What kind of cars does everyone have?

snotpmah

Beautiful Audi and great place to live. Where was that pic. taken- downtown, or Barracks Rd. area maybe?? I used to live in Forest Lakes North, and my neighbors were the nicest people I could imagine-mainly military families. Wife and I couldn't take the gray skies though, and we had to move back to Sarasota.

jflail2

snotpmah wrote: »

Beautiful Audi and great place to live. Where was that pic. taken- downtown, or Barracks Rd. area maybe?? I used to live in Forest Lakes North, and my neighbors were the nicest people I could imagine-mainly military families. Wife and I couldn't take the gray skies though, and we had to move back to Sarasota.

Thank you sir.

And nice catch. That's actually downtown. I don't live there anymore but that was at Tarleton Square on High Street.

Barracks Rd is a MESS these days. I won't even go there if the students are in school.

Yea, lots of NGIC (national ground intelligence committee) folks up in the Forest Lakes area; that's a nice little strip on 29N, and close to the airport, which is convenient.

Hah, gray skies?? I assume you mean winter time. Summer is blazing hot and blue skis for sure.

snotpmah

Yes I am speaking of the winters. I guess you do get spoiled in S. Florida...(in the winter, at least)

That said, by the time Aug. hits down here, we're not smiling anymore. C'ville is a great place to escape the FL humidity.

Fatwalnut

My babys

squeeb

Mine - '03 Expedition (sits in the garage most of the time)
Wife - 40th Anniversary Grand Prix - bought it off the showroom for her for a surprise Christmas gift.
My DD - '90 Accord w/ hail damage. Only 100k miles - got it from my mother-in-law when she couldn't drive the manual any more. 30 mpg's beats the Expedition.
'97 Altima w/ 150k - oldest drives
'02 Taurus - next oldest drives

Can't afford anything newer with 2 teenage drivers!!! :frown:

PrazVT

I've got my little 2008 Mazda3 S hatch 5mt. My dad's been trying to pawn off his loaded '09 BMW 335i on me, but it's not stick so I've inexplicably turned him down a few times lol.

I'm waiting to see the next Golf R or the next Audi A3 sedan.

Otherwise, I did upgrade the sound system a little. Pioneer AVH-P5200BT, Alpine amps, Infinity reference components (f), Infinity reference 2-ways (b), and a Rockford Stage 1 sub.

danger boy

my pimpin' ride



don't laugh it's paid for.. :eek:

JimAckley

24 hours ago, I would've told you a 2004 GMC Yukon XL 2500HD, but 12 hours ago I was run off the road and sideswiped a power pole and gas main, and my Yukon is totaled :mad: Here's my truck a few months back:



I also have a '68 Pontiac GTO. That's my dad in the background:





Depending on what happens with my insurance because of the accident last night, I'd like to get either one of these...

'04-'06 Sierra 2500HD w/ the Duramax


Dodge Charger SRT8, preferably 2007

ryanjoachim

Brand + name of mine - P.O.S.

1995 Chrysler something or other...I think.

bobman1235

JimAckley wrote: »

Depending on what happens with my insurance because of the accident last night, I'd like to get either one of these...

What fuel costs?

AsSiMiLaTeD

Heh, well either of those is going to get better mpg than the Yukon he had. I saw (and heard) that thing a while back, I bet he could see the needle drop when he drove it...

Sorry to hear about the wrecked Yukon Jim, quite an impressive truck.

PaulOne

Nice ride. Always good to have a feel-good car.

I have a 1995 Red Mitsu 3000 GT VR-4 twin turbo. It's in good shape and fun to drive in the Rockies which is at my back door. Have a cool sound system too - play lots of Blues.

JimAckley

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

Heh, well either of those is going to get better mpg than the Yukon he had. I saw (and heard) that thing a while back, I bet he could see the needle drop when he drove it...

Sorry to hear about the wrecked Yukon Jim, quite an impressive truck.

