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Got another one: 1975 Yamaha RD60

Forgot if I posted in this thread. First: 2000 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer Edition Second: 2002 Subaru WRX Then I bought the GTP, plus 3 or 4 after that. Oh yea, I forgot, my dad bought a 87 Jeep Wrangler w/ a 350 in it. I drove that around on his 30 acres.

3rd person whose said something like that, except the other 2 mentioned a fat woman

I know what you're saying. I couldn't stand my SE rims. And as far as choosing aesthetics or performance, I choose aesthetics. But that's just me. Looking for a F.1 hood myself, and haven't done any go fast mods. Probably won't ever anyways

I like the rims, BUT if my eyes are correct, 245/40R18? No good, if you wanna do 18's you gotta do 245/45R18. Soooooo, you'll have to buy new tires. Oh and I haven't been following lately, so I just noticed that "jinx" post. Called it!

Minor update: I added a new "vehicle" to my collection. Bought it on my birthday for no good reason, and called it a present for myself. Pics: 1979 Honda Express II. 50cc, top speed is 25mph. I'll ride it to work, but I can't really ride it anywheres else because I don't plan on registering it or insurance or any of that crap. Not sure if I need a motorcycle permit, since it's 50cc or above.

Nice car

Question, can we only put Pontiacs in the garage? Or can we put all of our cars in the garage? Oh and another Q, only currently owned vehicles or past vehicles as well?

$5, a pen, the February 2011 issue of Car & Driver and maybe if you're lucky, I'll let you walk my dog. Oh and the confidence to know it's going to a good home where it'll be with it's own kind. This is my offer, take it or leave

I haven't started my GTP since I parked it in a garage in November. I'm scared

I was going to buy this totaled grand am and part it out. Joined the 2 most common GA forums to introduce myself and got kicked off one. I never even ended up buying the GA lol

Uh oh, GAOC. Lol. Yea I didn't last very long on there. Then chaos found me and brought me here

hm, I just passed a GXP on my way home, a dark grey one, but the spoiler was bigger, and it had HIDs

If the meet is close enough to me, I'll bring the GTP and the van (even if it is a Ford) Suggestion: Maybe around the time of the Right Coast Syracuse Nationals, very big show around here My location: Syracuse, NY

Nice. I tried doing that in the Jimmy once, didn't turn out like that

my rims are rice.... o and

Havoc- O I do rock the shit outta it lol Killer- thanks for the Jimmy, but that pic is at a funny angle. The interior is mint, but the rockers are rusty, but not as bad as most s10's, blazers, sonomas and jimmy's around here. And usually the tailgate is rusted out, mines mint. I gotta get interior pics of everything. The van is crazy mint, I love my GTP interior, and the 38 is all original(the back seat is the most comfortable seat ever, but it smells like my grandma's). The chevelle's is red, but my dad is planning on doing it black.

