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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 03:40 PM
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 03:59 PM
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When no salty roads and for longer trips my 98 mc2 wagon 200 hp goes very well 14^+ on a track
https://www.cars-data.com/en/honda-c...ecs/16925/tech
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 04:15 PM
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Currently a 2019 Caravan but soon to be a 2021 Traverse in White.
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by noodels
When no salty roads and for longer trips my 98 mc2 wagon 200 hp goes very well 14^+ on a track
https://www.cars-data.com/en/honda-c...ecs/16925/tech
Euro models don't count. They're myths.



I'm a big wagon fan myself and have always been jealous of the euro wagon models. Nice clean looks, good-to-excellent performance. Instead we get overweight, overbearing identity-crisis-facing minivans XUVs. I just don't get the desire to soup-up that particular model. It's not exactly ugly, but not great looking either and the mods required are pretty extensive and the AWD wasn't the greatest system so....

That is a purdy wagon that I'd rock. B18?
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 05:16 PM
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Yes B series 1.8 has teg R Xhast skunk 1 cams & inlet ,decat, ecu mapped lowered coilovers,17 wheels alloy & leather seats,ebc red pads all round and stops on a cent..
Same engine as your teg sri has lsd also.had it many yrs 15+
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 05:25 PM
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Oh and put a s2k TB on to save bucks
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Old Dec 23, 2020 | 06:13 PM
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Where I live we don't really "do" Winter but I have one of these for a "just pour the topsoil straight into the back" beater:

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2004 Nissan Stagea 350RX FOUR. Essentially an Infiniti G35X wagon. Only 91,000 miles on it but they're almost all hard miles. Owned for the past 7 years. I washed it once. Enough power and traction to stay out of trouble, not enough value to care if I don't. I keep meaning to do an oil change, but I also keep forgetting. It currently lives outside under a canvas, acting as a windbreak for the workshop door.

Daily driver is a 2012 Audi Q7, which is like driving your couch everywhere.

Also have a John Deere 3038E with a 305 front loader and various attachments for work around the property I'm too weak/lazy to do with my hands, and for generally annoying people while driving between the main gate and the farm gate. MFWD so it never gets stuck. It's on the road so it counts, right?
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 05:43 AM
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I have an '07 Hyundai Entourage minivan and an '06 Ford Fusion. 150k miles and 160k miles respectively. They're both a little "long in the teeth", but winter in Illinois is where nice cars go to die. OP, pretty brave driving a Miata in the winter. I take it you live where there's little snow!
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jeffreygebhart
I have an '07 Hyundai Entourage minivan and an '06 Ford Fusion. 150k miles and 160k miles respectively. They're both a little "long in the teeth", but winter in Illinois is where nice cars go to die. OP, pretty brave driving a Miata in the winter. I take it you live where there's little snow!
Any serious snow and the Miata stays inside, but it has some cheap all seasons on it, so freezing temperatures are not an issue.

In light snow and rain it's a ton of fun playing Initial D around the neighborhood.
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Old Dec 24, 2020 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by A1A-S2K
Winter? What is this winter you talk about? Here in S. Florida, I have a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee for Home Depot runs and my 2004 S2000 is happy to get out and about year-round!
I prefer to drive the top down. I get as many or more top down months here than I would in FL. I would die from heat stroke trying to do that year round in FL. Here I can drive top down anything above 30F, and only a handful of days its too hot.
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