A picture history of my cars (56K maybe)

[TheProfessor]

Alright, I was going through some old pictures last night and stumbled upon some of my very first car.......wow, that was a long time ago. I scanned them into the computer and well, here they are along with all of my other cars up to the present one!


First car (1994-1998):
1990 Honda Civic Si
Mods: Lowered on H&R Sport springs, Tokico struts, DC Sports header, no-name intake, NGK plugs and wires, Sebring tuning custom cat-back exhaust, front upper strut tie bar, Alpine and JL Audio car stereo, Eurolite foglights, clear corners, clear bumper lenses, match-painted lip spoiler, etc.

Keep in mind I owned this car while in high school and the first part of university, way back from 1994-1998. This was the car that my wife and I learned to drive stick on, and let me tell you by the time I sold the car (had 340,000km on it) it was not in the best condition mechanically.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/CivicOlder1Upload.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/CivicOlder2Upload.jpg


Second car (1999-2003):
1993 Honda Civic Coupe Si - turbocharged
Mods: Lowered on H&R Sport springs, Koni yellow struts, A\'PEXi Megaphone Dunk cat-back exhaust, GReddy TD04-15G turbo, Type S Blow Off Valve, Modified Starion front mount intercooler, custom intercooler piping by Ultimate Racing, GReddy blue box Fuel management unit, GReddy Airnx intake, cast iron manifold, NGK two step colder plugs, Autometer boost, oil pressure, and EGT gauges, Denji clear projector headlights with HID conversion, OEM Honda factory fogs match painted, Grillcraft grill to protect the FMIC, all trim match painted, custom half clear half red taillights, front upper and rear lower strut tie bars, Alpine and JL Audio car stereo system, reverse EL gauges, 16\" ALT rims powdercoated white mounted on Falken Ziex 512 tires, Brembo blank rotors, AEM/Nissin brake pads, Nokian winter tires on OEM steelies, etc.

This was probably the car I had the most fun in......it was a blast to drive and pretty quick for a SOHC 1.6L! Bought the car used from Parkway Honda with 110,000km on it.....sold it four years later in stock form with 230,000km on it.

The day I brought it home:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/CivicOld1Upload.jpg

And after I got my paws on it:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/0b485d1a.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/9d76185d.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Civic02.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/1bbaa4cf.jpg

Alright, so while owning the turbo civic I got married, bought my first condo, and got a new job that required me to take clients out every now and then, so it was time to say bye bye, however, not before buying a second car for my wife:


Third car (2002-2005)
2002 Mazda Protege5 ES
Mods: Keep in mind this is my wife\\\'s car......B&M Short shift kit, Sony Mobile ES Headunit and CD Changer, JL speakers, amps and subs.

This was the car that turned us from Honda fans to Mazda fans......what a wonderful little car.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Protege03.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Protege04Upload.jpg



Fourth car (2003-2005)
2004 Mazda6 GTI4
Mods: Full JL Audio stereo system, that\\\'s it!

I liked this car quite a bit, but I could tell it wasn\'t made in Japan. The fit and finish wasn\\\'t nearly as good as our P5, and I had more problems with it then I would\'ve liked for the money I spent.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Mazda6Upload.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Mazda6Upload2.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Mazda6Upload1.jpg



And this brings us to our current situation.....

Fifth & Sixth cars (2005 - ???)
2005 Mazda3 Sport GT (wife\'s car) and 2006 Mazda3 GT
Mods: Both cars have near identical JL Audio stereo systems, Viking Snowtech winters mounted on Mazda steelies, and hopefully matching HID kits coming soon.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Mazda3sUpload1.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/Mazda3sUpload2.jpg


That\'s it! And before anybody makes a comment about the all white cars.....yes, we love white cars, always have and I always will. Also of note is that each and every car has been 5-speed manual, including the wife\'s!

[Caz]

Do you like white cars?