TBH, considering it had a 496 ci big block and weighed 7000-7500ish lbs., it got decent mileage, 10.5 mpg average, 14 mpg highway. It could pull a stump out of the ground and could absolutely embarrass any other Yukon or Yukon XL out there in every performance aspect except for gas mileage. In short, my dream machine.

Moving up to a Duramax-powered truck will give me even more torque on tap with the capability of almost double the gas mileage. Diesel trucks are VERY easy to tweak for serious performance. It's not unrealistic to get over 20 mpg out of a diesel truck with 650 lb/ft torque available.

The Charger... well that's all pure fun. And it gets about 19-20 mpg, so it's still better than my Yukon.

In reference to fuel costs, they're not bad for me because I work close to my house, and it's all highway-travel.

PerfectCreature

My car?
2003 Pontiac Grand Am.
Color? Metfire Red.





System.



Anyway. For the car, it has the 3.4 SFI engine, it has a short ram intake, it will have a Pacesetter exhaust later this summer I found a car at a junk yard that has it and plan to take it off and place it on my car one the snow is gone.
It has a JVC XR610 radio, Phoenix Gold fronts and rears. Polk Sr 10 inch sub.
Rockford Fosgate {Punch 400-4.JBL BPX 500

JimAckley

I love those JBL/Crown amps. I wanted to put the A6000GTi in my Yukon someday, but that's obviously out of the question now. Do you get much trunklid rattle with that up-firing?

MarkTX

SDA SRS 1.2 wrote: »

Mine: 2011 Corvette Z06
Wife: 2006 Mini Cooper S
Ours: 2007 Honda Accord

nice taste, here's mine:

SDA SRS 1.2

Beautiful Z06 MarkTX!

dave shepard

JimAckley wrote: »

Moving up to a Duramax-powered truck will give me even more torque on tap with the capability of almost double the gas mileage. Diesel trucks are VERY easy to tweak for serious performance. It's not unrealistic to get over 20 mpg out of a diesel truck with 650 lb/ft torque available.

In reference to fuel costs, they're not bad for me because I work close to my house, and it's all highway-travel.

Good luck with getting over 20mpg. I have never seen that. With mine having 36gal tank that would meen that I should be able to go 720mi before I run out, total crap. I don't care what the overhead readout says.

JimAckley

dave shepard wrote: »

Good luck with getting over 20mpg. I have never seen that. With mine having 36gal tank that would meen that I should be able to go 720mi before I run out, total crap. I don't care what the overhead readout says.

Mainly via reprogramming your ECU, and a physical part here or there. My buddy's Cummins dually 3500 gets 24 hwy, my other buddy's Duramax gets 22. They all reprogrammed and put in an exhaust. The guy with the dually has a lot of Banks Power products.

zingo

dave shepard wrote: »

Good luck with getting over 20mpg. I have never seen that. With mine having 36gal tank that would meen that I should be able to go 720mi before I run out, total crap. I don't care what the overhead readout says.

Agreed. I had my Power Stroke 7.3L to 350hp and 650ft/lbs and never hit 20mpg even with programming, 6" exhaust, intake, etc. 35" tires didn't help, but they were only 2" over stock anyway, so they couldn't have made that much of a difference.

greyford1979

I can only dream of 20 mpg in my 79 lol...I'd be lucky to hit 10 mpg coasting down a hill in neautral

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JimAckley

I love that lifted '79. The classics are amazing. I'd love to restore one from the mid 80s sometime. That was my favorite series of them all.

Good luck with getting over 20mpg. I have never seen that. With mine having 36gal tank that would meen that I should be able to go 720mi before I run out, total crap. I don't care what the overhead readout says.

Agreed. I had my Power Stroke 7.3L to 350hp and 650ft/lbs and never hit 20mpg even with programming, 6" exhaust, intake, etc. 35" tires didn't help, but they were only 2" over stock anyway, so they couldn't have made that much of a difference.

I never rely on the in-dash readout. I always calculate it at the pump. I dunno what you're doing different from my buddies and vice versa. I'll talk to them more about it and get back at ya.

