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rick1zoo2

I wish I had a picture of my first car - the 72 red Pinto. we called it the Otnip, I rebuilt the engine twice, replace the front fender, good times.

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RKCNDY wrote:

i dated a girl that had one of those. it was silver with alot of peeling paint. don't remember if she had a v6 or v8. or much else about the car. drove it a few times, and it was alright.

had a friend in college that had a honda prelude. that was a fun little car.

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

i dated a girl that had one of those. it was silver with alot of peeling paint. don't remember if she had a v6 or v8. or much else about the car. drove it a few times, and it was alright.

had a friend in college that had a honda prelude. that was a fun little car.[/quote]

it was a V8...I only got one speeding ticket in it. What a freaking gas guzzler!

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RKCNDY wrote:

it was a V8...I only got one speeding ticket in it. What a freaking gas guzzler!

i've got speeding tickets in/on every vehichle that i've owned except the vette.

i think i was getting like 12 mpg before changing the rear gear from 2.82 to 3.54. 10 mpg was good then.

rick1zoo2

my current vehicle is older than my oldest son. he is 17. I have been trying to kill that car for years now, keeps coming back.

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rick1zoo2 wrote:

my current vehicle is older than my oldest son. he is 17. I have been trying to kill that car for years now, keeps coming back.

new yorker? right?

rick1zoo2

81 wrote:

rick1zoo2 wrote:

my current vehicle is older than my oldest son. he is 17. I have been trying to kill that car for years now, keeps coming back.

new yorker? right?

yes! with the peeling and rusting maroon paint. this morning I pulled into the parking lot at work and it died half-way into the parking space and I thought this could be it! but I managed to re-start and pull the rest of the way in. Its almost time to take it in for the annual A/C recharge.

dougfloyd

81 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

it was a V8...I only got one speeding ticket in it. What a freaking gas guzzler!

i've got speeding tickets in/on every vehichle that i've owned except the vette.

i think i was getting like 12 mpg before changing the rear gear from 2.82 to 3.54. 10 mpg was good then.

Wow! I've still got a V8 gas guzzler for the summers, but nowhere close to single digit mpg. :shock:

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dougfloyd wrote:

81 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

it was a V8...I only got one speeding ticket in it. What a freaking gas guzzler!

i've got speeding tickets in/on every vehichle that i've owned except the vette.

i think i was getting like 12 mpg before changing the rear gear from 2.82 to 3.54. 10 mpg was good then.

Wow! I've still got a V8 gas guzzler for the summers, but nowhere close to single digit mpg. :shock:

high was like 18mpg on a trip to chicago from ohio. that was with cruise and driving conservative.

then i put on headers, intake, carb and rear geared it. it was a lot more fun, but mileage was pretty bad. i lived less than a mile from the office, so it wasn't to painful.

Jason P

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Jason P

81 wrote:

That was my first car!

It actually asked you to fasten your seatbelt and would thank you afterwards. Very classy and impressed the ladies.

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

last one



mine was red. but it was the best $300 i ever spent on a ride. rode that thing year round for like 5 years during college and for a short time after. crazy

after meeting 81...I just can't seem to picture him riding a bike...

rick1zoo2

81 wrote:

off by about 10 years

dougfloyd

81 wrote:

high was like 18mpg on a trip to chicago from ohio. that was with cruise and driving conservative.

then i put on headers, intake, carb and rear geared it. it was a lot more fun, but mileage was pretty bad. i lived less than a mile from the office, so it wasn't to painful.

I have an '02 Trans Am that I put headers & exhaust on, but I've working from home for the past 2 years so the mileage doesn't really matter much anymore, seems like I never leave the house.

When I was little my parents had a white Corvette that looked a lot like the pictures posted earlier. Then supposedly they had to get rid of it to fit a car seat into something (my dad still blames me for this ). So they want from the Vette to this (in bright yellow):

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RKCNDY wrote:

after meeting 81...I just can't seem to picture him riding a bike...

5 years, year round. rain, wind, sunny, freezing, sleet, hail, snow flurries.. i did it all. let me just say, the worst is brain freeze in teh winter. hail sucks too when you are getting pelted at 55mph by pea hail. ouch

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dougfloyd wrote:

81 wrote:

high was like 18mpg on a trip to chicago from ohio. that was with cruise and driving conservative.

then i put on headers, intake, carb and rear geared it. it was a lot more fun, but mileage was pretty bad. i lived less than a mile from the office, so it wasn't to painful.

I have an '02 Trans Am that I put headers & exhaust on, but I've working from home for the past 2 years so the mileage doesn't really matter much anymore, seems like I never leave the house.

When I was little my parents had a white Corvette that looked a lot like the pictures posted earlier. Then supposedly they had to get rid of it to fit a car seat into something (my dad still blames me for this ). So they want from the Vette to this (in bright yellow):

poor parents.

i would have just put the car seat in the storage area. i know it holds a 32in tube tv...gotta hold a kid.