[majic]

Originally posted by PSIVIC
The day I brought it home:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/CivicOld1Upload.jpg

And after I got my paws on it:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/PSIVIC/0b485d1a.jpg


wow.. at first i thought they were 2 different cars!!! nice job!!

oh but they are all white :p :zzz

[Kevin@nextmod]

I think were pretty alike as in we both like white cars. But i really like the first SI civic. Looks nice and clean. I also like the fogs on that EG.

Also for the last 2 pics of the 2 mazda 3s. You can somewhat seethe difference between pearl and arctic.

[FLIPDADY]

I recognize that white EG.

Did you ever go on the TCC cruise to Niagra?

[skunk2]

talk about white fetish.

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


I recognize that white EG.

Did you ever go on the TCC cruise to Niagra?

Nope, and to make sure nobody else ever drove a similar car I always parted out my cars prior to selling them!

[Cardinal Fang]

I\'m starting to think he has something for the white colour.

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by Cardinal Fang


I\'m starting to think he has something for the white colour.

You think :p

[Broli]

so do you and your wife go on mini cruises
and go take pics of your cars at you own private mini-meets?

cause when i saw the pics
i laughed, u went to do a photoshoot!

(i would have too . . . lol)

lol

i like what you did with your 1993 civic, i also thought i was a different car :D
it looks like it was clean. . . and tastefully done!

[TheProfessor]

Thanks, I try to make the cars look clean and simple....the civic had no stickers or anything of any kind on it. When I was going through the pics yesterday I couldn\'t believe that the two pictures were of the same car! The scariest part was that it only took me about a year and a half to get it \'complete\'.

[CelestSpeed3]

Sorry to here you had problems with your 6 though. I\'ve been beating on mine daily and have several track days and have done many autoX events with this car and I\'ve never had any issues. But damn are the 3\'s nice.

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by Mazda6sMtx


Sorry to here you had problems with your 6 though. I\'ve been beating on mine daily and have several track days and have done many autoX events with this car and I\'ve never had any issues. But damn are the 3\'s nice.

My problems with the 6 were not so significant that they made me want to sell the car, but they did contribute. Of note, I had to have my front brakes replaced at 20K due to warping of the rotors, only to have the problem to happen again at 28K. Everytime it would rain the carpets in the car would become soaked with water (problem ended up being faulty weather stripping at the base of the windshield), had problems starting the car on a few occassions, and there were other issues that a $34K car shouldn\'t experience IMO.

[wtom]

*thumbs up* very nice, PSIVIC! Loving the fact that I read through your entire post without any hatred towards Civics due to the non-existence of \"your everyday Honda rice mods.\" In many of our books, you have very good taste in mods. ;)

[TheProfessor]

Thanks wtom :)

[MAZDA Kitten]

.... and to think you were gonna get a BLACK CAR! BLASPHEMY! http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/eek5.gif

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by MAZDA Kitten


.... and to think you were gonna get a BLACK CAR! BLASPHEMY! http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/eek5.gif

Now you see why I chickened out ;)

[Fuman]

PSIVIC, I actually like ur 2nd civic. really well done. Sleeperish =) ;)

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by Fuman


PSIVIC, I actually like ur 2nd civic. really well done. Sleeperish =) ;)

Thanks.....I tried to keep it fairly low key since I didn\'t want any unnecessary attention from the police! If you can believe it, I didn\'t get pulled over once in that car, yet the first month of owning my MZ6 I get my first and only speeding ticket :(

[majic]

Originally posted by PSIVIC
If you can believe it, I didn\'t get pulled over once in that car, yet the first month of owning my MZ6 I get my first and only speeding ticket :(

you must have been profiled ;) :p

did you repaint that civic? looks like it went from flat ugly white to pearly colour (unless that was the camera) i\'m still amazed it\'s the same car man!!!

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by majic
did you repaint that civic? looks like it went from flat ugly white to pearly colour (unless that was the camera) i\'m still amazed it\'s the same car man!!!

Nope....it was the original paint! The first pic was taken with a 35mm film camera and scanned into the computer, whereas the second pic was taken two years later with a 3.2 megapixel digital still camera on a low quality setting. I did get it properly polished/waxed inbetween, so that may also contribute to bringing the paint back to life a bit.