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Quoted from Bos98:My "ride" is a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST Spyder. Unmolested and while it has no real value to anyone other than me I keep it nice.
Nice Spyder! There are DSM people out there who appreciate that car. The 4G63 motor is a legend. I built one once, fastest car I ever owned or rode in. Waste of money though, lol.
Quoted from wtatumjr:Here are my 2 Brits - sold a little while ago
The esprit V8 was my dream car back in the 90's. Beautiful car!
Quoted from dmbjunky:I worked on a Vet's house that a Suzuki similar to that. He would drive it to his practice every day. He said that thing was dangerously fast and showed us a standing still burnout in his driveway.
I had a Ninja for about a year. A lot of fun but I decided not worth the risk.
A perfect rider would probably do a high 9/low 10 second pass at 150mph in the 1/4 mile. 0-60 in 3 seconds or less. You'd have to experience it yourself though to appreciate it. I keep my rides under 90mph, no need to get crazy to have fun.
I rode from 05-09 and sold my previous bike because I rode past too many bike accident scenes. I didn't think it was worth it either and thought I was done for good. 7 years later life was stale and I needed to feel some kind of excitement again. No regrets as I've had a blast so far. I can say that if I had kids I wouldn't have gotten back into it.
Quoted from AlexSMendes:Back in 99 I owned a GSX1100-R.... Loved it to death but I'm glad I sold it, otherwise I wouldn't be sharing this right now!
That was a serious bike back then. 98 was the last year of the 1100. Mine is an 09 1000.
It's tough when you have that much power at your wrist, but you have to behave.
Kind of like having the cookie jar in front of you to look at, but you can't touch.
That's not fun for most people understandably, lol.
Quoted from KeithinMI:My not-so-pin-hauler.
1978, W72 4speed, 14,000 original miles, completely unmolested and untouched.
100% Original survivor car.
Martinique Blue with premium interior.
Nice car!
My Dad had the same year in gold. His was auto, he said there was a Turbo and if he remembers correctly there was a hookup for NOS.
He bought it used around 1980.
Quoted from KeithinMI:My first trans am was a 1978 solar gold y88 special edition with the w72 400, 4 speed, ws6. I promptly built the shit out the engine, including balance and blue printing, bored 30 over, 10.75
compression and a 3/4 race cam, port matched and polished heads, forged titanium connecting rods, sodium filled valves. It dyno'd at 600 plus hp at the wheels and ran 10.55 in the standing 1/4 on race slicks at Milan raceway. I used to race people light to light on Woodward on fridays and saturdays long long before the Woodward cruise ever existed.
For fuel I used to buy 55 gallon drums of jet 1a (or was it ll100?) and mix it with premium.
That car replaced my first car - my '66 gto convertible with 389 factory tri power, 4 speed. Did a frame off restore on that.
10 second pass is MOVING! I'd probably be scared in a RWD car going that fast to be honest, lol. I built a car once. A little over 400WHP on a mustang dyno which I'm told would be around 480 on a Dynojet. AWD so street tires weren't a problem at that power level. Probably be mid 11's on a perfect pass. Pretty impressive for 2.0 liter 4 cylinder. 28psi, single turbo, 93 octane.
Those Trans Ams in 78 didn't have a NOS hookup from the factory did they?
Quoted from Bos98:Total money pit. But I love it. My mother bought it for me when she was diagnosed with cancer for the 3rd time and was told she was going to die back in the late 90's.
Well she is still here so I keep the car going as well.
I agree that it's worth it. I always liked those GST's. The one car in my life that I considered a money pit was a 1992 3000GT SL. Within 12 months the repair costs almost doubled my initial purchase price. My Dad couldn't believe it when my next car was a Mitsubishi. LOL (05 Evo MR). Glad to hear your Mom is fighting it. My family was affected by Cancer and will most likely again. F CANCER!!!!
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