Oppo, what's in your driveway?

"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot) 08/24/2015 at 07:42 • Filed to: None

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It seems I just put whatever doesn’t work, or needs constant maintenance in the driveway. How about you oppo?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 07:46

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There’s only two cars in my driveway, although since I’m at work it’s really only one right now.

2010 Corolla and 2015 Civic.

zeontestpilot > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/24/2015 at 07:49

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Fair enough. How you liking the Corolla? I secretly like them, or at least the ‘05 model.

Money Hustard > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 07:51

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Got an Outback and a Tundra. Repairs? What are repairs?

pip bip - choose Corrour > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 07:56

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only one in mine , my 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer.

can’t kill the bastard of a thing.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 07:57

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The Corolla is my wife's car, but I've driven it enough to form an opinion. I think the car gets a bad rap. It's actually pretty peppy when you get on it, and no matter how much you abuse it, you can still pull down 30mpg in it. And with 74k on it, it's been dead reliable to boot. Worst repair we had to do was the front half shafts. But my wife seems to be a pothole magnet, so I'm honestly not surprised. My biggest issue with the car is it's just a little too small for me. I can't find a comfortable driving position and my leg always bangs on the console. But then again, it's not a whole lot better in my Civic either.

zeontestpilot > Money Hustard 08/24/2015 at 07:59

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Repairs are black holes for your money.

zeontestpilot > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/24/2015 at 07:59

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Nice! I love the lancer, :).

pip bip - choose Corrour > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:04

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so do i , costs me peanuts to service plus next to nothing for insurance.

i’ll probably keep driving it for forseeable future as all new cars these days have electric windows (a feature i don’t want)

zeontestpilot > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/24/2015 at 08:10

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Really? Why don't you want it? I'm curious.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:12

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If only I had a driveway. Then maybe I could do basic maintenance without getting yelled at by the apartment manager. Thankfully I have access to a shop for most stuff but there are always little things I wish I could just do at home.

Money Hustard > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:15

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I want to be one of those brave souls that buys an interesting, hard to maintain vehicle. I’m just not, though. I can have fun in anything on 4 wheels, I just want them to work.

zeontestpilot > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 08/24/2015 at 08:16

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Yeah, I did a brake line bleed at my old apartment once, didn’t realize I wasn’t suppose to. Couldn’t do it at my parents either, they live in a community. Ended up calling my pastor and asking for permission to do it in their parking lot, he said yes. Then a had a very nervous 20 minute car ride to said church to finish the job.

Never again.

pip bip - choose Corrour > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:16

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i bought it new late 2003 , so a new car after 12 years would be nice for a change.

LongbowMkII > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 08/24/2015 at 08:18

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I liked the ‘07 my wife had. It was more fun on offramps than I thought it’d be.

zeontestpilot > Money Hustard 08/24/2015 at 08:22

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Naw, mine just break down because there is a opportunity too. It thinks it’s funny or something. Did you know, out of all the years the pt cruisers were made, ‘08 seems to be the best year for them? Three guess which year mine is, :). Now guess what doesn’t work!

Actually, having something fail/break on me is starting to be the norm around here, lol.

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:32

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I live very near the city so my driveway is too small and parking too precious to just leave things mulling about with no daily usability. Sometimes though I will leave my truck (1998 Ram 2500 Turbo Diesel) sitting for a week or so with building supplies in the back. Once the project is done though it (the truck) goes back to storage.

Usually have my wagon parked in the driveway.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:41

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Our driveway looks like a Hyundai dealership....I have a base model manual ‘09 Hyundai Accent hatch (on the left), bro has a burgundy base model auto ‘09 Accent sedan (top) and mom has a base model auto ‘10 Accent sedan (right).

I am missing one of my custom 3D-printed center caps on my front-right wheel :/

Sadly, don’t have the funds or a garage/space for a project car or bike yet...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:41

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My driveway currently contains my daily driven Niva, my daily-driven-until-I-tore-the-main-bearings-out-of-it-driving-waaaaaay-too-fast-when-I-was-reeeaaaally-late-for-my-first-day-of-work-last-summer Jeep MJ (now with the drivetrain sitting on the ground beside it), and a $300 Jeep XJ that’s about to get chopped up as a parts donor.

zeontestpilot > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? 08/24/2015 at 08:43

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That stinks. I just park most everything in the driveway because it’s easier for me. Having no garage out here bites, :/. I do plan on building a shed to house the cart and tractor though....eventually...

zeontestpilot > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 08/24/2015 at 08:46

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Oh man, for some reason I really want to see a pic of all that!

zeontestpilot > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/24/2015 at 08:49

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I’m loving your driveway. I love having ample space in the driveway, and yours takes the cake!

