
Bad AC clutch? It can be replaced without taking the entire front end off the car, but you do not want to do that.
The worst thing, though, is the eco mode that shuts down one bank of cylinders. Makes the piston rings in that bank fail at 60K miles. They lost a class action on that for certain model years of the 3.5L V6, but they still make them with that mode. I used to be a fan of Honda, but I will avoid that engine at all costs.
I had no idea. My mother in law has that, she's at 20k. Anything she can do to keep from having that issue?
My wife and I had an 03 that was great. The kids really shut up in it compared to the Toyota we had before it.
In fact, there is!
You need to install this. It's an inline resistor system that goes in between a temp sensor and engine control computer. Word on the street is that the newer ECO/VCM 3.5L is "better" than the older ones, but I don't believe it.
From what I can tell, the installation is pretty straightforward.
This one is another option.
Hell yeah, thank you! I'll see if our technician feels comfortable with this.
I’ve had a whole ton of cars in my life, but I’ll start with my current car and go backwards:
2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz SEL AWD, 2011 Pontiac Vibe AWD, 2002 Dodge Dakota SXT 4x4, 2012 Suzuki SX4 AWD, 1994 Suzuki Swift, 1994 Geo Metro, 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4, 1984 Subaru GL Station Wagon 4x4, 2002 Ford F150 XLT Longbed 2x4, 2016 Hyundai Veloster Turbo, 2007 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, 2013 Hyundai Elantra, 1993 Mitsubishi Eclipse AWD, 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara, and a 1994 Suzuki Sidekick Sport (First Car).
I’ve loved every car I’ve owned for a variety of reasons, but always had one complaint or another about some lack of functionality that the car had. The Santa Cruz is the first time I’ve not felt the need to pick up an old beater as an alternative, since it meets all my needs pretty well now.
I also have a motorcycle now as well, so I’m no longer as concerned with speed in my cars since I get it on the bike. I ride a 2011 Yamaha Raider.
Chronologically ordered (past to present) :
Škoda 125L
Škoda Favorit 135LX
Peugeot 206
Audi A3 3.2 V6
Mercedes C43 AMG Coupe
Toyota Yaris Hybrid + Toyota Hilux