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 Jan 26, 2006 - 7:10 PM
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 Administrator  Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)  |
It is always nice to have a second car, and I wish I would've had one during my swap. I had to borrow my parents' cars and get rides while my car was down.
I wish I would've bought a cheap beater sooner. I bought a '88 Celica GT with 130k miles for $400 that just needed some TLC and is now my brother's car. Another good daily driver/beater purchase was my '91 Sentra SE-R for $1,200. It's an enjoyable and reliable car, so I can take my sweet time with the Celica and not rush anything. 
This post has been edited by Coomer: Jan 26, 2006 - 7:10 PM -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Jan 26, 2006 - 10:57 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '02 From Blairstown, New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
A friend of mine has a '92 Honda Accord that he's going to loan me for however long I need it when I do a swap. He's got a WRX and wants to see me boosted almost as badly as myself, so he's been great about supporting my interests and lending a hand.
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Jan 27, 2006 - 7:02 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 24, '03 From Andrews TX Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
just bought an 04 jetta , my car had been parked since July and I have been bumming rides and car-pooling with my brother because we work in the same town(about 20miles away)
-------------------- If anyone is missing NASCAR and it's not on Speed Channel, take a fistful of Skittles, throw them in the toilet and hit the flush handle. Instant NASCAR!!!
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Jan 28, 2006 - 3:13 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
WOOT!
1 more swapper who bought a jetta! mwahhahaahaha i'm not the only one! |
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Jan 28, 2006 - 6:54 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
my car's downtime leaves me driving my parants mini van, it sux but its what i got. I will probably be getting an awd cr-v for a daily driver and turning my celica into my total project car. but I'm having a hard time finding the cr-v i want, AWD (must) Manual (must) low miles (must) little to no body damage (must) the sooner i get it the sooner i can think about really doing the 3s swap, and other projects I cant do because of work.
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Jan 28, 2006 - 8:40 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 28, '05 From Redondo Beach, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 86 (100%) |
QUOTE(playr158 @ Jan 28, 2006 - 3:13 PM) [snapback]385770[/snapback] WOOT! 1 more swapper who bought a jetta! mwahhahaahaha i'm not the only one! cough cough chick car --------------------  |
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Jan 28, 2006 - 9:24 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 27, '03 From Nor Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(LewFX @ Jan 29, 2006 - 1:40 AM) [snapback]385837[/snapback] cough cough chick car *looks at 6g celica... shrugs* -------------------- "It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"
1995 AT200 Celica ST: stocked out daily driver... 1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5: silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies... 1991 SW2x MR2 n/a: bare bones hardtop model soon to be... |
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Jan 29, 2006 - 12:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
its all good just means my chances of meeting a really hot jetta chick are higher then yours of meeting a hot celica chick
 plus it just makes euro meets a bit better
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Jan 29, 2006 - 7:12 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 11, '05 From MN, Rochester Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
My car is in my garage now. I use the family car most of the time only because I feel like a pimp in the GMC Envoy even if it stinks like baby car seat
Or I take my brothers VW GTi that car is slow.
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Jan 31, 2006 - 6:04 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 10, '04 From New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i just started my 3sgte swap the other day. and iam driving around my dads 2002 jeep wrangler now because hes on a business trip for a month, so i lucked out.
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Feb 2, 2006 - 12:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 5, '05 From LA, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
My '03 WRX.
 (I have an ST205 motor w/ FWD converted AWD tranny w/ KAAZ LSD going in my '90 Camry) Heh, I'm doing a swap on a car that would be a good beater to drive while doing a swap!  -Charlie -------------------- 2003 Subaru WRX Wagon
1989 Camry Alltrac LE 3S-GTE - SV25/ST205 hybrid 1988 Camry Alltrac LE - BEAMS swap started |
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Feb 3, 2006 - 6:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 9, '02 From Scranton, Pa Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
coomer you read my mind! my red one (ser) just hit 180k the other day!
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Feb 3, 2006 - 7:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 1, '03 From CT Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I drive my 1990 jeep wrangler. But as stated above a well planned swap should be no more than a weekend of downtime. We did a 7afe swap wednesday took about 6 hours with 2 of us. nothing really hard about what we did but that would leave you easily a day and a half for wiring and loose ends
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