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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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Winter Beaters

Its that tme of year again when the RX-7s get put in storage, well in Canada anyway. I just picked up a fun winter beater its a 97 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT. what are you guys using for winter rides here in Canada?
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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I have a 2003 Subaru Legacy Gt with snow tires.
The beauty of all wheel drive...
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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I've got a 1991 eagle talon TSI/AWD with snow tires... yay for AWD and turbo!

though it's for sale -= and I'll probably be driving an FB
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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since targarx posted a pic. I'll take a picture of my tommorrow and post it.
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 10:17 PM
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Ok guys (targa, cheers) those are not beaters lol. we wanna see the rust buckets hahaha. Oh and my daily driver is a 95 sonoma
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 10:24 PM
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I gots me a 91 Corolla, can't wait to get 35ish mpg.
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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I gotta do some work on the '84 VW Rabbit to get her back on the road...
And Sarah's got her 97 Protoge...
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Terrh
I've got a 1991 eagle talon TSI/AWD with snow tires... yay for AWD and turbo!

though it's for sale -= and I'll probably be driving an FB
Damn it... stop makin' me want to buy a car...

And I used to drive my FB in the snow
TONS of fun!
Make sure you go to Krown a get it oiled first...
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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i think im gonna pick up a fb or a fc n/a for winter, gotta love the rear wheel drive and 5spd in the snow with bald tires!!!
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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smnc - this FB is WAY past krownage - it's really dead allready - I'm just saving it for 6 more months before it gets parted out.. it has no rear wheelwells or floors - I'm going ot have to build them myself
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:00 AM
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1992 Jeep Cherokee and as illustrated in the pics, IT DOES NOT SWIM!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:01 AM
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Heres my winter beater... The funny thing is its in way nicer condition then my project car rx-7. This truck is 15 years old (1990) has never been winter driven once (until now haha) and is rust free at this point. It has 130, 000 km's on it put on by my grandpa... The truck is not a vehicle I would go out and buy but the price of this was right, free because I just started college and I needed a daily driver.

I must admit though 80 dollars a week in gas sucks... But at the same time nothing beats a 4x4 in the wintertime...
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:22 AM
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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uhh, I have a rx7, with winter tires!
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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I bought this beater brand new in 1984.

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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by twinturbofc
1992 Jeep Cherokee and as illustrated in the pics, IT DOES NOT SWIM!!!!!!!!
That's a familier position for ya!!!
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Mazdabation
Ok guys (targa, cheers) those are not beaters lol. we wanna see the rust buckets hahaha. Oh and my daily driver is a 95 sonoma
In that case my rx7 is the beater. Since the subaru has absolutely no rust and has less than 20,000 kms and the rx7 has over 210,000 kms and some random small surface rust in engine bay.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheers!
I have a 2003 Subaru Legacy Gt with snow tires.
The beauty of all wheel drive...
Yeah i just picked up a set of x-ice tires for mine should be good for getting around, we get a lot of shitty weather down this way in the winter.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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I got an '01 Saturn SL1 as a daily driver. 40mpg average so far for 5000km of mostly city driving
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by TargaRX
Yeah i just picked up a set of x-ice tires for mine should be good for getting around, we get a lot of shitty weather down this way in the winter.
Yeah, gettin those for the Protoge this week....
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