Good feels Thread Auto style.

>be 16 finally get a car
>shitty 6th gen civic LX (automatshit) I picked up for $2000
>car is slow but gets me from point A to B
>car has its issues end up learning how to fix it
>give car to sister as I left for military
>come home no car
>friend tells me he's selling his civic
>a little weary as it's older and has a bit of mileage
>fuck it I need something
>what is this stick in middle and extra pedal??
>learn to drive stick in my high school parking lot
>so much fun
>car gets older and older but somehow keeps going
>keep up with maintenance schedule religiously
>tfw bought car at 130k miles now at over 210K while my friends buy new cars that blow headgaskets after ~90k miles and wonder how I drive a car from the 90s

>have '01 NB Miata
>busy doing some bodywork on it at the moment, so there's a bit of exposed filler and it's sanded down to the metal in several places.
>looks like a shitbox but goes fine
>decide to take it for comfy christmas morning toe-gay fun, because there's never anyone on the roads
>blasting Euromeme on the downhill
>go up a hill with a t-junction on top
>stop streets for people coming from left and right, so it's my right of way
>stupid woman in a fiat multipla decides rules don't apply to her and rolls casually through the stop street just as I'm getting there
>heyfuckyoulady.webm
>2nd gear, hit ~6k rpm around the bend, wheels lose traction
>hektik skid through the intersection
>sloot slams on brakes
>go home and have some comfy christmas food

I hope Santa brings you guys empty roads. You have been a good boy right anon?

>>16374179
OP happy christmas, and I hope this thread will be as good as the last one

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>tfw no car

>>16374179
>>>/r9k/

>>16375778

Fuck this post everytime it pops up in these kind of threads. It's auto related, STFU.

>autobots rolling out

>2am
>depressed
>can't go to sleep
>say fuck it and get in my trusty 2005 altima and hit the first highway i find
>3 hours later i find myself in mahopac, new york
>ask myself what the fuck i am doing
>go home
>go to bed
>wake up feeling worse because i didnt get much sleep

>>16374179
>in college
>need to buy a car
>nothing fancy, just need to get point A to point B
>end up buying old Buick LeSabre
>serves me ok, plagued with issues tho
>blow head gasket at one point as a result of cascading failures and my own stupidity
>watch Initial D while out at sea, start to want to learn more about cars
>few years later, finally fails to pass inspection (by the guy I bought it from), rust took its toll and the frame is apparently in bad shape
>shop around a bit
>buy hatchback impreza (non-turbo'd 'cuz poor)
>learn stick
>don't know where to start learning how to drive faster except simply by working on my handling in our shitty northern weather, so I go crazy every time it snows
>slowly learning to service it myself
Feels good to go from total pleb to willing novice.

>>16376019
I've done that before, generally involves a playlist with songs like Nightcall, Miles To Go, and Soft Room.

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>used to live next to pic related
>have driven this road every chance I got since I was 16
>stage for many of my first vehicular encounters
>I used to drive this road around 2AM
>nobody was around
>just me, my car, and some fucking stomping UK Happy Hardcore or Eurobeat
>the faster the music was the faster I went
>would constantly try to push my limits
>never could heel-toe, but got to the point where I could slam third and mash the brakes at the same time to produce oversteer (never used handbrake)
>car was 175hp awd subaru legacy
>had to be going near 70mph between turns to get enough inertia (speed limit was 25)
>didn't have bucket seats, would get bruises from being slammed into door
>just thinking about it now makes me shake in pleasure
>it was extacy

I still have dreams about driving this road. It was borderline sexual. In Uni now, and live almost 100 miles from this road, have only driven three times since I moved. I have some stories about this road, if anyone would like.

>rev up the motor

Yeah no wonder your car went to shit you're a fucking idiot

>>16376019

Mahopac is shit, you were right to leave.

>>16377456
If you're still here then I'd like to hear some of the stories pls

>>16377456
I think its storytime

>>16377456
Please share. Must hear about your adventures

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>that butter shift from 3rd to 4th while speeding down the street