Stranger in the Black Sedan
01-26-2010, 02:39 PM
Since Dom challenged us to post how many accidents we have caused, in someone else's thread, I'll start. First off, here is a list of all of the cars I have DRIVEN (not just owned and worked on, actually driven some distance on the street, been occasionally reckless with, ya know)
1997 Buick Lesabre - My first car, got when I was 16 years old. Did KYB struts, front and rear sway bar upgrade, custom tuned PCM, wheels, tires, and 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust on this car. Drove from 23k miles to 75 k miles, had it up to 130 mph w/ the custom tune w/ no speed governor. Did some power tours w/ this car at sustained high speeds and generally drove like a 'tard with it when I was 16-17 years old. I drove this thing at highway speeds in the snow during 'state of emergency' situations. I always had very good tires on it and they did not last long.
Traded it in at 75k miles without a scratch on it and all original paint, thing was mint. Never hit anything with this car even though I was young and dumb. Car ran 15.8 in the 1/4 so for a first car it was decently powered.
Also:
2004 Taurus SEL, just did KYB GR-2 gen 3 taurus struts and 4 aftermarket coil springs on this car and 23mm SHO rear sway bar.
2003 Acura TL Type S, very fast car, had it up to 140 plenty of times
1993 Saturn SL2
1983 Firebird
1978 T bird, 351
1977 Camaro, 327 EFI, manual trans, drove the hell out of this car
1976 Firebird, 400v8, now 350/4 spd
1973 Nova, 350 4 speed
1973 Dodge Charger, 383/3.91 rear
1972 Thunderbird, 10:1 429 V8
I have owned more cars than that list but that list covers all cars that I have had up to triple digit speeds and drove regularly.
Guess how many accidents I have ever caused? None. Someone totalled the Nova when I was stopped in a turn lane waiting to cross traffic and they were driving on a suspended license w/ DUI's and "didn't see me" while overtaking another car. That's the only car that's been hit with me in it. I've never hit or been hit while moving, in any vehicle. The belief that you wreck your first car and that's normal, is BS. I drive crazy sometims but manage to keep from being a complete moron.
1997 Buick Lesabre - My first car, got when I was 16 years old. Did KYB struts, front and rear sway bar upgrade, custom tuned PCM, wheels, tires, and 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust on this car. Drove from 23k miles to 75 k miles, had it up to 130 mph w/ the custom tune w/ no speed governor. Did some power tours w/ this car at sustained high speeds and generally drove like a 'tard with it when I was 16-17 years old. I drove this thing at highway speeds in the snow during 'state of emergency' situations. I always had very good tires on it and they did not last long.
Traded it in at 75k miles without a scratch on it and all original paint, thing was mint. Never hit anything with this car even though I was young and dumb. Car ran 15.8 in the 1/4 so for a first car it was decently powered.
Also:
2004 Taurus SEL, just did KYB GR-2 gen 3 taurus struts and 4 aftermarket coil springs on this car and 23mm SHO rear sway bar.
2003 Acura TL Type S, very fast car, had it up to 140 plenty of times
1993 Saturn SL2
1983 Firebird
1978 T bird, 351
1977 Camaro, 327 EFI, manual trans, drove the hell out of this car
1976 Firebird, 400v8, now 350/4 spd
1973 Nova, 350 4 speed
1973 Dodge Charger, 383/3.91 rear
1972 Thunderbird, 10:1 429 V8
I have owned more cars than that list but that list covers all cars that I have had up to triple digit speeds and drove regularly.
Guess how many accidents I have ever caused? None. Someone totalled the Nova when I was stopped in a turn lane waiting to cross traffic and they were driving on a suspended license w/ DUI's and "didn't see me" while overtaking another car. That's the only car that's been hit with me in it. I've never hit or been hit while moving, in any vehicle. The belief that you wreck your first car and that's normal, is BS. I drive crazy sometims but manage to keep from being a complete moron.