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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Kuiper7986 on October 02, 2004, 03:59:39 am
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Actually I\'m kinda curious to what types of cars you people drive. Curious because a lot of people here are from Europe and I just wonder what kind of cars you drive since gas prices are high in Europe.
I drive a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant DE
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I don\'t have a car, nor do I ever want one... but if I did, it would be an Audi A8 :P I like big chunky looking cars, and lots of raw power.
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Mogura how come you don\'t want one? Is it that expensive in Europe? Or do you just simply never needed one. Wow your either lucky or really really smart. You don\'t gotta pay for car insurance, gas, maintenance and all that good stuff.
Actually I\'m kinda curious what kind of cars (if they do) the Devs drive...
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I do not have a car. In fact, I do not even know how to drive. My friends take me everywhere that excedes walking distance. :D
I guess that, yes, in a way, it is the smartest choice. And the \"He did it, ociffer!\" is always the best answer. :]
- Golbez
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I own a 1992 Volkswagon Jetta Green -Excellent Condition and soon to own truck now that I have the car paid off!
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I bike wherever I need to go. It\'s great exercise. I bike about 5 km (~3 mi) each day. Great for staying in shape, friendly to the environment and it costs close to nothing. :D
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\'85 Chevy El Camino, black, rusty. Good beater for a student like me.
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White 98\' Ford Ranger.
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Depthblade: yeah my car isn\'t paid off yet, your lucky.
Valfaran: that\'s nice, Camino cars were nice and sturdy.
Golbez: You should get a license regardless of owning a car or not. But yeah having your friends having to do all the driving is nice and relaxing, you just enjoy the view while they drive heh.
Icebr4ker: Yeah biking is cool, I used to have a bike it, got old though. Yeah I should do more exercise, of course biking up a hill or mountain can be a tiring, especially in my area.
[EDIT Added]: Aendar: Yeah the bigger cars, they got lots of muscle power and are nice for off-roading.
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I can\'t afford to drive anymore :( Blasted tuition and all.
Anyway, last car I drove was a wood panel station wagon :D 1982 Ford Grand Marquis. It was a good car, really nice ride :)
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Yeah tuition is more important but that last car you had, \"the oldies are always goldies.\" I think I saw one of those before, pretty long car literally.
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Well I am either going to trick out my jetta or sell it and buy a new ford ranger fully loaded because they are nice. Possible thinking of buying S.U.V of some kind. As for those who choose not to drive because they don\'t believe in it heh good for your morals...but if you try and call us gas wasters heh do it all you want I can really care less because its my money and if the gas is there to use..I am going to use it!
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I got a Toyota Yaris 1.3 (Sol Edition).
I bought it together with my father since i am still living at home and would hardly be able to support a car by myself (poor-rich student ;)).
It uses like 5.5-6.5 liters/100km.
1 liter costs ? 1.015 ($ 1.26012) here in Austria (and Austria seems one of the cheaper countries in europe as for fuel).
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I have a SAAB 900i, dont have a license though.
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*seperots 2 cents*
Well my advice is never ever buy a renault i work for them a bit and there nothing but bad.
nissans are generally better..
*end 2 cents*
...i\'ve always whanted an old mini
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Originally posted by Kuiper7986
Mogura how come you don\'t want one? Is it that expensive in Europe? Or do you just simply never needed one. Wow your either lucky or really really smart. You don\'t gotta pay for car insurance, gas, maintenance and all that good stuff.
Yah, it\'s basically just the cost, and the worry of vandals, getting MOTs, where to put it... -.- etc. Sure it\'s a great for convinience, but I wouldn\'t wanna own one. I\'ve even had 10 one-hour lessons on driving, but as soon as they ended I vowed to never touch a steering wheel again. I just hated the experience so much.
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Unfortunately i havent been able to afford one yet. After college, 4 years from now, i think ill buy one, if i manage to save some of my loan.
Either a old Volvo 164 cheap, and put money on restoring it. Or a rather new car, one with some HP\'s... Heh, maybe an Volvo S 60, since im such a Volvo-person...
But whenever i get the chance i use my mom and dad\'s Volvo 850 GLT.
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Well I\'ll be 16 in may and my parants want me to work so I learn to be \"responsable\" but I\'m going to need a car to work. So, my parants will pay the down payment on any car of my choice but it will be my responsability to pay it off. My choice is a 1997 toyota supra. Its fast, really good looking, and great to fix up. But I guess you guys aren\'t into the whole import car thing.
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Well I can\'t start to drive untill I\'m 17, whicn is in a few months :D My parents will supply the Car, I\'ll have to cough up the insurance somehow. :)
As for a future car... well, something extremely expensive it\'ll probably end up being :D
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Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
My choice is a 1997 toyota supra. Its fast, really good looking, and great to fix up. But I guess you guys aren\'t into the whole import car thing.
