Pimp Your Ride

[Formalhaut]

We've not really had a car thread have we? Right then.

So what car do you have then? How long have you had it for, and what do you think of it? Have you given it a name? If you have any pictures of it, then it would be great if you could share us your pride and joy! (Or, you rusted up Point A to Point B car).

Next, what would be your 'ideal' dream car. I'm not talking factory standard here. I'm talking a car that would have gone through that garage in the show 'Pimp my Ride. You know, a gaming system in your car, or even a mini river in the middle of the back seat (I remember this, this actually happened).

Of course, why not have rockets? Or a mini-kitchen? How about a library?

Basically, just go off talking all about cars you have and cars you wish you had.

[Pike]

My car is a 2002 Toyota Corolla which I have dubbed Nautilus. It's my faithful companion and having paid it off last year I expect it to last me another ten years or so because it's still sub-100k miles and Corollas are built like tanks.

[noxious.sunshine]

Ooooo! Lemme see if I have pictures of Bumblebee.

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That's when it was brand new. It's a 2005 Ford Focus ZX3 Hatchback - 5 spd manual. My dad and I picked it out together and got a really good deal on it. Bee is paid off now, but is back in the possession of my parents. They needed it more than I did, so I gave it back (as in... We got into an argument, and I just said "screw it. Come get the damn thing."). I still love the car. We have lots of memories together and I don't think I could ever just junk it.

Right now, I drive my boyfriend's 2013 Mazda 3 Skyactiv Hatchback - 6 spd manual. It's a really nice car.

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That's not an actual photo of the car (obviously), but that's what it looks like. It's pretty sweet.

I don't know what I'd want for an ideal dream car. I guess because of Parker, I'd want an SUV - like an Explorer or Excursion, but I really dig Honda Civic si model. And the DXes.

But in all actuality, I'd really just like to have my Focus back. My dad and I were supposed to customize it - we were gonna add a midwing, get new rims for it (either black or gunmetal), a body kit, add more horsepower to it, stuff like that. .... It never happened though.

[Slothy]

2009 Silver 4-door Hyundai Accent. Not much to say about it aside from them being rather safe, reliable, and ours almost being paid off.

As for my dream car, smurf if there aren't plenty of options.

For something that's actually street legal I'd love to have a Nissan GT-R. Preferably with the limiter removed.

For something completely off the wall and insane and which would never be legal ever at all, I wouldn't say no to a Formula 1 car. The 2013 Red Bull would do.

[Formalhaut]

What sort of memories did you have with your car Noxy?

[Shorty]

Noxy, I also have a Mazda 3! I wish I had a hatchback. Their seats fold down flat, don't they?

This isn't an actual photo of my car, but it's close enough (just without the spoiler). I love love love my car. I've had it for just a little over two years and it is very me.



I have an Alkaline Trio decal in the back left window, a Red Hot Chili Peppers decal in the right corner of the rear window and my license plate frame says "dream of californication"

My dream car is a teal lifted IH Scout with the biggest tires available to man. I saw Flea driving one in the By the Way music video and I've been in love ever since.

[Slothy]

I wouldn't mind one of them there Mazda's. So sexy.

[Jinx]

I have a 2000 Buick Regal. I like it well enough.

My dream car is a TARDIS.

[Slothy]

My dream car is a TARDIS.

I'd like to change my answer.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I also own Mazdas, and have tinkered and toyed with several Focuses and other Fords. ( I guess I've tinkered with a lot of cars.)

Nox's likely either uses a Zetec or Duratec motor. The early one's used ztec, but switched to Duratec sometime around 2005.

It's funny to me, because the Duratec motor is basically Mazda's MZR line of motors. Ford just bought the rights to it and manufacture it with their name. So obviously I'm familiar with it. :P

My dream car (Ford GT40 Mark 1, although this one is a little modified), with some damn nice fallback options in the background.

[Slothy]

Excuse me while I wipe up my drool Sharky.

[Spuuky]

I don't really understand why anyone would ever buy an actual new car. It's just sooooooo much less cost effective.

[LocoColt04]

WARNING: Image dump ahead. Beware of spoilers. Ha, spoilers. Cars. Gotcha.

My first car was a 1990 Ford Taurus wagon. She was large and red, and aptly named Big Bertha.
(If you cannot tell me the name of this game within five seconds, you're either young and forgiven, or old and no longer respected.)
I do not have any pictures of Big Bertha, but I'm sure google can find one for you.


I bought a 2008 Honda Fit Sport in the most gorgeous of blues. She was sweet to me. Her name was Penelope.

Penelope -
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She was less than a month off the manufacturing line when I bought her, and she only had two miles on her when I took her for my test drive. It was a long test drive. Really long... she ended up with seven miles on the odometer when I signed the paperwork to take her home.

But then, after only having her for a week, some punk kid punched a hole in her back window while I was at work. And I didn't know, until it rained the next day and this happened -
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But we got her patched up and she was good. Then, a couple years later, she got her back half pounded in by a Ford F-350. We took her to the doctor, and she ended up running better than she did the day she came off the lot, with better mileage too! Go figure.

She got bumped from behind a couple more times after that too, but none of them needed surgery.

Everything was fine and dandy UNTIL...
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Thanks to this ^ 16 year old taking a left turn into oncoming traffic at 55mph. smurfing idiot almost killed us both.
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I was only seven months away from having her paid in full, and I was going to do so much cool trout to her.
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Rest in pieces, Penelope.


So I had to drive a troutty Dodge Caliber for a month while the insurance companies bickered over who was at fault... even though four witnesses and a police report all said it was the kid's fault.

And then, Persephone found her way to my doorstep. Not literally though, because I would have had to carry her up a flight of stairs and park her in front of my apartment.

Persephone is a 2013 Honda Fit Sport in a fancy Midnight Plum color that was just released this year. She was in the showroom and I thought she was just another black 2012. I was literally filling out paperwork for a silver 2012 (because Texas, and I was dead-set on a light color for heat reflection) and when the sales rep got up to get the next form, I took a look around the floor. I noticed some subtle differences between the car on the floor and the one in the lot I was in the middle of buying, then realized the paint had a little sparkle to it. I pulled out my phone and shined direct light on her, and she lit up purple. Turns out, she was on the floor three weeks before they would even have her in the lot to sell, and at the same sticker price as the 2012 model. So... duh~

Persephone -
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She's almost a year old!

[Calliope]

I don't really care about cars, but sometimes I get irrationally angry that Spuuky's younger brother is going to inherit their grandmother's Plymouth Duster. You know the little old lady who has a mint condition car she has driven only to church and back for the last fifty years? Yeah, that's Spuuky's grandmother. In protest, here is a photo of Spuuky and that sweet, sweet car.

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[Spuuky]

I don't really care about cars, but sometimes I get irrationally angry that Spuuky's younger brother is going to inherit their grandmother's Plymouth Duster. You know the little old lady who has a mint condition car she has driven only to church and back for the last fifty years? Yeah, that's Spuuky's grandmother. In protest, here is a photo of Spuuky and that sweet, sweet car.

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That's an attractive young man.