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I learned to drive on: chrysler k car sedan.. At Leesville High School,
The car I started on at home, was a 1990 ford taurus sedan. Pushrod v6 and all, now.. I drive the wrx. WOW! what a change dont you think.I even stuffed the taurus into a snow bank, on our own street.. The first time I drove in snow up our street, I stuffed it! hahaha. Snow and I dont have the best record.

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hey yall,watch this...

IMO, Ryan wins the contest of having the worst car/truck. What a Redneck POS! That has to be the least cool vehicle to have to drive to high school.

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Rubbin' is Racin'

i rode the bus thru high school. talk about un-cool.


i didn't own my own car until my junior year of college. the green '67 Econoline did get a crowd of us to and from a kick-ass Who concert in '81 however.

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BenchWarmer Motorsports

another one of those damn LeMons heads

just another Chump

we are an Autocross Club Dammit............

fixed

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I think Remchak wins, on the strength of the Renault Alliance. But Aaron's post really made me chuckle:



My first car was also a 1981 Datsun 310GX. 5-door hatch, blue. Dad bought it new, and I guess it has to be said, it was an excellent, reliable little car. I remember riding in the back of it, all the way from Raleigh to Miami, to go on a family cruise when I was about 10. Raleigh to Miami is a long way to go sitting in the back of a 310GX.

By the time Dad gave it to me, I don't know how many miles it had on it, but it must have been a lot, since he was driving from Raleigh to RTP in it every day for like a decade. About 6 months into my having it, stuff finally started to go. The alternator (I think) went first, which was expensive, and then the A/C went. I couldn't afford to fix either, and I guess Mom and Dad decided they didn't want to sink further hundreds into a car that was clearly checking out. So Dad picked up a Dodge 600 turbo (which he hated), and I ended up with his 1985 Accord DX. That thing was a good car. Nice to drive, I think it was the first hint of a "fun car" I had. It had a slide-out Sony cassette player, with "Full Logic." Fancy!

Anyway, I thought it was a riot that Buckley and I both started in 310GXs. I haven't seen one on the road in many, many years.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

thanks Karl. that was the first "new" car i ever purchased. i ended up at that dealer because they had a white 924 on their lot that i really thought i wanted. i popped the rear hatch on the 924 after test driving it in the rain (thoughts of LeMan ran thru my mind) and i found a big ass puddle in the right rear well. so somehow i traded the POS Volvo for the Encore.

six months later i thought i wanted an Isuzu Impulse Turbo. the only one they had on the lot didn't run for shit (new), so i ended up with a P'uP.

so I'm seriously upside down in a 1.4l sub-compact truck and i decide i want a Firebird. well the fine upstanding dealerships of Daytona Beach (Billy Grubbs) sold me a new 1988 Firebird 5 speed six cylinder with no radio and no AC. in Florida now mind you.

i punted a pick-up in a drunken haze at 7 AM or so 6 months later and turned the car back into the dealer.

next new vehicle i bought was a 1996 straight drive GMC 1/2 ton. traded a 1986 Ford F-150 for it. great truck that Ford. it changed it's own oil.

in the interim i had a '73 TR-6 that ran for 3 months before i garaged it for eight years, a '71 Impala two door with a 400 two barrel and questionable braking ability; and the Coupe-da-gras, a 1975 280Z with the optional see thru floor boards and cash draining mechanicals.

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BenchWarmer Motorsports

another one of those damn LeMons heads

just another Chump

we are an Autocross Club Dammit............

Aaron, want to bring back some memories? Check this out.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

I had to walk to school.

What are the words to that old Young MC rap song? "You got no money and you got no car. You got no women so there you are."

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Rubbin' is Racin'

Since everybody is bearing their automotive souls here, I will give a more complete list of my cars.

1964 DODGE CORNET STATION WAGON first car, hand me down from mom. Had a 318 with no smog stuff, very fast. I beat everything from an MG Midget to a new 1976 Trans Am in impromptu street races. Totalled it along with 2 other cars after about 4 mos.

1972 NOVA 2 door with 307. Put in sweet green shag carpet and audivox 8 track and 6x9 coaxial speakers SWEET traded for

1972 Mustang Sprint 351 Cleveland Basically a Mach 1 with a 72 olympic theme traded for

1973 Firebird esprit (hey sounded like a Lotus) had 455 , pretty much a metrosexual (before we knew what one was) trans am. More fun street racing. Great Car, kept for several years, into college and marriage. STUPIDLY TRADED FOR

1972 Triumph Spitfire or Spitthing, Shitfire and other names I grew to call it. Surprise, surprise, blew the engine on a great road between Blacksburg and Radford VA.

