If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself something...(car related)

[Nemesis]

What would it be and why?



For me, I would tell myself not to have spent so much money into my first car. lol

[Bacon]

Id tell myself to stay away from Hondas. Its a game that will never be won.

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[Sinfix_15]

Would have curbed the spending on cars and toys, saved money and focused more on credit. Would have held on to a fox coupe and stuck with it.

[Doppelgänger]

I would tell myself to find different people to associate with in regards to the drift thing as it was emerging onto the scene. I definitely made mistakes about that. It was a fuckton of fun and I would have really enjoyed getting to ride that wave a little further.

[MOWE]

I would have told myself 2 things....


1. BUY hp dont build it ! Meaning buy a good platform to build your projects..instead of taking junks and building on them...example: Buy a vette, evo, s2000 etc...good platforms...would have prolly saved me 70k by now

2. I should have found a different hobby....its like heroin and now that its in my blood stream I cannot get it out...Speed and HP will forever get me in trouble or tempt me for the rest of my life..UGH . So I would have told myself to not buy the first fast car in a manual....

[quickdodge®]

Ten years?

[Vteckidd]

Ten years?

yeah when you were 50

[Vteckidd]

Easy

1) Finish college
2) I would have traded all my years away from Mainstream, Batlground, Kiddracing all that in a heartbeat for 3 yers of focus and finishing school.
3) Spent less money on cars

Basically everything i did between the ages of 22-32 id like a Do Over

[quickdodge®]

yeah when you were 50

Ten years isn't really that far to go back.

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yeah when you were 50

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[Sinfix_15]

I'd buy an old civic cvcc and start restoring it to former glory

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[Sinfix_15]

I always sell a foxbody to get some other flavor of the month, then realize i miss having a foxbody and go back. Then rinse repeat. If i could go back and just stick with my love from the beginning and not stray away for tramp whores like Hondas and Nissans.... my fox would probably look like this by now...

http://www.racecraft.com/images/customercars/Mike%20Murillo.jpg

[MOWE]

Ten years isn't really that far to go back.


probably represents 25-35 % of most of the users lives on here....its 30% of mine lol...

[silversol]

I always sell a foxbody to get some other flavor of the month, then realize i miss having a foxbody and go back. Then rinse repeat. If i could go back and just stick with my love from the beginning and not stray away for tramp whores like Hondas and Nissans.... my fox would probably look like this by now...

http://www.racecraft.com/images/customercars/Mike%20Murillo.jpg

I would kill to have my dark grey stock hatch from my highschool years. I miss it more than any other mustang I have previously owned And thought the least of at the time. stupid kid

[Sinfix_15]

I would kill to have my dark grey stock hatch from my highschool years. I miss it more than any other mustang I have previously owned And thought the least of at the time. stupid kid

amen to that, id love to go kick my own ass for getting rid of some cars back in the day... stupid kid indeed.

[silversol]

amen to that, id love to go kick my own ass for getting rid of some cars back in the day... stupid kid indeed.

I have been looking at coupes off and on for the past few months I just cant decided to pull the trigger on once since I need a automatic now, But if i can find a hatch the same color combo its going down! I kinda like the hatch more for daily use fold the rear seat down and boom instant ford ranger!

[David88vert]

i would have told myself not to get my foxbody and instead save the money and buy into the stock market when it tanked.

[quickdodge®]

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[bu villain]

Ten years isn't really that far to go back.

Regardless of your age, 10 years should be plenty far back to say I've learned something that I wish I knew earlier.

For me, it would be to buy a cheap old school rather than a newer 30k car.

[quickdodge®]

Regardless of your age, 10 years should be plenty far back to say I've learned something that I wish I knew earlier.


For you, maybe. But you're also young.

[On_Her_Face]

Well I haven't been driving for 10 years.. but I would of not gotten the three speeding tickets I earned.

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"blankCD, put every single dime you and your family has into Apple."

[Catnip]

I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.

[On_Her_Face]

I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.

Details?

[Nemesis]

"blankCD, put every single dime you and your family has into Apple."

You'd be losing money now.

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You'd be losing money now.
Don't think it would matter at this point. They couldnt give shares away in 2002, I, personally, had a good $10,000 in savings back then. I'd go slap Mark Zuckerberg in the face with a rack of $100s and tell him to kiss the ring.

[silversol]

I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.

Yeah my 67 mustang has been sitting almost 3 years now. It was my first car.

[Matt300ZXT]

I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/Matt300ZXT/Foot-1.jpg

[Catnip]

Details?


Mine wasn't nearly this nice:

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Datsun/69-Datsun-SRL_311-DV-10-MO_05.jpg

'69 Datsun Roadster 2000
It was my grandfather and grandmother's car in the 80's and ended up sitting for years and years. When I was 14 it was known I loved the car, so my grandfather gave it to me. It ran great with only 4x,xxx miles, but had some transmission issues. I spent at least a thousand bucks trying to get the trans straightened out. The 2nd time it didn't work I gave up. The rust and transmission were REALLY discouraging... now I work at a body shop and have the money to get the trans straightened out. You know, if I hadn't sold it.

[On_Her_Face]

That'd be a sweet cruiser.

