Login Register Sign up for the GRM e-newsletter

Login to post Forums » Grassroots Motorsports » Its Earth Day, So I Drove This to Work *insert your car here* « 1 2 3 4 5 »
  • mattmacklind

    April 23, 2010 7:11 a.m. mattmacklind SuperDork

    volvoclearinghouse wrote:

    (picture isn't mine, but is a dead ringer for it!)

    What did you drive to celebrate the planet?

    I drove the same car-no pics at work so I borrowed yours. Its my daily (1984).

  • Powar

    April 23, 2010 8:50 a.m. Powar Dork

    procainestart wrote:

    I drove the white one, which can get 33 mpg on the highway.

    Of course, if I weren't so a lazy, I would've ridden my bike...

    You should update your reader's rides. I'd like to see more about these.

    Same goes for all of you other slackers...

  • DaveEstey

    April 23, 2010 9:11 a.m. DaveEstey New Reader

    Took a 2hr road trip. Test pipe, burns oil, turns 4,100rpm at 80mph and I held it there for most of the trip.

    Went through a quart of oil..

  • Wally

    April 23, 2010 10:14 a.m. Wally SuperDork

    I picked up a new water bottle

  • Paul_VR6

    April 23, 2010 11:04 a.m. Paul_VR6 Reader

    Mine's white but it's close. I can almost get 16mpg out of it. Almost.

  • April 23, 2010 11:56 a.m. volvoclearinghouse New Reader

    mattmacklind wrote:

    volvoclearinghouse wrote:

    (picture isn't mine, but is a dead ringer for it!)

    What did you drive to celebrate the planet?

    I drove the same car-no pics at work so I borrowed yours. Its my daily (1984).

    Yours probably has the alloy wheels, then. I forget when they changed...but I have an '82 240D that has the alloys.

  • mattmacklind

    April 23, 2010 12:35 p.m. mattmacklind SuperDork

    OK, so I got off my arse and looked up a pic on photobucket. Its lunch, so good a thing to do as any. Its an 84 300D turbodiesel, and of course an absolute screamer. Really need to go easy on the throttle, you know, it can get away from y ou before you know it.

    Photobucket

  • oldsaw

    April 23, 2010 1:10 p.m. oldsaw Dork

    DaveEstey wrote:

    Took a 2hr road trip. Test pipe, burns oil, turns 4,100rpm at 80mph and I held it there for most of the trip.

    Went through a quart of oil..

    What material did you use to fabricate the lower, front spoiler and how did you attach it to the bumper cover?

    Oh, and back to the topic at hand, I drove a '96 Sonoma - "greener" than most its' vintage as it sports two new cats and easily passed emissions testing two months ago. The gas mileage still sucks compared to either of the Hondas, though.

  • Ian F

    April 23, 2010 2:56 p.m. Ian F Dork

    The same car I always drive.. my TDI... in honor of Earth Day, I made a point of doing a good, hard, 'foot to the floor' merge onto the hwy... leaving those behind me choking in a cloud of soot.

    (j/k... although I did drive the TDI... )

  • EvanB

    April 23, 2010 3:04 p.m. EvanB HalfDork

    I was responsible and rode my motorcycle

    I need to put an updated pic up, it looks much better with the flyscreen on.

  • fastmiata

    April 23, 2010 3:39 p.m. fastmiata Reader

    Pontiac GTO The miata smell more like a violater with the big injectors, RX7 VAF and walbro fp but still gets 30mpg except when running the Dragon at WOT.

  • evildky

    April 23, 2010 10:01 p.m. evildky Dork

    Photobucket

  • skierd

    April 23, 2010 11:13 p.m. skierd Dork

    Same thing I ride every day:

    Now with more thump (and emissions) thanks to the new pipe.

  • DaveEstey

    April 23, 2010 11:38 p.m. DaveEstey New Reader

    oldsaw wrote: What material did you use to fabricate the lower, front spoiler and how did you attach it to the bumper cover?

    Oh, and back to the topic at hand, I drove a '96 Sonoma - "greener" than most its' vintage as it sports two new cats and easily passed emissions testing two months ago. The gas mileage still sucks compared to either of the Hondas, though.

    Plastic garden border stuff trimmed up and some L brackets with self-tapping screws. Bottom is reinforced with a 1/16" thick aluminum band in the middle. Total cost: $22

  • Claff

    April 24, 2010 12:34 a.m. Claff New Reader

    It's fairly responsible motoring, complete with the intoxicating new car smell

  • Will

    April 24, 2010 7:35 a.m. Will HalfDork

« 1 2 3 4 5 »  
Tire Rack- Revolutionizing Tire Buying

You'll need to log in to post.