What you used to drive (before eco-modding)

[Sven7]

I still own all my cars. The other two are

81 Rabbit- lowered, short shifter, cat delete, A/C delete, '79 Westy front end.
Usually 27-28mpg while hammering on it.
On the old wheels:


65 Ford F100- stock with low miles on the 352 V8 and three on the tree. Red interior with vinyl bench seat!
I daily drove this last summer for a couple months and got 14-15mpg

[pete c]

'74 mustang II - It was the mach 1 version 4 speed solid lifter v-6. an utter POS. not one of ford's better ideas.

'78 fiesta - awesome little car. a blast to drive and it was the sport edition with a racing stripe and a pop out sunroof. loved that car.

83 honda nighthawk 550 - my first new vehicle. had a great time on that thing. should have kept it, but with winter coming I traded it on a ...

'80 fiesta - this one ran a little stronger than the first, but, it was a POS. bought from a shiester used car dealer. had damage from a previous accident and electrical gremlins that probably were related to the crash.

'79 toyota supra - i thought this thing was the cat's ass when i bought it. a buddy ran it low on coolant a few weeks after i bought it and it developed a rod knock. that's when i got to learn how to rebuild an engine....twice. never, ever put main bearings in with the oil passages blocked. they're kinda important!

'80 f-150 - aka, the beverly hillbillies truck. prior owner put a very stout wood bed on it with pickup side tool boxes for side rails. it was so ugly, it was cool. bought it for 500 bucks, ran it about 4 years and sold it for 550!!! awesome truck. dirt cheap to work on.

84 accord hatchback - awesome car other than the worlds most complicated carb with approximately 27 miles of vac hose. when it ran right, it was awesome. when it didn't, the cat glowed so hot, i thought it would melt the car.

'86 taurus wagon - got lucky as it was one of 12 made with a decent auto tranny. served us well for over 100K miles. saw it a few years later being driven by the woman who bought it from us. it just wouldn't die.

'86 taurus wagon - first was so good, i bought another....with the biggest POS engine ever made, the ford 3.8 v-6. a little more torquey than the trusty 3.slow, but, it was a POS.

'85 dodge d-150 - last of the indestructible slant sixes. loved that truck. ran perfectly. then the smog plumbing pipe rotted out. i pulled the smog pump, it still passed emissions. so, i chucked the smog system. next year, it failed. couldn't get it to pass, didn't want to put money into it so i sold it. should have just parked it for a few year until it was exempt from emissions. i am certain that thing would have outlasted me.

'97 mercury villager - best car i ever owned. daughter wadded it up a week after she got her license. put over 100K on it without a bit of trouble.

'91 accord - great car. more fun to drive than new sonata. unfortunately it had those ridiculous motorized seat belts that started acting up. that, a cracked windshield and a few other things and i sold it. shouldn't have.

'09 sonata - only new car ever bought. great car. probably won't buy another new one though.

'02 grand caravan - i got lucky on this one. tranny still shifted like new after 120K. probably the single best example of the AOD transaxle mopar ever made. sold because we just didn't need a minivan anymore and my daughter was going broke feeding it.

'97 ranger. great truck if a bit nutless. looked good till a suicidal buck tried to run through my radiator last fall.

'97 saturn SW2 - awesome little car so far. daughter likes it.





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[Kodak]

Drove a '99 Ford Taurus in high school. Never once did I calculate my FE - or pay for gas on a regular basis. Too bad. That could've been a lot of fun.

[pete c]

Originally Posted by Kodak

Drove a '99 Ford Taurus in high school. Never once did I calculate my FE - or pay for gas on a regular basis. Too bad. That could've been a lot of fun.

I would gladly give up the fun of paying my own fuel bill and trying to figure out how to lower it!

[nimblemotors]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP063...eature=related

This was my first ride, looked almost exactly like this one, in fact, maybe this was my old car? Got 12mpg

This was my first car I bought myself, identical to this one, but my car was a four speed instead of automatic. My first mod was making the bucket seats fully recline, this was not common in car until many years later.
Let's see, after the engine rebuild and 780 carb, it got about 10mpg..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdst...eature=related

Jack

[Gealii]

Originally Posted by Kodak

Drove a '99 Ford Taurus in high school. Never once did I calculate my FE - or pay for gas on a regular basis. Too bad. That could've been a lot of fun.

not really Taurus during that generation were not that great on FE and tended to have low 20s mpg. i had a 96 Taurus which was literally falling apart at 118k i traded it in for a car with more power and better FE

[pete c]

Forgot the other taurus I had. 93 SHO. That thing was a blast and had it been vailable as a stripped down taurus, it would have been a great car. The yamaha DOHC V-6 just begged to be run to it's 7400 rpm rev limiter. Driven conservatively (if you could), good running ones could get close to 30 mpg. I suspect an agressive hypermiler might squeeze 35 out of it. Unfortunately, they all came loaded which meant all that fancy stuff stopped working like power seats, climate control system variable speed fan and leaky sunroof.

