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"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
06/03/2016 at 21:02 • Filed to: None

My S10 4.3 RWD manual :)

Driving it home I didn’t stall once! Though I did spin the tires more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve gotten okay at starting from a stop in general but hill I need a little work. Oh well it’s my first day.

Tomorrow, barring rain, I’m gonna clean it up real good and throw a thick coat of wax on there. I’m so excited!!!

Oh yeah, and my dad got it for $4200. $1000 off asking price.

DISCUSSION (35)

Opposite Locksmith > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:05

Nitrous!

Your boy, BJR > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:07

NICE buy man! Good luck with it, and have fun with learning manual. I was kinda thrown sink or swim into learning. Just take your time and don't overthink it and you'll be driving smooth as hell in no time flat!

mazda616 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:08

Congrats! That’s so awesome.

What options does it have? The 4.3 with a manual is kind of rare for the later years. Most manuals by then were 2.2s.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:08

Hill Start: Hold brake while letting off the clutch, and right before it starts to stall, let off the brakes and hit the brakes.

Spaceball-Two > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:09

Nice! Congrats! Great name too.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > mazda616
06/03/2016 at 21:10

Options... Uh, air conditioning if that was an option? It has manual windows, locks, and mirrors. 4 speaker stereo and yeah that's pretty much it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Your boy, BJR
06/03/2016 at 21:11

I've driven a stick a couple times but I'm pretty much being thrown in. Thankful I live by a church with a fairy large lot I can practice in.

Jcarr > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:11

What year? CPI or TBI 4.3?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/03/2016 at 21:12

Never thought of doing it that way. I always knew the hand brake method but that won't really work here, I've for four pedals!

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:12

DROP IT

or don’t

mazda616 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:13

Yes I believe A/C was an option. I know it was on the older years. That’d explain why it has a 5-speed. It was probably special ordered with A/C as its only option.

You can put keyless entry into an S10 with manual locks fairly easily. My friend has a ‘97 2.2 5-speed S10 with manual everything and he put keyless entry in it in one afternoon.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jcarr
06/03/2016 at 21:13

2002 so whatever year that had!

Your boy, BJR > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:13

Yeah I got locked outta my house in the dead of a particularly cold NJ winter with no coat and just my car keys. My mom was a town away on a date with my stepdad, and I had to go get the keys from her.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:14

It takes a little getting used to, but it works best for me! Well, when I’m not driving the FiST, because hill hold.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:15

Yeeeeeeeeeeeees. 4x4-4.3L-manual S10 is the best S10. This one looks crazy nice. Good job.

Tires will spin frequently in these if you don’t have anything in the bed and you are in 2WD. Be careful, it can become addictive.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
06/03/2016 at 21:16

4WD would be awesome but this is RWD. Doesn't really bother me though I drove an M3 through a snowstorm.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:19

Damn I need to learn to read. Still awesome tho. I had a 4.3L RWD Auto ZQ8 for a few years. I loved that truck. Lots of tire spinning (and sometimes entire truck spinning when wet.)

My wife did not love it. Sold it with 71k for $3500. I probably could have gotten $5k if I didn’t have an ultimatum to get rid of it.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:21

Aside from drive wheels and number of cylinders, that is as different from your M3 as you could have gotten. Truck looks mint though, nice buy.

Jcarr > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:35

Those were all sequential central port injection with HP anywhere from 175-200.

TheHondaBro > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:50

You ought to change your username.

Steve in Manhattan > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 21:54

It appears to be very trucklike ....

Steve in Manhattan > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
06/03/2016 at 21:57

Believe me - 12 years into a relationship, I hear you. She will win the battles, she will win the war. Otherwise you’ll be miserable.

The Compromiser > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 22:02

I had one of those with a 4.3 and a manual. Burnouts for days. Capable little truck. Diesels if you are too high geared at low speed. Don’t be afraid to downshift at the bottom end. With that giant long ass shifter...

Funny story time. I had a 96 extended cab (before third doors) with bucket seats. I used to drive truck. I would get into the s10 and it felt like a sports car. It felt like I was sitting in a corvette and the shifter felt like it was 3 inches long and coming from the dash. Every time I got home I felt like I had a Ferrari to drive. It was odd.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > TheHondaBro
06/03/2016 at 22:10

Done!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 22:23

Congrats dude.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Steve in Manhattan
06/03/2016 at 22:25

Crap I just realized that I’ve been with my wife for almost 11 years including dating, coming up on married for 8. As long as she keeps letting my buy manual transmission cars for my DD - I’m on my 3rd since we’ve been together - I think can deal with losing the other battles.

shop-teacher > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 22:39

That is a great little truck, nice price too!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/03/2016 at 22:49

You mean let off the brakes and hit the gas? I can’t imagine it being wonderful for the clutch, but that’s my preferred method

PushToStart > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/03/2016 at 23:05

Is it just the pics or is it really that clean? Looks nice, how many miles?

Edit: looked at older post. 68K, not bad!

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/04/2016 at 00:55

Congrats! Looks like a clean truck.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
06/04/2016 at 08:58

No dammit I meant brakes because moving at all is going to fast, we should all just fucking walk!

Yeah, I meant gas.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/04/2016 at 08:59

I think you figured it out, but as Smallbear pointed out, I meant gas, not brakes at the end.

Takuro Spirit > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/04/2016 at 12:40

SLAM IT TO THE GROUND AND PUT IN A DUMP BED

Kinja'd!!!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/04/2016 at 15:17

I’ve never driven a manual s10. Just picked up a 4.0/ax15 XJ a couple weeks back, and it’s very much like driving a tractor. How does the S10 compare in your mind?

Tohru > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/04/2016 at 15:24

I used to have one of that generation S10. 2.2L RWD manual.

I found the cab to be a bit uncomfortable, but I have very long legs for my height.

Kinja'd!!!