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Off-topic TalkWhere overpaid, underworked S2000 owners waste the worst part of their days before the drive home. This forum is for general chit chat and discussions not covered by the other off-topic forums.
Hey Chubbie, I bought a 1988 Toyota 4X4 pickup new in 1988 and still have it. Only 65K original miles. Climbed many rocks in the Sierras with it.
My first car was a Bugeye Sprite but it didn't run, so my first running car was a 1958 Dodge. Yeah laugh, but it was the 2nd fastest car in my high school my senior year (had a semi-hemi engine) and it only cost me $100.00!
Mikey, how the hell should I know? I just googled it and there seems to be such a thing, and that's what I was told about 44 years ago when I was driving it around. When my tires got worn out I could burn rubber the entire block. About 360 cubic inches and a push button transmission.
Extremely ugly car, I admit.
Bought the damn thing for 400 bucks off my dad,had a 5 disc cd player that was worth more than the car.Unfortunately I blew the engine trying to get around a semi.
Mikey, how the hell should I know? I just googled it and there seems to be such a thing, and that's what I was told about 44 years ago when I was driving it around. When my tires got worn out I could burn rubber the entire block. About 360 cubic inches and a push button transmission.
Extremely ugly car, I admit.
By golly, after looking it up it basically is half a hemisspherical combustion chamber! The quote I read is "shaped like a flat tire" -round all around except for a flat side.
first car i used to drive around was a 1971 mercedes beater. then my first actual car was a used 1987 red civic hatch. most of my cars have been hondas since.
This baby had a motor sourced from Mitsubishi and it drove like a champ. But at 199,197 miles, the brake cylinder in the rear drum brakes was shot. A local shop quoted my old man $800 and he felt it was highway robbery and foolish to pay so much for such an old car.
As I still needed a car and the folks didn't want me to work at the time, his solution to this was brilliant. We sold the Plymouth to Carmax for $200, of which they claimed a $100 processing fee. Dad turned around and found me some sex on wheels. $1500 later, he gave me a 1986 Toyota Camry LE Liftback. For those not in "the know," in '86 Toyota put in a more efficient fuel-injection system. This helped my 2.0 liters of 4 cylinder fury to up the ante from 92 to 95 horsepower. The car came equipped with a 4 speed auto, sunroof, Technics cassette-tape player, a 7-band graphic equalizer, 187,000 miles and a hole in the exhaust that landed me a ticket for being too loud. I could also pull the key out of the ignition while the car kept running.
Needless to say, I got a real job shortly after getting this car so I would never have to suffer my dad's generosity again.
I enjoyed both the cars though. The Colt was reliable as hell but had no working radio... The Camry? I learned how to do handbrake tricks in it...so I'll always have a soft spot for that thing.
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