What did you give up for your RA?
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What did you give up for your RA?
Just curious from everyone what they gave up to get their RA.
I technically gave up my Honda Element, but realistically, I owned a 03 OZ for about a month before I bought my RA.
I technically gave up my Honda Element, but realistically, I owned a 03 OZ for about a month before I bought my RA.
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I gave up my Cavalier. I know I know, laugh it up....but it was a decent car, and I did a lot of work to it. Full suspension, intake, exhaust, great stereo setup....not too fast, but it handled well. It just sucked on normal roads. Since I bought it brand new in '02, I took a decent hit on the payoff too.
But it was worth it!!!! I love the RA.
But it was worth it!!!! I love the RA.
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I crashed my truck and wanted to get a car......i considered some other cars though : Mazda 6 (loaded v6) the evo....(i have plenty of tickets already) honda civic.....(no not really) Overall the RA is a sweet looking and driving car, not as fast as some others, but for the money it is a sweet deal, i also liked the fact that it is pretty quiet driving wise compared to some other 4 cycl. cars (sunfire, cavalier.....etc)
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i gave up my completely done up 93 civic h/b....with b18 everything done to it other than turbo....complete cat back exhuast...all the gizmos....all the interior mods...exterior mods...including spoon rims....etc etc...the car cost me 25000 in mods....i gave all that up for an RA.....i love the RA coz its so different from my civic...my civic was a hard core racer..not very comfortable...but damn quick....0-60 in 6.0 secs....1/4 mile in 13.5...the RA is more relaxed ....and i c a big potential in this car....i have already completely modified 2 cars....(93 civic...and a 1995 talon tsi very fast car too).....so this car is my 3rd project car....lets c what it could do
Lost my RSX do to a dumptruck... ya it was fun stuff !
Saw a picture of the ralliart, test drove it and the mazda3
and the rest is history.
Moncef, didn't you find it hard to give up your hatch...
I remember selling my 91 hatch with B16A I did all
the work myself and man was it hard to see it go.
Saw a picture of the ralliart, test drove it and the mazda3
and the rest is history.
Moncef, didn't you find it hard to give up your hatch...
I remember selling my 91 hatch with B16A I did all
the work myself and man was it hard to see it go.
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Originally posted by moncef
i gave up my completely done up 93 civic h/b....with b18 everything done to it other than turbo....complete cat back exhuast...all the gizmos....all the interior mods...exterior mods...including spoon rims....etc etc...the car cost me 25000 in mods....i gave all that up for an RA.....i love the RA coz its so different from my civic...my civic was a hard core racer..not very comfortable...but damn quick....0-60 in 6.0 secs....1/4 mile in 13.5...the RA is more relaxed ....and i c a big potential in this car....i have already completely modified 2 cars....(93 civic...and a 1995 talon tsi very fast car too).....so this car is my 3rd project car....lets c what it could do
i gave up my completely done up 93 civic h/b....with b18 everything done to it other than turbo....complete cat back exhuast...all the gizmos....all the interior mods...exterior mods...including spoon rims....etc etc...the car cost me 25000 in mods....i gave all that up for an RA.....i love the RA coz its so different from my civic...my civic was a hard core racer..not very comfortable...but damn quick....0-60 in 6.0 secs....1/4 mile in 13.5...the RA is more relaxed ....and i c a big potential in this car....i have already completely modified 2 cars....(93 civic...and a 1995 talon tsi very fast car too).....so this car is my 3rd project car....lets c what it could do
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Originally posted by raelic
I really don't intend to be rude but out of all seriousness, if you spent $25,000.00 on mods..why didn't you just get a nicer newer or used car like a supra or rx7 or whatever (at the time)...it always amazes me when people spend that much on a car like that...atleast you would have gotten more for your trade...know what I mean...not ripping on your car but if I had the money I would have traded my mr2 spyder for a Lotus Elise that is coming out here in a month or so...but I wanted to lower my payments ...I was just curious...not trying to pick a fight...
I really don't intend to be rude but out of all seriousness, if you spent $25,000.00 on mods..why didn't you just get a nicer newer or used car like a supra or rx7 or whatever (at the time)...it always amazes me when people spend that much on a car like that...atleast you would have gotten more for your trade...know what I mean...not ripping on your car but if I had the money I would have traded my mr2 spyder for a Lotus Elise that is coming out here in a month or so...but I wanted to lower my payments ...I was just curious...not trying to pick a fight...
I am going to drive my car for about 18months and trade it in or sell it to get either the 05 Eclipse (if it turns out to be what I hope) or the Infinity G35 coupe. Time will tell though. Also, I gave up driving my 94 Talon TSi, but I still have it.
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well here y i spent that much on a civic 1: coz insurance was low on the civic compared to a car liike an rx7 or mr2 etc...2
arts r also cheaper.....3:easy to work on.......:4and very reliable no matter what u do to them.......5:and finaly cops don't mess with me like they mess with ma friend who does actualy have a supra!
and btw it hurt to get rid of it.....but thats what i do ....i like to fix them up real nice race them them sell them lol
arts r also cheaper.....3:easy to work on.......:4and very reliable no matter what u do to them.......5:and finaly cops don't mess with me like they mess with ma friend who does actualy have a supra!and btw it hurt to get rid of it.....but thats what i do ....i like to fix them up real nice race them them sell them lol
I gave up my 1965 dodge dart that my dad and I built from the ground up. It had 650rwhp and was just getting too expensive to drive around, plus with the winters I have here at school it is kind of hard to get a car with a lot of torque to stop moving. I would have to shift into neutral every time I came to a stop because my back end would come around. I still love that car(and own it, back home) but the RA is a very nice car.
