Anybody out there love their cars as much as their wives??? (or husbands for that matter!) My baby is a 78 Honda civic...So far I have changed the stock 1200 engine to a 1600 with a weber carb and 5 speed transmission...did the body work and painted it bright red...lowered it about 2 inches...pulled out the stock seats and put in seats from a 91 prelude. Its not the quickest thing around but I have had it up to 200 kmh...no small feat for a car that could only do about 90 when new! I love my car!

<font color="cyan">I love my car so much! It's been featured on a website, and a local magazine, but its changed appearance a bit now, so I wont show you!!</font>

Well, I'll be the first to confess - I love my girl more than my car [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I find myself constantly having to fix it or take it somewhere to be looked at. There's always something - worn-out brake pads, screwed oil filters, flat tyres, crappy suspension - it becomes an expensive joke. Then there's speeding tickets; I pick them up all too easily, and having to watch my speedometer all the time isn't something I want to have to deal with. I do enjoy driving when there's an open road ahead of me and I haven't got any worries, especially if it's a nice day and there's a good song playing in my car. But tending to the mechanical side of things and constantly debating whether it'll get me from A to B overshadows the fun of it a lot of the time.

My girlfriend, on the other hand, is a lot simpler. Saying "get me a sandwich" is so much easier than dragging a '95 Hyundai to the garage after yet another worn-out fan belt :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Cars and women = bad combo (he he)!

Ok I'll run and hide now.

<font color="cyan">There's your problem!!!

*Posted by Lavindathar on Beau's account*</font>

[ 07-07-2003, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: Beaumanoir ]

<font color="cyan">There's your problem!!!

*Posted by Lavindathar on Beau's account*</font> </font>[/QUOTE]I was going to say the same thing but didnt have the heart!

My stable includes a 67 F100, 65 GTO, 92 Cherokee, a 71 Pantera, and a few other "projects."
Seems like every time, I step out of the house I'm buying a new project. I sold my '55 Vette a while back and picked up the Pantera. Well, now that's almost done.
But no matter how many cars I bring home, none of the ones I have complain. Can't say that about women. [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="cyan">There's your problem!!!

*Posted by Lavindathar on Beau's account*</font> </font>[/QUOTE]I didn't think Hyundai's could break the speed limit. :D

That's not a car, it's a vehicle. There's a BIG difference. [img]smile.gif[/img]

But Lav - you drove a Peugeot 205! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And you others - try being nineteen and having no budget [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color="cyan">Sorry about the really bad picture, the good quality one was 500kb!

http://www.arcdelta.com/bradcar.jpg

Thats my car!!!!

Ford Fiesta
XR2i Front & Rear Bumper
Ford Mondeo Estate Spoiler (it's huge!!)
OZ Polaris Alloys
Clear Side Repeaters
Various Decals
Colour Coded Interior
Excellent Sound System (2x180watt Pioneer Rear Speakers,2x110watt Kenwood Front Speakers,1x500watt Pioneer Sub,1x500watt Kickers Amplifier,1x350watt SPLX Amplifier, 1x Sony Head Unit with 4x50watt Amplifier)</font>

[ 07-07-2003, 08:39 PM: Message edited by: Lavindathar ]

"And you others - try being nineteen and having no budget"

Try living in Denmark.

<font color="cyan">Try being 18, with 2 write-offs, when insurance in this country is already much, much too high!</font>

Got a couple Subaru grocery getters (wife drives Outback and I've got a Legacy GT Limited), a 68 Mustang 351w long term project, and a moderately modified 96 Z28 (Supercharged 383 and too many other mods to mention, hoping to go Twin Turbo someday) that's my baby. I can't say I lover her more than the wife, but there are days... [img]smile.gif[/img]

"I can't say I lover her more than the wife, but there are days... "

Made me laugh (crappy day aat work) [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

<font color=green>I haven't even gotten my car yet, but i know that iam going to love it more then any girl i have ever loved. I am going to be getting a 2003 lancer evolution. i already have the mods. i want for it. so after about 4 months my car should be running 12's easily. Iam going to be putting an evo 4 body kit. iam going ot make it look like the lancer off of Intial D the anime. i can't wait till i get home so i can get my baby. it is the only thing keeping me sane here.</font>

Cars Cars Cars!!! i luv my cars and theyre much more reliable than guys

<font color="cyan">I like you Cazzie....</font>

Cars and women have a lot in common.

They both require large amounts of cash.
They both start to show their age after a few years.
Both require endless time to maintain.

But at least with cars you can trade them in for a newer model when they get old. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

LOL, so true Animal.

In the past, I've owned Mustang Mach 1's, and Camaros but I currently own a '92 Plymouth Acclaim (2.5-4 cyl) with 300k on the clock. I'm currently looking for a mid-nineties Civic donor car to transplant a 1800cc Integra GSR block I'm building into (preferably a '96).

You just know the wrong type of guys [img]tongue.gif[/img]
You know where I am if you ever want anything reliable :D

lol as if! i kno u [img]tongue.gif[/img] ...i prove my point,so stop talkin crap shadow ur soo not reliable

haha yeh well its only my opinion because of my experience between guys n cars so u kno...

<font color="white">Wow! </font color><font color="yellow">Animal</font color><font color="white">, you have a <font color="lightgreen">De Tomaso Pantera</font color>?<font color="white"> Awesome, its one of my favourite cars( one I aspire to own someday ) especially the GT5, 0-60mph in 5.5 seconds. Your '71 Pantera is probable one of the very first ones around as it was launched the same year. It definitely must have been a more than worthwhile trade for your Corvette. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

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I would have kept the vette too. But thats because I'm in the club. Animal seems to trade the old ones in for OLDER ones! Big talk!
http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/f/burnout.gif

I didn't actually trade the Vette, I sold it and then picked up the Pantera. I was originally looking for a Mangusta, but good luck!

Sooner or later, I'll get bored with it, and I'll start looking for something else. :D