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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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some pics of my mini monster truck. 149K and running strong!



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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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I don't really have just a winter beater, because I drive the car all the time. I dont have pics but its a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant ES with 85k miles . It was my brothers car and sold it to me 4 months back for 2500.00! It was real cheap and he needed the money to move to Houston for a job. By the way, are you coming to our 2 meets in the philly area?
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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No pics but my winter beater is a 2005 Eddie Bauer V8 Explorer with the tow package.
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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~135k miles

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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 02:58 AM
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 04:28 AM
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Damn Andy! You have a Prelude as a beater!! That's awesome!
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JDS2KNJ,Jan 28 2007, 08:28 AM
Damn Andy! You have a Prelude as a beater!! That's awesome!
Jason
It looks a lot nicer than it runs. She's burning a LOT of oil ...I'm waiting until March or so and then I'm gonna pull the motor for a rebuild. But thanks
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 05:31 AM
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My winter beater is a 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R that I have had for about 5 years. It's pretty much unstoppable with snow tires on.


I bought an extra set of wheels and snow tires for the Evo too. But it has not left the garage in about 2 weeks. I can't bear the thought of salt getting on it.

Speaking of salt, WTF is PennDOT doing this year? They used to spread salt pellets on the road, now it seems like they are spreading salt powder or dust on the roads to pre-treat them. You can't even take your car out when it's still dry out now without it getting caked in salt dust...

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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 05:33 AM
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i noticed that also. Penndot is spreading a ridiculous amount of salt.
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