So i was going to get some 17 inch rims for winter but the price and tires where out off my price range. Also i need new tires for my oem 19 as well. So i went and bought a 1999 Hyundai accent for $500. I hate driving it but it saves my G from winter driving. Now my G can hibernate in the garage till it becomes warm again. Last week it snowed here and my G hates it not to mention scary.

 

nice but you live in Cali right? does it even snow in CALI lol. any congrats!

i bought a 87 BMW E30 for $900 bucks for my winter/project car

 

Unfortunately yes and summer tires are not fun on iced roads. Also Cali does not salt the roads they use cinders which have F*^$ up my paint bad to were color chip wont work. I have to repaint it which is not cheap, but the touge driving is awesome.

 

I'm on my 3rd beater

1985 BMW 325e (RIP)
1979 MBenz 300SD (RIP)
1991 Galant VR4 (AWD, AWS, TURBO FTW)

 

if you dont want your accent, I will buy it ;o)

 

You hate driving it?

Beaters rule!... at least if they're reliable. I love driving them around as a change of pace because you can just slam them into any old shady parking lot without worrying about anyone hitting it or vandalizing it, and it's nice to be inconspicuous sometimes and just blend in and not have to worry about people trying to race you or drive aggressive around you to show you that their car is faster than yours.

 

hahaha so true. My last car was a Camry that obviously never got any attention whatsoever. Now, driving a G, every ricer out there in this city pulls up alongside me and if I so much as accelerate 1 mph, they floor it lol

 

Don't know how you guys do this. Me and the G are in-separable. Snow + 17's on G = FUN!

 

ppl stare at me in my E30 beater, lol i know its b/c the paint is faded on the hood,roof,trunk.. haha but now i can park anywhere and pretty much not care about whose going to ding my beater. but when i do fix it up ill be careful where i park again lol

 

hrmmm yall are making me nervous with all this snow talk... i'm planning a trip up to Tennessee over winter break and I assume I'll prob be driving through at least SOME snow? (staying in a cabin on a mountain)... am I going to need to make any drastic changes to my car to prepare for this weeklong stay!? I live in FL right now...so obviously no snow for me!

 

my g35 is my beater car...

got a LFA in the garage that i only drive on weekeneds. lol jkkkk

iwish

 

Beaters are nice to have. I've got a 99 grand am that I rarely use, 190K miles and beat to ****. Hit a deer in 2007 and used the insurance money on better things.

 

I bought my first beater this year, and relegated my G to weekend/night out duty.

'99 saturn sl2 with 125k miles. As others have mentioned, I enjoy being able to park it anywhere and not worrying if it gets f'ed up. I love that I don't even have to wash it! Plus I love doing road trips and getting 35 mpg.

My poor G got driven quite a bit through salt and snow last year, and every mile caused me pain. It's getting a warm home in garage this year!