Your parents' ride

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 27 Aug 2005, 23:54

Tunerfreak wrote:My Dad has a 600hp turbocharged Holden Monaro HT Drag car.
He also has his work vehicle, an old Nissan Skyline R31 Wagon. But soon hes selling it for something better.
He also owns an old Mitsubishi Lancer that hes buiding up to be a circuit car.

And Mum owns an origanal Holden Commodore senetor VR that has been lowerd quite bit.

My Parents are definitly not bad with their cars. Dad own a buisness called Autotec Tuning and it is the biggest performance car buisness in Southland (NZ)

Hehehe cheap parts for my car

HAHAH

your a funny guy tuner ROFL. i almost threw up laughing. your being sarcastic right

AZ · Post by AZ » 28 Aug 2005, 06:41

2000 Black Alfa Romeo 156 with 155 hp.

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 28 Aug 2005, 06:57

Focer wrote:I see you know a lot about cars, so let me ask you opinion of Ford Probe. All of my friends who are mostly DSM fans say that it's a pease of shiznit, and I think that it's pretty good for a stock Probe GT to smoke a 4.6 stang on stick

I call b.s., or there was something seriously wrong with that Mustang.

Oh, if you're interested in the Probe, avoid one with an automatic transmission - it kills the preformance (a 5-speed I4 is as fast as an automatic V6). Meanwhile, it doesn't have the overall potential of a DSM, but it's also not as eccentric. It's also the same car as the Mazda MX-6, which broadens the possibilites, a bit (I doubt it's got any connection to the Escort, short of a few small irrelevant parts, although if there is, I'd like to see it).

BTW, why do your friends say it's a POS? Is it solely because of the performance, or are there other reasons (I'm not entirely certain how reliable the Probe is, although I didn't recall it being notoriously bad).

Tunerfreak · Post by **Tunerfreak** » 28 Aug 2005, 07:08

donaldgladden wrote: HAHAH your a funny guy tuner ROFL. i almost threw up laughing. your being
sarcastic right

Actually im being serious. Dads Monaro is an old muscle car with a turbo and it sound really funny because you can hear the turbo winding away at high rpm and then the blow off valve is pretty loud too. Its a massive turbo and its really loud.

Erikjef_24 · Post by **Erikjef_24** » 28 Aug 2005, 22:45

my dad doesn't drive and my mom has a 2002 Ford Windstar. They keep saying I'll end up with it, but there's no way in hell I'm drivin a minivan.

Rigga · Post by **Rigga** » 28 Aug 2005, 23:09

Erikjef_24 wrote:my dad doesn't drive and my mom has a 2002 Ford Windstar. They keep saying I'll end up with it, but there's no way in hell I'm drivin a minivan.

You can always give it to me

Focer · Post by **Focer** » 30 Aug 2005, 05:21

thingfromthedepths wrote:Never in my life have i driven a ford. Only ever German cars...thats wierd =\
Apparently the probe is a heap of shiznit. Its got the same chassis as the old escort lol.

I think that ford probe is made on same base as maza mx-6, and who told you that it has same chassis as old escort, and did they even made escorts in america?

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 30 Aug 2005, 05:25

Focer wrote:
thingfromthedepths wrote:Never in my life have i driven a ford. Only ever German cars...thats wierd =\
Apparently the probe is a heap of shiznit. Its got the same chassis as the old escort lol.
I think that ford probe is made on same base as maza mx-6, and who told you that it has same chassis as old escort, and did they even made escorts in america?

They did make Escorts in America, or at least sell them there (I know that they were made in Mexico for a long time). Hell, I just bought an Escort. It's just not the European spec Escort. But, yeah, I'm pretty certain that the Probe and Escort have little to nothing to do with each other.

And, yup, the MX6 uses the same chassis and engines as the Probe (with the second generation, at least, the MX6 was a little more softly sprung).

Post by **Pabl0z** » 30 Aug 2005, 11:40

My dad drives a dark green '91 Saab 900i 16v (about 130bhp)

.
There's 375tkm on the meter. And it's rusty as hell.

Well you can't see the rust untill you get a bit closer, but there's a lot of it hidden.
But my dad is searching for a new ride all the time. Maybe i'll get that old car for myself because there's no point in selling that because you can't get any money for it and it still runs

.
I think my dad is either gonna buy an old Saab 900 Aero (185bhp or more) next if he can find one that is in mint condition or then he's gonna buy a Saab 9-3 Turbo (used).
He says he's gonna drive a Saab until his friend who fixes up his cars retires.
So probably another 10 years.

baadmw · Post by **baadmw** » 30 Aug 2005, 13:15

cool, saabs are grate cars, we considered on buying a 9-5 but we bought the bmw 5 series instead. my father has had a saab sometimes in the 70's (i dont know the model but i know it's called "vauhtisÃ¤mpylÃ¤" in finnish so i think you know what kind of saab it was