From my experience (and from my parents) toyotas are really good cars. So this should be a good choice. You can probably drive it till its 12-14 years old without repairing bigger parts.
We also had a Nissan - from my point of view its not as good as a toyota but still top quality (we bought a used nissan and drove it 10 years till it was 12 years old - then we sold it and bought the Toyota Yaris).
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1989 Dodge Spirit...
Shut Up! I got it for $100!
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I got myself a 1996 Saturn SL1. Its got a transy problem though. I go in reverse and it clunks :(.
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\'92 Jetta Volkswagen
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I got a beastly 50 cc mpoed. and it goes YING YING YING, becuase it used to be a weed whacker :)
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\'91 Honda Accord, 165,000 miles and nothing wrong with it. Honda\'s last forever.
I used to have a 50cc turbo-charged moped, but I totaled it. :)) Almost killed myself in the process.
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1992 Pathfinder
I\'m too tall for most cars.
Hah.
Though I don\'t care much about the vehicle...my stereo system in there kicks ass, I spent so much damn money on that which should have gone to buying/fixing up the car itself. :D
I can see why people don\'t want cars, but I constantly drive back and forth from home/work, no way would I survive without being able to drive...though I make my friends drive on any trips. ;)
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Acraig you stole my car, get your own :P
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1992 Dodge Neon SXT.
A few months ago I bought my wife a 2004 Ford Focus. Not my type of car, but she thinks it\'s \"cute\", so... 2 cars, technically. I drive the Dodge almost exclusively.
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1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT
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Any suggestions on a new car? I will probably be buying a new one in the near future so what would people recommend?
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acraig it depends on what kinda car your looking for and what your useing it for.
for a start dont by a renault unless you like making 9 visits to your dealership every month...
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I would stick with the hondai or volkswagon golf/jetta, cheaper small and comfortable and still a pretty cool car
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I\'m pretty sure Renault is not very popular on this side of the pond.
I\'m leaning towards a Mazda because they have good lease plans here.
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I like Mazda\'s they are nice cars.
Can\'t go wrong with : Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Subaru. Those are all reliable brands with affordable cars.
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If you want reliable cars, Honda\'s are great. They may not be the most stylish cars, but the Civic Hybrid is certainly the money saver.
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Acraig, I think you should get a Mitsubishi preferably a Mitsubishi Galant. It\'s easy to drive and it has the power. If your a little low on cash you can try the Mitsubishi Lancer or Mitsubishi Mirage.
The Galant isn\'t that expensive and its a reliable car. You can get the Galant DE like me or if you prefer the Galant ES. I got my \'01 Galant DE for like $16,000. It hasn\'t failed me once yet.
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Originally posted by Cyonamie
1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT
-_- lucky....
Thats the car I want if I can\'t get my hands on a supra.
Supras are sooo hard to find cuz their imported
Acraig what will you use the car for?
Do you have a family?
Do you like big suv\'s or small sport cars?
Price range?
How many people do you want the car to fit?
Answer these and Ill find you this perfect car :)
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Aendar\'s Dream Cars:
The Lamborghini Murcielago in Green - Murcielago (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tit.raux/aa_murcielago_green1.jpg)
or
The Lotus Elise in Forest Green - Elise (http://josip.purger.com/automotive/elise/elise_green2.jpg)
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Ugh Galants are oil burners (at least the ones I have had experience with), Efflixi get an imported Supra from NZ it would cost about $15000US including conversion though (best guess I can offer).
Acraig I (along with everyone else) would need to know what type of car you are looking for and other details (price range etc...)
Oh and nice taste in cars Aendar those have to be some of my favourite new cars. My ultimate car would have to be a Lamborghini Muira (http://www.europeancarweb.com/retrospective/0310ec_1972miura/) though.
-Zorium
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My dream car would have to be either a silver Dodge Viper GTS (http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/wallpaper/1Dodge_Viper_GTS.jpg) or a silver Acura NSX (http://www.bilavefur.com/myndasafn/Acura/acura_nsx_4.jpg)
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my dream car would have to be an
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage: (http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~rlai/images/db7coupefr.jpg)
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My car is a Toyota Starlet - small nippy and closer to a plane than car =D
(http://www.rentalcars.net.nz/images/MVC-006F.JPG)
Ill be trading to a Toyota Yaris when my cash flow has increased enough, something with a bit more style to it =)
My ideal transport;
(http://www.jucaushii.ro/img/FullThrottle2/10.jpg)
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My dream car, the Koenigsegg:
(http://nathan21singapore.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/kecc00-05.jpg)
or...::D
(http://www.164club.org/list/164-69presskit2.jpg)
....Volvo 164
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I don\'t have a car, and don\'t drive. On the other hand, I\'ve got a nifty pair of aggressive in-line skates. :D :D
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Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
Thats the car I want if I can\'t get my hands on a supra.
