What Do You Drive?

schiesz

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Good to see another Type R owner.

I love seeing the Integras out there as well. I loved mine more than any car i've ever driven. It had a fairly unpleasant ending 5 years ago:





But that car saved my family's lives that day, so I have zero complaints.
 

kwkarth

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Besides driving my wife crazy, we drive twin '09 Acura RDX SH-AWD Turbos.

Prior to that we had an '06 Porsche Cayenne Turbo, (450+ HP) and an '06 Lexus IS350, which was a slug compared to the Cayenne. We decided to downsize around the end of last year. Both cars were paid for but even an oil change on the Cayenne was 250 bux a pop, plus it always egged me on to drive faster than allowed. For example, even though I never floored it except at the track, I never hit the end of a freeway on ramp at less than 100mph, so I had to always apply brakes to merge with freeway traffic. That car was WAAAAY too much fun to drive. On the track, I lapped a dozen 911's at 140+mph going around turn 12 at PIR. Too much fun. The Acura RDX's are a lot of fun to drive and get better mileage than either the Porsche or the Lexus, and come with free oil changes for life.
Found some pictures from the good old days.

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gswitter

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Wow! What hit you? Looks like the roof and pillars stood still and the rest of the car got knocked forward by a foot.

My Integra's pretty beat up after 11+ years of daily driving, but I'll never get rid of it.
 

Mjolnir

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Jamesmtl514, that picture is well over the 800 x 600 size limit for pictures. You should resize it before a moderator deletes it.
 

Big_Ed

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Just a few weeks ago, I bought a 1998 GMC Sierra K1500, Z71 extended cab. I had a similar one a couple years ago, but it was totalled in a flood. I've been looking for another one like it ever since. It's a good thing I bought this one recently because less than 2 weeks later, the transmission in my 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme grenaded itself, sending parts bouncing between the road and the floor of the car. I'm not exactly thrilled about the greatly decresed gas mileage, but I really like driving a truck, having the hauling capability, and 4 wheel drive in the winter, so I think it's worth it. Besides work is only about a 2&1/2 miles away, so it won't be that bad. And there's nothing like a V-8!
 

SuperTrouper

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I recently bought a Volvo V50 T5 SE and I'm loving it.

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schiesz

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Wow! What hit you? Looks like the roof and pillars stood still and the rest of the car got knocked forward by a foot.

My Integra's pretty beat up after 11+ years of daily driving, but I'll never get rid of it.

Sorry I missed this before :thinking:

Its a bit deceptive but because thats just where they sat the top back on at. The fire dept took the whole top off the car to get my daughter out of the back seat. We were hit from behind by a full size van while stopped. I never intended to get rid of mine either... One of these days I will try to get another.
 

Random Guy

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Depending on what my dad has with him, I either drive a 1986 extended cab 4x4 S10 (with about 130K), a 1995 Volvo 940 Turbo wagon (with about 180K), or a Euro spec 1984 Mercedes Benz 300D. No turbo, 88 HP when it was new, and a 5 speed manual! Only about 205K on it, too. ;)

My favorite thing about these cars is their relative simplicity relative to newer cars. That, and due to the fact that they are rear wheel drive, there is actually room around the engine so you can service it.
 

mossyoak

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The Southland with a RedBull in one hand and iPhon
'91 jeep cherokee 4.0 high output, 4x4 automatic
3.5 inch rusty's offroad lift kit, 32x11.5x15 bfgoodrich mud terrains
fenders have been cut by 2 inches and then rolled to prevent cutting into the tires when flexed up and sway bars front and rear have been removed for additional flexibility and bumpers have been trimmed for better approach and departure angles, soon to be replaced by custom made high clearance bumpers with reinforced recovery points.

My bad, i totally forgot to update with photos, here's some for all the jeepers here.

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first day i had the lift and tires on it, mud holes that would go over the hood, rock ledges that i couldnt walk up, and ruts three feet deep, nothing could stop it. ive never been so proud.

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the trail continues up and to the right on that big rock, i wish i would have had someone to take pictures of me going up that ledge but my girl was my right side spotter.

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the old girl cleaned up, thats about the stoutest vehicle ive ever seen, for 330k miles on the engine and drivetran and it still stands up to me dogging the hell out of it.
 
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