Though I'm in the same boat as you, no space to work on stuff. Someone gave me a 2nd lawn mower tractor ( until mine gets fixed), and I have to keep it behind the house because of the lack of room, :/.

AndyG_UK > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 08:52

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At the moment just a skip and some builder related items as we are having our roof replaced. Normally there is a Citroen DS4 200-thp D-Sport living there (it's brown and manual! but not diesel), the poor Abarth 500 doesn’t get to live on the drive!

zeontestpilot > AndyG_UK 08/24/2015 at 08:58

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The same story with my Grand Prix. The dirt road in the pic is the street we live off of. Sure, it dead-ends, but it's the principal that matters!

AndyG_UK > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:00

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Indeed, apparently it's because the Abarth is smaller so takes up less space on the road, I argue that it's more likely to have some nasty person hurt it but I'm not agreed with and hence I loose that argument! :(

Michael > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:01

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Interesting things:

‘91 MR2 Turbo

‘05 Yahama FZ6

Boring/Current mall crawler:

‘07 Toyota 4Runner V8 4x4

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:03

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My garage is full of building material at the moment :(

zeontestpilot > Michael 08/24/2015 at 09:04

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Nice mr2! Is that a single car garage, or a two car garage?

zeontestpilot > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? 08/24/2015 at 09:06

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I have a shed that I can fit 3 bikes and a radio flyer wagon in it, then it's full, :/.

Michael > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:12

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Thanks! Had the 2 about 9 years now, and don’t get it out as frequently as I should.

The garage is about a 1.3 car garage. The garage is about 2 feet wider than the door, so I can back in at an angle and cut the nose over on the MR2, which gives me room to park the bike on the other side.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:17

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Haha, yeah, it’s not bad for space. My car is JUST on the edge of a French Drain (we live on a hill), and just next to mom’s is a rock wall embankment that goes up to our lawn, plus the corner of the house and the basement door.

Plenty of room for mom to back around next to my brother’s car to turn and head down though! :) I usually just back my car the whole way up.

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:32

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I usually have enough room to park my DD in my garage with my lawn equipment and work bench but I have been finishing my basement space this summer and had to move a lot of stuff out to the garage during the project.

jjhats > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:38

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driveway has my st and my dads glk. garage has my moms eos and my dads corvette

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:44

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I don't have one.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 09:50

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The 07 Milan and 08 Jeep Commander

Occupying the main parking in the garage, the 68 Montego:

And my completely taken apart mower (which is now mostly fixed, just needs to be buttoned back up, entire new front suspension yesterday on it, which cost way too much lol)

Pixel > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 10:19

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The driveway houses the xB & ‘64 pickup. The truck is supposed to live in the garage, but it is too full of parts for the truck, snow blowers, and the motorcycle right now.

I’ll be re-doing my yard next month, including ripping out an old filled-in inground pool & associate patio, and moving several old rose bushes. This should make it so that I can get the truck under the lean-to on the side of the garage. So the lean-to will also get reinforced and a better roof put on so it can live there over the winter and leave me the garage for getting projects done.

(wagon was sold a couple years ago)

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 10:22

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Haha yup, I changed the brake fluid in the parking lot. It was a sketchy adventure of hurry up and be secretive so that I didn’t get yelled at. It is not a very fun way to do car maintenance. Glad I have a shop to use now, much easier with a lift and such for a lot of things anyways.

zeontestpilot > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? 08/24/2015 at 11:15

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We have an extra room in the house, cement slab, in the basement; I brought my gpa’s boat motor and all the fishing supplies down there since I didn’t want to leave them outside.

zeontestpilot > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/24/2015 at 11:17

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Yeah, I ran out of ‘official’ parking spots, which leaves the grass. I choose not to park there, since I want the yard to look good.

zeontestpilot > Pixel 08/24/2015 at 11:18

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That IS a nice wagon though, :)

zeontestpilot > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/24/2015 at 11:20

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That sorta looks like a craftsman mower from this angle, lol.

zeontestpilot > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/24/2015 at 11:22

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Ha, with your avatar, I’m just imagining you as a ‘non-conformist’, lol.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 11:45

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driveway has my 99 f350 diesel and dads 2010 ranger

Barn has my 98 talon tsi awd (for sale) and my 01 escort zx2 and my dads 98 chevy 2500 plow truck

garage has my moms 2011 nissan rogue and my 03 miata

zeontestpilot > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 08/24/2015 at 11:48

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How much do talon’s go for nowadays?