Alrite, I figured since I haven't posted much on this forum and add to it that the GTP is in storage for winter so no updates, I thought I'd create this thread, a show-and-tell if you will. Basically me, my cars, and other stuff. Alrite so I start this story with my first vehicle. For my graduation gift my parents bought me a 2000 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer Edition. It was fully loaded with every option except a sunroof(my favorite option). How you see it in the pic below is how I bought it: 20" Bigg rims, and a faux scoop. Never had any problems with it except once, the starter relay went on it so my dad hotwired it and brought it into a shop. We bought it at an estate auction in May 09 with around 74k on it for much less than what it was worth(benefits of auctions). After more than a year I got bored with it and sold it in Aug 10. Bought for $6600, sold for $7500. I used the money from the Expo to buy my next vehicle. I wanted something stick, so that in the spring I could buy a really nice sports car. I figured I'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone and buy a WRX for both the winter and summer. I bought this in Sept 10. It was a 2002 Subaru WRX. It was completely stock when I bought it, but it needed a cat and the exhaust redone, so I had a STi exhaust put on. It sounded amazing. Only 1 problem, I suck at driving stick. My dad had a lot vehicle when I was younger, a 87 Wrangler w/ a 350 in it that I learned to drive stick in. Man that thing never stalled. I literally took my foot completely off the clutch and then accelerate. So now I can't get used to driving this WRX. I would stall every time I drove it. I became frustrated and decided I'd sell it before I grenaded the tranny or clutch. I had to wait for the title from the DMV, so while I waited I went car shopping again. Bought for $6800, sold for $6800. I really wanted a Bonneville GXP, but couldn't find any around my area. So I looked for GTP's. I called on probably 10 of them, and one called me back. I didn't even remember calling him, but he told me it only had 62k on it. I went and looked at it and was blown away by how clean it was, exterior, interior and engine bay. The guy had never driven it in a NY winter. And one of the best parts, it had a SUNROOF! WOOO! It needed brakes, but for the money I couldn't go wrong. I bought it and brought it home. It's a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Special Edition. Having a turbo and a supercharger at the same time was awesome. Bought for $5500. Day I bought it: I hated the rims that it came with stock, so I looked around and bought a set of 18" Metal FX rims. As you can see the tires were too small, but they were no good anyways. I bought a set of Hankook Ventus V12 245/45R18. The above pics are from a day long photoshoot I did with my friend. There are way more pics but I don't want to overdue it. Next, the VAN!!! Ok, so my van...It's a 1969 Ford E100 Club Wagon Chateau. My great uncle bought the van brand new in 69. From the moment he bought it to the time of his death, he kept and recorded everything for this van. I even have the original car invoice from the dealer, brochures and letters to Ford from my uncle. He kept notes on it as well. For instance, in 1987 the van had 84k on it. It currently has 86k on it. My uncle was weird though, he went out and bought doubles for everything on the van. I got all the parts with the van when I bought it. I actually filled the entire back half of the van with parts. Tail lights, weather striping, another set of rims, another gas tank, the original radiator, floor mats, tons of oil filters, mirrors etc. When he died he willed everything to his sister, my great aunt. It sat for a year until I decided to buy it from the estate. She sold it to me for $2000. It needed an idler arm bushing from sitting for 20 years, and a rubber gasket in the carb (forgot the name). I found a replacement for the rubber gasket for the carb sitting on the work bench next to the van. Had both of them fixed, washed it, and brought it to the All-Ford Show. I got 2nd in my class. It does have a dent in the corner though from my uncle backing into a railing at his house. I'll get that fixed in the spring. He also had the bottom half re-painted in a different shade of blue. It wraps around the front and up onto the roof. The original blue is in the center: 1969 Ford Brittany Blue. I bought it in May 2011, which I just realized was exactly 1 year and a day after when I bought my Expedition. Pic! I didn't want to drive my GTP in the winter again like last year, so I decided I'd buy a cheap winter rat. I either wanted a FWD with a handbrake for snow drifting or a 4wd. I found a early 2000's Subaru Forester with 3x,xxx miles and a 1992 GMC Jimmy SLE with 32k on it. Both were about the same price. I called multiple times on both, but with no answers. The guy with the Jimmy finally called me back and I went and saw it. I liked, so I bought it for $2850. I called the original/previous owner and verified the mileage. I bought this in July. I stored it until the GTP went into storage for winter and I brought this out. It runs ok, idle is a little high and sometimes theres an issue with the fuel, but it's running so that's all I care about. I really can't wait to get the GTP out though. The GMC has the Vortec 4.3 V6, best engine you could get in the Jimmy in 92(except for the turboed Typhoon). I was really disappointed we didn't get a lot of snow this year, that's the whole reason I bought this thing! Now my dad's cars, I'll keep it simple. The first is a 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS396. It's auto, so I can drive it! Yea! The other is a 1938 Chevy Deluxe. I think it has around 26hp lol. Questions, comments, concerns?

"and this is a nerf gun"

I started with a Ford Expedition. Got bored with it after a year. Sold it and bought a WRX. I hated driving stick, so I looked around. I really wanted a GXP Bonneville, but couldn't find a good one near me. So I went down to GTP's. Called on a number of them. Then as I'm looking at one ad for a GTP a guy called wondering if I was interested in his GTP. I didn't even remember calling the guy. I wasn't really interested, but just for sits and giggles I asked the mileage and price. 63k for $5500. Sounded good, I went and looked at it, fell in love with the interior, 2 tone gray and black, liked how clean it was, and bought it. Sold the WRX a few days later, but did charish the idea of having a turboed car and a supercharged car at the same time. I'm not a fan of GP's, but at the time it was going to be my only car so I needed a FWD for winter, and auto. I knew GTP's had superchargers, but I didn't know how fast they were. I liked, and still like 91-96 GP's, but I love this engine. I've been very pleased with the car.

So I bought one, and now my friend wants one. Do they combine them to save on shipping?

Bought! And I even got Oct!! Woooo! I'm looking forward to oct 2012......