I finally sold this for the same reason as the dodge. failed emissions and i didn't want to sink the money into it to get it to pass.

[1carnut]

1968 Dodge Polara
1973 Ford Capri
1973 Pontiac Firebird
1977 Chevrolet Camaro
1986 Toyota Celica (NEW)
1978 Ford F150
1987 Toyota 4X4 (NEW)
1985 Toyota 4Runner
1979 Pontiac TransAm
1981 Toyota Corolla
1980 Chrysler Lebaron
1987 Toyota MR2
1985 Toyota Pickup
1994 Honda Civic EX (NEW)
1995 Toyota T100
1987 Honda Civic CRX
1997 Honda Civic LX (NEW)
1998 Audi A4 Quattro
1994 Honda Accord LX
1998 Acura Integra GSR
1994 BMW 318ic
1995 Volvo 850 Turbo
1993 Audi S4 Turbo Quattro
1998 Chevrolet Prizm LSI
2004 Acura TL
2005 Nissan Altima
1993 Acura Legend
2007 Mazda 3 Grand Touring Hatchback (NEW)
2005 Hyundai Elantra GT
2004 Honda Civic Si
2007 VW Rail Buggy

[hoopty_yo]

Had:
'75 Toyota Hi-Lux lowrider -seafoam green, chrome nose, fiberglass visor, tint, color-matched Ranger wheels

'89 Mirage sedan - midnight blue, limo tint, 15" Starion wheels w/195/60/15s (had 175/70/13). Chopped off the ugly muffler and tossed a glasspack behind the cat with a 4 1/2" tip dropped over the rear axle. Awesomely slow with a 3spd auto and 1.5 single cam.

'85 Nissan 4x4. Standard cab, short bed. White. No bumpers, black roll bar. Navy 626 seats, Sentra sunroof. Harley Screamin Eagle 2 into 1 chrome muffler with second inlet open. Actually sounded good and always had good back pressure.

'93 Nissan Altima - Tan. Only car I never messed with. Totalled by a Super Duty by way of an Explorer (plus I hit a Subaru in front of me)

'93 Chevy C1500 longbed - Victory Red - Supremes w/stock size skinny whitewalls. 4.5 front drop/5.5 rear. Scratch-built long-tube 4.3 headers, dual 2" exhaust about 6 feet long, no cats, no mufflers, chrome turn-downs.

'79 Yamaha XS750 Triple

Currently:
'99 Saturn SL2
'99 Olds Alero
'99 Tahoe
'94 GMC C3500 Crew Cab Dually


'71 Super Beetle(first car - still in the back of the garage)too many mods to list
'71 Z-28
'80 Suzuki GS750 bobber
'88 Isuzu Trooper- the beater - 33x10.50 Boggers, home-made lift
More pics may come, but Photobucket uploader is fighting me

[mcrews]

may 1975:
1966 Mustang: coupe, 200ci straight 6, baby blue. Got summer 1975 Drove all thru college. Replaced tranny 2 times. Rebuilt head, Repainted Med Blue from baby blue. Lowered front end to Shelby Specs, rear sway bar, nylon bushings front & Back, Clifford Headers 3-2-1, split uot to GT exhaust tips. Pioneer indash AM/FM CB. Custom Cruise Control. Had an led mpg trip gauge that I got at sears.
1973 Mustang coupe 351c 4bbl, automatic. Very fast.
1979 Mustang Pace Car 2.2Liter Turbo, Recaro Seats, Michelin TRX wheels & tires. Paid $4k sold for $5.5k (smoked the engine twice under 36k warrantee)
1979 Mazda RX7- Street also raced in SCCA SOLOII
1982 Chevy Cavalier- Loaded.
1986 Pontiac 6000 STE Very cool car. Loaded. Everything. Suede Grey leather interior, HO V6 etc
19?? Audi Coupe Red/blck interior
1984 Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburg edition 2.2liter/5speed from the Audi 5000s power everything.
1981 Audi Coupe
1985 Audi 5000s
1987 Mercedes 300td
1966 mustang 6 cylinder
1986 cutlass fwd
199? Lincoln Mark VII LCS with hotrod package(????? Forgot what it was called) recaro type leather fully adjustable seats, Mustang HO 5 Liter
1997 Toyota Avalon
1999 Jaguar Vanden Plas
2002 !Infiniti Q45 Sport
2007 Kia Sportage