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Winter Beaters - 01-yellow-ZX3 - 08-01-2005
Who here is part of the winter beater club?
Feel free to post pics.
Looking to pick myself up a reliable winter beater sometime in the near future. I'm thinking maybe a Jeep or Explorer on the high end, and some cheap crappy car on the low end.
I started driving in big 'ol 4X4's and would like something truck like for the winter, but just thinking of how practical it will be.
Anyways, post yours!
Winter Beaters - skifreak69 - 08-01-2005
My winter beater is a supercahrged Focus ZX3, if you can't drive it why bother :) :blink: :D
Winter Beaters - Slimsride - 08-01-2005
yeah i'm looking to find myself a "piece of s**t car"...(adam sandler tune,,FUNNY)....although, because it gets down to -55 or more here in the winter reliable is a big thing...."will it start, will it start, will it start" but then again, i could really walk to work, i mean it's about a 15 minute walk...
do i walk for 15 minutes or let it warm up for an hour to drive 6 minutes..hmmmmm...
so that's my dilema...hahahahha
Winter Beaters - Oscar The Grouch - 08-01-2005
I'm in the same boat for a winter beater. Thinking about going for a S-10 4x4 w/ 4.3L V6.
I did have an S-10 with a 2.5L I4 RWD, but it was too light and spun out all the time on snow/slush/ice/dirt. It was really too light.
Winter Beaters - mustanggt_50 - 08-02-2005
Mines the ZTS Focus!! B)
Winter Beaters - NefCanuck - 08-02-2005
01-yellow-ZX3,Aug 1 2005 Wrote:Who here is part of the winter beater club?
Feel free to post pics.
Looking to pick myself up a reliable winter beater sometime in the near future. I'm thinking maybe a Jeep or Explorer on the high end, and some cheap crappy car on the low end.
I started driving in big 'ol 4X4's and would like something truck like for the winter, but just thinking of how practical it will be.
Anyways, post yours!
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I think you also have to consider the price of gas in your equation as well. Mark my words unless our winter this year is as mild as hell, you're looking at $1/L easy :ph34r: and a Jeep/Explorer sucks gas like a drunk sucks beer at Oktoberfest :rofl:
NefCanuck
Winter Beaters - SangriaRedZX5 - 08-02-2005
2005 Ford Focus ZX5 ... :D
Winter Beaters - NefCanuck - 08-02-2005
SangriaRedZX5,Aug 1 2005, 05:27 PM Wrote:2005 Ford Focus ZX5 ... :D
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Oh dear, I hope you treat the poor thing better than the treatment a "typical" winter beater gets (IE: A car wash once a month and the interior looks like a salt factory exploded in there :ph34r:)
NefCanuck
(Washes his car once a week for now but wonders if he'll still be able to come winter)
Winter Beaters - 2001 ZTS - 08-02-2005
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Winter Beaters - NOS2Go4Me - 08-02-2005
My beater consists of the stock 14" steelies. :P
Winter Beaters - ThraxXx - 08-02-2005
My winter beater is the Focus as well. thats what I bought it for. TransAm in the summer, Focus in the winter...or when the transam is in the shop getting upgrades.
Winter Beaters - Flofocus - 08-02-2005
:D
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Winter Beaters - 2001 ZTS - 08-02-2005
The Justy is looking good brotha.
Winter Beaters - Flofocus - 08-02-2005
2001 ZTS,Aug 1 2005, 09:34 PM Wrote:The Justy is looking good brotha.
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Not bad for something that looked like this heh! :)
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Winter Beaters - SangriaRedZX5 - 08-02-2005
NefCanuck,Aug 1 2005, 06:25 PM Wrote:SangriaRedZX5,Aug 1 2005, 05:27 PM Wrote:2005 Ford Focus ZX5 ... :D
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Oh dear, I hope you treat the poor thing better than the treatment a "typical" winter beater gets (IE: A car wash once a month and the interior looks like a salt factory exploded in there :ph34r:)
NefCanuck
(Washes his car once a week for now but wonders if he'll still be able to come winter)
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Oh no, its just thats what I'll be driving...
Winter Beaters - BerinG - 08-02-2005
haha the justy.. love it.. with the 4 feet long shifter.. and truck sound..and you can see from the pictures the racing lines that subaru thought of when they designed it..
i wish i had one though.. 4wd is all i'd need for winter.. and heat
now im buying a house so im not sure yet what im getting for a beater.. i was thinking a newer more expensive (hopefully more reliable) car but now i dont know.. i dont want a 500$ piece of crap that'll cost me a grand every month to fix something new.. in the wniter
Winter Beaters - Flofocus - 08-02-2005
BerinG,Aug 2 2005, 08:20 AM Wrote:haha the justy.. love it.. with the 4 feet long shifter.. and truck sound..and you can see from the pictures the racing lines that subaru thought of when they designed it..
i wish i had one though.. 4wd is all i'd need for winter.. and heat
now im buying a house so im not sure yet what im getting for a beater.. i was thinking a newer more expensive (hopefully more reliable) car but now i dont know.. i dont want a 500$ piece of crap that'll cost me a grand every month to fix something new.. in the wniter
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I've been pretty lucky. Other than Brakes, body work & paint job (all done by myself, so not paying an arm & leg for labour) the car has been pretty good.
Right before the focus came back on the road last year, the Justy fuel pump went out on me, I took my sweet ass time to replace it since I didnt really need it anymore. But I replaced the fuel pump (Serioulsly, a whole 15 Minutes!! :o ) adn she runs even better now than the day i bought her.
You cand ef find something reliable/safetied for $1000.00
Winter Beaters - scoobasteve - 08-03-2005
I need a new beater... a drunk driver T-boned my cousin on saturday and wrote off my dads beater 94 sundance... rrr... good thing that bastard got arrested!
Winter Beaters - NefCanuck - 08-03-2005
scoobasteve,Aug 2 2005, 10:46 AM Wrote:I need a new beater... a drunk driver T-boned my cousin on saturday and wrote off my dads beater 94 sundance... rrr... good thing that bastard got arrested!
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Never mind the 'dance, how is your cousin? :blink:
NefCanuck
Winter Beaters - scoobasteve - 08-03-2005
she's fine... i wouldnt be worried about the car if anyone was hurt.
that sundance took a beating though... i'll post pictures when i have a chance.
RIP Sundance.
:( there goes another of my 200k mile club k-cars. my collection is thinning out.