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Old 06-20-2008, 08:15 PM
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Started with a 1995 Ford Thunderbird LX with a 4-speed automatic paired to a 4.6L SOHC V8. Nobody from my highschool thought much of it until some ******* with a celica gts talked **** to me. Walked him and his muffler (thing was big enough to be considered a whole other vehicle) hard in front of the whole school. Loved that car. Sold it to my cousin after I graduated and got my RX8. The T-bird had over 200,000 miles on it and still hung door to door with me every second of first gear. Awesome first car. Still runs strong from what my cousin says. No major repairs needed other than ac.

I'll never forget though when I first looked into selling the T-bird. I check the odometer and it says 146,XXX. Yikes. So I go back into the house.

Me: Mom, I'm gonna need a new car soon!
Mom: Why?
Me: Cuz the T-bird has over 146 thousand miles on it.
Mom: No it doesn't.
Me: Yes it does, I just went outside and checked the odometer.
Mom: Erik, the odometer has been broken for like 4 years.
Me:
Old 06-21-2008, 12:35 PM
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Old 07-22-2008, 12:43 PM
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90 Honda CRX Si 5sp
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95 Mazda MX-3 4Cyl 5sp
04 Mazda 6S 6Cyl 5sp
93 Honda Del Sol Si (Car Show)
NOW: My baby 05 RX-8 Grand Touring Package

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Here are some more:
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Old 07-22-2008, 01:00 PM
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98 Integra type r
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02 Lancer es

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Old 07-22-2008, 01:03 PM
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Here is my Mazda 6S pics:
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And Finally My last an ONLY RX8:
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Old 07-28-2008, 01:55 PM
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72 Kawi Triple
74 Kawi Triple
78 El Camino 350 4 spd 10 bolt posi
81 RX7
83 Kawi Spectre
83 350 Power Nissan Extra Cab PU 4X4
83 Scirroco
83 Suby Brat 4X4
83 Suby GL wagaon 4X4
86 Suby Wagon 4X4
86 Suby Wagon 4X4
86 Nissan PU 4X4
87 Suby Wagon 4X4
91 Legacy Turbo
91 s-10 blazer 4X4
91 H-D Sporty
96 Suzuki Katana
96 Astro 4X4
97 Suby Legacy GT , 2 of them
06 STI...
Oh the STI, I miss it the most, protuned, Wicked Fast!!!
now a little humble 04 RX8, sigh....
Old 07-28-2008, 05:10 PM
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My baby 1967 mustang fully restored by myself and my dad.
1997 dodge ram 1500
2001 nissan altima
Now my second baby 2004 rx8
Old 07-29-2008, 01:27 AM
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2002 trans am ws6
Old 07-29-2008, 01:35 AM
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1992 nissan sentra with nasty wheel spin so much blood/sweat/tears


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02 honda accord 4cyl auto... still got it drive it around when i wanna save on gas and not really goin anywhere important
now i got 04 rx8 gt
Old 08-01-2008, 04:26 PM
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Old 08-01-2008, 05:25 PM
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G35 coupe

my previous car was a 2005 G35 coupe with Volk SF-challengers, staggered
Injen CAI , complete Brembo swap, with drilled/slotted rotors and SS brake lines, as well as more suspension upgrades then I care to lists
and to top it all off I had the Stillen stage 2 supercharger on it for 6 months which they claim bumbed it to 410, never had it dyno'd