)

_cant_stop_ · Post by **_cant_stop_** » 30 Aug 2005, 14:09

mum: land rover freelander '98
dad: daihatsu charade '90

chimpzrl · Post by **chimpzrl** » 30 Aug 2005, 15:16

The late '80s and early '90s Escorts had more in common with Mustangs than Probes.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 30 Aug 2005, 16:39

baadmw wrote:cool, saabs are grate cars, we considered on buying a 9-5 but we bought the bmw 5 series instead. my father has had a saab sometimes in the 70's (i dont know the model but i know it's called "vauhtisÃ¤mpylÃ¤" in finnish so i think you know what kind of saab it was )

The model was probably the 96. It also has a nickname "pulkka".

Focer · Post by **Focer** » 31 Aug 2005, 00:16

Hecubus wrote:
Focer wrote:
thingfromthedepths wrote:Never in my life have i driven a ford. Only ever German cars...thats wierd =\
Apparently the probe is a heap of shiznit. Its got the same chassis as the old escort lol.
I think that ford probe is made on same base as maza mx-6, and who told you that it has same chassis as old escort, and did they even made escorts in america?
They did make Escorts in America, or at least sell them there (I know that they were made in Mexico for a long time). Hell, I just bought an Escort. It's just not the European spec Escort. But, yeah, I'm pretty certain that the Probe and Escort have little to nothing to do with each other.

And, yup, the MX6 uses the same chassis and engines as the Probe (with the second generation, at least, the MX6 was a little more softly sprung).

You're right, a lot of people complained about Probe's suspencion, exept the 1997 model I think

, but I know that the '93 model wasn't perfect in its suspencion.

underoath285 · Post by **underoath285** » 07 Sep 2005, 23:55

My Dad's everyday driver.....2000 Astro ES

My Mom's everyday driver......2005 Chrysler 300c Touring

My Dad's toy......1969 Camaro RS/SS 396....recently took out the original motor and installed a bored and stroked 427...which makes a 496.....tons of HP!!!

the_kid987 · Post by **the_kid987** » 11 Sep 2005, 03:21

mom- hooked up 2000 4 door civic (used to be my brother's, thats why its hooked up)

dad- 1998 pontiac transport montana

other car-2000 BMW 328i

bro's car-hooked up 1995 acura integra

nosfreak1 · Post by **nosfreak1** » 13 Sep 2005, 07:45

If any1 is till here my parents drive

mum: toyota previa

mgf roadster 1997 with a momo gear stick

dad: bmw 325i 1993 with 18 inch bbs wheels reiger exhaust and engine mods he said a motec or soemthing it goes like stink!!!!!!!!!!!

toyota hiace 1988 lol

rusted and was 500$

Olgierd K · Post by **Olgierd K** » 13 Sep 2005, 20:54

Why not

I can tell

Kia Pride 1995

earlyer dad had a Citroen C15 D ;] yeah i know it's crap but what can i do :/

P.S Someone wrote about drug dealers ride

In poland they drive usually sh*t like Ford Mondeo, VW Golf (I to III), Opel Astra, Fiat

, Daewoo

, FSO Polonez ( don't even try to search for it

) Opel Corsa A, B, C, cheap and old Peugeots

and that kind of stuff coz in poland is lots of weak rides so BMW X5 would look suspiciously

DeSantos_MKII · Post by **DeSantos_MKII** » 18 Sep 2005, 12:52

My Mom : Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 (2004) 4G63 N/A (same EVO but non-turbo)
My Dad : Isuzu Pick-up truck

Lambo-Mac · Post by **Lambo-Mac** » 18 Sep 2005, 13:10

We just got a new ride 3 days ago

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donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 18 Sep 2005, 22:56

YAY my father just got a Dodge Daytona from this Used car lot; weird if you ask me since the car is realy old and in a Used car lot. hes going to tube it out and put a Dodge Charger engine in it if he can even fit it into that darn thing lol. i cant wait to see the face of a Civic owner when they think its a little 4cyl but it really is a Torque monster!

chimpzrl · Post by **chimpzrl** » 19 Sep 2005, 20:12

My neighbor has a Daytona. He says he has a turbo (he does), but says it's running around 20 lbs. of boost. I'm pretty skeptical.

WhereIsTheNsx · Post by **WhereIsTheNsx** » 19 Sep 2005, 20:16

my grandfather (they count right) just sold his old busted up stingray he's had since it came out, he should of waited i would have so fixed that car up

YamahaATV · Post by **YamahaATV** » 19 Sep 2005, 20:30

Here is my dad's car it was just washed then it rained

He put after market rims on it I think they are pretty cool

TheNoobofFerraris · Post by **TheNoobofFerraris** » 19 Sep 2005, 21:33

Mom- 2004 Pontiac GTO Dark Blue

Dad- 2000 Ford F-150 Silver