"FasTbird232" (fastbird232)
09/05/2014 at 16:19 • Filed to: None
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"FasTbird232" (fastbird232)
09/05/2014 at 16:19 • Filed to: None | 2
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You're about to purchase the most beige of American automobiles: the 2000 Chevrolet Camry Impala.
It's literally beige.
You're Jalop. You DD an '88 S-10 that's missing half its body due to rust, and you do so because it's rear-wheel-drive and looks nothing like anything anyone else is driving in your town. You've faced the fact that the kid needs rides to school this fall, and your parental instincts tell you not to stick her in a vehicle where you can see the road through the interior and you're pretty sure the frame is days from collapse. You have a friend looking to get this (probably) running Impala the hell off his property for $300, and you took the bait.
But you're Jalop. The very idea of this thing in the driveway gives you indigestion and erectile dysfunction, but you must. So, what do you do to this thing to take the edge off?
Post-apocalyptic runner?
Family car rally car?
Le Mons?
What do you do?
Your only restrictions are, you've got to be able to get a three-year-old to school every day, in one piece. Oh, and money. Not much money.
What do you do?
Brian Silvestro
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:20 |
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I like this.
Nibbles
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:22 |
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As a Jalop who put at least 100k on a 2001 Impala, I
EL_ULY
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:24 |
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get it in working order first off. Fluids, suspension, tires, brakes, filters, wipers,etc.
Theeeeen.....intake and exhaust :]
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:27 |
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Throw a GTP supercharger on there and some cop steelies and call it day. Unless it's a 3.4 in which case hang yourself.
tdi, FTW!
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:27 |
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1. Tint the windows
2. Line-X the body
3. Junkyard pushbar on the front.
4. Rattle-can the wheels matte black
5. Scare the crap out of teenage boy-racers
6. ????
7. School Run!
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FasTbird232
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09/05/2014 at 16:28 |
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No dice. 3400.
[sad trombone]
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> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:29 |
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Buy lots of intake gaskets then.
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FasTbird232
> EL_ULY
09/05/2014 at 16:31 |
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This is my fourth w-body. I'm well past thinking about any sort of performance. I could throw a few grand at it and maybe get to where a 3800 car is, and be well short of an L67 SS. Plus, it's a $300 car.
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FasTbird232
> Nibbles
09/05/2014 at 16:32 |
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Go on...
GhostZ
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:32 |
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FasTbird232
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09/05/2014 at 16:35 |
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Damn, forgot about the LIM leaks.
Great...
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FasTbird232
> tdi, FTW!
09/05/2014 at 16:36 |
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9C1 brush guard!
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tdi, FTW!
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:39 |
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PERFECT!
Your boy, BJR
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:41 |
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You steal a pair of trays from your local food court and pretend it's HS again.
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Nibbles
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:49 |
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Thoroughly enjoyed what a comfortable, reliable and - oddly enough - entertaining vehicle it was. Srsly
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FasTbird232
> Nibbles
09/05/2014 at 16:54 |
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Right, but yours was in, I'm assuming, pretty good shape.
Basically, what it boils down to is, "If you had an essentially free car, what would you do to it, if you could do anything?"
I don't have to worry about reselling it. We planned on purchasing a good car in a year or so (when my truck inevitably implodes), so I don't need it very long. I'm simply burnt out on w-bodies (particularly ones with the base engine), and the damn thing is beige.
Did you ever want to do something irresponsible to your Impala?
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Nibbles
> FasTbird232
09/05/2014 at 16:58 |
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I deleted the U-bend, put a magnaflow on the back, made the inner taillight rings work and flash, got a custom tune and was amassing parts for an L67 build when I decided to sell it
I shouldn't have sold it