Trentimus

Thing with Texas is the only extreme that is ever consistent is the heat but that is only a week at a time, usually.. Texas weather is just unpredictable.. what I'd do for CA weather :\

rxj27

Hey, I hope I didn't offend anyone with my comments on Texas!

Found a clip for Trentimus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vvHTN0Yi1t4

TGIF everyone!

spdandpwr

Jealous Missourians tend not to want to discuss Texas it seems

I don't think you offended anyone

Trentimus

No offense here, hell.. I hate Oklahoma
I'll watch the clip when I am home.

TGIF +OVER 9000

spdandpwr

Yea, thank god it's friday! Unfortunately, I have to spend all day moving into the new house on Sat and Sunday, but its a nice new house...only downside is that the driveway is on the tiny side...I guess it's easier to plow, lol

rxj27

Good to know everyone here is thick skinned!

So what was everyone's first vehicle growing up that they were crazy about?

Here's mine:



two words: Optimus Prime

Trentimus

Optimus Prime is the king!

I was ALWAYS a Mustang fan.. more so a Cobra fan.. when the 2003 Cobras came out I fell in love.. I owned a 2004 regular and a 2003 Cobra. It was just ultimately too impractical for a daily driver.

But I can say I owned my dream car!

terdonal

1949 Ford

No pics unfortunately, did they even have cameras when I had this

spdandpwr

The first car I drove was this:



The first car I got with my own money was this:

A 2009 Jetta Wolfsburg and, for some reason, I don't have photos :/

ddantzler

My cars have been: a 1994 Mazda Protege DX, then a 1995 Geo Metro, then a 1994 Jeep Cherokee, then a 2001 BMW 325i, a 2006 BMW 325i, a 2009 BMW 328i, and now the Acura ILX.

ddantzler

Oops, left out a 2007 Mazda MX-5 in between the 2006 and 2009 BMW 3 Series.

Trentimus

I can say the lamest car I owned was the 2004 V6 stang
The coolest was the 2003 Cobra
The rarest was the 1994 RX-7
The most "mature" was the TSX
The perfect blend of adulthood and youth has been my ILX

rxj27

Wow! You guys have really had a lot of cars...between college and med school I've only had one car before the ILX. Looks like I'll have to catch on my whip game after I get a real job someday!!!

Trentimus

Trentimus

ERMAGERD ES PURPIES

ddantzler

My coolest was the 1996 Geo Metro. It was green and had matching green hub caps. 51 HP @ 5,700 RPM.

terdonal

1949 Ford
1953 Ford
1957 Ford
1959 Impala
1965 Beaumont
1970 Mustang
1971 Mazda s/w
1973 Toyota p/u
1973 Ford Torino 2dr
1974 Mazda 626
1978 Honda Accord
1969 GMC p/u
1970 Chevelle
Honda Accord 4dr
Honda Accord 2dr SE
Honda Accord 4 dr
Honda Prelude
Honda Civic h/b
Acura Integra
Acura Vigor
Acura CL (bobtail)
Acura CL typeS
Acura RSX typeS
Acura CL 4dr
Acura TSX 1st gen (2)
Acura RDX 1st Gen (2)
Acura ZDX
Acura ILX

That is all I can remember off the top of my head.

Trentimus

My god man... That Geo must of got all the ladies!


Terry, that list is more than I have ever DRIVEN.

00TL-P3.2

I'm 26 & have had the following. Got my first car 4 months before I turned 16.

1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D Auto
1982 Mercedes-Benz 300SD Auto
1996 Saturn SL2 Auto
1997 Honda Civic EX Coupe 5MT
1996 Infiniti J30
1993 Honda Accord SE Sedan
2000 Acura TL-P

Wife has an '04 Civic LX Sedan

Hoping to exchange the TL for a new Fathom Blue ILX 6MT in the near future.

Also, short term had a Buick Century, '87 Suburban, '97 Saturn SL2 5MT, '03 Dodge Ram Crew Cab.

My grail car for at least the last 10 years has been the '54-'57 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.

terdonal

Well I have a few years on you and over 2 million kilometers under my foot.

