Hello my name is......

[Damkid]

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks CMA (Car modders anonymous) meeting, thank you all for joining me and I hope we all can share our addiction so it doesn't overwhelm our lives

(yes I got bored and thought this would be a fun topic lol)

I'll start

Hello my name is Chris and I have an addiction.... It feels good to finally admit to my problem..... I always have the need to seriously modify my cars, it has taken up a lot of my budget and time and each time I finish a project I get the urge for more and more.... I think I need help

I've been wanting a solid daily driver that i dont modify so it stays reliable and I now have an AWD protege for just that.... But all today at work I spent day dreaming about what heavy modifications I could do to it, especially knowing I could buy an adapter plate for a KL to bolt to the B series bell housing meaning I could have an AWD KL.... Or have mattdickmeyer build the hell out of a BP for me with a nasty turbo, E153 AWD trans, custom mustang rear diff w/custom rear axles, one piece driveshaft drool sooo many options to choose from

It just happens, I get bored at work and these ideas just come into my head and then I start thinking technically as to how to make these things a reality and then it's all downhill from there with buying parts and installing them, next thing I know I'm driving a project car that's not my Festiva, ugh

But It feels good to share my addiction with all of you, who would like to share next?

[bobbyspider]

hello my name is bobby d, aka kid-riddlin, aka bboy knucklehead, aka super duper booper pooper scooper, aka bebot, aka petrie, aka jimmie newtron... i think thats about it for now and finally to the point I AM AN ADDICT!

it started so innocently when i was a teen, just looking at magazeens and using my imagination. then it lead to car (peep) shows where i could look but not touch after that it was me sneaking ito the garage and sitting in my step dads 1930 ford coup... oh goodness yea! but it didnt stop there i would start to take advantage of my friends cars i was such a bad friend because i got up all on that na-meen. so it came time for me to get my own beater... but i just couldnt stop! it had to... well you know. it then started with simple stereo upgrade, then rims, then .... it had to be slammed! so i slammed it againand again and again i just couldnt stop. it went on like this for awhile, i went from one to the other to the other and so on. IT GETS WORSE FROM HERE! i couldnt just have one anymore! like chris said i had to have the one at home, the one i knew would always be there when i needed her and wouldnt let me down ...... but i have wants and needs ya know! so i had to have alittle sumthin on the side, oh yessim i did. i had to have sumthin that i could beat up and she would take it somthin that i could take out and impress all the boyz and make all the other candy jellous... i know i got it bad but i will not apoligise because im the one who has to live with this curse and will own up to it daily till i sleep in the dirt

i left some details out until the next meeting but thank you so much chris for giving me a safe place

[FestYboy]

amatures....



lol

[bobbyspider]

the story must be told

[Bert]

Hello my name is Bert. I officially become old in a few more days and become eligible for Can Pension Plan. Won't happen though, I can't afford to retire. I went through the performance craze already 4 decades back with steadily bigger engined Austin Minis and after a spectacular crash in 1977 have since gone off in the other direction towards practicality, reliability, fuel economy and incorporating things that make a car easier to service.
I have to say that discovering this forum was a supreme catalyst towards making longer term goals for a Festy. I distinctly remember laughing out loud when my mother proudly arrived at home with her very first brand new car: a red Festy L 5 speed in 1993. Ultimately my dad got rather attached to it for it's economy, driveability and ease of parking, too. His Chev Impala didn't get out much anymore when mom gave up driving 10 years ago. I accidentally came across a $50 Festy 'parts car' in the same year and colour in 2004 but after major work on the brakes, knick knacks and exhaust wound up driving it myself for 150000 km.

Probably the best ever improvement I've made to a Festy is the Aspire swap. The car looks less timid, the ride and handling is much improved and the brakes last longer and (fronts particularly) are much easier to service and I can actually shop for premium tires. The constant experimentation by various forum members has also yielded other improvements such as 2 hole Rio top hats for 'poor man's' power steering. It may come to pass that I get up the gumption to transplant in a bigger engine, if ever I come across one that is convenient, affordable and not had the daylights kicked out of it. Right now, seeing as the car failed the Ontario e-test (last week) a low-mile roller rocker B3 is slated to go in sometime soon.

Festy extreme mod pioneers like addict Damkid have been an inspiration to many of us mere mortals.

[Advancedynamix]

Meetings are for quitters :p

[FestYboy]

Here Here!!!

[drddan]

I second the Locomotion!

[Damkid]

Never said I was quitting though :p

[sketchman]

My name is Josh, and a problem has me.

Started with a Neon. Gutted everything not making it run but the interior, and planned on keeping it forever. Then it bit me in the buttocks, and so I moved on. That's where it started.

Cash flow and tool shortage keeps me reasonable-ish, but that won't last forever, and it never really stops me. Just slows me down. A newer car didn't stop me either. Was paying on it and at the same time had a long tube ready to install, cut down the shifter to a more reasonable level, dropped $$ on a K&N CAI, and was looking for wheels when I sold it. Knew I had to get back to basics, and here I am.

But I don't think I've ever eaten a fish.

[navdoc101]

Hello , my name is Gary. I love moddin' my Festy! I don't think that is a problem. The only problem I have is I can't find a B6, or a Aspire to do MORE to my beloved Festy!! Oh, & a intermittent wiper switch, & I can't afford KYB's & FMS lowering springs, & well....a few other things. See I DO NOT have an addiction!!!! LEAVE ME ALONG!! I don't need any intervention, just MORE parts! Any parts!

[Bert]

Hello , my name is Gary. I love moddin' my Festy! I don't think that is a problem. The only problem I have is I can't find a B6, or a Aspire to do MORE to my beloved Festy!! Oh, & a intermittent wiper switch, & I can't afford KYB's & FMS lowering springs, & well....a few other things. See I DO NOT have an addiction!!!! LEAVE ME ALONG!! I don't need any intervention, just MORE parts! Any parts!

We've gotta be the only bunch of complete idiots that lust over dead and dying Aspires and crashed 323s and Capris. Mind you this makes Sunday (and everyday) drives, and poking through want ads, have a purpose. Someone will develop a 12 step program to wean us off this fascination, someday.

[zoom zoom]

I know an addict always comes up with ways of justifying his/her actions, but I don't have a problem, its more of a hobby to keep me busy than anything. I don't HAVE to drive a Festy or aspire, I do because they're fun, and if that ever changes i'll be looking into whatever the newest kia on the market is for a daily driver.

This is all my wifes fault anyway. I wanted another Jeep to replace the one I sold when we got together.. she talked me into a cheap shoddy looking Aspire that ran good and got 44mpg.

[JPT]

Hello, my name is john and I just enjoy working on cars. It's a hobby, nothing more and I can quit anytime.

Just because all the local parts stores know me by name means nothing.

...it's everyone else that has a problem.

Sent from my SPH-D700

[zoom zoom]

Hello, my name is john and I just enjoy working on cars. It's a hobby, nothing more and I can quit anytime.

Just because all the local parts stores know me by name means nothing.

...it's everyone else that has a problem.

Sent from my SPH-D700

Word

Well spoken sir.