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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 02:02 AM
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Car: 1992 Camaro Z28 Anniversary Edition
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i think about my car 24/7

whenever i park my winter car next to the stored car i always unlock the doors and just sit in the car for 5 minutes...

i will work on anything on my car during the winter, for its an excuse to go see my car...

whenever i park my car i walk with my head facing backwards just staring at my car.

i have a spidersense that tells me when i think my car is in trouble. sometimes in the summer i just run to the garage to make sure everything is okay

the one time my spidersense went off at 3 in the morning but my mom said "wtf is the matter with you stay in the house"... and turns out somebody tried stealing my car and broke the steering column lol

what can i say, i love my car. i drive it everyday in the summer, who cares if i spend $20 a day on gas its worth it.

my car :hail: :hail: :hail:
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 03:05 AM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am
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well i guess i can accept you guys storing your cars during the winter unfortunately i need my car and can not get another one for the winter so i can only pray for the OTHER person if they ever EVER hit my car due to everyday driving. But until I ahve money to drive a beater during the winter i'll have to drive very very carefully! and keep my gun in the passenger seat haha lolol
by the way this is my 12th car and i'm only 21 years old!! basically my dad has been giving me POS cars to get around and this was my first nice car so 12 cars of crap and if anyone ever messed with my car.. i feel bad for them
also I has a cool sticker that reads...

If you value your life like i value this car...do not F**K with it!!
i think that sums it all up!
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 07:03 AM
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Every 7 seconds.

Oh, and every month when I'm paying the bills, because the electric bill is taking away from modding the Formula, so is the heating bill and the cable bill (which I'm going to approach the wife about canceling it so I can save more for the Formula...she'll probably kill me).
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 07:30 AM
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I too, think about my car pretty much all day, every day. I park by windows, and go out of my way to drive past shiny glass store windows to check out and admire the side view..
I also like pulling up behind clean (newer) vans or trucks and checking the reflection in the back end of their vehicle!
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 09:08 AM
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Car: 1983 Camaro "SC-350"
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This thread is pointless, but I'll join in. I think about my car every month, every week, everyday, every hour, every minute, and every second of the year. Do you think I may be....say...OBSESSED with my car?!?!? The answer is yes...
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by rockfourone
"...wait until youre right in the middle of it and you say "jenna" (my iroc's name) instead of her name...
You should seek professional help. You've got some serious issues if you're fantasizing about gettin' it on with a car.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 10:28 AM
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pretty much several times an hour......its an obsession, a disease if you will.

and i think its pissed at me because its in the garage lying dormant....but it will forgive me when it gets nice out again. :rockon:
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 10:32 AM
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So I am on my honeymoon in the Caribbean two weeks ago, and one morning looking out the balcony of the ship, and the wife walks out, and the sun is coming up, very romantic. She says, "what are you thinking?". My reply: "I wonder what the Camaro is doing right now..." Of course she was mad and said something about it just sitting in the garage since it couldn't do anything else...

And when we got home, the first thing I did was open the garage and say "hello, I missed you too."
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by fast86z28
i think about mine way too much too...I am also guilty of the window pane thing and parking by a window to keep an eye on it
I always park in the one spot I can see my car from my office window. We got some new tenants in and they parked in my space and I actually told management they had to tell them that was my space. The car was a show car and had to be where I could keep an eye on it. There was a problem with then car geting dinged up in the parking lot about a year ago. So with the new paint, I want to know if a bird poops on it so I can go clean it off.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:16 AM
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Originally posted by rockfourone
"...wait until youre right in the middle of it and you say "jenna" (my iroc's name) instead of her name...
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You should seek professional help. You've got some serious issues if you're fantasizing about gettin' it on with a car.


I am SURE he is not the only one.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:21 AM
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lol good call on the walking backwards thing. once i was admiring my baby in a mall parking lot and i ran straight into a brand new BMW and set off the alarm lol!

youre absolutly right with the GPA thing. i had a 3.45 until last semester when i bought my iroc. now i have a 3.2.
but i did draw some awesome pictures of my car!!!! lol
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:23 AM
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there is a song that expresses this thread. its an old country song that states i only think about you in days that end in y.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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You guys think you got it bad putting them away for the winter. I had to put mine away to go to the middle east. I try not to think about them too much, makes me sad. But theres a few 3d gens over here ive got my eye on.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 12:48 PM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am
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I really hate it when my car is at the shop for a couple days. I become so anxious as If I left my only child at the hospital (car hospital). I call and ask on the status. Its my worst nightmare when they say, "we have a major problem, you better come down here."