1972 Olds Cutlass brougham. Sweet ride, bucket seats and a console shifter. Was really a good car this Is what I stupidly traded for the:

1978 FORD FAIRMONT my thinking was it was a straight, better gas mileage and it was kind of like a bmw because it was a straight. Leaked and burned oil to the tune of 1 qt a day. I washed really good and went to the same lot that had sold me this and traded for a new:

1982 Renault Le Car. Last year of production 4 door with out the canvass roof. Actually one of the best cars ever for the money, put 105k on it mostly trouble free except for repeated gas tank leaks (bondo worked great)

during this same time:

1961 TR3A some devil lady sold me for 100 a month, it was in boxes but hey I had read a lot of Road and Track (Peter Egan)so I could restore it. Wagner Sprayer Paint job ran for about 45 minutes in the 3 year I owned it. I swear I saw it last week in Atlantic Beach in about the same shape as I sold it 26 years ago.

1974 Tr6. Loved it. even after frame broke in two when driving over arailroad track, had it welded together. Doubled my money when I sold it. One of the proudest days of my life was when the guy that bought it son came to my door asking if I would tune his TR because dad's ran so nice!

1976 Ford Granada, two door bucket seats so kind of a sports sedan Random rust HOLE in the quarter panel so got a great deal of a dealer lot.

1986 Grand Am. Again almost a sports sedan two door.

Some GMC mommy van, Safari or something. Great for traveling with Potty training kids.

1976 Old 88 Fire engine red with maroon velour interior. My dad bought int 1976 directly from GM part division because it was a color screw up, I b ought from him in 85. Great riding tuna boat.

1981 Jetta Diesel. Great car I made a ton of money on mileage money with it ,never would blow up, just kept shedding pieces of dash from the shaking.

That brings us to about 1994 maybe chapter two some other tim.

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2002 MCS, 2003 MCS Track Rat, 2003 Generic White Yukon, 2003 BMWk1200rs, 1973 CB350F, 02 996. 08 Cayenne Turbo
http://www.clinehallagency.com

My "friends" even gave it a nickname- The Ruptured Blueberry

It did get better with my next car, a 1988 Honda CRX Hf.

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02 Focus SVT
STF 9

Nothing totally embarrassing...

1989 Chevrolet Corsica

Tina and I had just started dating. She was driving a yellow 280zx at that time (part of what attracted me to her). It was in the winter and apparently one Friday night she put the 280 in a ditch due to slick roads and bad tires. It scared her so she decided to buy a new car right then and there. Next morning she wakes me up and tells me to meet her at a specific dealership in 15 minutes. I show up and she already has this Black with Red interior Corsica picked out. We drove that for years after we got married. I hated it because it was not what I would have picked out, but I was stuck with it. I think we traded that in for a Honda Del Sol.

1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (with LO Quad 4)

Hand me down from Tina's mother. The low output Quad 4 was supposed to make about 150 HP, but it never felt that strong to me. Another car with red interior (I can't stand red interior in a car). As much as I hated this car it did well for me as a daily driver. It ended up blowing out the guts of the oil pressure sensor on I-40 one morning. It failed in such a way that it didn't indicate low pressure so it pumped all of the oil out of the sensor in a very short period of time. It is the only car I have driven/owned in which the engine pretty much locked up due to no/low oil.

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Richard Casto
1972 Porsche 914
2013 Honda Fit Sport
2015 Honda Fit EX
http://motorsport.zyyz.com
Money can't buy happiness, but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a Kia.

Rather impressive results there. I had an 84 Nissan Sentra that was bullet proof for the most part. I often find myself looking at early 80's Nissans or possibly a first gen Prelude....but I have no idea why.

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Stephen Westerfield
2009 Infiniti M35 | 2007 Honda Fit Sport | 2005 Ford Mustang GT |2000 GMC Sierra |1992 Acura Integra LS | Super Westerfield Bros Acura Integra

My Z-24 has the updated vesion (2.4L LD9) of the old 2.3L LO Q4 you speak of and it's rated at the same 150HP. Mine has been dynoed at 138HP to the wheels so the 150HP at the flywheel should be about right.

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Vincent Keene
'06 Ford Mustang GT (track rat)
'15 Dodge Charger R/T (yeah, it's got a HEMI!)
'07 Ford Fusion SE (205,000 miles and counting)
'98 Chevy Z-24 (retired)
'93 Acura Integra (Team SWB 24HOL Car)

So far it looks like my 1960 Studebaker Lark is the oldest car on this list (purchased by me in 1964).

It also looks like my 1966 Toyota Corona may be the oldest "purchased New".

I guess that ages me . . . at least until some of the older old farts chime in.

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT

Dick, they are all still wondering why THSCC ListManager doesn't have emails anymore You are still cutting edge - AB

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'14 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD
Super Westerfield Bros - '93 Integra - LeChump Du Jour
STX 93 - Scion FR-S