AF beater owners club

[taranaki]

Hello,my name is kev,and I drive a beater.


I know I'm not the only one,so come on,here's your chance to testify!


Don't be shy, you are among friends here!

[Amish_kid]

My name's Dan I drive a POS
Well kinda it needs a little paint and body work
I'll be taking donations for a paint fund just send them to

Dan C/O The Pentagon
Office #3324

[Suislide]

beater owners, UNITE!!

1991 Pontiac Tempest AKA Chevrolet Corsica
345,000km
body completely painted by hand in black Tremclad rust paint
damaged rear door
dented front fender
trunk that doesn't close all the way
rust to high heaven
power steering leak
steelies

i'm proud to own a beater...but will be even prouder once i get rid of it.

btw, Dan, what kind of beater?

naki - one more post until the big 10k!

[Amish_kid]

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
btw, Dan, what kind of beater?

She be a 1987 Cutlass(Gutless) Supreme with a 3.8 and 260,000km on the clock runs good, looks like shit.

[YogsVR4]

My name is Dave and I have a 93 Shadow. Its been beaten into submission and then embarrassed by its fellow garage dwellers.

[HogieGT-R]

my name is Jonathan
I drive a 1988 Nissan Sentra
has 196,736 on the odometer
starting to rust
doors aren't working properly
gas and temperature gauge don't work
bonnet latch doesn't lock without the help of a flathead screwdriver
needs brake fluid every month
wheels need 2 be spraypainted
driver's side door lock is busted
transmission will stick if the car isn't allowed to warm up
it still drives and is actually a reliable thing even though it only has about 69 horsepower.......

[2strokebloke]

You're going to have to define beater a little more clearly, but I think all three of my cars could be considered:
1969 Subaru 360, can go, but can't stop - multi colored interior (used to be blue shag) smokes so much it kills all mosquitos within a 20 foot radius.
1982 Toyota Corrola Tercel, nicest looking of the bunch, rust blisters around the rear windows, dents and dings, leaks/consumes entire crankcase oil capacity in 3000 miles (hey, oil changes don't require draining the engine!).
1988 Yugo GVX, sun faded paint, patches of primer and it's a YUGO!

[kaoru-tochiro]

I got my brother in laws 1990 ford Toerus. I drive it all the time, I do donuts with it, I buy Dontus with it. I don't wash it, the auto tranny was slipping last month but I did a fluid and filter change and its back to business, buying donuts.

[Suislide]

Originally posted by YogsVR4
My name is Dave and I have a 93 Shadow. Its been beaten into submission and then embarrassed by its fellow garage dwellers.

hey, you don't count since you actually have 4 other VERY nice cars. :finger:

[taranaki]

Originally posted by S13_Iketani


hey, you don't count since you actually have 4 other VERY nice cars. :finger:

Now stop that,we are all friends here.Dave was very brave and made a good decision to come to our meeting,he needs a little bit of extra support from the group because clearly he does not drive a beater out of neccesity,he does it because he enjoys it.Does your beater have a special role in your stable of vehicles,Dave or do you keep it for sentimental reasons?

[94SolGrl]

My name is Emily, and I own a 1987 Ford Ranger XLT with 215,000 miles on it, an oil leak, a bad tranny, and a baaad habit of burning oil, turning it into black smoke.. let's not forget no A/C, spray painted black, I hit a deer going 70mph in it, and I threw it in a lake. Oh yeah I also back into the same tree every time I pull it out of its spot.

Luckily, I also own a hot lil sol so I don't have to drive the truck

[Fritz The Cat]

Hi, I'm Jim. I drive an 86 Clubwagon van (Ford), Starts and runs great, but suffering severe body cancer. Every time I hit a pothole, filled or not, I have to do a quick check in the rear view mirror to see if the back end of the van is still with me. One of these days I'm gonna lose a door or two, if not the whole back end of the van. I'll have to replace this thing before next winter, I really don't think it will last another salting season.

[TexasF355F1]

My name is Jay and I don't drive a beater but I just wanted to send my condolences to all of you who do. I know what its like though, b/c I use to drive an '85 S-10.

[Jay!]

I drive an 89 Accord w/ 220K miles on the clock and no fifth gear, but managed to eek out 30.5 mpg during a ~500 mile weekend.

No A/C either. And the clutch is slipping. :cry:

[JD@af]

Ummm.. I've got a quasi-beater now in my Century. Though the car is really in pretty good shape. Only rust is on the door frames around the windows, gas guage shows about a quarter tank when full, and I had to add 4/10s of a quart of oil a couple weeks back. It has the world's tackiest deep purple tints (on a beige body), and I missed three teenage punks ripping off my hood emblem in NYC the weekend before last by all of about 30 seconds (little rascals! ). Amenities like the A/C and retractable antenna work fine. But, technically it is still a beater.

Originally posted by jay@af
I drive an 89 Accord w/ 220K miles on the clock and no fifth gear, but managed to eek out 30.5 mpg during a ~500 mile weekend.

No A/C either. And the clutch is slipping. :cry:

Jay, no fifth gear?!?! My goodness, that is a hurting car you're got there.. NO OFFENSE :right: