Vehicle list (old draft)

"sony1492" (sony1492) 11/10/2020 at 20:07 • Filed to: So long and thanks for all the fish

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Like the ticket post, this was a draft that’d get updated to remember what cars I’ve had.

First car: 1995 Civic Dx 1.5 non-vtec automatic, +200k miles 16 bent valves from a failed HG repair. Driving her home was my first time behind the wheel on a paved road, I was 15 at the time.

The rest in chronological order

Bought this 92 sc400 with a manual swap and coilovers. The chassis was wrecked, ran it for a year before transferring it onto the blue bodied car.

Needed a more reliable car to get to community college. It was $700, it was pretty nice with a 5 speed manual and plush seats, clean interior but it had driveability problems that I didn’t know how to fix at the time.

1997 c230, she was cheap due to a blow head gasket, still ran it for a couple months to school. Had really good brakes and neutral handling

Brother bought it for a few hundred bucks with the body damage and stuck 2nd gear. We replaced a fuse which got the trans going, after some sledgehammering and ebay fenders, it was right as rain.

This is after a couple years, my brother and I passed the car between us over time. She had really low miles so after the front end, it was a pretty nice driving car.

Great memories

Bought this 05 spectra for a couple hundred bucks with lots of body damage, did the bare minimum repair and sold it to some Argentinian trimmers for cheap.

This little manual 323 was one of my favorites, I still miss it. Someone was moving and sold it for $300. Went a good 4 months but would not pass smog because of a tick at idle, so it went away.

V6 auto, kinda quick, very easy to drive, also shit. Sold it because the oil pressure was not looking good, it died some time later

325i, replaced the head gasket, radiator hose blew on the test drive and seized the motor.

1983 300d, luxury boat for $200. Interior was trashed and the driver seat sagged on one side really bad. It belched black smoke and had untold number of miles, but she never let me down. Sold her because couldn’t really drive it more then 50 miles and afraid the trans or motor would give up.

Bought the 89? 190e, had a clean body , sunbaked but clean interior, and ran. The day after buying it the transmission died, she refused to shift past 2nd. Got rid of it for next to nothing

1988 civid dx 5 speed, rust bucket

If you’ve noticed a theme of untrustworthy cars, I bought this at the smog shop only after it had passed. Paid way too much but a smog was worth more then anything to me at the time. She ferried me to and from work 70 miles away 5 days a week for 3 months. It sat around for a month or 2 being unused after buying the black sc400 and wouldn’t start, I was over it and sold for $100

1993 sc400 that got a manual swap, eventually twin turbos too. Blew up a couple engines and parted it out. At the time it had soaked up too much money, and my brother was telling me to let it go. In hindsight I should’ve kept it, wouldn’t mind another SC, but I think I’d keep it close to stock

Wanted reliable second car to do long projects on the sc400. Reliving the glory days of the first elantra sounded good, but it was not to be, 250k had not been kind. The engine sounded like it was fixing to blow and the trans felt off. Sold it with a valid smog a few months later. Person I sold it to abandoned it in my name, id failed to file my release of liability so I ended up paying $2000 for the “storage fee” from a tow company.

Wanted modern reliability, safety, build credit, and something quick again. Financed this, huge mistake. Paid $2k to get rid of it when I traded it in on the scion

2009 Mini clubman JCW

1996 Honda Civic 5 speed, Bought this for $1500 because the mini was too unreliable. 250k miles but she was okay, there was a drawn out problem with the seller and it took 6 months to get it into my name. Got rear ended in that time frame which made the cars money back and continued driving it for another 6 months. Sold it because it was tired, the engine knocked a little too loud for comfort on startup and the clutch had been gone for the last 15,000 miles

1979 Chevy Scottsdale 3/4 ton, 4 speed manual, Current

2016 Scion iM 6 speed, current

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > sony1492 11/10/2020 at 20:24

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My first car was a blue manual 93 Civic LX. It was a great first car, redlined many times and still pretty reliable if  a bit rusty when I sold it at well over 200k. Sadly no pics of it.

BeaterGT > sony1492 11/10/2020 at 21:12

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I may be BeaterGT but you sir, are the Beater King.

Victorinoo > sony1492 11/10/2020 at 21:29

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I’m glad you purchased something modern because those beaters were not treating you well

sony1492 > Victorinoo 11/10/2020 at 21:36

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Well my second attempt at buying into modern reliability is working. The first attempt with the Mini was deeply expensive 

FSI > sony1492 11/11/2020 at 00:39

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That's one hell of a list there. In hindsight I should have bought a beater as a first car but eh..

sony1492 > FSI 11/11/2020 at 08:42

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Beaters end up costing more

FSI > sony1492 11/11/2020 at 17:53

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My Audi has been suspiciously reliable for 2 1/2 years apart from two ignition coils. I still kinda want a Twingo with canvas roof

sony1492 > FSI 11/11/2020 at 17:57

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Otto really liked his old twingo , wasnt a canvas roof though.(didn’t realize that was an option)

FSI > sony1492 11/11/2020 at 18:14

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A rather popular option for the first gen Twingo.