Your Other or Former Rides

[CarbEnvoy]

Does this look familiar?

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[DAlastDON]

2007 Nissan Maxima. Purchased June 2007 with just over 8000 miles on it.



After another driver ran a red light and i t-boned them.

 

[corky]

this is the car i just picked up for the misses. Used to have a bmw convertable but to much rain up here is hard on the top and people cutting into it to steal stuff. This is a 2005 mercedes slk hard top convertable, its a blast to drive.

 

[jsheahawk]

this is the car i just picked up for the misses. Used to have a bmw convertable but to much rain up here is hard on the top and people cutting into it to steal stuff. This is a 2005 mercedes slk hard top convertable, its a blast to drive.

Pretty. Which engine does it have?

Jared

 

[JamesL3]

First car: 88 Cavalier SW
Then:99 Civic Lx, 94 Escort SW 00 Accord LX coupe 5sp., 83 Cadillac Seville, 97 GTI, 94 S10, 76 C10 stepside, 94 Cougar xr7, 83 S15, 91 Firebird, 97 Intrepid, 87 Rx7, 10 Focus SE 5sp., 00 Grand Voyager, 91 Astro -> current : 04 Buick Rainier.
Wife's: 88 Civic Lx, 97 Grand Am GT, 04 Grand Am GT.

 

[corky]

Pretty. Which engine does it have?

Jared

It has the 3.5l v6, 268 hp. Which for the small size and weight of the car is enough to get it moving really fast really quick.

 

[telsea]

1992 Toyota Camry 5spd 182,000 miles. I've had since 1996. My college graduation gift.
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2002 Envoy 137000 miles. Bought in 2004.
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2003 Suzuki Bandit 8000 miles. Bought it brand new in 03.
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[amweaver47]

The TrailBlazer was my first car but I bought my 2nd in about November. A 1971 Ford Mustang convertible in need of repair. It was a very nice car that had an engine fire. Why I settled on one of the least-liked body styles I'm not sure, let alone one that was on fire, but I saw it and got a warm fuzzy feeling about it so I own it. After seeing the car in person I knew I made the right choice. The body lines on this car are just something else; there are sections of it that look very Corvette Stingray-ish. Plus the NASA ram air hood (although its warped from the heat) just looks spectacular. It was a 302 car but it will be replaced with a hot rod 351 Cleveland if I get my way.

How it sits today


How it looked in about July of last year



Damn car guy mentality, always have to have a project. I need to get going on the tear down though, maybe it can be done by this time next year.

 

[Trios]

My other ride:

Camping!! (not long after I bought it, and before I removed the fake scoops and the 'Z06' emblem that it doesn't deserve)

 

[Sparky]

I was going to put new brakes and my new wheels on the car but I was dumb and ordered the wrong brakes. Oh well, new wheels went on anyway because I was tired of waiting!

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Those are sexy

 

[nieman88]

first Car. got it for Xmas 2006 senior year of high school.
1986 Olds Cutty Supreme. I miss it soo much.
check it out, our Very first TB in the BG. hahaha. Parents traded that one in for a newer Red one not long after. then traded the red TB for a Equinox.
I cant drive the Equinox. So many blind spots.

2006
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[RayGumm]

My previous car: what a POS! but I liked it. got GREAT mileage and was every bit as fun and fast as a miata hardtop.

1993 Mazda MX-3 1.6L I4
5 speed manual
hideous 'Z' Racing wheels (that I did not put on the car - they came with it)
K&N filter
Desperate need of a paint job, but I wasn't gonna do that. waste of $$ on a $900 car

Ran and drove great the 2 years I had her, had an issue with a stripped spark plug hole that I fixed, and when I bought it I did shocks, exhaust, & brakes all the way around, and that's it. Finally got rid of it when it developed a REALLY serious ignition timing issue 1-3 cylinder misfire at times - I never fully diagnosed it but I replaced the coil, ICM, Cap & rotor, plugs and wires all to no avail. My thinking was a bad distributor itself. Sold it to some poor kid for $800. His dad was pissed. Kept sayin "it's your money..."

Anyway, here she is. These pics were taken so I could sell it.