Leyna Minai

81 wrote:

last one



mine was red. but it was the best $300 i ever spent on a ride. rode that thing year round for like 5 years during college and for a short time after. crazy

Nice! You ride anymore?

unlost dogs

dougfloyd wrote:

So they want from the Vette to this (in bright yellow):

Is that a Chevy Citation?!?

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Leyna Minai wrote:

81 wrote:

last one



mine was red. but it was the best $300 i ever spent on a ride. rode that thing year round for like 5 years during college and for a short time after. crazy

Nice! You ride anymore?

not for 14 years. i look, but thus far haven't been able to pull the trigger on something. it's the cheap gene still have my license.

dougfloyd

81 wrote:

poor parents.

i would have just put the car seat in the storage area. i know it holds a 32in tube tv...gotta hold a kid.

Hell back in the 80's did kids even have to wear seat belts or anything? Just throw em in the back and tell them to hold on! Or if you're in the front seat you've always got your mom's arm to reach out and protect you if you have to stop suddenly

dougfloyd

unlost dogs wrote:

dougfloyd wrote:

So they want from the Vette to this (in bright yellow):

Is that a Chevy Citation?!?

You know it! That's how we rolled for a while

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

after meeting 81...I just can't seem to picture him riding a bike...

5 years, year round. rain, wind, sunny, freezing, sleet, hail, snow flurries.. i did it all. let me just say, the worst is brain freeze in teh winter. hail sucks too when you are getting pelted at 55mph by pea hail. ouch

I went to a concert with a guy who took me on his bike. It was right around Halloween...that was a freaking cold night! If I ever ride a bike again, I'm gonna make sure I wear a full face helmet, none of that bubble helmet shit.

Leyna Minai

81 wrote:

Nice! You ride anymore?

not for 14 years. i look, but thus far haven't been able to pull the trigger on something. it's the cheap gene still have my license.[/quote]

I understand what you mean! You got your eye on anything? I love the old classic style!

norm

dougfloyd wrote:

81 wrote:

poor parents.

i would have just put the car seat in the storage area. i know it holds a 32in tube tv...gotta hold a kid.

Hell back in the 80's did kids even have to wear seat belts or anything? Just throw em in the back and tell them to hold on! Or if you're in the front seat you've always got your mom's arm to reach out and protect you if you have to stop suddenly

only time i've been in a vette was in 1977-ish...it was my friend's dad's car...convertible...i sat in the "middle back" as we blasted down the freeway at vette-like speeds...i miss the 70's

green mountain man

norm wrote:

dougfloyd wrote:

81 wrote:

poor parents.

i would have just put the car seat in the storage area. i know it holds a 32in tube tv...gotta hold a kid.

Hell back in the 80's did kids even have to wear seat belts or anything? Just throw em in the back and tell them to hold on! Or if you're in the front seat you've always got your mom's arm to reach out and protect you if you have to stop suddenly

only time i've been in a vette was in 1977-ish...it was my friend's dad's car...convertible...i sat in the "middle back" as we blasted down the freeway at vette-like speeds...i miss the 70's

Back in the 70's about 10 of us would pack in to a yellow van with KEEP ON TRUCKIN painted on the side.
All of us were underage, Schlitz beer cans all over, 5 joints going at once, and when the local cops would pull the van over they would let us go. Have times changed

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Leyna Minai wrote:

I understand what you mean! You got your eye on anything? I love the old classic style!

something sporty...

i had a hankering for an FZ1 and just couldn't quite agree on the price. he kept wanted more than what he listed it for. :roll: but as i think about it, an R1 would be fun.

i also like the triumph 955i daytona. i've also thought about the sv1000s.

Leyna Minai

81 wrote:

Leyna Minai wrote:

I understand what you mean! You got your eye on anything? I love the old classic style!

something sporty...

i had a hankering for an FZ1 and just couldn't quite agree on the price. he kept wanted more than what he listed it for. :roll: but as i think about it, an R1 would be fun.

i also like the triumph 955i daytona. i've also thought about the sv1000s.

Triumphs are gorgeous bikes! Mine is super tiny..because I"m a tiny person. But i'm hoping that once I get a really good handle on it, I can move up to the 600. I've wanted the GSXR, but now i'm leaning towards the Yamaha R6!

unlost dogs

dougfloyd wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

dougfloyd wrote:

So they want from the Vette to this (in bright yellow):

Is that a Chevy Citation?!?

You know it! That's how we rolled for a while

Yeah baby!

I had one, brand-new.

1982. It was white, and got a special blue "racing stripe" painted down the side. The interior was plushy blue.



Alas, it proved to be one of the most unreliable cars every produced...

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Leyna Minai wrote:

Triumphs are gorgeous bikes! Mine is super tiny..because I"m a tiny person. But i'm hoping that once I get a really good handle on it, I can move up to the 600. I've wanted the GSXR, but now i'm leaning towards the Yamaha R6!

both the R6 and suzuki are nice bikes..but being the guy that i am...i have to have the big fast bike.