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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: jman on May 30, 2008, 11:21:20 AM
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a 1995 Chevy Camaro given to us by our Uncle, mainly for my brother but me and my parents' names are on it since he just got his license and doesn;t go very far with it. The thing is fun to drive and looks awesome however I wouldn;t want as my primary form of transportation. I like my sentra because it's light, good on gas and easy to drive, anyways here a 1995 Camaro z28:
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3195/camarofrontlm7.jpg)
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/932/dsc04941bf9.jpg)
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That's a very nice car for someone who is just getting their licence make sure he's careful
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That's a very nice car for someone who is just getting their licence make sure he's careful
I'll second that.
I remember my first car, I was lucky to hit 50 on a downhill grade, then it felt like it was coming apart. I think the damn thing had 5 gallons of bondo in it so wonder it even could climb a hill. :lol:
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Beautiful car. But just as the others say, make sure he's careful. That's a dangerous first set of wheels.
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Very pretty! I like. It's all maroon colored.
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That is a really nice car, looks to be in good condition.
But just as the others say, make sure he's careful. That's a dangerous first set of wheels.
Agreed. My first car's maximum speed was 90kms/hr but I still found ways to trash it. I hit a lot of inanimate objects - bins, fences, a gate, a letterbox....
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My first car was a 1970 VW Type 3 Fastback. Got the thing to 160km/h :green:
Finally threw a rod in the damn thing, man I loved that car. Your first car is like your first love.
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My first car was a 1985 Nissan pickup truck.
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My first car was a 1970 VW Type 3 Fastback. Got the thing to 160km/h :green:
Finally threw a rod in the damn thing, man I loved that car. Your first car is like your first love.
69 Karmann Ghia that had spent about 10 years in a barn, it was a hands-on lesson in auto repair and wiring, but you're right, I miss the evil thing. :'(
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My first car was a 1970 VW Type 3 Fastback. Got the thing to 160km/h :green:
Finally threw a rod in the damn thing, man I loved that car. Your first car is like your first love.
69 Karmann Ghia that had spent about 10 years in a barn, it was a hands-on lesson in auto repair and wiring, but you're right, I miss the evil thing. :'(
Ohh! What a beautiful car to have as a first car. :thumbup:
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My first one was a 1979 Chevy Impala I miss it
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There is some good memories in them first cars, yep some good memories.... :eyebrows:
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My first car was a 1970 VW Type 3 Fastback. Got the thing to 160km/h :green:
Finally threw a rod in the damn thing, man I loved that car. Your first car is like your first love.
69 Karmann Ghia that had spent about 10 years in a barn, it was a hands-on lesson in auto repair and wiring, but you're right, I miss the evil thing. :'(
slurp! :drool:
my first car was a morris minor, which i had sprayed fuschia. it was a nightmare, cos the previous owner hadn't looked after it at all. :'(
(http://www.vantagemanagement.com.au/images/MorrisMinor02-300_000.jpg)
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My first car was a 1970 VW Type 3 Fastback. Got the thing to 160km/h :green:
Finally threw a rod in the damn thing, man I loved that car. Your first car is like your first love.
69 Karmann Ghia that had spent about 10 years in a barn, it was a hands-on lesson in auto repair and wiring, but you're right, I miss the evil thing. :'(
slurp! :drool:
my first car was a morris minor, which i had sprayed fuschia. it was a nightmare, cos the previous owner hadn't looked after it at all. :'(
(http://www.vantagemanagement.com.au/images/MorrisMinor02-300_000.jpg)
Beautiful. :)
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yeah - i loved that car.
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My first car was a Volvo 142 from 1969. It lasted for a summer.
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My second car was a '69 Camaro. It was a convertible with a factory 396 CID engine (about 6.5 litres!). I only drove it twice and sold it at a huge profit to a complete stranger. I did not really understand what I had gotten my hands on, at the time, being eighteen and all.
:D
My first car was a '63 Dodge Custom 880, an enormous two-door "hardtop" beast. My "friends" called it the Batmobile.
Just like this one, but mine was red .....
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I miss the older car nothing you could not fix for yourself on them so easy to work on too
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Yeah, there's very little in a modern car that you can fix yourself.
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Yeah, there's very little in a modern car that you can fix yourself.
there is on crappy little old bangers, like the ones i drive. :laugh:
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I want to get an old car per catalytic converter to play with. Something small and simple bug maybe
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ooooh, i love bugs! i drove one for a while - not mine: i was looking after it while my friend had her brother's swanky car to play with for a few months.
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I miss the older car nothing you could not fix for yourself on them so easy to work on too
I drive a '98 Windstar, now. I can change the fluids myself, but that's about it. It costs me almost three hundred dollars to have a mechanic change the plugs, for instance. It has a transversally mounted, "computer operated," V-6 and front wheel drive. You can not reaxch the plugs without a lift and removal of some other pieces - even an engine mount must be loosened!
The brakes are even a bitch to replace.
Fortunately, I have not had any trouble with it which was not considered attributable to periodic maintenance on a ten year old vehicle with almost two hundred thousand miles on it.