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[chethro]

My XUV is my DD but the 4runner below is my new back road toy.




Here are a few of my old favorites.

 

[wehowardjr]

I hope this thread isn't so old that I can't add one of my former rides.

This was my pride and joy back in 2008. A Carfax revealed that it was well maintained and only had 1 owner.

I always loved this picture

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

1993 ZJ V8 I grabbed dirt cheap. Not sure what I will do with it, but did give it one day of pampering and it changed for the better I think

Before







After

 

[danj]

I am a bit of a vehicle pack rat. At the moment I have

1949 Studebaker R5 Pickup I6
1950 Plymouth Deluxe (All original) I6
1950 Plymouth Deluxe (Soon to be hot rod)
1977 Pontiac Firebird 400cid V8
1978 Lincoln Town Car 460cid V8
1986 Lincoln Town Car 302cid V8
1993 Ford F150
1994 Chevy C10 (Also soon to be hot rod)
1995 Chevy Astro
1995 Chevy S10 Blazer - Mud truck in the making
1997 Chevy S10 Blazer - Wifes Truck
1997 Isuzu Trooper
1997 Chevy K10 5.7L
1997 Nissan Maxima
2000 Mercury Sable
2000 Chevy Silverado 1500 5.3L
2000 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
2004 Chevy Trailblazer LT (Parting out)
2007 Chevy Trailblazer LT
And a few other motorcycles, atvs, and boats.

I wouldn't have enough time today to list all of my previous vehicles. As a hobby I fix up and sell a lot of cars.

 

[BlazingTrails]

I have had a few cars over the years, I will post them in the order I had them.

89' pontiac 6000le auto 2.4
47' Jeep CJ2A manual 4 speed
82' Datsun 720 Diesel sd24 extended cab manual
93' Chevy Cavalier, 2.2 manual
87' Nissan Pathfinder 4x4 v6 manual
95' Honda Accord Coupe, 2.2 manual
81' Buick Park Avenue, 307, auto
97' Honda Accord Coupe, 2.2 vtec, manual, turbo 480 whp
84' Chevy G20 conversion van
05' GMC Sierra quad cab, 5.3 auto
05' GMC Envoy, 4.2 auto 4x4
96' BMW M3 Sedan, 3.2, auto dinan stage 3 package
01' Mitsubishi Galant 2.4 Auto
02' KIA Sportage 2.2, auto 4x4
89' Mazda b2200 pickup, ext cab, manual. converted to mercedes diesel auto.
03' Honda Odyssey EXL 3.5 auto loaded -Current
05' Chevy Trailblazer LS 4.2, auto

 

[BC backroader]

My current 2nd vehicle, now used for work, is this '04 Sierra 3500, bought new in Sep. '04 as a replacement for the '94 Sierra 2500 big block, that was destroyed when some a'hole ran a red and t-boned it, with my wife driving it, just 3 blocks from home.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Pic of the wifes 05 Grand Caravan. She loves it and I dont fully hate it with the kids n all.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Gave the DD a new set of rollers.

 

[Mesoholics]

My DD

Another friends' and my new project, 88 740 Wagon that is getting a Supercharged 5.0 / T5 swap, yeah yeah I know... We are going with the 5.0 because we have 95% of the parts lying around already and we are looking at a sub 2k budget for the entire project. We got this super clean (for a 25 year old Canadian vehicle) for $450 and drove it from the guys house to mine with 0 issues.

 

[smitty5150]

Explorer is my other vehicle. Other are former....trailblazer was the favorite. I have more to upload but I'll have to wait so I'm not double posting.

 

[BlazingTrails]

So I came across some photos of my Honda Accord from around 2002. Yes it was riced out but TBH it was cool and in style back then lol

Enjoy

I had another Honda Accord at the same time I was building a turbo set up to put in this one. Neither was my daily driver I had a 2005 Sierra (not pictured) for my daily.

This was nowhere near finished. FYI

 

[Rogue92]

Alright, I'll bite. I saw all the cool vehicles on here and thought I'd throw in the few I've owned/driven since 2008.

