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BEHOLD! My glorious new toy!

Posted: 2004-01-05 12:43pm
by Col. Crackpot
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i pick it up today after work! yippee!

it gets 38 miles per gallon. take that you saudi bastards!

Posted: 2004-01-05 12:46pm
by Chardok
pfft. Here's MY car (Not mine but looks EXACTLY the same. Right down to the color/hubcaps! :shock: )

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Posted: 2004-01-05 12:48pm
by Col. Crackpot
those old Subarus last until the end of time.... or at least until they have 300,000 miles on the odo and the catalytic converters burst into flames.

Posted: 2004-01-05 12:58pm
by Chardok
I took care of that, though. No cat=no flames. Engine seems to like the lack of an O2 sensor, too. ~32 MPG not too shabby for a nearly 20-year-old car.

Posted: 2004-01-05 01:08pm
by Col. Crackpot
arrrrgghhhh! it won't be ready until tomorrow. the guy who runs registrations to the DMV is out. Stupid Massacgusetts and their damned no temporary plate law!

Posted: 2004-01-05 01:22pm
by Nathan F
Col. Crackpot wrote:arrrrgghhhh! it won't be ready until tomorrow. the guy who runs registrations to the DMV is out. Stupid Massacgusetts and their damned no temporary plate law!
You don't have temporary tags? Ah, isn't red tape and bueracracy great?

Posted: 2004-01-05 01:51pm
by Col. Crackpot
Nathan F wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:arrrrgghhhh! it won't be ready until tomorrow. the guy who runs registrations to the DMV is out. Stupid Massacgusetts and their damned no temporary plate law!
You don't have temporary tags? Ah, isn't red tape and bueracracy great?
the problem is i live in Rhode Isalnd and i bought the car in Massachusetts. Evidently there is some law in Mass. that does not allow dealers to give out temporary tags even if the buyer is from a state that allows them. On the plus side i can now drive 20 minutes to Massachusetts and buy booze on Sunday.

Posted: 2004-01-05 03:24pm
by The Cleric
HAHAHA!!! I get 10 more mpg, and it's more fun to drive stick. But I'd galdely trade; I have no power anything (steering too), and no CD player (not even tape :cry:)

Posted: 2004-01-05 03:28pm
by TrailerParkJawa
There are states where you can't buy booze on a Sunday? Haha. And you guys make fun of my state!

Col. Crackpot, congrats on a new car. I wish I had a 4 door Civic. After a while two-doors gets tiresome. Especially when you are going skiing.

Posted: 2004-01-05 03:51pm
by Col. Crackpot
TrailerParkJawa wrote:There are states where you can't buy booze on a Sunday? Haha. And you guys make fun of my state!

Col. Crackpot, congrats on a new car. I wish I had a 4 door Civic. After a while two-doors gets tiresome. Especially when you are going skiing.
Actually i thought that the liquor laws here had their roots in religious nonsense, but an Afro-American Studies professor at URI set me straight. At one point we were the anti-puritan state and booze flowed freely. Liqour sales were banned in RI in the 18th century to prevent people from getting piss drunk and protesting against the rich Yankee mill owners on their only day off.

back on topic, my wife has one too and it has 125,000 miles on it and still runs like a new car. Honda's are damn near indestructable. (although apparantly mine is Canadian-made so we shall see :P )

Posted: 2004-01-05 03:57pm
by Zoink
I would've went with the 2 door. :P

;)

Posted: 2004-01-05 04:01pm
by TrailerParkJawa
My 97' Civic has around 127K on it. Still running well. It needs a check up though. Just put new tires on for 200 bucks. Cant beat that. My friends BMW needs tires that are $250 each. Haha.

Posted: 2004-01-05 04:04pm
by Lt. Dan
Nice looking car. I think I'm getting a car from my mom and dad for my birthday. Sad thing is my birthday was yesterday. It better be a car or I'm not gunna be happy. All they said was "We're working on your gift." All I got was a card.

Posted: 2004-01-05 04:42pm
by The Cleric
Lt. Dan wrote:Nice looking car. I think I'm getting a car from my mom and dad for my birthday. Sad thing is my birthday was yesterday. It better be a car or I'm not gunna be happy. All they said was "We're working on your gift." All I got was a card.
That means they're building you a playhouse.

Posted: 2004-01-05 05:30pm
by Lt. Dan
Ooooo...a pent house...











You said pent house, right?

Posted: 2004-01-05 05:35pm
by DPDarkPrimus
Why is it I wished you were a girl when I saw the thread title? Hmm...

Posted: 2004-01-05 05:40pm
by Wicked Pilot
Behold, this is what I drive:

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Posted: 2004-01-05 05:48pm
by Col. Crackpot
Wicked Pilot wrote:Behold, this is what I drive:

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grrrrr


*mounts a ZU-23 to my trunk. HA! take that!

Posted: 2004-01-05 05:53pm
by Chardok
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Bang.

Posted: 2004-01-05 06:00pm
by Col. Crackpot
very good chardok! now get me my acetelyne torch!

Posted: 2004-01-05 06:46pm
by Chardok
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Poof!

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Your tanks.

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Safety first!

Re: BEHOLD! My glorious new toy!

Posted: 2004-01-05 07:05pm
by The Morrigan
Col. Crackpot wrote:i pick it up today after work! yippee!

it gets 38 miles per gallon. take that you saudi bastards!
Bah! I prefer my trusty Daihatsu Charade.* It can fit sideways into parking spaces, is capable of reaching speeds of up to 140Km/h in favourable wind condtions and it has these cute little red racing stripes down the sides that make it go faster.

* No, really.

[nose grows another few inches]

Posted: 2004-01-05 07:52pm
by Crayz9000
Well, this is basically how my current ride looks:

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Except that thanks to the previous owners, it has mag wheels and a gradient paint job, i.e. it goes from burgundy at top to black at the bottom.

Well, OK, the hatchback latch is also broken; the bolts tore loose, making it a royal pain in the ass to close it. It also has no sound system, because the previous owners were thoughtful enough to in-cautiously remove it. (They shorted out the instrument lights in the process.) :roll:

Posted: 2004-01-05 11:53pm
by Hyperion
Nice ride. Can't beat Hondas.

(Btw, Wicked Pilot, I'd take your ride in an instant. It'd be great to fly. The freedom of the open road is one thing I live for, I can only imagine how it feels to have the whole open sky as your own.)

Posted: 2004-01-06 02:48am
by Vertigo1
My ride. :)

Seriously though, congrats. I'm not exactly a big fan of hondas (mostly due to the local ricers), but if you like it then more power to ya. :)