Let's talk cars

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(02-23-2016, 12:10 PM)McC Wrote: The best car you ever had...

The worst car...

Your first car...

Brand Loyalty...

The cars your parents had when you were growing up...

Car stories...

The rode trip I took in my...

I learned to drive in a...

I would never drive a...

My first brand new car...

My funniest car story...

The best car you ever had... I still have, my 1990 Honda CRX.  The chassis has almost a half a million miles, and the engine probably would too, if it hadn't been "submerged".  It ran for nearly two years after that incident, and burnt a ring.  It was cheaper to get a junkyard Civic engine and drop it in (in my driveway in two nights) than to tear the old one down.

The worst car... is ironically my favorite.  It was a 1985 Buick Somerset Regal T-Type.  Sumbitch would fly.  I lowered it about 6" to improve its handling and stance.  It was solid black, like the Grand National Regals of the era.  I had all of the badging, with the exception of one tiny "Buick" at the bottom corner of the grille, removed when I had it painted.  It was metallic black, blacked out grille and headlight bevels. The only chrome left on it were the parts of the bumpers that weren't covered, the trim around the doors/side windows, and a touch of accents on those "Millenium Falcon" looking tail lights.  It had an understated set of high polish aluminum 5 star wheels.  A sleeper, and nothing audaciously lowrider about it....except for the 1000 watts of power lurking in the trunk.  Ultra comfy crushed velour seats in that thing too. However, there were a shit ton of first gen electronics and bells and whistles....electrical nightmare, all of the time.  The only mechanical issue, and it was an expensive one, was a teflon timing gear that stripped at speed....making a mess out of the heads.  Man, after new valves, polished ports, shaved heads, and the rev limiter removed, damn thing would really move though.  A lot of good times cruisin and burnin a few in that whip provided a lot of good memories in it however.

Your first car... a 1985 Blazer....what a piece!  Damn thing was a 4 speed 4WD that backfired between most shifts....lol.  Was fun in the mud though.  I drove my folks' Maxima for a bit, but the Blazer was my first.


Brand Loyalty... never really had any, until I racked up 200k on my Dodge Dakota, and the aforementioned CRX.  So, I guess I'll roll with those, and the current family car is an Accord.  I had several VWs too, but since they started building the Jettas in Mexico, the electronics are shit.  My '91 Wolfsburg was killer, the '98, and the '02?  Not so much....although the '02 turbo was fun as shit to push to the limits.  Very fast 4 banger.....

The cars your parents had when you were growing up... damn....where to start.  The ol' man was quite the horse trader.  My first memories are of a early to mid 70s Mercury Grand Marquis two door, a '66 Mustang (that my brother would go on to total), and about a '70 GMC C Series pickup.  There was a '68 Olds Delta 88, a '76 Chrysler Cordoba, an '83 Coupe De Ville, an '84 Nissan Maxima, a '92 Camry, and a '96 4Runner, although I was in college then....a late 70s Ford Courier pickup (that I totalled at 8 yo), a mid 80s Chevy S-10, a mid 80s Jeep CJ-7, a mid 80s Chevy cube van, and a mid 90s Ford Ranger.

Car stories... (I may revisit this one)


The rode trip I took in my... '85 Buick with a couple of buddies became affectionately referred to as "the never ending bounce". 


I learned to drive in a... 1984 Nissan Maxima, then in an '86 Toyota King Cab pickup 5-speed to learn stick.  I had driven go karts, motorcycles, and tractors prior....

I would never drive a... "Smart Car" or Yugo.


My first brand new car... I still have....my Dodge Dakota.  It's hard to let go of a vehicle that has been a part of many good road trips and has been largely trouble free, plus, I like it.....and it's paid for.  :)

My funniest car story... is a toss up between my dad's truck, and the submerging of the CRX.  I'll go with the truck.  My friend and I were playing army, and we had jumped in the truck, pretending it was military vehicle.  After it became "immobilized" we jumped from it, and I accidentally kicked it out of gear.  The steering wheel was cut, so it rolled out of our drive, circled into the yard, then proceeded over the hill, through a vacant lot, and smack into the corner of our neighbor's house.  BOOM!  It moved the corner in a good three feet (brick home), pushed the engine partially through the firewall, and warped the frame.  Needless to say, dad was a little hot....lol.  I got started early in the car wreck department.