Supras are sooo hard to find cuz their imported
Supra\'s are a bit over-rated, but then again maybe that cause I have a friend with one, single-turbo coversion thats is soon going to have about 600hp, and the owner happens to be a 16 year old girl whos boyfriend drives it more than her. :)
As for me I have a 1990 Nissan 240sx, and for those that know what drifting is, yes, I do.
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I\'ve got myself a 1987 Nissan Sentra. It\'s very fast and powerful. And not old. Yeah.
Nah, it gets me where I\'m going, but I\'m not a \"car\" person. Right now I need to have it looked at, since the throttle has this nasty habit of sticking open in the \"full\" position once opened that far.
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Only problems with Mitsubishi\'s is the insane level of recalls on their cars that they have. I only own one because its fast :P . Stick with foreign cars though definately unless you are looking into trucks. By foreign I mean Japanese, European cars aren\'t all that reliable, however Lotus does make some sexy cars (Neighbor has an Elise).
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Originally posted by gogg
Supra\'s are a bit over-rated, but then again maybe that cause I have a friend with one, single-turbo coversion thats is soon going to have about 600hp, and the owner happens to be a 16 year old girl whos boyfriend drives it more than her. :)
You wish you had a Supra :)
Dream car eh? :)
2003 Bugatti 16/4 Veyron
Price: $1,363,116
Curb Weight: 3520 lbs
Layout: Mid-Engine/AWD
Transmission: 7-Speed Sequential
Type: Quad-Turbo W16
Displacement: 7993 cc
Horsepower: 1001 bhp @ 6000 rpm
Torque: 922 lb-ft @ 2200-5500 rpm
0-60 mph: 2.9 sec
Top Speed: est 252 mph
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/killerv/031642.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/killerv/031648.jpg)
:)
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Right now I have a 1991 Mazda MX6 LX which I\'ve rebuilt from the ground up. Engine rebuild, brake rebuild, suspension... you name it, I\'ve done it (err except body work I guess because that\'s too expensive for me). It has about 175k miles on it right now, and not a speck of rice. Whenever I save up enough money and find some room I want to buy a beat up 68 Mustang Fastback and that\'ll be my spare time/money project for the following few years.
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2000 Dodge Neon and I love it. Very reliable and supprisingly quick. Wish I had the money to go trade it in for an Neon SRT-4 though.
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You do know of course that the Veyron is ugly (only my opinion of course), it wont be able to turn and oh it will never go into production. I am saying that last sentance because the likelyhood of any car like the Veyron being produced and/or being any good is highly unlikely especially from a company with the track record of Bugatti.
Also people think Supra\'s are really good *coughricerscough* but the car which I want to buy at the moment would cook even the best supra, that is of course straight out of the box. Now you can go and guess what the car is (here are some clues though its British though quite a few people think it is American, the only thing to my knowledge that is American is the 428? 7-litre Ford engine; its old 1960s, and can travel at 289kmh stock).
-Zorium
P.S. Only a few seconds of research should help you find the car I want.
P.P.S. Just because I want to buy it doesn\'t mean I can afford it :P
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Originally posted by Zorium
Also people think Supra\'s are really good *coughricerscough*
Toyota Supra: 3.0L 320 hp I6
Just as much horse power as my car, and I\'ve never heard anyone complain that my car is to slow?
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Besides, thst not the only reason surpa lovers want them. They look great, best handling in its class, the whole back seat area can be used to put in nos tanks ect, its easy to find parst for them, ect.
I mean, who can\'t like a supra?:)
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my dream car
(http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/C7/A0/gallery/images/image01.jpg) (http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/C7/A0/gallery/images/image02.jpg)
(http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/C7/A0/gallery/images/image03.jpg) (http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/C7/A0/gallery/images/image04.jpg)
*drooools*
tis what happens when Mercedes make a car and McLaren make it uber :D
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Reminds me of the batmobile...
da na na na da na na na
Seprot!
da na na na da na na na
Seprot!
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Eh, not a fan of nitrous. Ruins engines, but Supra\'s handle it pretty good. Gotta love Toyota quality being able to hand twice as much HP as to what it was designed for :p .
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This is what I really want, oooh baby can you feel burn of that back flame >.>
(http://www.leconcombre.com/serials/comics/img2/Batmobile1.jpg)
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Hmm nice ride depth!
da na na na da na na na
Depthblade!
da na na na da na na na
Depthblade!