[Sinfix_15]

I have been looking at coupes off and on for the past few months I just cant decided to pull the trigger on once since I need a automatic now, But if i can find a hatch the same color combo its going down! I kinda like the hatch more for daily use fold the rear seat down and boom instant ford ranger!

I like hatchbacks, but the moment i get one i start regretting that it isnt a coupe. I am aware of my destiny now.... fox coupe.... black or red with black trim, nothing else will suffice.

[Sinfix_15]

I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/Matt300ZXT/Foot-1.jpg

That scares me..... because ive been pretty careless with jacks in my day

[.blank cd]

I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/Matt300ZXT/Foot-1.jpg

Sweet merciful fuck! That's why I'll never work under a car without jackstands. Never ever.

[bu villain]

For you, maybe. But you're also young.

I'm sorry to hear you haven't learned anything car related in the last 10 years. I'm not sure what age has to do with it. I don't think learning should stop at a certain age.

[Catnip]

I like hatchbacks, but the moment i get one i start regretting that it isnt a coupe. I am aware of my destiny now.... fox coupe.... black or red with black trim, nothing else will suffice.

Based on your S13, I can't wait.

[gogriz91]

Buy JMortensen's triple Mikuni 44 setup when it comes on Ebay...I'd be bolting on an extra 25-35hp for a very reasonable price.

[MachNU]

Not buying that evo 5 body kit for my Sentra. Hell...not wasting money on a Sentra by buying real HKS parts back in the day. LOL. Would not have bought a black mustang with grey interior. *facepalm* Would have bought that perfect '93 Torch Red Notch from a friend with a 351w in it after I sold my black mustang. Then would have kept that. I would have saved so much money and be much better off financially lol.

[Elbow]

I wouldn't have wasted the money on making my street car fun.

[quickdodge®]

I'm not sure what age has to do with it.

It can, dude. Believe me. If you really think about it. I'm not going to let you bait me into an argument with you about it, though.

And no need for you to apologize, my friend.

[KyleG]

I was 6. I'd talked my dad into driving our old truck more. So, it wouldn't be to the state it is at today.

[Kevykev]

Never do a fiberglass kit. Especially one that left me almost broke after dropping $1100 on it. smh

But hey, It made me who I am today....not really. =D

[Humphrizzle]

would have told myself to do better in high school and start school right afterward instead of taking 5 years to go to school.

also, not sell my old Si.

[Sinfix_15]

Never do a fiberglass kit. Especially one that left me almost broke after dropping $1100 on it. smh

But hey, It made me who I am today....not really. =D

EVERYONE should have this on their list......... fiberglass is shit. I remember everyone jumping off the fiberglass bandwagon 6-7 years ago..... its amazing to me that the fiberglass industry is still lingering around or that people are still buying it.

[MachNU]

EVERYONE should have this on their list......... fiberglass is shit. I remember everyone jumping off the fiberglass bandwagon 6-7 years ago..... its amazing to me that the fiberglass industry is still lingering around or that people are still buying it.

6-7 years ago? Hell I bought an Evo 5 body kit for my Nissan Sentra in 2005. LOL.

[gorilla]

6-7 years ago? Hell I bought an Evo 5 body kit for my Nissan Sentra in 2005. LOL.

That's 6 to 7 years ago....and then some

[Doppelgänger]

Fuck that...my awesome GV bumper is 'glass. I'd kill for a urethane version...but it would probably be 2x the cost.

[bu villain]

It can, dude. Believe me. If you really think about it. I'm not going to let you bait me into an argument with you about it, though.

And no need for you to apologize, my friend.

No argument intended, just sharing my opinion. As you are an older and presumably wiser member on here, I was hoping you would share some of that wisdom.

[Aeroscout977]

"Don't trade your Acura Legend for that Dodge Stealth."

[§treet_§peed]

Honestly, I don't know. I mean, I riced the piss out of my first car. But it was a show car, I knew it was slow as hell, and I never said it was fast. I won a lot of trophies with it for car shows and sound off's. Had a assload of fun with it and got so much pussy in it lol. Mainly, I guess I would say do it lol. O I wouldn't of sold my Civic when I was 21. I miss the MPG that car got and how cheap it was to keep up.

[D3UC3S]

Don't sell your 2002 civic....Sell the perfect motor and Kswap. Car could have been a monster with all the money i have put in all the cars i have owned since that point.

[Firefightin_tC]

I'd be 18...if that's the case.

1.) Stay the course...you're life get really awesome in a few years, you'll see the world...you're experience alot of new things that most people only talk about. You're going to get married to a older yet hot wife, you're going to own a house, three cars...you're going to have more 'true' friends than you'll ever know. You're going to be awesome in life...you're going to have a kick-ass job and a family that loves you.

2.) Stay away from that Amy chick when you get to West Georgia...that bitch is a whore.

[ItODDospeed]

Buy more Apple stock.

[BenjaminJunu]

As far as my car history goes, I feel like i did everything the right way. I haven't had ten years experience with cars yet, but so far i have only made money on my cars and had fun with them.

[SHHHH]

You're never going to own a car that makes enough power for you.....welcome to hell kid.

[blaknoize]

Be less poor. I didn't even own a car.