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 11:50

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trying to get 4800 lol. but who knows. been on cl for almost 2 months now

Pixel > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 11:51

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It was a sweet little wagon, but needed a lot of mechanical work & rust repair to be even usable. I’d just bought the house and needed a truck for hauling building supplies, so I bought the ‘64 truck to combine my fun vehicle & stuff-hauler into one vehicle, and sold the wagon.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 11:58

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Of all the things to comment on lol

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/riding-mower-r…

yeah it is a Craftsman from ‘99.

zeontestpilot > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/24/2015 at 12:44

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I’ve become interested in small engine vehicles. Plus, when you stare at my non-working craftsman long enough, you don’t forget it easily, lol. The hood broke the other day! I was just trying to put it back on!

Bengal55 > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 15:35

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An old and busted Caravan, Cougar and the somewhat busted C280 I’m babysitting, and the not busted Dakota and XF... And that’s just the driveway.. I need to get rid of some cars. lol

zeontestpilot > Bengal55 08/24/2015 at 15:48

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It’s a ‘collection’, :).

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 22:33

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It's too dark out now, but I'll snap you one tomorrow morning if I remember.

911e46z06 > zeontestpilot 08/24/2015 at 23:41

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Just boring stuff. Tahoe, Silverado, and three boats. Also some raccoon poo. All the good stuff lives in the garage.

zeontestpilot > 911e46z06 08/25/2015 at 06:01

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I probably need a garage, so I can at least do work under a roof.

911e46z06 > zeontestpilot 08/25/2015 at 12:46

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There can never be enough garage space. Im thinking about building a third on my property so I can buy even more ridiculous shit I dont need.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > zeontestpilot 08/25/2015 at 23:50

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Not so impressive I guess. I'm parked off on the side like that cause my roommates usually park in the driveway.

Amoore100 > zeontestpilot 08/26/2015 at 02:22

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I’m a bit late, but here’s the family fleet...

Mom’s ‘05 Ody on left, Dad’s ‘01 V70 in the middle, and my ‘05 V50 on the right :)

zeontestpilot > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 08/26/2015 at 06:11

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I like it, :). For some reason I always find cars just sitting dead/ immobile on s driveway fascinating. Perhaps wondering why it's there. Cars littered around on the grass perk my attention even more, :).

zeontestpilot > Amoore100 08/26/2015 at 06:12

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Nice! Apartment?

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > zeontestpilot 08/26/2015 at 08:26

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They’re not dead! Well, that’s not entirely true... They all drove themselves into those spots, but the XJ is way too far apart to run now and is never going back together. The MJ is a bit further apart, but will be going back together, hopefully I’ll have the motor bolted in place this evening. The Niva, as with all Ladas, is always half broken but never broken down. It’s alive enough to DD.

But yes... All of them are parked on the grass. I don’t know if my landlords know yet. I don’t imagine they’ll be too happy about it though...

zeontestpilot > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 08/26/2015 at 08:32

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Still, if i drove by I'd stop to take a peak, :). My in- laws had numerous trucks/ vans on their property, some in bad shape. But it's fascinating to walk over and check them out. I know one truck, half in the ground, had a v10, which I thought was really cool, :).

Amoore100 > zeontestpilot 08/26/2015 at 10:32

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Nah, just second story...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > zeontestpilot 08/27/2015 at 00:33

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And this is what it looked like thus afternoon when I took a work truck home for lunch...

Since then my other roommate parked his XJ beside the Sebring. My back yard is full of cars and I love it.

zeontestpilot > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 08/27/2015 at 06:15

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That reminds me of when I had a rental for work. I had my car, a car my sister left at my place when she flew to visit our parents, and the rental. It was the most cars I had access to drive on my property at any given time, ever. I thought it was so cool! :D