\"Come robin! To the depthmobile!\"
*vrooom*
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Originally posted by Icefalcon
\'91 Honda Accord, 165,000 miles and nothing wrong with it. Honda\'s last forever.
Yeah! :D
You can\'t go wrong with a Honda. They last forever, they can take insane mileages, they\'re very reliable, they\'re cheap, and they save on gas (environmentally responsible, for a car, at least). They\'re manufactured in Ohio, too! :)
We had a silver accord of 11 years. It was donated to charity because my father couldn\'t stand driving it anymore.
I am due to inherit a \'99 Black CRV when I finally get around to learning to drive. (Which means long road-trips for me...) It smells of rotten McDonald\'s food. :P
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Here are all the names of Italian Car Companies:
Abarth, Ansaldo, Aquila, Autobianchi, ASA, ATS, Bandini, Bertone, Bianchi,Bizzarrini, Chiribiri, Cisitalia, Cizeta, CMN ,Colli, De Tomaso, DeVecchi, Diatto, Ermini, FATA, Fissore, FLAG, FOD, Ghia, Giannini, Innocenti, Intermeccanica, Iso, Isotta-Fraschini, Itala, Lamborghini, (Francis) Lombardi, Moretti, Nardi (Danese), OM, Osca, OSI, Pagani, Pininfarina, Qvale, Savio, SCAT, Scioneri, Serenissima, Siata, SPA, Stanga, Stanguellini, Temperino, Vignale, Viotti & Zagato, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati , Italdesign.
To tell you the truth I don\'t anthing in hell about Italian Cars other than that Ferrari, Lamborghini, Fiat, Lancia, are expensive as heck.
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Abarth, Ansaldo, Aquila, Autobianchi, ASA, ATS, Bandini, Bertone, Bianchi,Bizzarrini, Chiribiri, Cisitalia, Cizeta, CMN ,Colli, De Tomaso, DeVecchi, Diatto, Ermini, FATA, Fissore, FLAG, FOD, Ghia, Giannini, Innocenti, Intermeccanica, Iso, Isotta-Fraschini, Itala, Lamborghini, (Francis) Lombardi, Moretti, Nardi (Danese), OM, Osca, OSI, Pagani, Pininfarina, Qvale, Savio, SCAT, Scioneri, Serenissima, Siata, SPA, Stanga, Stanguellini, Temperino, Vignale, Viotti & Zagato, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati , Italdesign.
You do of course realize that half of these companies are design houses.
To tell you the truth I don\'t anthing in hell about Italian Cars other than that Ferrari, Lamborghini, Fiat, Lancia, are expensive as heck.
As are Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Pagani, Pininfarina and De Tomaso (Elvis Presley shot his when it wouldn\'t start :P).
But seriously most (not all) Italian cars are very good except if you want good build quality (if you want that go buy a German or Japanese car), notable exceptions to this are almost everything new buy Alfa Romeo and the Fiat Multipla (there are others but it would take too long to write).
-Zorium
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my current car: (Opel[Vauxhall] Astra 1.6)
(http://www.reuterfans.de/v8astra.jpg)
Although I got it a little less tuned ;)
(http://kfz-dieter-fischer.de/autos/Astra%20fischer.JPG)
in a greeninsh colour.
Dream car (to stay a bit more realistic than Seperot) would be
(http://digilander.libero.it/Logiko2031/Mercedes%20SL%2055%20AMG%20-%202.jpg)
although not the lame AMG 55 but rather the AMG 72, because 476hp just aren\'t enough. :]
I\'m not sure if the latter is built, even on demand. I once got to drive a \"test version\" of the AMG 55 two years ago at DCX Untert?rkheim. This car is dangerous. I mean it.
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Come on Pogs. If you are gonna dream then dream big ;)
I want one of those cool hovercars off the AniMatrix but that\'s not going to happen, soooo...1969 International Scout with a double lift and mudders that will make your eyes pop and I\'d personally redo the engin with a Chevy sB at 1200HP.
*drooling...
Sorry, back to real life.
I drive a 1981 Honda Civic 1500. It gets 32MPG so I can keep saving for that dream car :]
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Yesterday I got my brand new vehicle
2004 Pontiac Grand Am
-V6
-4 Door
-Silver in Color
- black interior and seats
-Fully Loaded
Now all that is left is to customize it alittle :P
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Originally posted by DepthBlade
Yesterday I got my brand new vehicle
2004 Pontiac Grand Am
-V6
-4 Door
-Silver in Color
- black interior and seats
-Fully Loaded
Now all that is left is to customize it alittle :P
Gratz on the new car :D :D :D
I\'m getting jealous now that I\'m driving a car that is 5 years old lol.
At least my gas mileage is better then yours :P