I think I bought a bike, today, though. A guy at work has an old one (we've talked several times, already about it) and I haven't seen it yet, but the price is in my budget. If his description is anywhere near the true mark of its condition, it's minen!
[/sorry if I missed any more typos - rough day so far]
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:hug: for dawg for his rough day.
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OTOH, I don't want a car that I *need* to fix. I know of better ways to spend my time.
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:hug: for dawg for his rough day.
Thanks.
Hey, if I manage to get this bicycle to ride to work, can I get another one of those?
:laugh:
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OTOH, I don't want a car that I *need* to fix. I know of better ways to spend my time.
For me fixing things is better than meds at calming me down
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Just bought a mountain bike last month, over 20 years since I've been on a bike. This might prove to be painful. Seemed like a good idea at the time though. :toy:
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Just bought a mountain bike last month, over 20 years since I've been on a bike. This might prove to be painful. Seemed like a good idea at the time though. :toy:
Yeah I was thinking the same thing and got one from a trash pile :green:
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Just bought a mountain bike last month, over 20 years since I've been on a bike. This might prove to be painful. Seemed like a good idea at the time though. :toy:
Yeah I was thinking the same thing and got one from a trash pile :green:
Woman wanted $15 for it, got her down to $10 though, the color matched my truck. :lol:
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That's a nice car, Jman.
It's a pretty powerful car for a teenager's first car, though.
I hope your brother is careful.
My brother's car that my other brother and I wrote on with shaving cream at his wedding was a Camaro, but it was brown.
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My first car was a 1995 Pontiac Sunfire. Basically a reward for getting a college scholarship.
My current car is a 2007 Honda Civic. I bought it last year.
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OTOH, I don't want a car that I *need* to fix. I know of better ways to spend my time.
For me fixing things is better than meds at calming me down
I've owned enough do-it-yourself cars in my time. I prefer to fix other stuff.
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That's a nice car, Jman.
It's a pretty powerful car for a teenager's first car, though.
I hope your brother is careful.
My brother's car that my other brother and I wrote on with shaving cream at his wedding was a Camaro, but it was brown.
I read that twice as "blown," because I thought you were talking about its power, still.
:laugh:
Every brown car I've had has been a fader. The top surfaces (exposed to more direct rays from the sun) have always turned lighter over time.
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OTOH, I don't want a car that I *need* to fix. I know of better ways to spend my time.
For me fixing things is better than meds at calming me down
I've owned enough do-it-yourself cars in my time. I prefer to fix other stuff.
For my own saintly I would have to have one car at the house that was not a do it yourselfer
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Every brown car I've had has been a fader. The top surfaces (exposed to more direct rays from the sun) have always turned lighter over time.
Mine, too. Sort of sad, but then, most of them have had more serious problems. :laugh:
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I owned a car for a while, a 1982 VH Holden Commodore station wagon got it for $400, it was working, however I just did not have the time to do the repairs to get it pass a road worthy test. Apart from a oil leak it was running pretty much fine.
It looked exactly like this
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I am planning on buying another car in a couple of months. Since I can only drive automatic transmission vehicles, small cars are out for me because
a lot of them on the market are manuals and automatic transmission ones I want to stay away from.
I am either going to buy a 10-15 year old Toyota Camry or a Mitsubishi Magna (the top end ones the Veradas got exported to the USA and were called the Diamante). I can get a 10 year old Magna with less than 150,000 kms for $5000 for a dealership, the only small cars which are that age and cost that much are Hyundai's, Daewoos and Kias.
My budget is only $5000 because of the amount of money I will have to pay on insurance, up to $30 a week.
(http://www.selmaxmotors.com.au/images/tf%20magna.JPG)
(http://images.demo6.ezwebcatalog.com/demo6.ezwebcatalog.com/0202b.JPG)
All these cars come with the same engine V6, around 3 liters, although some of the Camry's I have been looking have a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder engine. But considering the size of the vehicle, The Camrys which came out after 1993 were quite large car the fuel consumption savings would be tiny. Generally when a car reaches a certain size, a V6 engine provides more power for only minimal extra fuel economy and latest V6 cars are quite fuel efficient averaging 10 liters per 100km or 24 MPG in a combination of city and country driving.
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What we use to decide which car to get is to ring up wreckers and ask which car has a better availablility of parts and which has cheaper parts.
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My car can only go up steep hills at 60kph tops. :lol:
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I once got MY car up a steep hill at 60 MPH! :pwned:
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I used to have to be going down a steep hill to get my old car up to 60mph.
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(http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/ford/f-150/1995/oem/1995_ford_f-150_extended-cab-pickup_xlt_fq_oem_1_500.jpg)
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(http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/ford/f-150/1995/oem/1995_ford_f-150_extended-cab-pickup_xlt_fq_oem_1_500.jpg)
:thumbup: Can't beat the extended cab.
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Congratulations. Husband had one just like it years ago, red and white. When he first brought it home, had to insist he get it painted as soon as possible. The white stripe down the sides were riddled with primer spots, where damage had been repaired all except for the painting. Told him it was obvious the previous owner had an enemy, because someone had clearly walked around the entire truck beating the hell out of it with a crowbar or something. Didn't want some random stranger beating up his new truck. :laugh: