Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: Nebor
1998 Volvo S70 T5 (modified to the gills)
2003 Acura TL Type S (daily driver @ ~30mpg)
2001 Ford SVT Lightning (runs a 12.0 with a few mods)
I enjoy cars. All of mine are paid off.
You posted the same cars twice in this thread. What the hell does a single person need 3 cars for (especially where two of them are midsize sedans)? It's not like any of them are collectable.
I actually used the "search this thread" feature at the top to see if I had posted in it before. Now I feel stupid.
The Lighting was just a mistake. I got a big promotion, Ford had 0.0% financing going, the idea of a fast truck tickled my fancy, so I got it. I didn't like it a lot once I had it, so I threw some money into mods (about $5k) and got it down to a 12.0 @ 116mph quarter mile. It still isn't fun. Want to know how much I like to drive it? It has 7000 miles on it. It's a 2001.
I bought the Volvo after I put my last modded Volvo into the wall @ 80mph. I love Volvos, and I always will. Much more expensive to modify than the Lighting, but I love to drive it. I bought it for about $9k and I've spent nearly that much modifying it.
The TL I got as a daily driver. I guess it was a good choice in that regard, since it's so boring to drive that I'd never consider modifying it. I still don't like it. I've been thinking of replacing it, but I prefer to put my "new car payment" money into mods on the Volvo rather than get rid of the TL, which does it's point A to point B job well enough. I have to drive nearly 60 miles round trip every day, and the gas mileage is pretty good.