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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2008 0:15:01 GMT -5
Giving a miata a man's name is so wrong
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Post by mthsbandrocks on Jun 16, 2008 20:50:04 GMT -5
Oh, i forgot to post. My car is a 2008 Toyota Prius and it's name is Spike.
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Post by altoclarinets on Jun 17, 2008 19:41:25 GMT -5
mine is a red 2000 Dodge Dakota that gets -20 mpg. It doesn't have a name. However, it may become "Greed Machine" if gas prices don't drop before I get my license...
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Post by Beatz on Jun 18, 2008 1:41:24 GMT -5
I don't have a picture, but I have a 2002 Hyundai Sonata, love it
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Post by Euphoniums PWN on Jun 21, 2008 23:32:59 GMT -5
Alright, I'm going to be the first to burst the SUV bubble- Behold, feast your eyes on the sheer awesomeness of 10gpm of Ford ingenuity! I present to you my 1997 Ford Exploder, XLT trim. This vehicle has been equipped with several value-adding features, such as: - Terribly inefficient V6 whose power to weight ratio is not even worth talking about - Awkward spare tire removal system! (seriously, you have to attach the tire iron to a metal rod with a hook, and insert the small end into a hole in the bumper, and twist like there's no tomorrow, and watch as the spare tire slowly comes down. Lol. At least it's a full size spare, and not a donut.) - Automatic AM radio static generator (say goodbye to anything between 680-1450 AM) - Custom-faded plastic trim - and - Custom key scratching, courtesy of the local neighborhood morons. Can't really see it in the pictures, cause the truck was wet (it looks better that way) But I love my Exploder. Here's some pictures. ph33r the 171,501 miles (now it's more like 172,750) and the lack of a redline. The whole vehicle begins to disentegrate at 5500 rpm though (it scares people)
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Post by brassgirl1023 on Jun 22, 2008 5:00:26 GMT -5
My Dad's SUV--Thingy, which is a 4runner I think... but I love it. And he has this old piece of junk truck which I loveee [it isn't really his... his cousin's or something] idk what it is I'll hafta check
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Post by Camanda on Jun 22, 2008 8:27:28 GMT -5
Behold, feast your eyes on the sheer awesomeness of 10gpm of Ford ingenuity! I present to you my 1997 Ford Exploder, XLT trim. This vehicle has been equipped with several value-adding features, such as: - Terribly inefficient V6 whose power to weight ratio is not even worth talking about - Awkward spare tire removal system! (seriously, you have to attach the tire iron to a metal rod with a hook, and insert the small end into a hole in the bumper, and twist like there's no tomorrow, and watch as the spare tire slowly comes down. Lol. At least it's a full size spare, and not a donut.) - Automatic AM radio static generator (say goodbye to anything between 680-1450 AM) - Custom-faded plastic trim - and - Custom key scratching, courtesy of the local neighborhood morons. Can't really see it in the pictures, cause the truck was wet (it looks better that way) Love it. L-O-V-E it. I deleted my post upthread 'cause the picture was taken with my cameraphone last fall and I wanted to post a recent picture from a real camera. So I took these two minutes ago. 1994 Saab 900S. Not quite as "customized" as Euphoniums PWN's Exploder, but it does have a cheesy in-the-door cupholder because Swedes cannot drink anything while they drive and so none of the older Saabs have real cupholders. I want a real cupholder. I have also eliminated any potential for radio static generation because I use my superhawt cassette deck adapter with my iPod. And the iPod sits in a Belkin TuneCast FM transmitter. Why the cassette? Because the same FM signal doesn't work from one mile to the next and I got mad at it. Hooray for Rhode Island! From the back. You see my URI sticker and the Akita sticker, as well as my license plate, which appears to be glowing. The sticker in the upper left-hand corner is my 2008 Baseball Hall of Fame membership sticker. I keep meaning to move it down further because you can't see it way up there, but I am lazy. Excuse the dirty windshield -- I park under a tree -- but look: FUZZY DICE! Red Sox fuzzy dice, even. And the flower (if you can see it) is from the Korean War veterans. Hibiscus syriacus, "Rose of Sharon" to us Westerners. I try to get one every year (it's fake) from the veterans. Three of my grandparents served in Korea. I'm only showing this because it's the most expensive accessory on my car. Say hello to $125 for parking.
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Post by Scott Benson II on Jun 22, 2008 11:08:07 GMT -5
^Isn't that the truth!