Because you went up in tire size, have you considered a differential swap yet? Had I not totalled my Yukon, I was going to swap my diffs so that the engine/tranny sees the same final ratio. It had zero issues propelling itself with the OEM 3.73s installed, but I wanted to maintain my performance as much as possible. I went to 4.11s in my '03 Suburban and it helped out quite a bit with the upgraded tire size.

On a final note, I decided to pick up a 2011 Silverado. It's a better deal in the long run vs an older model. I'm getting one with the 4.8L V8, and am planning on doing a turbo to bring it back up to power levels that will hover somewhere around the 6.2L engine's output, but with the better handling and better gas mileage of the 4.8L.

Here's some pics of what's left of the Yukon. The driver side, flawless. The passenger side. f**ked. Feast your eyes...

Untouched:
Driver's Side

Engine Bay


FUBAR:
Right side

Close up

Front right spindle, ripped off

Driver's POV

greyford1979

Thanks! I love the old vehicles, saw you had the Goat, very nice:biggrin: Too bad about the Yukon though, but at least your ok and now have another truck to replace it.

JimAckley

Yeah that GTO will get up and go. GTO... Gas Tires Oil... seems to be the 3 things it consumes with wreckless abandon :biggrin:

I found a steal of a deal on a 2011 Silverado so I decided to go with that instead of the '06 w/ Duramax. I've already got a new box planned for my 15s, a Ranch Hand Summit Series bumper replacement ordered, and am looking at new wheels/tires + a leveling kit, and plan to have it turboed by the end of the year. I'm not wasting time getting back to having a beast

epplebee

Here is my 2001 GMC Sierra and my wifes 2005 GMC Yukon Denali XL

GaryZ06

Here are a couple of pictures of the weekend toy...It's C6 Z06 that modded and puts out about 630 HP.


Here is the beast in line waiting for a standing 1 mile run....and yes I had a higher mph than the Carrera GT

concealer404

My Daily driver: 1990 Mazda MX6 GT Turbo with.... some work.





Her Daily driver: 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4x4... seen here after delivering a load of race car parts. Soon to be modified with OME springs and adjustable Rancho shocks, rear disc brake conversion, trans cooler, and a nice stereo for towing said race car.




My race car: 1992 Celica GT "HalfTrac." This is slowly coming off hold. Picked up motor a couple months ago, will combine with the block currently in the car for a 2.2 litre stroker capable of 800-1000whp if i ever decide to put a big enough turbo on it. Only looking for about 400whp with a nice FAT powerband, though.




Her/Our race car: 1993 Escort GT. Build thread here: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/yeah-yeah-i-need-to-add-this-to-readers-rides/34254/page1/




Most recent acquisition: 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata with Flyin' Miata "Big Enchilada" kit, upgraded turbo, and a Hydra Nemesis 2.5 standalone Engine Management System. ~270whp + 4.10 rear end + 6 speed = holy hell.

Here's a link to the set with about half the pictures from the trip. I flew out to Oceanside, CA and drove it 3,000 miles home.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66868738@N05/sets/72157627415582543/


Rest stop at 12.5k feet by concealer404, on Flickr

Willow

Willow wrote: »

SUV- 06 Nissan Xtrail SE 53437miles on it
Fun car - 05 Mazda 3 gt 5dr 70712miles on it
What ever sedan - 98 Nissan Altima GXE 70836miles on it

Xtrail is gone now and so is the mazda3
We now have an 07 Ltd Rav4 as our dd
98 Altima
Best of all not a car payment!

steveinaz

Looked long and hard at the Chrysler 300, but decided to go with the JGC Laredo. We're looking at the next house being on some acreage, so I wanted a 4x4. I have the Laredo Pentastar V6 (290hp) 4x4 with Outdoor adventure pkg (Trail rated) 4x4 selec-terrain system, Quadra-Trac II. I also got the tow pkg w/self-leveling rear shocks.

Pictured here with my serious off-road vehicle, Suzuki King Quad 750axi:

WagnerRC

My pride and joy