mattlaw2011 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Stuck at college so why not start a thread in the forum eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I'm stuck at work thinking about riding dirt bikes if that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I'm stuck at work, dreaming about college days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Life in college. Imitating Brett Kavanaugh. Sigh. The simple days. Studying and having fun with your friends living right next door. I just wish the northern Indiana had some roads with actual curves in them. Freaking cornfields. I never understood musclecars (cars that can't turn but can go fast on a straight road) until I moved here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Life in college. Imitating Brett Kavanaugh. Sigh. The simple days. Studying and having fun with your friends living right next door. I just wish the northern Indiana had some roads with actual curves in them. Freaking cornfields. I went to school in the U.P. Bahahahahaha! But I had a '95 Neon, soooo ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I went on a fishing trip in the UP this summer in my 350Z. Many of the roads were a blast, as was the trout fishing. Brook trout! So beautiful. And the Neon wasn't so bad in its first generation. Light, tossable, I would think. What school? Are you originally from Michigan, Brady? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Michigan Tech. And I grew up in Minneapolis. I miss the UP though. And yeah, honestly, the Neon wasn't so bad, especially with the 5 speed. As a college car, I have no complaints. The Copper Country and Keweenaw Peninsula has some very fun roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Michigan Tech. And I grew up in Minneapolis. I miss the UP though. And yeah, honestly, the Neon wasn't so bad, especially with the 5 speed. As a college car, I have no complaints. The Copper Country and Keweenaw Peninsula has some very fun roads. So you're from cold country. I had a girlfriend from Minneapolis. She laughed when schools got shut down in the east due to "cold" becz kids shouldn't stand for buses in ten degree temps. D.C. thinking. Although for all that bravado, I did note all those enclosed, heated walkways in downtown Minneapolis. Seemed like a great city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I laugh/get jealous when other offices in my company shut down for cold weather or 2 inches of snow. Most of them are in NC, TX, and KY. Been in this industry for 12 years.... only ever had an office I work in close 1 time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickDastardly00 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 My college car was a '97 Impreza Outback sport, Blue and Gray 2-tone, I loved that thing, took it everywhere, beach, mountains, it didn't matter. Traded it in for my Legacy GT. ♪Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds.♫ -Bob Marley, Redemption Song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 My college cars in the early 80s were a 73 Honda Civic (a blast on 13" wheels) and a 76 Ford Capri in John Player Special black with gold pinstripes. Ford Pinto motor but a manual. The motor was a tractor motor. I wanted a first gen Capri but couldn't find one that wasn't a rust bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The summer after high school while working at target I bought my first firebird. A 1996 formula with the lt1 v8 with 65k miles on it. Not many other options but really the v8 is the most important one. Drove it for the next 2 years... even in the snow. There were many butthole clinching moments but I never crashed. My mom co-signed on the loan for me as it was my first loan. I remember the first bank we went to they actually denied us and said she should just take out the loan and have me pay it. She was pretty pissed that her 800+ credit score and 6 figure income couldn't qualify us for a 3k loan if I was primary on it. Then we went to local credit union and they were like "yep, here's some money" in 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 My college cars in the early 80s were a 73 Honda Civic (a blast on 13" wheels) and a 76 Ford Capri in John Player Special black with gold pinstripes. Ford Pinto motor but a manual. The motor was a tractor motor. I wanted a first gen Capri but couldn't find one that wasn't a rust bucket. No, a tractor motor is good and reliable compared to the pinto collection of strange iron parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Well, that, but that pitiful Ford motor revved like a tractor motor (ie, not) but had none of the torque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 My college cars in the early 80s were a 73 Honda Civic (a blast on 13" wheels) and a 76 Ford Capri in John Player Special black with gold pinstripes. Ford Pinto motor but a manual. The motor was a tractor motor. I wanted a first gen Capri but couldn't find one that wasn't a rust bucket. I had an ‘85 Capri for a while. Had a Ford ranger 4 banger, 0-60 in 28 seconds flat. Had a friend sell me his grandmother’s old 83 Ford LTD wagon with a 302 and the use of a heated shop so I could do an engine swap in the middle of Wyoming winter. Loved that car. With the 302 V8 and my 2.73 rear end, I could cruise at 70mph at 1200rpm. Got like 30mpg hwy and 12mpg city :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 This was my 76 Capri II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Capri#/media/File:Mercury_Capri_II.jpg Yours was the Fox body (ie, rebadged Mustang). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Yeah, we called them bubble mustangs because of the back hatch. Having the fox body was nice, could use a ton of the mustang parts. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Mercury/1985%20Mercury/1985_Mercury_Capri_GS_Mailer/1985%20Mercury%20Capri%20GS%20Mailer-02.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlaw2011 Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hahaha thanks for all the reply’s guys. It’s interesting hearing about all your college cars. I was pretty lucky to find a spec.b while I’m going to college, the car culture at my school is very present and there’s tons of Subaru’s since I live in Connecticut. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlaw2011 Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 Life in college. Imitating Brett Kavanaugh. Sigh. The simple days. Studying and having fun with your friends living right next door. I just wish the northern Indiana had some roads with actual curves in them. Freaking cornfields. I never understood musclecars (cars that can't turn but can go fast on a straight road) until I moved here. I would definitely agree if I lived on campus, commuting isn’t as fun because you don’t get to enjoy all the on campus events and what not unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Drinking age was 18 when I went to college. An additional benefit was staggering to the dorms drunk rather then driving home drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Yes, walking to the dorms drunk, in Minneapolis with an open case of left over PBR in my hand. Cops pulls up "ahhhh, you can't be walking down the side of the road at 4am with an open case of beer". Me "Sorry, i didn't know, I'm from Wisconsin". Cops "Ohhhh, you're from Wisconsin" as he pulls off and drives away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Cops were cool in CT. My buddy and I were trying to sneak a half keg of beer (no liquor campus after I graduated but I was visiting a buddy still in college) into the dorm in his foot locker. After buying the keg, we stopped in a closed store's parking lot and were trying to fit the keg into the footlocker. A cop saw us as he drove by and asked us what we were doing. We told him (we were both legal to drink), and he told us to both sit on the footlocker while he latched it. Mission was accomplished. Coolest cop ever, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I went to school in the U.P. I went on a fishing trip in the UP this summer in my 350Z. Many of the roads were a blast, as was the trout fishing. Brook trout! So beautiful. i loved the roads out in the UP on my bike also, was a good time up there. my mom has a summer place in the UP, love it up there. we are doing xmas up there this year, me and 2/3 of my kids and my bro with his 2 kids. we are all AZ born and raised, should be a fun and cold trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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