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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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nothing special,but last week I got a lil neon of my lil cousin for 1k dollars. Finally the SOm will once again be my weekend car. I love the lil neon drives great and gets bitch'n mpg. it fills up with 25.00 and last a whole week.I drive 22 mi(40 round trip) to work so its definitely going save me some $. Paint is shot on it(i can careless), but the interior is in great condition. I'm thinking of murdering the neon...lol!


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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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nice. you should rip out everything cept tthe driver seat and make it the ultimate mpg machine
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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ahahahahaha! my homeboy has 1 of those. except thats his ONLY car ahahahhahahaha no 5 speed??? psshhhh lol
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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Damn let the apparence mods begin.
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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ahahahahaha! my homeboy has 1 of those. except thats his ONLY car ahahahhahahaha no 5 speed??? psshhhh lol
**** that. I've own 4 other cars and they have all been Manual. its kinda nice to not have to shift in traffic.
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 01SOMSS!
Shoulda got that sweet prelude in the backround!
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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let the black out begin!!!!
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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hell yea, its time for that SOM to rest man!!! lol i havn't droven my SS since that cruise we did
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Originally Posted by LS1BLKSS
hell yea, its time for that SOM to rest man!!! lol i havn't droven my SS since that cruise we did
you're loosing horsepower as its sitting! every LS1 gains .5hp per mile you put on it didnt you know that?
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1BLKSS
hell yea, its time for that SOM to rest man!!! lol i havn't droven my SS since that cruise we did

lucky you!
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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damn Luis,
im jealous
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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LOL! what can i say, it gets from point A to point B..RLMAO!
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Congrats on the daily driver. The SS finally gets some needed rest.
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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^ AND less tickets !
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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nice move luis, your going to love having a car you can just well... drive lol
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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I know. since I've had the SS I've had 2 other DD's. problem is that they dont last me...I'm sure I'll actually go easy on this one.
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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Looks good, bought a 93 cadillac sts for 3 grand for my DD, I drive 60 miles a day and it gets 27mpg on the freeway and 2k watts rms in the trunk to spare.
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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do a 250 dollar black "1 day paint" special . . . lol
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 01SOMSS!
I know. since I've had the SS I've had 2 other DD's. problem is that they dont last me...I'm sure I'll actually go easy on this one.
congrats, and yeah go easy on it thats the way to make them last.
I have a 1984 toyota celica with a 275k miles on original motor for my DD and its still running strong w/27 mpg city
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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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Hey Luis....wana race my civic? We could have a DD grudge match!!
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