Pilot Cars

[enigma]

Funny you should mention that. I hooked up my timing light the other day and it was dead on accurate. All I usually have to do is just change the oil, brakes and tires now and then. Pretty reliable cars those Hondas are.

You'd be well advised to add the timing belt to you short list of m/x items.

regards,
enigma

 

[jetexas]

Thanks enigma. Yeah I did that at 80K.. I need to do it again. If that thing breaks then the engine will eat the valves as I understand it.

 

[Bluestreak]

Can't let this pass:

1.1976 Vega,near mint,Hugger Orange.I paid $150 for it in 1988
2.1975 Chevy C10 Scottsdale-fishin' truck
3.1978 Porsche 924-130,000 miles plus and still going
4.1930 Ford Model A two door sedan street rod (TCI tube front,Ford 9" with stainless 4-link rear,'72 Chevy 307 small block and turbo 350 trans-primered and fenderless as real hot rods are.
5.2000 Explorer XLT (wife's vehicle)

In the market for a VW Beetle (old,not "new" Beetle) convertible.I see a lot of them on www.thesamba.com

 

[navigator72]

1999 Toyota Tacoma

I have a 1999 Toyota Tacoma V6, 4x4, TRD Offroad, xtra cab
78k miles
nice drive up here in Maine with the snow and ice.

 

[njcapt]

I drove crappy cars the first 18 years of my career, so after a year at ATA I bought myself my soul confirming vehicle - a 1998 BMW 540i. So far no damage from parking it at MDW. Makes getting home a lot faster, too.

 

[captainv]

i used to have an '84 camry that ate 3 timing belts while i was driving on its way to 240,000 miles. each time i had the belt changed - never any engine damage.

'87 honda prelude went to 185k.

currently working on a '97 Acura CL with 75k that i'll drive till the wheels fall off. especially since i bought the wife an '04 Pilot...

 

[T-Gates]

Maybe someone should start a thread on how well we maintain our vehicles.

Funny you should mention that, just got the oil changed 5,000 miles overdue!

1998 Honda Passport 50,000 miles..... Crack in the windshield, tranny slips, but it gets me from point A to B.....

 

[Booster]

1989 faded blue Taurus. 175,000 miles. Looks great at the airport.

 

[tinman]

'76 GMC 4X4 shortbed. I've had it 10 years this month. In '95 I decided that it needed to be "restored". 7 years later it was back on the road. Projects, what would we do without'em .

 

[DenverDude2002]

I used to drive a Jeep CJ-5 that was a total blast. Very easy to work on . Straight six, pre 'electronics stuff' and the 4WD was awesome. The newer jeeps are pretty cool too but too "city-fied". that CJ-5 was unstoppable off road

Yah, I wasnt to happy about the Cherokee getting canned. Still had the bulletproof I6/transmission and most of the driveline was patended pre 1970. The I6 has got to be the best engine ever made/used in an American vehicle. Patented in 1959, still used in the Wrangler for 2005 models. one time i went through a mudhole in my Jeep, sucked a gallon of water into the intake manifold. Just popped off the air intake pipe from the air filter housing, got some water out with a towel, and she fired right up and has run perfect since. I'd like to see a Jeep Liberty do that.

I went to a Jeep dealership a few weeks ago, did my usual whining and *****ing about how the Liberty would never take on a Cherokee as far as offroad wise. They said it would because its so "superior". yah, maybe for a driveway. I did get a guy there to take of offraod on a track they have near there on an old decomissioned air force base next time it snows, I gladly took him up on that offer. I'll post when that happens.

Another good thing is apparently enough diehard Jeep fans complained to Jeep so a true 4 DR Wrangler with real offroad capabilities should return within 2 yrs (there was some here and there in recent auto mags, message me if you want more info and I'll dig it up out of them). Its also rumored to bear the Cherokee Name.

 

[puddlejumper]

Back in '93 I bought my first new car, a Mazda MX-6, with my re-enlistment bonus. I got run into in '00, totaled the Mazda and went shopping for a late model Thunderbird SC. I wound up financing my current car, a 2000 Dodge Neon. I was surprised I even fit in the thing (I'm 6'4"). It's been a good ride. I've got 73,000 miles on it now and need to get the timing belt done. It's been paid off for 6 months and with the condo mortgage, I doubt I'll be buying anything else real soon. I really feel that it's worth the money to buy new if at all possible. I'm not mechanically inclined enough to always be screwing with my car to make it reliable.

-pj

 

[Crizz]

Well untill I started instructing, I made very decent money doing IT consulting. I cant hardly make the payment on my current vehicle, but it would cost me $2k+ to sell it because I am so upside down in it. I am overpriveledged for my age with vehicles, I know.

1. '86 Chev Caprice. Turned 185k when I got rid of it. Couldnt kill that dam thing. I drove it HARD for 2 years.
2. '95 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertible. I loved everything about this car, except the engine (3.4 DOHC). What a POS. I spent more keeping the dam thing running than I did on my car payment. It had 95k when I sold it.
3. '98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. Love this car, and it has been extremely reliable. It currently has 98k miles. Mods are a thing of the past, however. Sold all them to pay for the CFI/I/MEI.

If I could do it all over again I would have kept my Caprice. I cant imagine how much money I would have in the bank.

 

[Afixedwing]

`94 Toyota 4Runner 98k miles. odd clicking noise from up front that I haven't been able to identify. Does a good job clawing it's way up the mountains of southern Utah to take me to remote fly fishing destinations.

 

[billybob]

lets put it to a vote, who has the biggest POS

 

[j41driver]

...and an 03 Dodge Ram QuadCab SLT with the 4.7. I couldn't make myself buy the Hemi, the mileage is way too poor.

...yeah, that's what people buy fullsize four door pickups for...the great gas mileage!!

;-)

 

[SpiffAV8]

I started this flying gig with a 1991 Ford Mustang which had been a former poilce chaser. After a lot of polish and waxing, rims tires, springs, bushings, sway arms, a sturt tower brace and a bunch more, it drove like a demon headed for H*ll. Never did touch the motor and when I sold it the milage it had over 180k. A friend of mine still drives it and it has no signs of slowing down.

Now days I sit a bit higher enjoying a 2000 F-150 4x4 etended cab. It has all the bells and toys that can come from the factory. Other than tinting all the windows, it remains stock. Due to the amount of time I spend away from home it has become a bit of a hanger queen and sits with a little over 30k miles on it. Most of which are freeway miles.

I don't miss the Mustang at all and love this truck a great deal. Heck, it's been better to me than the ex-wife was!

 

[dsee8driver]

I know I know "chick car." As soon as I pay off the type I'll buy a Escort.

Would that be a blond or a brunnette this time around?

 

[VettePilot]

1993 Corvette Coupe, 40th Anniversary Edition, Ruby Red, 153,000 miles, daily driver.

Mark

 

[LXApilot]

Drive a pearl white 1991 BMW 850i 5.0LV12 6 speed!

- Airport car is Green 1999 Chevy Z24 Cavalier - just over 120,000 miles; its been driven off a cliff, spun, smashed, crashed, flooded, and it still runs awesome and I've never had one single thing wrong with it! That car is indestructible! Only changed the brakes once and last summer it drove over 11,000 miles with no oil change.

 

[46Driver]

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