Author Topic: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...  (Read 42510 times)

Offline Jack16

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 786
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #75 on: September 15, 2011, 08:44:21 PM »
Here's one I took (then edited) of my roommate's Subaru.


Offline B-17

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2672
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #76 on: September 15, 2011, 09:15:12 PM »


This is what my great-grandparents drove down to Florida once a year for 30+ years... now that my great-grandfather has died quite recentely--Monday, I piped at his funeral-- they are looking to sell it :( It's such a beautiful Machine... the engine runs beautifully... too bad. I want to drive this, just once. Just once, is all. I'm only 15. Maybe my uncle would let me drive it down to the road... :D
« Last Edit: September 15, 2011, 09:17:06 PM by B-17 »

Offline Spikes

  • Aces High CM Staff
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 15721
    • Twitch: Twitch Feed
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #77 on: September 15, 2011, 09:52:51 PM »
With all the mods?
You have to understand...the pre-teens have to post the coolest pics to bring attention to themselves, when the actual car is nothing more than the bottom of the line stock model.
i7-12700k | Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 | EVGA 1080ti FTW3 | H150i Capellix

FlyKommando.com

Offline CAP1

  • Radioactive Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 22287
      • The Axis Vs Allies Arena
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #78 on: September 15, 2011, 10:01:13 PM »
(Image removed from quote.)

This is what my great-grandparents drove down to Florida once a year for 30+ years... now that my great-grandfather has died quite recentely--Monday, I piped at his funeral-- they are looking to sell it :( It's such a beautiful Machine... the engine runs beautifully... too bad. I want to drive this, just once. Just once, is all. I'm only 15. Maybe my uncle would let me drive it down to the road... :D

sorry for the loss of your grand father. grand parents are the best people on the planet.

 maybe you could talk your grand mom into keeping it?
ingame 1LTCAP
80th FS "Headhunters"
S.A.P.P.- Secret Association Of P-38 Pilots (Lightning in a Bottle)

Offline Widewing

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8800
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #79 on: September 16, 2011, 06:02:10 AM »
Wing I will restate what I said in the other post.  That is one gorgeous Jeep.  The versatility and the fun of driving them have made them an Icon for many years.

Well done!

Thanks Hajo!

I've had my share of heavily modded Jeeps. I've resisted the urge to lift this Jeep. Being a daily driver, I decided to keep the ride height close to stock. The 33" tires and Spidertrax provided better ground clearance and a more stable track. Another factor is maintaining the fuel mileage to something close to stock. In heavy stop and go traffic, it manages almost 15 mpg. Local driving, with the occasional light and stop sign nets me about 19 mpg. On the open highway, mileage will vary between 22 and 24 mpg. 22 mpg in hill country, with 24+ on flat highways. Very reasonable, and much better than my '92 YJ Wrangler.

Factory equipment and mods* include: 6 CD changer, SiriusXM radio. Moab 17" mags. Heavy Duty Suspension (same as Rubicon). MOPAR tranny cooler*. Side air bags, Freedom top hardtop, Trektop soft top*, air conditioning, Vintage Jeep 4 Wheel Drive decals*. Hidden Hitch 2" receiver hitch with recovery shackle*. Floor and roll bar mounted fire bottles*. Recovery kit*. Quadratec grab handles*. Red Rock hood stickers*. SilverStar head lamp and driving lamp bulbs*. K&N air filter*. 3.73 gears, with Aussie Locker* on Dana 30 up front, with Dana 44 Trac-Loc rear axle. Olympic 4x4 rock rails*. Evap canister skid plate*. Cooper ST 285/70-17* (33x11.50-17) hybrid tires (mud and rock) with Spidertrax offset hub adapters*.

Overall, it's a very capable Wrangler, that still rides and handles close to stock, with adequate fuel mileage and bulletproof reliability to date.
My regards,

Widewing

YGBSM. Retired Member of Aces High Trainer Corps, Past President of the DFC, retired from flying as Tredlite.

Offline Masherbrum

  • Radioactive Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 22408
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #80 on: September 16, 2011, 06:39:49 AM »
You have to understand...the pre-teens have to post the coolest pics to bring attention to themselves, when the actual car is nothing more than the bottom of the line stock model.

Perfectly stated spikes.   
-=Most Wanted=-

FSO Squad 412th FNVG
http://worldfamousfridaynighters.com/
Co-Founder of DFC

Offline Tyrannis

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3931
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #81 on: September 16, 2011, 06:52:52 AM »
Nothing special. Just an 01' Camry.The one in the pic isent mine exacly, but it pretty much looks like mine. hoping to sell it off to get enough money to by one of the dodge stratus coup.


Offline mipoikel

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3521
      • http://www.llv32.org
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #82 on: September 16, 2011, 06:54:34 AM »
I am a spy!

Offline Stampf

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 11491
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #83 on: September 16, 2011, 09:24:26 AM »
can never get sick of seeing a piece of art from when dodge knew how to build cars.  :aok

Thanks Cap.  You too man...Nothing like wrinkled rears and daylight under the fronts...especially on a car you're driving home from the track!  Love that picture.  :aok

Alot of nice rides as usuall in the community.

- Der Wander Zirkus -
- La Fabrica de Exitos -

Offline Tigger29

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2568
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #84 on: September 16, 2011, 01:34:38 PM »
Yes it's a Festiva!  An '89 with a whopping FIFTY EIGHT horsepower!  Oddly enough it's actually pretty quick - I blow away Metros, Escorts, Cavaliers, Tercels and even an occasional Moped in this thing!

It ain't pretty but it's in good mechanical shape and very cheap to fix.  It was also free as my father didn't care to drive it anymore after he hit a deer.  I talked him into letting me take it off of his hands and I did some "tweaking" and put in a headlight and have been enjoying the 45mpg ever since!

It also only costs me $4 more each month for liability only insurance!  Eventually when I'm in a better financial situation I may convert it to electric.  Being lightweight and having a manual steering rack and a manual transmission it's a perfect candidate for that.  It would be a fun project that's for sure!


Offline Hajo

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6034
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #85 on: September 16, 2011, 01:47:53 PM »
Hey Tigger I think Mecum is in town.  You should go see the beautiful cars at auction!  Or is it St. Charles Illinois???
- The Flying Circus -

Offline VonMessa

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 11922
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #86 on: September 16, 2011, 01:58:36 PM »
 :noid

I forgot to photoshop my license plate number...   

Now what?

 :noid
Braümeister und Schmutziger Hund von JG11


We are all here because we are not all there.

Offline gpwurzel

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3836
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #87 on: September 16, 2011, 02:02:16 PM »
Dunno bout anyone else, but I'm on me way to steal ya beer!!
 ;)

Wurz

I'm the worst pilot ingame ya know!!!

It's all unrealistic crap requested by people who want pie in the sky actions performed without an understanding of how things work and who can't grasp reality.


Offline Tigger29

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2568
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #88 on: September 16, 2011, 02:32:25 PM »
:noid

I forgot to photoshop my license plate number...   

Now what?

 :noid

Actually I did that out of respect because it still had my dad's plates on it at the time and I don't know how he'd feel about that.  If it were my plates on it I could have cared less!

Offline VonMessa

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 11922
Re: Show us your favorite photo of your personal vehicle...
« Reply #89 on: September 16, 2011, 02:35:46 PM »
Dunno bout anyone else, but I'm on me way to steal ya beer!!
 ;)

Wurz



Good luck with that.  Until the pumpkins come in around here, the brewery is closed and the vessels are empty  :cry

Brewing will resume either this, or next weekend. :rock
Braümeister und Schmutziger Hund von JG11


We are all here because we are not all there.