# Your first car.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [March 31, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249 "2008-03-31T16:13:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/101 "2008-06-18T19:46:25Z")

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Your age when you aquired it = 16

-Year/Make/Model = 88 Chevy Cavalier Z24

-Stuff you added = System, header-back exhaust, wheels, tint, remote start/alarm, etc.

-how long you had it = ~2 years

-why did you get rid of it = traded it in for my new (at the time) Cobalt SS Supercharged (huge mistake)

-Pictures(some of you may recognize it from around town):

![http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1769/1001820oh4.jpg](http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1769/1001820oh4.jpg)

![http://a516.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_e3b8137359d7c1adddb6d6d95cfb3063.jpg](http://a516.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_e3b8137359d7c1adddb6d6d95cfb3063.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Mazdaspeed6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mazdaspeed6/32/6297_2.png) [@Mazdaspeed6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mazdaspeed6)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/102 "2008-06-18T19:52:04Z")

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> [@chris88z24](#):
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> Your age when you aquired it = 16
> 
> -Year/Make/Model = 88 Chevy Cavalier Z24
> 
> -Stuff you added = System, header-back exhaust, wheels, tint, remote start/alarm, etc.
> 
> -how long you had it = ~2 years
> 
> -why did you get rid of it = traded it in for my new (at the time) Cobalt SS Supercharged (huge mistake)
> 
> -Pictures(some of you may recognize it from around town):

why was it a huge mistake?

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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/103 "2008-06-18T19:57:37Z")

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because now the SS TC is available. :confused

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**Author:** ![YFZ460](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yfz460/32/6343_2.png) [@YFZ460](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YFZ460)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/104 "2008-06-18T20:02:16Z")

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Ahh the Z24… beast!

As for seeing my car PJB, that car is mangled up beyond belief now behind my dad’s shop. You may have seen one of my past chassis though. My friend rolls around in a maroon one with projector headlights, white multi-spoke rims and a crappy ricer front bumper. I only took part in putting racing engine mounts, a tranny mount, ignition coil and ripped out all of the emissions shit in it. The ricer stuff is all him, haha.

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/105 "2008-06-18T20:04:22Z")

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my first car

17 or so

93 ? i think olds cutlass siera S \<\< lol

white and had the same hubcaps, this isnt my car but its the same color year and trim and shit

i got rid of it cuz it had over heating probs ahaha and i bought my gtp at the same time couldnt afford two cars at once not like i wanted to even be associated with this one anymore

![http://www.murphyauctions.net/images/kenmore06mar/989.jpg](http://www.murphyauctions.net/images/kenmore06mar/989.jpg)

whewwww it was a freebee it was my moms old car then i took it @ 187k drove it until it hit about 200k had it from november or december until july then bought a grand prix gtp then blew that up a month or so later

I LOVE GM CARS

no im kidding fuck gm 4 life 🙂

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**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/106 "2008-06-18T20:05:40Z")

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This one actually looked good. Stock looking bumper with an intercooling showing. No rice shit and I dont think the wheels were white.  
It looked like the one in your pics.

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**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/107 "2008-06-18T20:20:13Z")

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hey singh,

was that ciera the 3.3L?  
my buick had the 3.3, and i beat the hell out of it, hit many things and totalled it like 3 times, still runs strong to this day, i think its got 174kmi, a good 50k of them were heavily beat on, haha. i love those 3.3s.

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/108 "2008-06-18T20:32:01Z")

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ya it was the 3.3 and yea it was a good motor pretty fuckin reliable and i beat it hard, but it was weak and didnt get great mileage IMO i beat the ub3r shit out of it just because i wanted it to die So i would get another car… i dont know how i saw any logic in that… because i would have to save money to get a nother car if it did die, they just dont come magically for free

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/109 "2008-06-18T20:34:23Z")

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> [@Cap N Coke](#):
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> why was it a huge mistake?

