My new $300 K-car

[THEGOLDPRO]

LOL NICE has the knobs and all, post pics with the install.

[Mark 02dx]

Radio's in; I'll snap a picture later today.

Hey-- Rusty steelies or $15 Target plastic hubcaps? I could go either way.

[THEGOLDPRO]

hell go with the hubcaps, lol make her look pretty

[itzkcatz]

Paint the steelies yellow! and spray a number on the hood

[Mark 02dx]

YELLOW?!? Don't think so...

Drove her to work the past two days...MAN, are those tires out of balance. Have to stop off at firestone on the way home some night & have them balanced.
I tried to re-aim the headlights (way out of whack) and broke an adjuster (little nylon doodad with a screw in it), so I robbed one from one of the high-beams to fix the low-beam, so there's no high-beam on the right side right now. It's "three-eyed" until Saturday when I can get to the junkyard & get another adjuster.
Still no muffler. Neighbors haven't complained yet.

[asylum24]

that is one of hte most beautiful things i have ever seen. I would jsut take the steelies and spray paint em black. screw hubcaps

[Mark 02dx]

Well, just like any good K-car, she goes thru the snow like nobody's business.

I forgot that older cars don't have a floor/defrost setting for the heater, it's either one or the other...What a hassle.

Changed the spark plugs. 2 of them were all oily. Not a good sign. But if it lives thru the winter, and keeps me from driving the Protege in this ****, I guess I don't care. If it makes it until April or May, I'll have gotten my money's worth out of it.

[hihoslva]

Beaters are so much fun - I've owned plenty.

It's really great not to care. If the car dies, take your stuff, and leave it where it sits. Love that feeling.

Oh, and another great snow car - the boxy Nissan Sentras - I had an '88 that was incredible in the snow. I swear I drove through snow up to the door sills and never got stuck. Lots of fun with a 5-speed and e-brake too - I own3d that car, lol.

And be sure to go have fun in the snow with it - hit a big parking lot and get her up to 40 or 50 mph and hit the brakes, go as fast as possible in reverse and crank the wheel, **** like that. Soooo much fun - especially when it's no big deal if you smack a snowbank or other "soft" obstacle.

Good luck.

~HH

[Iceman112k3]

Pfft 88 volvo station wagon 740 Gl. What a beast, no one could stop that rear wheel drive machine in the snow.

[funkdaddysmack]

I used to have an '89 Beretta GT, and after a hard snow one time I drove on a road drifted over that had snow LITERALLY up to my bumper. I drove through about a 1/2 mile of that ****, it was a tank. Good ol' momentum. Then when I got out of it, it overheated because the accessory belt broke from all the snow crammed into the engine compartment.... hahahaha... good times.

[Mark 02dx]

Well, since you guys brouught this thread back to life, I'll post an update:

It now has a new exhaust, courtesy of Car-X (too lazy to do it myself), bringing the grand total spent up to about $550. Much more pleasant to drive now. I sprung for a set of gray plastic hubcaps from Target, too. Purrrrrdy...

Gas mileage is awful, around 15mpg in town. I'm trying to figure out why.

Finally found my portable CD player/tape adapter, so I have decent tunes now.

[hihoslva]

Assuming this engine has a PC valve, I'd change that first.

Amazing what a $1.99 part can do for your engine - seriously could be a major factor in your gas mileage.

~HH

[Mark 02dx]

PCV, air filter, plugs & wires are all brand new, but thanks. I'm going to check the rest of the ignition system if it ever stops snowing.