Louisville Slugger Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 First Car My dad got a 2004 Malibu LT a couple of days ago and he said I could have his old car. I washed, waxed, cleaned, and vacuumed the inside of the car. It's a 1993 Geo Prizm LSI - 5 Speed Manual - with 129,667 miles on it, and it's so fun to drive as far as I am concerned. The car never gave my dad any problems whatsoever. It's build like a brick. The stick makes it fun because the car is so light, so I get extra pick up when I accelerate and shift gears. Plus, it gets about 34 MPG in the summer, so it will be efficient. Downside is it uses 91 octane gas because it's a high compression engine. A car is a car though; I am not worrying. I just need to start taking those drivers Ed classes and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesardrgn Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Not bad... :) i like the fact that is a stick shift. boy i know you are having a lot of fun with that... (Y) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koto Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Congrats on your first car. (Y) My car is a stick shift also. Very fun to drive. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaticX Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 just take of it, drop the oil every 2 thousand miles, usually every 3 but since you have a lot of miles do it every 2. change the battery (optima is the best) air & oil filter... and also change the tranny fluid make sure its pink not any other color.... oh yeah when you drop the oil, tell them to drop it from the "HUB"! the HUB holds about a few quarts in there, and also change the spark plugs & O2 sensers. im just giving you a quick lesson on how to take car of your car! good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdoan14 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 congratulations!!! my first car, which my mom got for me in nov 2002, is an 03 civic coupe ex automatic. i miss the new car smell! :cry: i also wished it could've been a manual, oh well.. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 whoa a GEO with 91octane!!! i think the Prizm is the equivilant of a Toyota Corrola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverUnknown Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 ugh geo :x sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellox Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 hey a first car is a first car. It's not like your going to be driving a BMW on a teenager's salary :rolleyes: As for the car itself, it looks like it's in great condition, congratulations on the aqquisition :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversky Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Hey, a geo is better than my car! I call it the emporer's new car. Only the extremely rich and fashionable can see it! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homie Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Congratulations! Sucks that it burns 91 octane, with these prices.. eeww. But I guess the nice MPG makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 congrats man, doesnt look too bad... just be glad it's not a metro...hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted March 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 30, 2004 congrats, man! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beh Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Congrats on your first car. (Y)My car is a stick shift also. Very fun to drive. :cool: yes stick shift, very fun to drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisville Slugger Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Yea many people think of Geo as "blah." In reality considering my salary the car is fine. I am not going to be handling a BMW on the amount of experience I have. I'll start out slow and work my way up. I rather earn a considerable amount of money for a nice car rather than my parents buying me one. It's all personal preference. Now this is a great car for the age and miles. I take care of everything I own, not just cars, so as long as it's in good hands I think I'll have a fun time with it. And yes it's the equivalent of a Toyota Corolla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 BUT IS AN GEO!!! :laugh: anyway.. good for you.. I wish I could drive a standard and to own your own car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellox Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 sorry, my post was made in reference to ForeverUnknown's post. Didn't really word it properly :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanman Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Take good care of it mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibook_gurl Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 nice car although you all have too much money! my first car was a 1987 mini city :D (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidic-e- Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 oh yeah when you drop the oil, tell them to drop it from the "HUB"! the HUB holds about a few quarts in there That work the same on a truck? Cause I never knew that (then again when it comes to cars I know jack+sh*t about them 90% of the time.) BTW nice car man. Geo's are nice I've had the chance to drive a few and I liked them for a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruBD Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 nice. hope you have fun with your new car :D now how bout you make your sig smaller :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taura Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Nice first car. :) My first car was a white Ford Taurus.... with a smashed in back end and dented (huge dent;p) right side. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 heres my first car given to me by my dad still got it, though it needs the suspension kit and another motor now. It takes a 351 cleveland V8, now thats a car u can keep ur pokemon cars Its a 59 Ford fairlane btw the pic is not Thee one i own mine is blue and a hard top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithium18 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 hehe funny my first car was a 1992 Geo Metro.... 3 banger! mwahaha... one time i had 6 of my friends in it with me... the thing barely moved... :shifty: but seriously... it was a good car... really easy on gas, which was good cause i hardly ever had money. Now i got a 1999 Monte Carlo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman255 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 My first car was a 1986 Dogde daytona. loved that car...then friend ran into it.. :crazy: hahah but i have newer car now...but now i have car payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Thats a nice first car there. Black will be a pain, but when clean it's so worth it. I had a real heap for my first car (Vauxhall Nova) but worked up from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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