You have lots of time to catch up.

Colin

OK, just for fun (all were manuals):

1980 Toyota Celica GT
1984 Toyota Corolla SR-5
1987 Toyota Celica GT-S
1988 Toyota MR-2 Supercharged
1993 Toyota MR-2 Turbo
2000 Honda S2000
2005 Honda S2000
2008 Acura TSX
2005 Acura RSX
2013 Acura ILX

My wife's cars included
1994 Acura Integra GS-R
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2000 Acura Integra GS-R
2001 Honda S2000
2004 Honda S2000
2011 Honda CR-Z

Doing our part to keep the economy rolling.... LOL

ddantzler

My wife drives a 2012 Jeep Compass. Would like to buy and RDX in a couple of years for her.

Trentimus

I dunno with all this Mayan nonsense

lol, but it's rather impressive! I especially love the 1970s Stang and Chevelle! Love those cars.

Collin, you had a Toyota powaaaa moment in your life didn't you haha...

Those new RDX are so much like the ILX, the ILX is good.. the RDX must be good!

terdonal

16 on my list were manuals.

Colin

Well, my father was an executive With the local distributor here in Hawaii. It made financial sense to own Toyotas, but also "political" sense. It wouldn't reflect well on him if I was driving a competitors vehicle. But, Honda hadn't really hit its stride at that point either. The Toyota Celica's and MR-2s did not have a comparable vehicle within the Honda lineup at the time. My father's retirement coincided nicely with the release of the Integra GSR, and it was the obvious choice back in 1994.

And this is why moving to an ILX hybrid was so difficult. I am 100% certain I would have gone with the hybrid if it were available with a stick. Heck, I would have gone with the 2 L engine if it were available with a stick.

Trentimus

Colin, I bet you find your right hand on that shift knob a lot! Haha

rxj27

Haha, nice! My parents had the full Geo line up. A red Metro for my mom and a blue Prizm Luxury sedan for my dad. I was ceded that Prizm in high school and promptly wrecked it!

ssjoeboe9

oh man... it feels weird over here!

Back to the 2G TSX section!

Trentimus

you're weird!

opboarding

trent did it snow for you over in ft worth this morning?? There was snow everywhere.

Low 70's/high 60's this weekend, then bam snow this morning.

spdandpwr

Mornin' guys. Just finished moving a huge bulk of the furniture into the house...hired a couple of laborers and rented a truck to do the move. I saved about 2k doing so and only lost 1 piece of furniture -- which I think looked ugly anyway. I'll post some pics.

On an entirely different note, I was browsing the net and came across this beauty.



What do you all think? I've always loved Jags and I think this is just utterly gorgeous.

opboarding

They look surprised.


But still sexy.

rxj27

Any blemishes on the walls from the move?

IMO, the new F type jag looks like an Aston Martin knock off...

Volante all day!

spdandpwr

I knicked a wall or two, but nothing bad. The walls are all the same color so they'll get painted eventually.

spdandpwr

What do you all think of the 2.4 auto that's on its way for this car? I personally think Acura didn't go with the 2.4 so as to not kill tsx sales outright. It would've been smarter to can the 2013 tsx and introduce the 2.4 ilx from the getgo.

Trentimus

Yep! I noticed it was super nice this weekend then last night hell froze over.. this morning I came out to my car with a little white frosting on it.. Unfortunately none stuck

It's good that winter is finally here.. but then again.. cold fronts come and go. Did you guys get a good amount? Ours was a slight flurry.

ddantzler

Am I reading that right? 2.4 auto on the way for ILX? Now I'm not feeling so good about my purchase.

opboarding

We got enough to stick and make a thin blanket over everything. I hate the cold. I'm glad it's going to warm back to the low 60's later this week.

ddantzler

Snow? What's that? It's 74 degrees here (Columbia, SC) today.

Trentimus

Well.. the 2.0 will still get better gas mileage and your Auto 2.4 wont be as fast and my 6-speed 2.4

Yeah, I usually buy a few things for winter but I had a feeling there would be no point this year.. but you know how we do.. it'll be -10 in Feb.

Texas