[Z06] What's your winter beater ????
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Woodinville WA
Sorry, but Hummers, Lexus, F250s, or anything newer than 10 years old is not a beater in my book. Nice cars I'm sure, but they could be a ride that most people would not mind all year round.
Where are the old Camry's, Saabs, and there must be a K car out there somewhere....
Where are the old Camry's, Saabs, and there must be a K car out there somewhere....
OK, I'm pretty sure my $1,400 94 Saturn SL2 qualifies as a beater. I love the freedom of driving a diposable car on a daily basis that I don't worry about, clean, or even maintain (aside from oil.) If and when it quits I'll go to the classifieds and replace it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lancaster County PA
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10
'04 Infiniti FX AWD with 18" Blizzaks replacing the 20" stock wheel/tire combo for the winter.
Last edited by Hardcorvette; Feb 8, 2007 at 01:24 AM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: granville mass
A bunch of guys at work have real beaters like my volvo. You should see us playing autocross in the parking lot when it snows. My bud with the Saturn wins there, but I have more fun with rear wheel drive. I do win the drag races though, that turbo automatic is pretty quick for an under $1000 car (our cut-off point).
There's nothing like having a car that you can park anywhere - and just not care about who parks next to you.
Burning Brakes
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From: Ottawa Ontario, Canada
My buddies '87 IROC winter beater took the cake as far as I was concerned... it was the type of car he walked OVER instead of walking around... LOL. The driver's door was missing the tint, he always joked that he'd try to take the tint off the pass side Window and transfer it to the driver's side so people couldn't see him!
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an 03 CLK 500 is my DD, and I have a 94 GMC Sonoma (with 152k miles on it) for my Beater. Although, after this winter I'm planning on tearing it down - rebuilding the suspension,giving it a little lift and maybe an ls1. Why I have no Idea. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Chandler Az
I recently blew up my beater at the local Dyno Day check it out:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6...bd01420671.htm
Then some genious decided to run onto(literally) my other beater so im down 0/2 now
haha but seriously now here it is.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6...bd01420671.htm
Then some genious decided to run onto(literally) my other beater so im down 0/2 now
haha but seriously now here it is.
Last edited by EVILNESS; Feb 9, 2007 at 12:03 AM.
Pro
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From: Littleton NC
Hey Evilness that is a beautiful 350Z. Last time I went to the track a guy had one there that looks vert similiar to yours that had twin turbos and over 500rwhp he claimed. It was definately fast.
Now on to the funny part. Out of all the shops in the US the GEO video you posted was made at RPM in Garner,NC the place that did my cam swap for me and tuned my car. I saw that 1st hand....and it scared the heck out of everybody when it finally BLEW up! It was at their dyno day on 1/20/07.
Now on to the funny part. Out of all the shops in the US the GEO video you posted was made at RPM in Garner,NC the place that did my cam swap for me and tuned my car. I saw that 1st hand....and it scared the heck out of everybody when it finally BLEW up! It was at their dyno day on 1/20/07.
Racer
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From: O'Fallon MO