Other than polishing, what do you spend the most time on?

Other than polishing, what do you spend the most time on?

  • Washing

    Votes: 14 29.2%

  • Waxing / Sealing

    Votes: 7 14.6%

  • Interiors

    Votes: 16 33.3%

  • Undercarriage

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Wheels/Tires

    Votes: 9 18.8%

  • Engine bay

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Total voters
    48
My first car was a 1979 Chevy Chevette, 0-60 in 17.9 seconds! Couldn't get out of its own way. (bought used from Dad, 1 year old while in high school)





2) 1984 Buick Skyhawk (bought new)



3) 1988 Honda Accord LX (bought new, sold in '96)



4) 1991 Honda Accord (bought for wife in '93, sold last year with

208k miles, now over 218k miles, and still going strong)



5) 1997 Ford Explorer (bought new in '96, sold last year)



6) 1985 Mazda 626 (beater/winter car)

7) 1990 Geo Prizm (beater/Winter car)



8) 1996 Toyota Avalon (bought used for wife in '99, traded Geo and took her '91 Accord as my winter car. (Honda was too nice to call a beater)



9) 1993 Honda Accord (bought used from my Dad to replace the '91 last year, winter car)



10) 1999 Lexus LS400 (purchased 2/28/02)
 
My first ever car was actually my fathers 1984 Mercedes 500SEL. It was in smoke silver & had all black leather seats. I used the car when taking my driving test. Although I failed the test, I passed the second time around. I realy loved that car and it was later given to me as a present.I kept it until 1988 and bought a 1980 Silver Shadow fixed head coupe which was in navy blue.Since then, I have dabbled with a wide range of cars in the Bentley and Rolls Royce range, and will continue to do so. The overall quality of a Bentley today is unmatched by any other car maker in the world.



I wish that I could see what that Mercedes looks like today, it could look great, it may look bad, then again it could be scrapped, i guess i will never find out. Oh well, look to the future that what i say.



JOHN ROSS
 
i bought my first car at a yard sale for $700...a 79 bmw 30I..spedo didnt work and odometer stopped rolling at 355k...had it for a while till i got hi by a cop...those hydrolic bumpers still worked well as it sent the crused into a telephone pole:xyxthumbs
 
1954 Ford. Medium blue, 6 cyl, overdrive. Had a vacuum powered Wolf whistle! Paid $35 for it and drove it for 3 years, including the summer when I was 16 and worked construction building bridges on the interstate, driving over 125 miles a day to work and back. It even received a 292 ci with dual quad carb transplanted engine until I blew that up and put the 6 banger back in it, drove it for another year. The thing ended up in a big ditch at a buddy's pig farm, and used as a parts source for my "new" $75 car, a mint green 4 door '54 Ford with a 239ci V8 that I drove until I went on a government sponsored vacation in the far east (Viet Nam). The last Ford I owned was my first NEW car, a '74 Pinto "fire-bomb" that I bought to impress my first wife, the one that rewarded me by taking everything I owned except the shirt on my back. But ha ha, she got the Pinto (I think that makes me the winner!).

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1969 Chevrolet Bel Air 3 speed on the column with an aftermarket air conditioner and 8 track stereo. I sure did have some fun in that car.
 
1- 1980 Dodge Mirada (first car)

2- 1985 Pontiac Grand Am

3- 1992 Camaro RS

4- 1985 Pontiac Fiero GT

5- 1993 Chevy S-10

6- 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse

7- 1985 Ford Mustang GT

8- 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo

9- 1998 Ford ZX2 Sport

10- 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee
 
1987 Honda Accord S which was the 2 door hatch version here in Canada.

My wife and I camped with it for a number of years.

Great car - lots of '80 vintage Honda's on the thread.
 
Here's another vote for both the ubiquitous Chevy Chevette (or the 'Vette as I joked to friends :D) and a vintage '82 Honda Accord. Both hand-me-downs.



The Chevette was an automatic-leashed dog and the definition of cheap. The only thing it did well was start when warmed up (1/2 second twist w/ key starts it).



The Accord was light-years better and my first pleasant to drive car. It also got me hooked on stick shifts after swearing by automatics, :p thus leading to my current car. I just wished it had better corrosion resistance.
 
My first car was a 64 ford galaxie 500 ,was a very nice car, the car i drive today is a 93 vw corrado 65000 mi. I doubt i will ever get rid of my corrado. I have had many cars between these two only one of which i miss, that was a 59 Studebaker Silver Hawk loved that car.
 
My first car was a 1972 Chevy Nomad. That was the station wagon version of the Chevette. It had standard transmission - three speed on the steering column. It was an ugly brown rust bucket, but I got it for $300. No one, not even mechanics, believed me that it didn't have automatic transmission until I would point at the clutch. But I hated its emergency brake. It was the kind you have to use your foot to set. It was useless for starting on a hill. The release was a handle that you turned and then it just let go completely. I learned a lot of routes home that didn't involve traffic lights on hills. ;)
 
Other than polishing, what do you spend the most time on?

Washing, interior, wax/sealants, engine, trunk/door jambs, undercarriage/wheel wells, wheels/tires?

For me, it has to be wheels and tires! If they look good, the car looks great!:biggrin:

(Sorry, I just realized I don't have a category for "Other"... )~X(
 
I'm still learning how to get the insides clean in a reasonable timeframe - need to learn some more tricks from Nick :biggrin:
 
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