First up, my grandmother's 1992 Ford Tempo. Tiny car, great on gas. Drove it until I saved enough money during high school to buy my own. Sadly, it was totaled by my grandmother as her Alzheimer's set in two years ago.

Ignore the geek in the picture, that was six years ago after all!



Next was my 1997 Buick LeSabre Limited that was MY first car. Bought it my senior year in 2010, and man was that thing a tank. I owned it until 2013 and sold it since I didn't drive it much anymore. Bought it with 109,000 miles on it, sold it with 125,000 miles on it. Loved that car.


Bought my TrailBlazer in 2011 after sliding into snow ditches in my Buick on county highways that never got plowed in the winter I regularly drove. I really wanted/needed (same thing, right?) something with 4x4. Still own it to this day and love it. Bought it with 85,000 miles on it, today it is almost at 109,000 miles. I was extremely happy to pay it off a little over a year ago


Lastly, my other toy that I bought last October (that I share the street with my Trailblazer) is this 1997 Chevy K1500 Silverado, 5.7 liter Z71. I have been in need of a work truck for weekend/hunting/other adventures, and my father's 1988 K1500 was being used more by him. So I picked this beaut up with 145,000 miles on it, and today it is about to hit 150,000. Downside was I had to get the intake manifold gaskets done within the first month of owning, but it's been solid since.

Future vehicles? Once I establish myself career wise, I'd really like to get a late 70s/early 80s K10 pickup and K5...but that will require much more money to maintain/restore I think...

 

[dkvasnicka]

The 9-7X is my fourth car (which makes me a total noob as I see here ). Of the previous three (1998 9-3, 2000 Volvo V40, 1998 9-5) I've owned the only one that's worth showing off is the 9-5 (some 2 years old pic)

It was the Griffin model, which I believe was not available in the US. It had the asymetrically turbocharged V6 (which was used in the V6 SE sold in the US) and in terms of features it was basically the most expensive and luxurious Saab offered at that time. Specific wheels not available on other trims, ventilated seats as standard (first car in the world to have them, even Merc had to pay royalties to Saab to use the patent). Saab even had a network of "Griffin Circle" clubs for rich customers I, of course, bought the car when it was quite old, but it ran and served exceptionally well.
The V6 had a beautiful sound and the small turbo provided enough boost to make it lively and at the same time it was not noisy. It was the ultimate sleeper car, a perfect freeway cruiser. The only "problem" was that it had a heavy engine up front and it was FWD with a comfy suspension = going through curves was not something it would be very good at, definitely not compared to a 9-7X with its harder suspension and RWD.

 

[badazzbulldog]

 

[badazzbulldog]

 

[badazzbulldog]

 

[badazzbulldog]

these are some of my former rides above the last one I still own thats my sierra 3500

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Wife's new to her 09 Traverse

 

[Mooseman]

Ah, memory lane! My all time favourite. 1978 Z28, 350 small block, Holley Street Dominator Intake with modded Q-Jet, 350HP cam, roller rockers, 4 speed, posi 3.73, rear disks, dual turbo exhaust w/headers, traction bars. Best time I ever got was 14 in the 1/4 mile.

Miss her dearly

 

[RTTBLT1]

My other current vehicle

My other current vehicle

 

[DAlastDON]

 

[TB_n00b]

Used to ride a Cobalt SS/SC. It was fun, but sucked in the snow, even with snow tires.

 

[DAlastDON]

 

[littleblazer]

My first car.

 

[Denali n DOO]

My 2010 Maxima 3.5 with winter rims and tires. It has the sport package, 19" rims, sports suspension, hid headlights with black leather interior. Color is crimson black and it changes in the Sun. Generally is parked in the garage for the winter but I do put snow tires on just in case we have to drive it. It hadn't seen any snow or salt this season until last week when I had to drive it to work one day. Ran it through the car wash and put it back in the garage.

 

[Bow_Tied]

My fun car.

 

[xavierny25]

My old lady 1995 Range Rove 4.0 se. Loved it but it was such a money pit. One of the easiest v8 I've ever had to work on though. The parts prices are insane though. I 2 tuned her with factory Roman bronze and black 2 yrs before I gave her away.