New to the forums. Currently have a BMW 330xi as my vehicle to get to the mountain. See where that's a problem? More than a couple inches on the road and I am screwed..
Looking for input on what vehicles you all drive to the mountain. I have about 12k to put into this. Maybe more.
Well, here is my ride. I guess I'll be about the only Mazda representing in all these Suby's, Jeeps, and Audi's. 2003 Protege5 (gotta love wagons) I live in the midwest and have a 4 hour one way trip to our local hil so mpg (25 w/ rack and car full) is a big necessity and ground clearance isn't.
Here she is in winter form.
Love the Thule with the easy access slides. I got this thing for a steal, brand new for 35 bucks. haha
And here is an older pic of it in summer attire. Although I now have the block off plates for the factory rack so I just take off the rails for summer.
My buddy has a pretty sick AWD Honda Element that is also our snowboard ride. Here's a pic, hopefully he can post some more.
Well, here is my ride. I guess I'll be about the only Mazda representing in all these Suby's, Jeeps, and Audi's. 2003 Protege5 (gotta love wagons) I live in the midwest and have a 4 hour one way trip to our local hil so mpg (25 w/ rack and car full) is a big necessity and ground clearance isn't.
I was looking at a protege a couple weeks ago- same color, too! They seem like awesome cars, but everyone told me not to get it. But that wasn't the reason I didn't get it. The lack of awd or a sunroof was sort of a bummer.
I'm looking at a 2002 Explorer V6 with AWD and a few 2000ish Subaru Outback base models with the auto trans and under 5k. I've been driving my dads Explorer lately and I'm liking it, but is it worth losing the reliability and pickup of the Outback? The Ford gets 20 mpg and the Subie.... well you all know what they get
Those wheels look pretty sic. I'd like to see some more pics of the car in summer mode. BTW, do you autocross? Because those tires look like they're super sticky.
you have no idea what I would do to get my hands on an r33. if not that just to get my hands on a ver 6 sti i would move to japan. an sti pre 2002 in the US is unheard of:O:O:O. maybe a 22b??
I have a Ver 6 STi too. It's several posts back. The GT-R is more fun to drive and in my opinion the 2+2 wheel drive outperforms Subarus AWD in every situation except snow.
^^^ should buff dem headlights up brah Very nice r33. There are a couple guys around my area that each have an r32. I would love to track them down and try and get a ride, but that might be a little too creeper. Happen to have any video's of it on the track?
Haha, EVerbody says to buff the headlights! I did once and it came right back. Age has done its work to the plastic. Probably will remove them for good here soon and just add ASM style blanks. I have video but not edited proper and such. Never worse than 2nd place to date!
i used the PlastiX on my headlights then i just put some clear bra on it to keep it from oxidizing. works like a champ. The clear film cost me about 6 bucks.
Not exactly feeling the r33 as it is not exactly my style (I like the car, but really dislike the deeper JDM style), but don't let that take anything away from it. Please just grab some glass lenses and not blanks as I feel it will look more "clean"
I do like the RB26 though! Last summer we swapped a RB25 (w/ an upgraded turbo setup, but do not remember the turbo specs) into my buddies 240 and that thing would lay down tracks all day.
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