What do you all do with your 86 for fun?
 

And how do you enjoy the car?

Void my warranty :burnrubber:
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For me personally I enjoy the things that pulled me to the car in the first place: the handling, and the tail-happy rear. I have some nice wide wheels and tires which make it very difficult to get sideways in unless I try, so now whenever I'm on a back road I floor it through everythinf and live in 2nd and 3rd gear doing 6500+ RPMs. There is such an exhilarating feeling that comes with knowing that your car can handle ridiculously sharp turns and eat the road like a 900k sports car.

Hahahaha hell yeah. You have a build thread?

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It's cause our cars are priceless! 😊😊

Car is still new to me, but I enjoy everything about it. It was the perfect choice for me. I always look forward to driving it to work and from work. I even look outside the window at work and just smile. Sometimes I find myself trying to find something to do just so I can drive it.

Drive to work (for 14 hours a week)!
Watch everybody stare at me and walk into things.

So this must be what some women feel like.

How many miles do you have on your car already?

Hot lava is probably quite the contrast to all the snow and greyness in the winter.

Run the mountain roads around my local area and drive new ones attempt to find others to enjoy... Car was made for this! WOOT!

For fun I like to take a walk to the garage and look at my car sit there during the winter, while I watch my bank account drain of car and insurance payments....sometimes Ill sit in the drivers seat and imagine it's spring time

Just over 14K. Took it in for my first oil change at about 7 weeks after I bought it and was still a few miles over the requirement.

Actually in the dim winter sun it looks more brown than orange. It gets washed every couple of days though.

Conversely, the 15's Halo white looks awesome in the snow. Quite good looking too when the dirt and grime from the road covers the cars lines and accentuates them.

There was no sarcasm in this post.

Ok I thought you had a lot more, I was around that within similar time frame.

But back to the topic I like taking back roads with traction and stability control off doing some spirited driving. Or just driving around town looking at people admire my car.

Actually just went and checked as the number didn't sound right. I am at exactly 17646. I usually average just under 4000 a month but the 3 week shut down at Christmas and bad weather over the last month have brought that way down for YTD. I will make it up again in a hurry once I get back to 2 or 3 times a week heading to Windsor or Detroit.

Another track day guy here. Back when I lived closer to some awesome roads, I'd go out with friends on weekends, but I moved and the roads around here suck, so mostly track days now. Really great way to enjoy our cars, but expensive.

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Until it's covered in salt and mud, then it looks like everything else.

In order of most common to least common...

1. Work on it
2. Drive it when my DD is down (which has been over a week now, damn it)
3. Drive the piss out of it on the fun roads around my house
4. Autocross
5. Hopefully soon... track days

Still easier to find in a parking lot!

I finally understand what it's like for the Northerners... I was just given a company truck last week so I don't get to daily my 86 anymore :thumbdown: She just sits in the garage, lookin' gorgeous, begging me to do some work on her and push her to the limits on some backroads.

All I keep hearing is "it will be great for the value of the car though!" and "now you won't rack up miles"... blah blah blah. I can't wait for the weekend. :burnrubber:

"Some" Northerners!
The rest of us bought a car to drive, not park for 5 months!
Resale value can just screw off!!!!!!!

I just want the car to last; the amount of salt and sand they use on the roads here, coupled with the numerous pot holes and all the ignorant drivers taking chances on icy roads, just isn't worth it to me to use as a DD during winter

I don't own one yet, but it's no harm in dreaming... but just having a fun car again, and I want to take it around the track 3-4 times a year.

Living in Bako, I have the option of taking many scenic backroads to much nicer places in California. Lake Isabella / The Sequoias, Paso Robles / Napa, etc.

Sadly I haven't done that since getting the car due to work. Second weekend of March I'm taking a 2 hour road trip to Lake Isabella to do some sightseeing. It's all on this back road:

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Can't wait.

That picture just made me sad!!!!!!

I am not worried about sand and salt anymore as my last 3 cars drove many winters with no ill effects (they are not 1980s Fords anymore). I am lucky to be in an area with pretty good roads though so that could certainly be a consideration for you.
Bad drivers exist all the time not just winter and that is what insurance is for.
Probably the clincher for me not worrying about driving in the winter is that I only keep my cars 4 years and move on to the next anyway so I am not trying to protect it and would rather be driving!

When I get mine, I'm not planning to put it in autocross and tanacross until the next year because I plan to at least get it ready for it. It doesn't mean I won't have fun taking it around corners though. :party0030:


I might be in the market for a second (or even third) one by then, so I might just buy yours off of you. We'll see. :thumbup:

Rubbles convert well right? I know USD doesn't. :bellyroll:

You may not want it by then!
Will make some teenager happy though since it will probably go straight to auction like all my other trade ins do.
High mileage and crap from 98% highway driving take a serious toll on my cars.

Who knows? How high of a mileage do you usually end up with before you get rid of it? It sounds like a good candidate to be turned into a rally car, which is what one of my plans were for one of the FR-S I acquire. Besides, I'm still a teenager at heart. Turning 25 for the 8th time in a few months!

This is how i've felt all winter. It has been a very light winter here but most of the twins owners around here just park them unless its completely dry out. Which makes me kind of sad because I feel you can enjoy this car all year round. With good snow tires it is a blast to rip around in the snow.

I guess panzies cant handle a RWD car in the snow :burnrubber:

I get why the guys that want to keep them a long time or it is their first car don't want to drive them.
But... damn people it is a $30K coupe not a $350K exotic.

But, it'll get dirty! :confused0068:

I for one like to wash my car before each drive then wash, polish, and wax afterwards. Sadly, this just isn't feasible or time efficient in the winter...

Got a card and mine gets washed every couple of days. Lasts about 1/2 a mile most times unless I go straight home and park it.
Bitch when it freezes to the ground afterward though.

I look at mine in the garage and think about driving it for 6 months of the year, the other 6 months of the year I look at mine in the garage and try not to drive it much because I keep telling myself its getting miled out.

Go figure.