My IROC Is not my daily driver and all I hear is crap from my friends how I dont drive it enough. And they always say "Geez you think you got a Lamborghini or something"

Specialy because I wont drive it to school and leave it in the parking lot. Its really hard to find a IROC around here and I dont want dents or scratches from careless people in the parking lot. That and why put miles on my car just to go to school when I got another car?

Then when I do drive it all I hear is "Dude you drive this car like a grama" Just because I dont pin my car every friggin corner. I mean if a pony or sumthin wanted to race, I would. But I dont see flooring your car 15 times a night for nuttin

Sorry venting

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1988 Jet Black IROC
5.7L W/ 64000 miles
Flowmaster Exhaust
Fully Loaded
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My IROC In Readers Rides
My IROC

[This message has been edited by IROCThe5.7L (edited September 16, 2001).]

 

IROC,

I've got no problem with that. My '86 has 47,000 miles, so you figure it out. I don't park where I don't feel comfortable leaving the car either. I guess that's why we probably both have NICE older cars, not sleds. That's also why I drive other cars, too. After they have beaten up and gone through several Niisans and Mousetanks, they'll still be drooling over your ThirdGen.

I fully understand your position, but this is reserved as a Technical board. This isn't really a technical question, so unfortunately I'll have to move it to the Appearnce Board, since it is more related to body preservation.

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Later,
Vader
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Justice and Freedom will Prevail

[This message has been edited by Vader (edited September 16, 2001).]

 

Yeap your exactly right! Half of them went through 2 cars already!

My cars a keeper, gotta keep it in the shape its in now

Vader got any pics of your car? Your name is not in the readers rides.

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1988 Jet Black IROC
5.7L W/ 64000 miles
Flowmaster Exhaust
Fully Loaded
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My IROC In Readers Rides
My IROC

[This message has been edited by IROCThe5.7L (edited September 16, 2001).]

 

Vaders car is very clean, I've seen pictures

I can relate. I used to live about half a mile away from school, and I refused to subject my car to the school parking lot. I parked there no more than ten times, all after school when my reckless classmates had left.

 

Mine is used as a daily driver. Everyday to school, work and everywhere else.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: B&B Exhaust, few free mods.
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood... New 100% Black paint job, Clear Side Marker Lights
Stereo: Alpine 855, Infinity Kappas all around, Infinity 150x2 amp (POS), Infinity Perfect 10 in hatch.
Pictures are Here
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

 

And the funny thing is, Ionz has the best looking camaro on this board!

 

Eh I mine is a daily driver. Back home in highschool we didnt as much snow or sleet, or rain, and there wasnt that much salt on the roads to bother me. Up here in Rochester........It still dont bother me. I just wash it and make sure all of that road crap is off. The way I figure it, your only young once. Yeah I got some paint chips from the 360 mile drive I do 6 times a year, but I aint worried. I wouldnt give up driving my Maro.

 

I agree with you guys on not driving all the time. I only have one car though, so I have to drive alot. I work 30 miles from home, so i put a fair amount of miles on my car...

There is a point where people drive their car too little. If you never run the engine, seals will dry out and things can freeze like A/C compressors, etc. Also, I think people who restore cars to concours condition are insane. Seriously, who cares if every bolt in the car is the factory correct color? My car will never be a trailer queen...

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1983 Firebird
TH700R4 Auto
Small Block 400
LG4 ECM, Intake, Carb, Distributor, etc.
Soon to be non-computer.
Clarion Head Unit 45X4
2 Pioneer 400W 12" Subs
Third Gen Performance
"A four cylinder is half an engine."
"Ponies can run, but birds can fly..."

 

I hate leaving my 87 iroc it in the parking lot at school. Unfortunatly i have no choice being 200 miles away from home. i just park away from everyone.

 

I haven't put a 1000 miles on my car in the last 2 years combined. The paint is still perfect and with black I want it to last as long as I can, but as soon as I get that first chip in it then I'll drive it alot more. Know it's basically just for shows and maybe a trip to the track once in awhile.

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1985 ASCD Ram Air Trans Am
Readers Ride at https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=1067

-=ICON Motorsports=-

" I get drunk, I race cars and I fondle women. But... I have weekends off and I am my own boss"

 

Mine goes to shows, cruises and for little drives on nice days. Other than that it sits tucked away under a nice car cover in the garage. I probably average around 3000 miles a year.

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1984 Z28 350
Never argue with an idiot, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience
My Web Page

 

Mine is a daily driver, but im lookin for a beater car so it doesn't have to be.

 

I wish I had the luxury of only driving my baby on the weekends, or when it was nice outside, but my mom wont even let me put it in the garage because she wants here precious POS '99 Malibu in there instead. I wouldnt mind driving some beat-up Mazda or something to school, but I have no choice that to drive the RS. When I got it last May, it already had 123K miles on it, mostly highway miles. I live 15 miles from school, to which I drive everyday, then atleast another 15 miles home, depends on what I have to do afterwards. In the year and 4 months Ive had the car, and Im 17, Ive put over 22k miles on it. granted, about 15K are on the new engine, but still, I hate looking down and seeing 145+K on the odometer. I think every thirdgen enthusiast know exactly what we are going through here, mines just from the opposite side of the fence.

