Get-around cars....

dbzerk · 12-09-2004, 02:06 PM

This is off topic..

Do any of you who have a S2000 or any nice hottie car have a cheap cheap get around car?.. for example while my civic is off the road being worked, fully resprayed and eventually is just purely a sunday car i bought a $200 beat-around car just to get around. I keep finding myself in positions where i pullup at the lights next to hot chicks and say to my self.. "if only i had my other car" or have people laugh at the beat up ride and always say.. IF ONLY!!!

just wondering if anyone is in a similar position?

its a boring post.. sorry! lol

S2000_TURK · 12-10-2004, 02:29 AM

exactly

"if only i had my other car" you described my feelings when I drive my
"get around car"

I got also a 96 Peugeot 406 and a 2005 206 Hdi (diesel)

but I usually have this stiuation in Cafes
for example,
I am drinking tea in a cafe and I see a beutiful lady I try to take her attention believe me it is too dificult when you are alone

I tell my self "it is much easier to introduce with my S2000"

by the way
since I bought the S2000 there is only 1 girl out of "I forgot the number of girls" that I couldn't...

but it is not nice you know
Our self-confidence shouldn't depend on a car

dbzerk · 12-10-2004, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S2000_TURK

Our self-confidence shouldn't depend on a car

Yeah thats totally right.. 100% but you cant help feeling that way especially when a little punk pulls up to you in a car half of what an s2k is and 4 times the car that you are in...

oh well

ACE · 12-28-2004, 10:52 AM

Well the girl part doesn't really bother me, cos whatever car I'm in I usually manage to get what I want anyway, BUT! ... when I'm at those blasted traffic lights and some idiot in a silly little Jetta starts revving the nuts off his car ....... and you're like:

IF ONLY I HAD MY S2K

You'd be removing asphalt off your windsheild!!

Don't get me wrong I still try to race them in whatever car I'm in!

DANK · 01-12-2005, 10:32 AM

This is my first post and I had to get in on ths one

My beater was a $175 1985 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta with T Tops and a 305 v8. Didn't run badly...when I got it, i just looked like hell.

Just to put into perspective of how bad this car was, the driver side door was welded shut. If you wanted to get in it was through the roof, climb over the console or duke of hazzard it through the window.

I have to find a pic to post...

It eventually met it's demise while off roading.....then i donated it to the blind and got a 2g tax writeoff. lol

dbzerk · 01-13-2005, 02:00 PM

LOL you have to find a pic man!!! i wanna see this thing!

Java Junky · 06-19-2005, 02:54 PM

It is whut it is. If it gets you from point A to point B without havin' to resort to the bus, r' a friend, or, Aaaarrgh! mom then it's doin' fine. Besides which the cute chick in the other car has probably been
"impressed" with guys profilin' for her about a million times. If she's the kinda chick that you're gonna wanna say more than two words to, she's checkin' YOU out. Not your wheels.
Don't bad mouth the "beater". It makes all our impractical dream machines possible.

dbzerk · 06-19-2005, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Java Junky

Don't bad mouth the "beater". It makes all our impractical dream machines possible.

100% agree with yoU!

MattG · 07-25-2005, 01:26 AM

My S is my daily driver all year round

Maybe you should get a vinyl sticker for the side of your beater saying "Ferrari smash repair courtesy vehicle"

Java Junky · 07-30-2005, 07:02 PM

Matt;
totally agree with your daily driver attitude (whether it's necessity or somethin' else that makes it so is of little consequence). Drivin' somethin' like the Stew only on weekends as opposed to drivin' it all the time makes the difference of the mechanics of driving it as opposed to the natural, almost unconscious ability to will the car as an extension of yourself.
The best of drivers bouncin' from vehicle to vehicle would be hard pressed to keep in sight someone who literally "lives" in only one ride.
The preceeding, of course, was personal opinion.
Be well.

S2000_TURK · 08-24-2005, 09:15 AM

hi again guys

it is going to be exactly one year on the 1st of september
and I have done only around 3.800km

cuz during the winter I don't drive it + I had a terrible surgery+ at the begining of the summer police suspended my drivers licence cuz of alcohol

poor meeeee

Java Junky · 08-24-2005, 09:30 PM

Suspended eh? You either take hold of your own leash or you're giving someone else permission to hold it for you. Personally, I cringe at the thought of somebody else controlling my leash. I like callin' my own shots.
Be well. 'Hope the surgery's just a memory.

Java Junky · 09-03-2005, 07:34 AM

Umm, does a "gotta-be-a-cross-between-Godzilla-n'-Mandrake-the-Magician-to-start-it" kick-start only Yamaha XT-500 count as a get-around "car"?
It was always a source of interesting snow-storm transportation while the "low-rider" was unable to deal with the snow build up. 'Made me alot more tolerant of ANY kind of a "beater" with a heater. After havin' all my favorite parts hangin' out in the wind n' weather even the most humbling of beaters was down-right luxurious.

loudes13 · 11-22-2005, 08:56 AM

I love having a beater. I have an '89 Jeep YJ wrangler that I drive to work everyday, and when it rains/snows. Previous to that I had an 87 bmw 325is and before that I had an 87 bmw 325e.

