What cool cars or bikes....

[EX#996]

Cool bikes:

1976 KZ400, tangarine orange, absolutely perfect - - that was until I dumped it.  I can still remember the first words out of Paul's mouth:  "Look what you did to my bike!!!!!"

78 or 79 KZ900 with a Kerker header (you should have heard it when we took the pipe off.   ;D  Served the _ _ _ _ _ who lived down stairs right.

2001 Hyabusa

 :)

[Jeff]

i've owned nothing cool...

I had a 76 plymouth fury, but it was an embarrassment.

One of my favorites was my 83 ford ranger 4spd which I bought with 200k miles on it.  It was in 17 accidents including 2 roll overs and caught on fire once - before I bought it.  That thing looked like HELL but ran like a top.  It ran so good, you shut it off and it STILL kept running  ;D

[cornercamping]

It ran so good, you shut it off and it STILL kept running  ;D

My Horizon did that too  ;D  That way I could leave it running at the gas station and take the key out and lock the door while I went and paid for the gas  ;D ;D ;D

[Sunny]

First Car: ?980 Plymouth Horizon (best car ever)
Next: 1993 Camaro IROC (hit parking block, destroyed)
Next: 1993 Cavalier (blew motor)
Next: 1988 Chevy Celebrity (blew transmission)
Next: 1991 Escort GT (blew clutch)
Next: 1999 Escort GT (blew motor)
Next: 2002 Explorer (accident)
Next: 2004 Lexus LS430 (at the dealer every week with a problem of some sorts)
Now: Dodge Ram 1500 (lease POS I can't turn in yet)
Next: Chrysler 300 C SRT8 (when it comes out)

All I knew that you had was a Honda Civic, and a Jeep Cherokee...........  I thought you said you bought the wife a Chrysler last year due to her destroyed her car from running off a dog cage or something.................   ::)

[cornercamping]

Those are the wife's not mine.  Well, the Chrysler is, but she drives it not me.

[r1owner]

I had an 81 Z28 4-Speed.  I took the engine out and bought a ZZ3 crate motor from GM.  It was hosed from the beginning, so I took it to Lingenfelter to be "fixed"  ;D  It made 400HP and over 400 lb-ft of torque ~2500.  I sold it to get married. :(

I also had an 89 SHO.  Not a real cool car, but I did like it.  It was neat to have a Taurus that had a manual tranny in it.  Great car to take trips in!

My current car is a 93 RX-7.  Sold a 97 Z-28 to get it cause I wanted something I didn't see every day.  Its a real fun car.

[KBOlsen]

My '98 Taurus has no heat... does that mean it's "cool"?  And my '92 Escort has a "custom" exhaust... LOLOL!

My cars have always been functional little boxes (well, except for the '73 LTD which was a functional TANK-o-box!).  The next car I buy will have a sunroof, stick shift and a "real" stereo.

I've had some reasonably cool bikes... my favorite was my '93 Heritage Softail.  Black and scarlet red two-tone, leather saddlebags, solo seat... That bike and I went everywhere - until I traded her in on a refrigerator white Electra Glide 18 months later.

[cornercamping]

I learned my lesson with buying cars.  Never again.  I"ll lease them.  It's cheaper for me.  I'm not mechanically inclined, so I don't do repairs or maintance.  For a couple hundred a month, it's not a bad deal.  Better than spending $3k on a car, and then another $400 a year to keep it running.   A friend of mine just got his wife a new Chrysler Caravan lease for $150.00 a month, and it's got alot of toys.  

[H-man]

'72 Pinto hatchback.  Actually, the coolest part about it was the license plate.  Had WI vanity plates (or was it personalized plates, there is a difference) you could choose.  The plate read "H Bomb" 8)

I got it because I'm H. and my car was the H-bomb.  Everyone else thought it was a comment or warning about hitting me from behind  ;D

Boy, I could fill that tank for $5 back then.