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-'92 RS with self-installed '95 LT1
-Heddman Headers
-TPIS throttle body airfoil
-MSD 6-AL Ignition
Kills
-'97 Mustang Cobra
-'98 V6 Camaro
-'89 5.0 ****stang
-'97 Sebring
-'96 ****stang Cobra

Losses
-'99 Mustang GT
-'96 Mustang Cobra
-'95 Z28 (good race)
-'96(?) Turbo Eclipse (d*mn good race, heavily modified)

 

I drive mine one day during the work week and to the store, dinner, etc on the weekends!!!

I have put about 2000 miles since I got it in June but I drove it almost every day for about a month (along with 3 trips to Houston)

Right now I am averaging about 50 miles a week on it!!

It helps with my wife and I commuting to work.

All in all I think the camaro still looks good with 48k miles!!


Here are some pics:





Manny

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92 Bright Red z28, 350, 47k miles, pw, pl, power mirrors, power drivers seat, rear defroster, limited slip performance axle, 4 wheel discs, red leather interior and the Heritage Package!!

 

I agree its nice to have another car. Makes me look forward to sunday so I can cruise In my IROC

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1988 Jet Black IROC
5.7L W/ 64000 miles
Flowmaster Exhaust
Fully Loaded
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My IROC In Readers Rides
My IROC

[This message has been edited by IROCThe5.7L (edited September 17, 2001).]

 

i just drive mine to car shows,store, and once in a while to work. since i have 2 vehicles i let my camaro sit alot.

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'92 Camaro RS,V6
JVC kd-sx770 head unit & speakers

 

I drive mine for 4-5 months out of the year as a daily driver. then when fall comes it gets parked in the garage. I put tons of miles on it when I do drive it.

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1992 Camaro Z-28 custom 25th anniversary, 5.7 TPI auto, 2.73 posi, t-tops, arctic white with 92' medium mettalic gray stripes with black border stripe.

1967 Pontiac Catalina 2 door fastback, 400 v-8, auto, cameo white, dark red interior

 

I have owned my 85 IROC since Jan. 2000 and have put about 350 miles on it in that time. I gotta slow down or the miles are really gonna rack up! When I bought it it had 2,138 miles on it.

It could be yours for only $13,500.

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85 IROC-Z
2,4XX original miles

 

I've only driven mine 850 miles in the last 2 years . My car hasnt been a daily driver for a couple years now . My LT1 swap will be done next week , I hope ..you can bet Im gonna drive the **** out of it then , till I put up for the winter .

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Derek 90 IROC 5.7
96 LT1 engine , 95 pcm , LT4 KM , .026 heads gaskets ( 11.3:1 ) , LT4 Hot Cam , 2600 stall 10" converter , 373's , SS hood , big and littles ect. ect.

[This message has been edited by 90 Z28SS (edited September 17, 2001).]

 

I cant stand not driving mine!! I have it on Jackstands right now and i want to drive it bad.. Once i sell my other car it will be my daily driver but i dont think ill ever get sick of crusing in it...maybe down the road i will buy another car to subject to everyday wear and tear but right now i cant get enoguh of mine!

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87' Camaro Z28
305 TPI
Stage 2 hypertech chip
160 degree thermostat
Custom ram air w/K&N's
air foil
shift kit
aluminum driveshaft
posi
VST gas ryder gas shocks
3" flowmasters
Vortex cherry bomb high flow muffler

 

Mine is my everyday driver. Back and forth to work, trips from Austin to Dallas, and I try to clean her up for shows and cruises. Mine is all original and I take great pains to keep other idiots from hurting my car. In just one year I have already had a lady hit my fender making a turn going 5MPH, had to have the whole fender replaced, painted, etc and get the wheel re-done.

BTW, Manny's 25th Anniv. Heritage Z28 is even more beautiful in person. Ive seen it myself!

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Poor college student(donations welcome)
1988 5.7L TPI IROC-Z Hardtop, 700R-4, White ext. w/Gold/Black accents (soon to be silver), Black Custom Deluxe int., 4-wheel discs & G92 pkg. Car is all stock and original.
Best run: 1/4 14.90 @ 92.7 MPH

#3 Gone but shall never be forgotten. Long live the legacy of the man in black. RIP Dale Earnhardt "The Intimidator"

 

when I bought it in Nov. of '99 - 46,000
as it sits outside alot rustier - 82,000

if you have a nice f-body up here in the rustbelt, do all yo9u can to keep it out of snow. I have no choice, and it served me well all last winter.

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Dan Briones
1988 Camaro Sport Coupe
2.8 V6, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster & Catback (No Cat)
CFI Z/28 Hood, '87 16" IROC Wheels, Bowtie Grille, IROC Gauges, IROC Taillights,
IROC Foglamps w/ 9005 hi-beam bulbs
Heritage Style Hood and Decklid Stripes

 

I drive mine daily. I just take really good care of it. I don't mind the extra few blocks to walk for secluded parking!