Because I loved that car. And it was damn near mint. My parents bought it new and handed it over to me when I turned 16. Tons of memories with that thing. George knows… lol

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/110 "2008-06-18T20:35:47Z")

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> [@Hooked on Fonix](#):
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> **Ahh the Z24… beast!**
> 
> As for seeing my car PJB, that car is mangled up beyond belief now behind my dad’s shop. You may have seen one of my past chassis though. My friend rolls around in a maroon one with projector headlights, white multi-spoke rims and a crappy ricer front bumper. I only took part in putting racing engine mounts, a tranny mount, ignition coil and ripped out all of the emissions shit in it. The ricer stuff is all him, haha.

Damn straight!!!

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**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/111 "2008-06-18T20:51:18Z")

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> [@Singh](#):
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> ya it was the 3.3 and yea it was a good motor pretty fuckin reliable and i beat it hard, but it was weak and didnt get great mileage IMO i beat the ub3r shit out of it just because i wanted it to die So i would get another car… i dont know how i saw any logic in that… because i would have to save money to get a nother car if it did die, they just dont come magically for free

yeah the gas mileage did suck for a small v6 but it was real reliable. what kind of overheating probs you have, head gasket?

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/112 "2008-06-18T20:53:24Z")

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not sure didnt look into it, either head gasket or something with piping or rad not sure… cuz it only started to do it the same month i bought my gtp

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**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/113 "2008-06-18T21:04:35Z")

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My dad’s Ciera started overheating just before he sold it.  
He ended up taking a few hundred off the asking price and the lady that was buying it still bought it and drove it for a while after and even fixed some of the rust.

His was a '94 with a 2.2 four banger.

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**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/114 "2008-06-18T23:34:09Z")

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the 3.1s really sucked for overheating, my dad had and my friend have 95’s and both have warped heads and bad head gaskets. my dads had like 115k on it and it died. pos 3.1s :idiots

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/115 "2008-06-18T23:35:31Z")

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3.1’s and 3.4’s usually die around 110-140k as far as head gaskets go

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**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/116 "2008-06-19T00:31:59Z")

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my first car was a dodge aries, k car… it was a mini tank… more shit got done to that car… :idiots

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/117 "2008-06-19T01:33:25Z")

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k cars lmao i knew a guy who drove one mad small

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/118 "2008-06-19T06:31:44Z")

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> [@Hooked on Fonix](#):
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> Ahh the Z24… beast!
> 
> As for seeing my car PJB, that car is mangled up beyond belief now behind my dad’s shop. You may have seen one of my past chassis though. My friend rolls around in a maroon one with projector headlights, white multi-spoke rims and a crappy ricer front bumper. I only took part in putting racing engine mounts, a tranny mount, ignition coil and ripped out all of the emissions shit in it. The ricer stuff is all him, haha.

I saw that car yesterday at the corner of Sand Creek and Wolf Rd. The kid stared me down as I made my turn and went past him. :lol

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**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/119 "2008-06-19T08:28:40Z")

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> [@LACVILLE](#):
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> hey singh,
> 
> was that ciera the 3.3L?  
> my buick had the 3.3, and i beat the hell out of it, hit many things and totalled it like 3 times, still runs strong to this day, i think its got 174kmi, a good 50k of them were heavily beat on, haha. i love those 3.3s.

> [@LACVILLE](#):
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> yeah the gas mileage did suck for a small v6 but it was real reliable. what kind of overheating probs you have, head gasket?

The ol 3.3 was a great motor. Couldn’t kill em… It was the prequel to the 3.8 i believe which was another great motor. Anyway I used to see the old 3.3s when I was working in the dealer. GREAT motor, didn’t idle for shit, and vibrated and idle like a son of a bitch… not very smooth but you couldn’t kill em!

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-first-car/236249/120 "2008-06-19T08:38:19Z")

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1995 Saturn SL1 5 speed

Got it when I was 17

Added a nice kenwood deck and some subs

I owned it for about 2 months before I sold it for 1200 bucks… With a possible bad head gasket, the buyer was fully aware

Same day the car was sold I bought my 95 Infiniti G20t

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