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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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Question How long have you owned your FD?

I purchased my FD in january 1999, that makes 7 years and 10 months!! kept it through thick and thin. Just curious to see how many other people have had theirs.



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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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have mine since september 2004. VR 93 Base.

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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:49 PM
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3 weeks . Hoping to keep it indefinetly.

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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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since may 2006. already on my 2nd engine
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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4 months! cant wait till get to go on my second engine.. haha.. is that normal?
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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6 months.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:24 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:27 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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March 2005. (So...1 year, 8 months). It's been good to me too
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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5 months, waiting for my 2nd engine.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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Oct 2003...and still love like the first day I bought it....My car has come a long way..

To top it off the weird thing was that the first owner bought the car on my birthday in 1994..
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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summer of 03...bought it with a new engine so i havent had to go down that road. The auto had to go though and it did last halloween in favor of a nice 5spd
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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Do you guys daily drive it?
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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Had mine for a year and 2 months before selling (bought a house). I daily drove it for 4 months but only 15 miles round trip.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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Do you guys daily drive it?
I do.

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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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i bought my 93 vr touring back in march of this year
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Summer '05 DD

She turned 136k last week, so about 10k on her rebuild.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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3 years...DD it all the time...been through 1 motor.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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Jan. 2002 and everytime I get in it , I get the same new toy feeling.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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september '04 daily drivin until now since the motor is toast...
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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September 2003 bought just prior to my 19th birthday after being without a car for 2 months after my Acura was stolen and totalled. DD until July 2005, now just a pleasure car with my 1st engine on the fritz(95k miles). 2nd owner =)
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