WhiteS2kHardtop · 01-08-2006, 05:02 PM

I live in Ohio. Daily driver is definately the S2k. But I'm sure you all know how the car reacts to snow/heavy rain so I do keep a beater for that reason only. I drive a CRX-HF when the weather is too bad. Bought that little bugger over 3 yrs ago when I got rid of the Civic Si in order to get a Ford Lightning. Never bought the Lightning...went and test drove one, did the finance and walked away. To this day I dont really know why, but glad I did. Drove the "cockroach" as i call it, for 3 years and have never put a dime into it other than a aftermarket axle and timing belt. Car is probably the best I've ever had as far as beaters go. Gets almost 50mpg in the summer and still 40mpg in the winter. 8 Gallon tank/400 miles per tank=me laughin at suckers paying 50$ per fill up with their gas guzzlin SUV's (especially my darling wife..lol)

S2K2U · 03-01-2006, 06:51 AM

Beater car....yeah I got a few....91 Civic DX 97 Civic DX and god forbid the 81 320 that every primer grey CRX in town wants to race....

gomarlins3 · 03-25-2006, 11:09 AM

My daily driver isn't exactly cheap, but it operates cheaply. I drive an Insight daily.

Bonezz2k · 11-08-2006, 11:23 AM

same here my daily driver is a 03 civic not cheap. but hell gas to mile ratio NOT BAD.

I to laugh when i pull up to a gas station and there is a dude filling up his tank and i fill up and leave and his still filling up.

BS200069 · 11-08-2006, 11:30 AM

i dont have my s2000 yet but i do have a "hottie" civic si my beater is a 1993 ford escort keeps the door dings away from the one that counts.

chemical · 11-08-2006, 01:36 PM

well im the same way i got a 98 honda civic and everyone and there mother try's t race me . i just say to my self you guys are lucky i dont have my s2k. not so much the girl thing but the s2k does help a lil more at it

s2000isu · 11-08-2006, 03:09 PM

my s2000 is my beater hehehe. I admit my other car i may still like more then the s2000. the s2000 is more money and a nicer car but im a speed nut myself

12-09-2004, 02:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
dbzerk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 70	Get-around cars.... This is off topic.. Do any of you who have a S2000 or any nice hottie car have a cheap cheap get around car?.. for example while my civic is off the road being worked, fully resprayed and eventually is just purely a sunday car i bought a $200 beat-around car just to get around. I keep finding myself in positions where i pullup at the lights next to hot chicks and say to my self.. "if only i had my other car" or have people laugh at the beat up ride and always say.. IF ONLY!!! just wondering if anyone is in a similar position? its a boring post.. sorry! lol

12-28-2004, 10:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
ACE Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 20	Frustrating Well the girl part doesn't really bother me, cos whatever car I'm in I usually manage to get what I want anyway, BUT! ... when I'm at those blasted traffic lights and some idiot in a silly little Jetta starts revving the nuts off his car ....... and you're like: IF ONLY I HAD MY S2K You'd be removing asphalt off your windsheild!! Don't get me wrong I still try to race them in whatever car I'm in!

06-19-2005, 02:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Of "beaters" n' profilin'. It is whut it is. If it gets you from point A to point B without havin' to resort to the bus, r' a friend, or, Aaaarrgh! mom then it's doin' fine. Besides which the cute chick in the other car has probably been "impressed" with guys profilin' for her about a million times. If she's the kinda chick that you're gonna wanna say more than two words to, she's checkin' YOU out. Not your wheels. Don't bad mouth the "beater". It makes all our impractical dream machines possible.

03-25-2006, 11:09 AM	#17 (permalink)
gomarlins3 "Enjoy the drive" Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kuna Idaho Posts: 2,812	My daily driver isn't exactly cheap, but it operates cheaply. I drive an Insight daily. __________________ Yablownowitz Racing brought to you by Anytime Fitness. Happiness is a nice road, great weather, and driving the S with Sue in the seat next to me. "Whatever you do, where ever you go, enjoy the drive." I know for a FACT that the last year of production of the S2000 is 2003!!!!! After that, it will be the S2200 under an assumed name.