I really don't think about my car all that much unless I have a new idea to do something to it, that's when I start obsessing, but at least I am no where near as bad as rockfourone.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 12:49 PM
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Car: '91 Camaro RS
Engine: F1R Procharged 383
Transmission: Tremec 600
Axle/Gears: moser 12 bolt, 4.11's 33 spline axl
My GPA actually went up last year when i was commuting home about 100 miles every week to work on the car. The semester before that i had like a 2.8, that semester i got a 3.23.

so in conclusion working on my camaro is good for school.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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Car: 91 Firebird
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I think about my f-bird every day, I think about trading it for a ford probe......
no not realy just kidding.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 01:49 PM
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i think about it 24/7 but mostly about how i want it to be than i wake up and realize i have little money to make it how i dream its hard being a student and payin 250 a month for insurance
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 02:41 PM
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Recent scientific studies have proved that I think about my Camaro every 10 seconds
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 03:34 PM
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My fiance claims I spend way more time working on/playing with my car than I spend with her......Sadly enough, I must admit that its true. I just tell her I love them both, but in different ways.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 03:39 PM
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Car: '91 Camaro RS
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Originally posted by 86fbird350
i think about it 24/7 but mostly about how i want it to be than i wake up and realize i have little money to make it how i dream its hard being a student and payin 250 a month for insurance
try being be a student and paying 310 a month hehe

i cant wait until spring when the money starts comin in, then its go time.....by the end of the summer im gonna be outta control lol.

huahhhuhahahahhahaha
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 04:07 PM
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Car: 91 Firebird
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I want another firebird so I can think about both cars only half the time!
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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no heat and i still love driving my car too bad all the salt makes it look like ****! but after a nice wash... shines up like a new penny
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 12:54 AM
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS AKA Big Nasty
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How much do i love my camaro?


Its 2:00 am right now and all i can think of is how sweet a new paint job will look on my sweet sweet ride.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 09:23 AM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am
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Last night I had a dream about my thirdgen. I am shocked at how often some of my dreams turn into reality. I usually have dreams about my thirdgen, and my car still needs paint, interior, engine, and is still slow.


In my dream last night, my car looked the same, but it was fast. This was the first time my car was ever fast in my dream. It makes me wonder what future devianb has done to the engine, did he do a V8 swap, or did he do the mythical twin turbo setup. I hope this dream comes true too.


Now that dream makes me think about my thirdgen even more. I didn't have any aggresive or wild plans for my car, but now. . . . . . . . . . . , I am starting to formulate.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 09:52 AM
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Way tooo much!
But I daydream about getting my '70 AMC javelin even more.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 12:52 PM
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Originally posted by 383backinblack
try being be a student and paying 310 a month hehe

i cant wait until spring when the money starts comin in, then its go time.....by the end of the summer im gonna be outta control lol.

huahhhuhahahahhahaha
310 a month.... geeze. im paying 517 every 6 months. i think thats pretty good if u ask me.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 01:51 PM
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Car: '91 Camaro RS
Engine: F1R Procharged 383
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Axle/Gears: moser 12 bolt, 4.11's 33 spline axl
well i have a legendary and storied driving record....coupled with the fact that i live in massachusetts......i think the only place in the country with higher rates is NJ
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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How about when you do like me, store your car for 5 months and dirve a ****ty Toyota tercel with no power. Once you go for your first drive youthink your car pops high 12's ! and everything feel sooooo new, tight and so much better then you imagined it. gotta love that feeling !! 3 days later you're bitching about the sqweeks !

Good call about passing in front of stores with tinted windows to see how good you look in your car. I tought I was the only retard that was doing it !
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 05:03 PM
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think about cars in general about 10 times a second. My camaro in particular abot 8 1/2 times a second.

work with cars, hobby is cars, social life is cars.

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Old Jan 26, 2003 | 12:03 AM
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Originally posted by mat89RS
How about when you do like me, store your car for 5 months and dirve a ****ty Toyota tercel with no power. Once you go for your first drive youthink your car pops high 12's ! and everything feel sooooo new, tight and so much better then you imagined it. gotta love that feeling !! 3 days later you're bitching about the sqweeks !

Good call about passing in front of stores with tinted windows to see how good you look in your car. I tought I was the only retard that was doing it !
hehe from car craft awhile back...

In: checking out your car as you drive by plate glass storefronts...
Out: driving into a parked car while checking out your car in plate glass store fronts...
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Old Feb 11, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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a better question is when do I *not* think about it
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Old Feb 11, 2003 | 09:41 PM
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I think I started to cry while reading all of this. Took me forever. I can't stop thinking, especially since I am halfway through building a 383. I should be doing a paper that is due very soon but I can't stop thinking about my car and all of you guys and girls at thirdgen. I am constantly here and I am always trying to broaden my knowledge and get opinions. Other people I know think I am sick for thinking & talking about my TA so much, so I wont even thing of showing those people this thread. I feel the pain from all of you.

BY the Way, who started this, and look what has become of it.
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Old Feb 11, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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just goes to show how much we value our cars!! go f-body
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 12:30 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 03:08 AM
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Originally posted by 383backinblack
hehe from car craft awhile back...

In: checking out your car as you drive by plate glass storefronts...
Out: driving into a parked car while checking out your car in plate glass store fronts...
I remember that one... that was a cool one
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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:38 PM
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I have to say i think about cars more than woman to...lol.. my familly makes front of me because thats all i think about and read about..My teachers say i ahve to have a book to read in class...guess what I take the Pontaic magazine..and drawl pics of my car..I cant help its..I love my baby!!

adam
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Old Feb 16, 2003 | 03:54 PM
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Car: 1990 Iroc-z G92
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I think about my Iroc 24.5\8\366
if not im thinkinking about my 355 powered belair
than can kill my Iroc
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