the car before that was a 1995 Nissan 300zx, bone stock but boy do I miss that car, I kind of felt about that Z car like I do about the RX8 today
Old 08-01-2008, 05:47 PM
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where should i start, it all started back in 98 i had purcahced a 88 ford escort,quickly followed by an 86 daytona turbo z(junk) had to buy a beater for worj when that wasn't running so i got a 89 escort gt(very reliable) shortly followed by a 95 v6 auto camaro (had for 6 months traded out of cuz it sucked ***)bought a 95 z28 camaro lt1 6spd was alright kinda slow (14.3 @99.9mph spinning) got rid and bought a 99 z28 camaro ls1 6spd sport appearance package , tht was alot better (13.50 @ 105 mph with k&n and flowmaster)sold it bought yet another beater a 93 plymouth duster 3.0 v6 5spd (made an alright work beater) drove it only a couple months bought a 2003 eclipse gt 5spd and put 50,000 miles on it and traded it in on 2004 pontiac grand am gt sct put 95,000 miles on it , never broke anything so felt it was time to get rid of it traded in on a leftover 2007 crystal white pearl 6spd rx8 and i have to say i love it ,butneeds about 50 more horse though , oh and don't forget the 99 gsxr 600 or the 2003 gsxr 750
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Old 08-03-2008, 08:08 PM
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1986 Mini Cooper Special - 1st Car
2003 DC5 Honda Integra Type R - 2nd Car (Sold)
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 7 (JDM) - 3rd Car
2002 Nissan Skyline GTR R34 M-Spec Nur - 4th Car
2004 Lotus Elise 111R - 5th Car
2004 Mazda RX8 Ti Gray GT - 6th Car

I still own all the above cars except the Integra.... The cars are all back home in Sri Lanka except for the RX8 which i own over here in the USA...
Cheers!
Old 08-03-2008, 08:14 PM
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^^^An Sti, a lotus, a skyline AND an rx8...
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Old 08-03-2008, 10:23 PM
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1: A 1994 Green Hyundai Excel - first car, before the dawn of digital cameras. I do have an... analog pic but am to lazy to scan that in.
I donated that to my mom at around the 120k mile mark. She finally ran it into the ground just a few months ago, says she replaced it with an 85 VW van, I have yet to see it. I got rid of the excel when I got:

2: 1994 Eagle Talon. That baby had a massive 100 hp. Not much more I can say about it, really. I thought it was cool at the time. But it had 190k miles on it by the time I was done with it, and I started commuting 140 miles per day, so it was time to get a newer and safer car that would be able to handle a couple of years of highway driving, which lead to:

3: 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. I was interested in the 2nd gen tiburon as soon as I saw photos of them. Sadly I only got the 4-banger because gas-mileage, even a difference of only 5-6 mpg meant a lot to me (the 170hp V6 got ~25 mpg highway). I got 31 mpg in this car on almost every tank. Sometimes even 32 and 33 mpg, so that frugal choice paid off big time... back when I thought $2.00 per gallon was steep. It had a pretty sweet setup with a sliding sunroof and even leather seats. After a couple of years, my new GF, now wife, told me it was "not a real sports car", which broke my heart. A couple years later she made me get this:

4: 2005 RX-8. I thought I would miss my last car. Maybe with something else I would have, but the 8 basically stole all my affection immediately. The 8 makes the old car feel like a kid's toy.
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Old 08-05-2008, 07:47 PM
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2006 Cobalt SS (non-supercharged)
1996 Camaro Y87
2003 Alero Coupe

All of them were stick.
Old 08-09-2008, 01:43 AM
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1994 Ford Probe GT that I bought new.
I loved that car... excellent handling, decent power. Was a great vehicle in it's time. now i have plain for buy new car....
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98 dodge stratues
88 trans am
03 nissan sentra ser spev v
then i got my lov 04 rx8

have some prject cars with my dad also 57 shevy,my trans am intill i sold to my uncle which had a 350 with a crane cam holly crab full 3 in custom exhast i got the trans am for a old chevy motor that was laying around and the cam from a buddy that totald his trans am paid 20 bucks for lol all this before i was 20
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From oldest to newest:

1990 300ZX TT
1995 Camaro
2000 SVT Lightning
1996 SVX
2006 WRX
2006 RX-8
Old 08-09-2008, 09:23 AM
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first car was a ferrari 360 modena...then upgraded to Lamborghini Murcielago, then downgraded to my now current RX8...
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Falling on hard times? lol sorry couldn't resist. Guess that's a testament to the RX8, considering someone would "downgrade".


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