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12-10-2004, 02:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
S2000_TURK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 95	exactly "if only i had my other car" you described my feelings when I drive my "get around car" I got also a 96 Peugeot 406 and a 2005 206 Hdi (diesel) but I usually have this stiuation in Cafes for example, I am drinking tea in a cafe and I see a beutiful lady I try to take her attention believe me it is too dificult when you are alone I tell my self "it is much easier to introduce with my S2000" by the way since I bought the S2000 there is only 1 girl out of "I forgot the number of girls" that I couldn't... but it is not nice you know Our self-confidence shouldn't depend on a car

01-12-2005, 10:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
DANK Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1	This is my first post and I had to get in on ths one My beater was a $175 1985 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta with T Tops and a 305 v8. Didn't run badly...when I got it, i just looked like hell. Just to put into perspective of how bad this car was, the driver side door was welded shut. If you wanted to get in it was through the roof, climb over the console or duke of hazzard it through the window. I have to find a pic to post... It eventually met it's demise while off roading.....then i donated it to the blind and got a 2g tax writeoff. lol

01-13-2005, 02:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
dbzerk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 70	LOL you have to find a pic man!!! i wanna see this thing!

07-25-2005, 01:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
MattG Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 361	My S is my daily driver all year round Maybe you should get a vinyl sticker for the side of your beater saying "Ferrari smash repair courtesy vehicle"

07-30-2005, 07:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Matt; totally agree with your daily driver attitude (whether it's necessity or somethin' else that makes it so is of little consequence). Drivin' somethin' like the Stew only on weekends as opposed to drivin' it all the time makes the difference of the mechanics of driving it as opposed to the natural, almost unconscious ability to will the car as an extension of yourself. The best of drivers bouncin' from vehicle to vehicle would be hard pressed to keep in sight someone who literally "lives" in only one ride. The preceeding, of course, was personal opinion. Be well.

08-24-2005, 09:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
S2000_TURK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 95	hi again guys it is going to be exactly one year on the 1st of september and I have done only around 3.800km cuz during the winter I don't drive it + I had a terrible surgery+ at the begining of the summer police suspended my drivers licence cuz of alcohol poor meeeee

08-24-2005, 09:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Suspended eh? You either take hold of your own leash or you're giving someone else permission to hold it for you. Personally, I cringe at the thought of somebody else controlling my leash. I like callin' my own shots. Be well. 'Hope the surgery's just a memory.

09-03-2005, 07:34 AM	#13 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Umm, does a "gotta-be-a-cross-between-Godzilla-n'-Mandrake-the-Magician-to-start-it" kick-start only Yamaha XT-500 count as a get-around "car"? It was always a source of interesting snow-storm transportation while the "low-rider" was unable to deal with the snow build up. 'Made me alot more tolerant of ANY kind of a "beater" with a heater. After havin' all my favorite parts hangin' out in the wind n' weather even the most humbling of beaters was down-right luxurious.

11-22-2005, 08:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
loudes13 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	I love having a beater. I have an '89 Jeep YJ wrangler that I drive to work everyday, and when it rains/snows. Previous to that I had an 87 bmw 325is and before that I had an 87 bmw 325e.

01-08-2006, 05:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
WhiteS2kHardtop Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 8	I live in Ohio. Daily driver is definately the S2k. But I'm sure you all know how the car reacts to snow/heavy rain so I do keep a beater for that reason only. I drive a CRX-HF when the weather is too bad. Bought that little bugger over 3 yrs ago when I got rid of the Civic Si in order to get a Ford Lightning. Never bought the Lightning...went and test drove one, did the finance and walked away. To this day I dont really know why, but glad I did. Drove the "cockroach" as i call it, for 3 years and have never put a dime into it other than a aftermarket axle and timing belt. Car is probably the best I've ever had as far as beaters go. Gets almost 50mpg in the summer and still 40mpg in the winter. 8 Gallon tank/400 miles per tank=me laughin at suckers paying 50$ per fill up with their gas guzzlin SUV's (especially my darling wife..lol)

03-01-2006, 06:51 AM	#16 (permalink)
S2K2U Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 6	Beater car....yeah I got a few....91 Civic DX 97 Civic DX and god forbid the 81 320 that every primer grey CRX in town wants to race....

11-08-2006, 11:23 AM	#18 (permalink)
Bonezz2k Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 31	same here my daily driver is a 03 civic not cheap. but hell gas to mile ratio NOT BAD. I to laugh when i pull up to a gas station and there is a dude filling up his tank and i fill up and leave and his still filling up.

11-08-2006, 11:30 AM	#19 (permalink)
BS200069 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	i dont have my s2000 yet but i do have a "hottie" civic si my beater is a 1993 ford escort keeps the door dings away from the one that counts.

11-08-2006, 01:36 PM	#20 (permalink)
chemical Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 116	well im the same way i got a 98 honda civic and everyone and there mother try's t race me . i just say to my self you guys are lucky i dont have my s2k. not so much the girl thing but the s2k does help a lil more at it

11-08-2006, 03:09 PM	#21 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,172	my s2000 is my beater hehehe. I admit my other car i may still like more then the s2000. the s2000 is more money and a nicer car but im a speed nut myself

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