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Will This bonnie be able to take what a 17 year old kid does
#11
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From: Ozaukee, WI
Any car you beat on won't last
Originally Posted by Burgundy_Boat
i'm going to say 3-5 years. i've had my '95 SE for a year now and it'* held up fine, and quite frankly, i haven't been easy on it... the one thing i don't do is burnouts, i would recommend against doing burnouts. also, N drops are a No No, it shouldn't take more than 4-5 of those to frag your tranny. basically keep up on the regular maintence, watch the coolant like a hawk, and watch the oil (you will burn some oil), and keep a good oil in it, and take care of the tranny. you should be ok. but burnouts i would highly recommend against, and N drops are out of the question...
I have learned since i have never done a neutral drop or reverse drop with any car after my 6000-le I dont burn out to often mainly like acceleration
#12
Driving is fun and all but it is still a privelige and you should take it seriously. Don't beat your car. If you appreciate it and take care of it you will have it for years to come. Check out all the mods that can be done and you can be the envy of your friends when they see your car sharp and not beaten down. If you want a car to beat go buy a ricer.
When you are ready to handle an upscale car then drive a bonnie. That is just my opinion.
When you are ready to handle an upscale car then drive a bonnie. That is just my opinion.
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My friends and I have smartened up a bit...sometimes we buy 100 dollar or less cars to beat the **** out of untill we get bored or untill they go i.e 1989 cavilier (100 bucks got sick and ran with no oil plug cause we couldn't kill it no matter what we did) 1988 pontiac grand am /w 215k miles (75 bucks couldn't kill it so smashed it up and stripped the reverse gear by do a 60 mph neutral to reverse drop) 1983 pontiac sunbird (100 bucks rust bucket only lasted 1 month frame fell apart) It saves on the cars we spend decent money on and helps us get the craving out of our blood we LOVE to be wise asses and make a old car look shittie and sound like **** i.e. running on 4 spare tires with the back 2 tires turned inside out (had to rip apart the back brakes to get em to go on backwards) the most we get are 15 days which rarly happen
#14
My neighbor is Jseabert. He has a 93SSE. He thrashed it so bad in the first 6 months he had it (at age 17) that he now has blown his torque converter and 3rd gear. Perfect engine, but nothing goes anywhere, except idle at the curb. That'* a $2000 fix, which he can't afford right now. So he drives his Mom'* Dodge Caravan. At least it'* the same color as our cars
Think about it.
Think about it.
#15
Reverse drops? I was scared enough doing reverse 180'* on snow. Maybe you should find some econo box to trash instead of a car that'* possibly in good shape, and can work for a long time.
Screwing around with tiny cars that weigh about 2000lbs isn't as bad as cars with over 200 Horse, and weigh almost 4000lbs.
Screwing around with tiny cars that weigh about 2000lbs isn't as bad as cars with over 200 Horse, and weigh almost 4000lbs.
#16
Originally Posted by SSE14U24ME
Driving is fun and all but it is still a privelige and you should take it seriously.
I'm not referring to just bending a car (yours or someone else'*): you don't want to be in the position of having to pay out insurance (or out-of-pocket expenses) for someone else'* injuries, not to mention any followup lawsuit they may feel like slapping on you.
Trust me, bad things happen at the weirdest times, and you don't want to be in a position of having to explain anything crazy that might have contributed to it. The 16-year-old girl in a Pontiac 6000 who pulled out of a side street in broad daylight in front of my GTO _died_ for it, and for all the grief that caused, to this day I'm relieved that I wasn't doing anything wrong to have provoked that.
#17
I figure if you abuse it too badly you'll kill your tranny before anything else. When I first got my 94 GTP at 53k it ran well, but by 60k the tranny went. The guys at the shop could tell that the first owner of the car beat on it really hard (neutral slams and burnouts). Everything in the tranny had to be replaced, including the reverse gear, which was somehow cracked. Both the front wheel bearings also went bad on that car. However after fixing all that, she runs like new and now has over 100k miles, and I dont drive it like a grandma.
The moral, cars can take some hard drivng, but not straight up abuse.
good luck with the bonneville
The moral, cars can take some hard drivng, but not straight up abuse.
good luck with the bonneville
#18
Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
Reverse drops? I was scared enough doing reverse 180'* on snow. Maybe you should find some econo box to trash instead of a car that'* possibly in good shape, and can work for a long time.
Screwing around with tiny cars that weigh about 2000lbs isn't as bad as cars with over 200 Horse, and weigh almost 4000lbs.
Screwing around with tiny cars that weigh about 2000lbs isn't as bad as cars with over 200 Horse, and weigh almost 4000lbs.