What's your previous rice ride?

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thrash
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Post by thrash »

i suppose i should share mine..

first car.. 1985 vk commodore.. loved it to bits.. even though it had so many problems.. only mod i know of were performance extractors and exhaust system.. sounded fanbloodytastic.. i do miss the instantanous torque.. but i don't miss the stopping for petrol every 3 hours.. i've actually watched the fuel gauge drop an 8th of the way or so while trying to find parking in a westfields carpark on a busy day :S

for some reason i can only find pics of the rear :S

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second car.. 1991 holden nova (corolla really) the most efficient and reliable beast to ever walk the earth.. but a tad gutless.. but this one did really well though.. had done almost 300,000 kms, and the engine was still running strong.. i even had to make a trip once from northern sydney to bowral on the southern highlands, and on the way back, i pushed it to 160 some of the way :twisted: 5 gear, engine at 5500 rpm...

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but i needed something with a bit more power than the corolla, and a bit less thirsty than the commodore.. so i gots myself a starion
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
OLD FART
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Post by OLD FART »

Hey Thrash I'm told the way you drive that was the only view that anybody got of the VK Commodore LOL :beer
I've had mine since 03 07 92
85 JB 2323cc DOHC 4G63
THE OLDER I GET THE FASTER I WAS
GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
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thrash
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Post by thrash »

lol, oldie.. who told you that??

unfortunately, back in those days, it was rather true.. but i still always tried to stay within my + cars limits

i've actually completely stopped speeding now.. not because i agree that it's safer to go 60 than 70 (i still think that's a load of crap if you drive carefully), but because there are too many coppers these days looking to make extra bucks for the dictatorship we call the rta, instead of fighting actual crime.. but we've been through this can of worms many a time :)
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
Abalistic
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Post by Abalistic »

Very long time ago......1988... I had an RX3....and I sold it !!

I was 25 and stupid // smart.. I was going to die in it !!!

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JA 4g63Dash To4 Intercooled Wolf 3dv4
Jb Standard
EVO 8

Starions since 1993.
fugazi
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Post by fugazi »

Here are some of my previous rides...
Rice-rides...?

SAAB 99 turbo -80
Mek. inj. 2 liter turbo no IC or BOV but 2½" ex. and 1 small muffler!
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Is no more.... wrecked in -92

Mitsubishi Colt Glxi -89 (C50)
4G15 MPi 2½" one BIG muffler...
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Is still about somewere up north.

BMW 728iA -86 (E23)
One of 119 sold in Sweden (-86)
Bosch inj. 2.8 straigh 6, Crane cam, 2½" ex. and a VERY big 3" muffler!
ZF4hp22 auto gearbox and LSD! DAMN i miss it....
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Sold to a good home!

Colt Gti -89 (red one, C53)
4G61 DOHC 16v, 2½" from cat and a 3" muffler!
Sounded like agony at full trottle!
Traded it and some cash (10k SEK) for my Starion...
Lancer Glxi -96 (green one's my wife's)
4G92 SOHC 16v 2" stainless ex. from cat w. 2 mufflers.
The daily driver!
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"Mitsubishi Owners Day" at Mantorp park in -07
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Chased by an EVO!!!
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RWD is for Heros, 4WD is for Zeros!
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