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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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i have a 08 civic si coupe and 95 toyota pickup
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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the Z is my daily driver through the spring and hot months and stored the rest. But just sold a 06 STi which was my "beater" Now on the look for something else.


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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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2003 Acura RSX type S
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:20 AM
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You guys got some nice DD "beaters".

I roll in a 95 S-10 that's not even worth the bandwidth of posting a pic...now that's a beater!
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:13 AM
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:28 AM
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'88 chevy stepside derp derp or my mountain bike
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 03:08 PM
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07 X5... Z is my weekend warrior.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 122554
My Z! Porsche stays in garage.
that would be nice

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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 03:28 PM
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Daily drive the Z.

I tried to DD my 240, but the Z was too hard to resist. Sold the 240 to someone who will actually drive it.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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About 8 months ago I decided driving a boosted Z all the time isnt a good idea and gets crap gas mileage, so I bought a 96 volvo 850 turbo.

Its actually a pretty cool little car. a 2.3l I5 turbo. Its very mod able and can hit 280-300whp pretty cheaply.

If anyone is looking for a cheap, fairly quick, and fairly reliable DD I definitely recommend one.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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2001 Jeep Cherokee Limited, 3.5" lift. It's my beater for the winter, and the Z is my dd spring-fall, so long as there's decent weather. Z is great, but the one and only time I drove it in the snow was a white knuckle ride for the entire 20 mile trip.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by evil00017
About 8 months ago I decided driving a boosted Z all the time isnt a good idea and gets crap gas mileage, so I bought a 96 volvo 850 turbo.

Its actually a pretty cool little car. a 2.3l I5 turbo. Its very mod able and can hit 280-300whp pretty cheaply.

If anyone is looking for a cheap, fairly quick, and fairly reliable DD I definitely recommend one.
I know the old owner to this car haha, still on D2 coilovers?

my DD is a 2007 Versa
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Same here, my Z is my beater. The 350z is not exotic or expensive enough to worry about how often I drive it. I can just buy another.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 07:09 AM
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Summer - Z (For Sale) & Honda Sabre 1100 Cruiser

Winter - Subaru Impreza (For Sale) & Jeep Grand Cherokee

Forthcoming All-season ride - BMW 335xi or Audi S4.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
I know the old owner to this car haha, still on D2 coilovers?

my DD is a 2007 Versa
Thats cool. Yea still on D2s. Actually everything is the same on it. I added a tuned ecu. I am planning on doing some more stuff to the volvo down the road. The car has had minor problems but nothing I couldn't fix. I really like it for a dd.
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Wow! there are some nice beaters out there.
That 06+ STI for a winter beater would be my ideal beater right there...I'm envious.

In MY reality, I've got a beat up 240SX (S14 Zenki) for my winter beater. Cosmetically not so pretty + **** suspension + and bone stock most everywhere but it's got a sound KA engine and transmission so...for a 17 year old car I get 27MPG (in winter) so I'd say it's doing pretty good.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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Depends on the weather I have two cars and one bike besides my Z...

2004 Grand Cherokee, V-8 Limited (tows and lugs a ton of stuff around)

2005 Suzuki SV650S (rapes all corners)

2012 Focus Hatch, Sport package (38mpg and fun as $hit to drive, surprisingly)
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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My Z gets driven daily, it's too fun not to. I have an 02 Avalanche for bad weather or when I need to haul stuff around.
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 10:44 AM
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95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo (4.0L). Great condition w/ 111k miles. Was my grandfather's - will probably keep it for a damn long time.

Getting my Z out of storage tonight... I miss her
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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I drive my Z everyday because all I really do is drive like 2 miles to high school everyday and then about 2 miles to work a few times a week. Apparently some kids at school were thinking about keying my car just because I have that kind of car... i wish they would... but also the drivers at my school are idiots.They never look back when backing out of spaces and I've almost been hit several times. It's a risk I'm willing to take
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