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[kenny86si]

Have an 86 crx si and bought it for $900 when I was 17. I just turned 21.

[More&Faster]

im 21 and on my second '85 crx si. first one i bought when i was 16 but it was junk and i bought a GSR. then last summer i decided i didnt really like the GSR so much and i sold it and bought a *slightly* nicer '85 crx si just a couple months ago. i plan to waste a lot of money on that little car.

[sspcivic31]

i'll be 32 in july. started messing with cars in high school (mazda mini truck, torsion bars woohoo). modded my first honda, 1993 civic si in 93. started autocrossing in it in csp. wrecked it on the street and bought my 87 si hatch to run in csp. blew up the motor and did the teg swap when i was working for a guy at a local shop in 95. now my 87 is finally in my garage(ask nivek what it looked like) and i am about to get serious about putting it back together.

[Aren D.]

I got my car aboult 1 1/2 years ago and I turn 18 june 11th.

[cbstdscott]

Kirk and I were born during the Eisenhower Administration. He snuck in during the last months of the first term, I was a few months later in the second term.

I have been cleaning my hands with mechnaic's soap since I was counting my years in single digits.

Scott

[DarkHand]

Kirk and I were born during the Eisenhower Administration. He snuck in during the last months of the first term, I was a few months later in the second term.

I have been cleaning my hands with mechnaic's soap since I was counting my years in single digits.

Scott

After reading that and thinking about it, I realized I wasn't born under Reagan like I thought... I was alive for the last few weeks of the Carter administration. Born 10-30-81.

EDIT: And nevermind, Reagan was in the year before. I need sleep.

Edited by DarkHand, 25 May 2004 - 02:28 PM.

[2old_honda]

20
I adopted a 84 civic sedan that my parents bought new in 84 when I turned 16. After I was hit by a SUV and the car was totaled I got a 88 accord.
since then I have added a 88 mazda RX-7 and a 94 mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 to my stable. I am currently looking for another 3rd gen civic

[Condor]

I should have said I originally started working on cars
when I was 16. The first, a 70 MGB, I was actually able
to drive home. That one was crap, but i used it to tow
home a 71 from a guy's back yard a couple miles away.
That one was not much better. Then, taking the other
one that my neighbor had that arrived on a rollback for
parts to his MG, I ended up taking stuff from all three
to complete the 71 as a 'daily' driver. I wanted to get
out of the car repair being my full time 'hobby' that's
when i sold it and got the CRX. I hope to get back to the
point where my CRX is not an MG anymore

[87sirex]

Im 17 and got my car a year ago for 300 dollars, it had a busted rod and a hole in the block. A year working at the blue beacon and its got a new engine and alot less cracks.

[dantheman]

im 21 (22 in oct) and my first car was a bronco II. loved it, loved wrenchin it. rolled it.

then i got a 95 eclipse GST loved it hated wrenching it. it was always broke. after 2 years i totaled it with a curb an some assistance with an 18 wheeler. prolly wouldnt have been totaled had the 18wheeler not been there but o well. im glad to be rid of it. only bad thing is 6 months later and i still owe 1000 bux on it. but i used the most of the insurance money to pay it off and kept 600 to buy my CRX. i love it. i havent had to wrench on it at all (which is weird for a vehicle in my possession) and ive got some work on it coming up (axle cause the CV is poppin bad, new shocks, new rotors ect) basic maintence stuff and im kinda afraid to run into a seized bolt because of all the rust i dont wanna break a hole in the car or bust the suspension off because i cant afford to fix it right now. o well we will see.

ive been workin on cars since i was abotu 17 and ive gotten pretty inclined at it. ive always been interested in how things work and cars have always intrigued me.

o yea www.howstuffworks.com rocks my socks off.

[michaelblanyer]

I'm Mike, 22 years old in a few weeks, and I live in Pittsburgh, PA...although I may be moving to San Diego, CA soon.

I've owned, in chronological order:

1989 Honda CRX DX
1985 Honda Prelude Si
1987 Honda Accord LXi
1984 Honda Civic 1500S
1991 Honda CRX HF
1981 Ford Crown Victoria LTD
1987 Toyota Hilux Pickup 2WD
1985 Ford F-250 4x4 w/plow
1994 Geo Metro 3-cyl
1988 Volkswagen GTI (16v)
1991 Mercury Capri XR2
1990 Mazda 323
1987 Honda Civic Si
1986 Honda CRX DX
1993 Saturn SC1
1989 Honda CRX DX
1995 Geo Prizm (still owned...daily driver)
1992 Suzuki Swift GT (still owned...project car)

(i've had a few cars...)

Edited by michaelblanyer, 25 May 2004 - 05:21 PM.

[boman]

25. Bought the Si in 1997 (I was 19). Started working on it in 2001.

1987 Honda CRX Si - DOHC ZC (almost turbo'd)

JAKOB

[Crx85338]

Right now i'm 17, I've had my 86 crx si for about 9 months, been working on it for 7 months.

Phx, AZ. anyone wanna hold a meet over the summer?

[MakDiesel]

im 20, used to be solely into Datsuns, exclusively Z's...pinnacle was a cherry red '72 240z...carbs didnt like me, sold it...the '81 280zx was my college car for the longest time until gas prices went through the roof...now I cruise in an '85 CRX Si, it rocks, and I'll probably go back and forth between old Datsuns and Hondas until death and dismemberment seperates us.