This is a sincere word of warning to any college-bound car owners: please be sure to follow carefully all of your campus parking regulations. They will tow you, and they won't feel bad about it. One time, a girl ran out in the middle of our piano final because she saw her car being towed out in the lot. She got there before they left, but they didn't take it off the truck.
So, moral of the story, don't park illegally!
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Post by dumb major on Jun 22, 2008 16:04:49 GMT -5
I'm only showing this because it's the most expensive accessory on my car. Say hello to $125 for parking. UMD's is $213 annually for commuters ($412 annually for residents-- can you say ridiculously not worth it?!) Seconded, though Maryland is more of a fan of doling out fines than towing. My dad got a $75 ticket the other day for parking LEGALLY in a specific lot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2008 16:50:11 GMT -5
Now would be a bad time to say that my dad makes those rules....yeah, he's the slumlord, I mean AD for Facilities, at a local college. My plan is to drive a Kei car and park it in my dorm room...no, JK, but maybe with a Vespa.
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Post by spacermase on Jun 22, 2008 17:02:41 GMT -5
Alright, I'm going to be the first to burst the SUV bubble- Behold, feast your eyes on the sheer awesomeness of 10gpm of Ford ingenuity! I present to you my 1997 Ford Exploder, XLT trim. This vehicle has been equipped with several value-adding features, such as: - Terribly inefficient V6 whose power to weight ratio is not even worth talking about - Awkward spare tire removal system! (seriously, you have to attach the tire iron to a metal rod with a hook, and insert the small end into a hole in the bumper, and twist like there's no tomorrow, and watch as the spare tire slowly comes down. Lol. At least it's a full size spare, and not a donut.) - Automatic AM radio static generator (say goodbye to anything between 680-1450 AM) - Custom-faded plastic trim - and - Custom key scratching, courtesy of the local neighborhood morons. Can't really see it in the pictures, cause the truck was wet (it looks better that way) Hahahaha, yeah, I've got a '95 Ford Explorer that I inherited from my grandfather. The good news is that it has very low mileage on it. But yeah, you have a pretty apt description right there of the entire Explorer line. Although, I've managed to get my mileage up to near 20mpg, higher if I can set it on cruise control for long periods of time.
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Post by Greenepony on Jun 22, 2008 18:15:33 GMT -5
^*gasp* You folks still have cruise? My friend has a 98-ish Explorer and cruise went on that years ago. Mine didn't exactly go it's just permanently set on 84 mph. ^Isn't that the truth! This is a sincere word of warning to any college-bound car owners: please be sure to follow carefully all of your campus parking regulations. They will tow you, and they won't feel bad about it. One time, a girl ran out in the middle of our piano final because she saw her car being towed out in the lot. She got there before they left, but they didn't take it off the truck. So, moral of the story, don't park illegally! Don't need to worry about that so much- Baylor's got the Garagemahal as well as 3 other garages. Everyone is allowed to have a car for a yearly 150 fee. Not that the White Monster (as my Mazda's affectionately known) would make it all the way down. It went down to N.O. after Katrina for EFCA Relief work and that pretty much killed it. It also has a new 'customization', the windshield fluid dispensers broke so I have to manually dump fluid onto the windshield if I want to clean it- and if I have the windows open a hair I get soaked by it flying in.
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Post by Euphoniums PWN on Jun 22, 2008 18:44:40 GMT -5
I love mah Explorer, it's really comfortable. And since mine is a 97, it wasn't affected by the whole spontaneous combustion cruise control thing. But it did have Firestone tires (never used the spare, i probably need to replace it lol, it's 12 years old). Everybody tells me their Explorer "horror stories", like transmission failure on the freeway, and cruise control combustion. I guess I must have the best Explorer ever made, because nothing's ever gone bad (except for tires and the infamous front sway-bar links which were recalled in 2000-something).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2008 22:21:14 GMT -5
My mom's truck has terrible breaks ('00 Dodge Dakota Sport) so now whenever she gets it taken in they're like "how're your breaks?"
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Post by mthsbandrocks on Jun 23, 2008 21:19:28 GMT -5
just saying, im about to burst EVERYONE's gas mileage bubble. ;D soooo, my car gets 36 mpg on the highway and like 32 mpg in the city. heheheh, sorry. i love telling people that. of course, my car is a hybrid. mwahahaha.
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