-ws6formula-

 

My car is a daily driver.. I put on LOTS of miles.. My car currently has 297,xxx km on it. It also has about $25,000 canadian in it I think I am one of the only people on this planet that use a 12 second car for a daily driver.

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Karsten
86 IROC-ZZ4... too much to list.

 

The 91 Bird (LO3) gets driven everyday. The other 91 will not be on the road for many, many years and about $50,000 away.

 

I use mine as a daily driver. But I agree with others don't park unless they feel its safe there. I usually park pretty far from other cars if I can, and if there are those cement stopper things in spaces or high curbs I either back in or go in slowly and get out and check how much room I have to avoid scratching the ground effects. I suppose once I'm older and have the money, I'll put a brand new engine/trans in and paint it then get another car for a daily driver. But until then, I drive it every day but still only put 3000 on it a year.

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1992 Camaro RS
5.0L TBI
Custom white-faced gauges
K&N Airfilter and ready to take on the world!
My 1992 RS



USA

 

My 91 is a true daily driver, I go through at least a tank of gas a week. When I got it in June it had about 63k on it, now it's at almost 69k. I hate driving it so much, but I really have no choice and I just love to drive it so much. I've tried driving my 98 S10 everyday, and it just doesn't compare. I just can't take a non-sports car on a day to day basis.
I may own a trailer queen one day, but the only reason it will be on a trailer is because it won't be streetable. As long as it's streetable, I say drive it!(moderately)

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89 RS parts car

Daily driver 91 RS auto LO3 63k

New project- 89 Formula 350 WS6
383 or 400 to come!

 

well i used to drive mine as a daily driver, and that is ever after putting $4000 in a paint job and body work. but since i have know broken a rod in the 350 due to hydrolocking the motor, i am forced to drive my S10 everyday. now if i could only get the bed fastened down. anyways. i bought the car with 92,000 miles on december 8th 1999 and now the car has 114,000 on it. and it will have no more till it has a new motor and trans. it will be a jack stand queen. hopefully not for too long. i love driving her, and its no fun talking crap from a 4cyl S10. oh well everything has its time.

i plan on putting about 5,000 miles a year when its all done. and only in the month of may-august, or so. college will take up most of my time.

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Jarrad
1990 IROC-Z L98 350 TPI(BLOWN-broken rod).
TH-700R4
G92- 9 Bolt Borg-Warner 3.27gears
Dupont Flame Red Hardtop/ Grey Interior

1991 GREY S10 2.5L/5SPD -

 

I own 5 cars but the '86 is the most fun to drive so I drive it the most. No more winters and I just got heat in my garage for the winter. The RS will not be driven winter time either and will be geared more for racing and stuff. The NiteRider is for fun, crusin and show. Besides it has 199,000 original engine and trans but runs and looks great. hell I might die tomorrow so I am gonna have fun today. Can't take these cars with me.

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86 Camaro Black SS Coupe, T Tops, ASCD Daytona Twin Turbo hood, Flowmaster, Custom Paint, Dunlop Road Kings S/R tires, Wheel Country Directional Chrome Wheels,new charcoal & gray interior including seats and door panels, new carpet and headliner, complete front end suspension rebuild, new Valve seals, and more mods to come
'91 RS 5.0 TBI = Waiting to be modded, but has all of the toys inside.

http://www.angelfire.com/sports/niterider/86camaro.html
Morgan_Andre@hotmail.com

 

i get compliments on my car all the time. there's nothing better than someone telling you that you have a beautiful car. but i'll never have a car that just sits there looking perfect. how easy is that? all you have to do is garage it and never drive it. thats no fun. why deprive the world of a beautiful car? i say get out there have fun with it and let everyone else benefit from your efforts. nothing lasts forever.

 

my car has not bin drivin in 5 years
I hope I can drive my car in the sping

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C man
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motor was a 2.8L v6 now it is
a 305 H.O. with
a th400 trany.

chrisblaster.homestead.com

my car pagewwwhomesteadcomcman.homestead.com/car.html

 

I drive my car evrey day and i also like to drive it hard but i take verey good care of my car. i have no dents in my car i like to park way out in lots to people smile at me but when my car looks in 10 years like it dose right now thein who will be smiling lol

 

Daily Driver. I've got over 107k miles on the L03, and runs great, without a rebuild.

 

23,000 when purchased in '96
103,000 now
Car has never seen snow or ice or even
much rain. No rust anywhere.

 

130,000 and counting. A truly daily-driven GTA. I rack up about 200 miles a week. Life is short, drive while you're still alive. Think of all the times you could have been out driving and enjoying yourself that you were driving that POS junker to save you car for later. Don't get me wrong, if I had an extra car to drive around, I would. But driving the dream everyday doesn't upset me any.

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~3.1EyeCandy~
"The Car that started my craze"

'92 Firebird 3.1 (A car sold)

My new baby: '87 flame red GTA 350 w'auto, ported and polished plenum, custom cold-air intake w/K&N, 180* thermostat, Hooker SuperComp Exhaust, Splitfire plugs, Hypertech Airfoil,
Carmine interior with pioneer all around
My Cars

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