Favorite Car Besides Your Twin

[FR-S 264]

Originally Posted by FNCrazy

Are you going to make him work off the price of the car?

That's question number one.

#2. Can I borrow your twin?

[Twinz]

Originally Posted by FR-S 264

That's question number one.

#2. Can I borrow your twin?

lol.

This happened early in the week before ZdayZ officially got started, I ended up driving other people's car's on the mountain for the rest of the week.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by FR-S 264

Bought mine in 77. I remember that the tranny was noisy in the same way the FRS's is. It sure needed a 5th gear!

By the time I killed mine, I had spare sets of both door windows and regulators, spare half shafts, and a long block. I swapped out the original speedo which started at 15 or 20 mph and the tranny for a 5-speed from a 280. Kept all the original parts.

[FR-S 264]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

By the time I killed mine, I had spare sets of both door windows and regulators, spare half shafts, and a long block. I swapped out the original speedo which started at 15 or 20 mph and the tranny for a 5-speed from a 280. Kept all the original parts.

We drove it for 5 years, and sold it for what we paid for it...it was bullet proof for us save routine maintenance.

I owned a 67 1600 Roadster from Datsun as well...not bullet proof at all...it sucked all my resources and broke down often, but was lovely to drive on a sunny day in Southern California. Side note: was easy to push off the road when necessary!

[Talus1]

For me, its a toss up. (The pics aren't mine, but the colours are right). The Corolla was great fun to carve through traffic, playing with the revs between the torque peak and the power peak, feeling the TVIS kick in. (This was long before VTEC). The 323 was just an awesome winter car with good snow tires. It taught me to drift all four wheels.

[FX86]

Fairlady Z Nismo

[wireman957]

1957 MGA that I bought in the mid 70's. Not a picture of mine, but the same eggshell white paint with red interior. Tons of fun, even with the failure prone Lucas electricals and twin SU carbs. Driving it was always an adventure. I had a brake cylinder fail leaving Seattle on the I-90 floating bridge at rush hour which meant not only could I not stop on a downward incline, but I couldn't downshift either (shared master cylinder). Only thing that stopped me was a rubber-bumpered MGB. The driver was very cool though, and helped me limp it across the bridge where I could pull it over to the side.

[headlikeahole]

1st Gen NSX must be bone stock with original suspension specs and rims.

I nearly bought one in 2011 but decided it wasnt the "reasonable" choice. I love my twin but this will always be the one that got away...

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by FNCrazy

They came out in 1985 (model year anyway), and I remember when they first came out, I was 8-ish, going to a Toyota dealer with my grandpa (not sure why we were there, but it wasn't the MR2).

Loved my '85, purchased new, not off the showroom but off the transport truck. I was in the dealer to purchase a Toyota pickup, saw this, fell in love and put down a deposit pending test drive. They let me drive it from the back of the truck to the shop for prep work.

I put a lot of miles on it in the 6 years I owned her, including the first date with MomHawk, and rushing to the hospital to see my first son born.
Should have kept her but didn't have the wherewithall to do so. I'm guessing she's been made into tuna cans by now sadly but if I could find her I'd buy her again.

Other favorite car I've owned is right behind it. 1983 Chevy Z28 with a custom targa top. Sweet ride.



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[Twinz]

Originally Posted by FX86

Fairlady Z Nismo

One of my favorite cars on the track. I still can't believe Nissan's lawyers let that thing leave the factory as close to neutral as it is. (with the nannies off at least)

[myusernameisrob]

Porsche Cayman S & Alfa Romeo 4C