[r6_philly]

I had a 93 Mitsu Eclipse GST with upgraded turbo and 18" wheels. handled really good go pretty fast too. I totalled it going 110 mph down I-95 in pouring rain.

I have not owned a car since that can go remotely as fast. and I drive really slow in the rain.

I have been eyeing the Lotus Elise for about 5 years. If I didn't start racing I would be driving in one right now. But all my money when bye bye the first time I put a leg over a bike.

[Burt Munro]

Got my license in '69
1st car - 49 Chrysler 2 door coupe - got it from my grandfather - back when cars had cool interiors - Fluid Drive semi-automatic trans.
61 Plymouth Fury Conv. w/ 361-good times till the floor boards completely rusted out.
55 Chevy 4 door w/ 283 - piece of junk
63 Rambler Station Wagon - great car for bumper skiing.
50 Plymouth Sedan - another 'babe' interior.

73 - Off to Germany ......
63 VW Beetle -I screamed everytime I had to pass a semi on the Autobahn. MB, BMW, Porsche, Audi headlights flashing in my mirror a mile behind going twice as fast as I could.
66 Porsche 912 - intended to bring it home. Did you know those 1 meter tall wht/blk posts along the 2 lane roads have 2 circle reflectors on the left side and 1 rectangle reflector on the right side?  I found out one foggy night when I drove to the left of the post that was on the left!
69 Audi 100S - fun car in the snow and on the Autobahn.

Back in USA.....
76 Plymouth Volare Station Wagon.  Totalled after it was hit twice within 2 hours while parked!
76 Volvo 242 - Best car I ever owned. Kept it 14 years.
78 Renault LeCar - fun car in the snow 'cause it was so light.
81 Plymouth Reliant K car wagon - piece of Junk!
85 Chevy Astro Van - Seat fabric disintegrated from exposure to the sun after about 6 yrs.
88 Taurus - Drove the crap out of it for 13 yrs - so did my kids.
91 Nissan SE-V6 ext cab 2WD. Spent almost $3K replacing a head on it 6 months after I bought it - oil leak where the cam rides in the head.
97 Ford Aerostar - basic van - still drive it.
92 Lexus 300ES - totalled Jan 03 ice storm - an 02 BMW 325 got between my rear end and a semi.
94 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 ext cab - 203K miles - still own it.

[Super Dave]

Ah, my first vehicle...

I turned down a motorcycle.  My mom asked me if I wanted one.  

So, I got a 1971 Jeepster Commando.  Probably one of the few older cars that I'd like to have again.

1985 Ford Bronco...that's a full size model.  Four speed with a granny low behind an in-line 300ci six.

That ended up being my first race transport vehicle.

I had a 1971 Javelin SST.  401 High Compression motor.

That led to the 1969 AMX.  390 four speed.  True sports car with only front seats.

Then there was the silver Van, the '79 (first year of square head lights).

The 1989 Red van followed.  Used that from 1991 through 2000.  Lots of miles, sold it to a friend and he's still using it.

The Dually, Diesel E350 now.  I love that.  Had to go drive it yesterday and spool up the turbo.

Then there's the Merkur XR4Ti.  I really liked that car too.  I put on Borla dual exhaust on it, K&N, and I figured out how to tune the turbo by jumping the boost control selanoid...Great chassis.

Now I have the cool 1990 Mercury Sable.  I like that car.


Bikes?  

GSXR750 - 1986, 1990

Yamaha RD350 & RD400

Honda CL175 - small twin with electric start

Yamaha 2003 R6

Kawasaki 1993 ZX6E

Kawasaki ZX6R 1999, 2000

Honda 1992 CBR600F2

Suzuki 1988 GSX600F Katana

MZ 1997 Skorpion Cup

Yamaha 1982 TZ250

Kawasaki H1 - five of them...

Kawasaki G5

Suzuki 1979 RM125

KTM 1988 125

Yamaha 1979 XT500

Suzuki 2001 GSXR600

Yamaha 1985 RZ350