Today...marks 4 years of being a DSMer

[TurboATM]

Four years ago today, I drove passed a random car lot, (in my Explorer i just bought a month earlier...) and saw something in the back of the lot. I stopped in, and saw it was a 98 Eagle Talon TSi. I had never seen a 2gb model Talon, and never driven a turbo DSM, or anything turbo for that matter. I figured a test drive wouldn't hurt, so i jumped in.

...It took my breath away. 2 hours later I returned with a blank check, haggled down to 4700 from 6900, and the rest is history.

4 years later, and 4 DSMs later, I still get the same excitement in seeing/driving a DSM as i did on day one...love the DSM life!



...So how long have some of you been in the game..?

 

[Red97Eclipseboy]

I will be 8 years strong this March.

 

[Achelea]

Right now I'm at 1.5 with my car. Time flies so fast when you don't think about it. I keep forgetting my car is turbo and all wheel drive til I thrash it a bit getting on the freeway. That nice PULL you get is great.... and mine is still stock. XD

 

[Cypress_h]

been in it 2 years last October, sure i've had my doubts but im now dsm for life......


its actually a funny story how i came upon my car.

i had just got my insurance money for my 89 mustang lx 5.0l 5 speed ( got 5212.00) and was heading to my cousins car lot to pick up an integra i was eyeing up for the longest time... as we were heading there i seen a white car sitting there for sale with a younger guy walking away from it. My dad saw the car and went yell at him and ask him how much.. I bluntly looked at my dad and said he's gonna want way to much for that car, but it wont hurt to go over and look at it. ( this whole time i got 3500.00 cash in my pocket) as we pull up to the car i'm looking it all over and didnt see any for sale papers on it, then i look at the back window it had a list of mods. done to it and im reading it ever so careful, look at the bottom and it has "for sale $3500.00" i was astonished i literally grabbed the phone from my dads hand phoned the guy and said i want to buy your car i got the cash inhand right now.....and now i've owned this thing for 2 years and anytime i see another dsm rolling around i get them to pull over and we talk dsm lingo for a couple hours and always end up with a new friend god i love these cars

 

[lude000]

Just about to hit the one year mark. I'm already looking at buying another one. No one told me these cars were so addicting...

 

[eclipse001]

I bought my car exactly 1 month ago today and very happy with it. I love driving it but gas empties my wallet quick

 

[proteusx301]

Incredibly, today marks the 1 year anniversary of my introduction into the DSM world. After 5 months of camping craigslist and autotrader for something on the list of what I wanted, I woke up one Saturday morning and happened to run a search for 'eclipse' on autotrader. Found a 97 GST at a dealership in the area. Something compelled me to go look and 30 min later they gave me the keys and told me to take it for a ride. 15 minutes after that, I walked back into the salesroom, put the keys on the desk of the saleswoman, and named a price slightly under what they were asking. She asked her manager, and came back out and asked me if i was financing or cash. Told her I would be back in an hour with a check. An hour later I showed up with my friend and drove it home.

 

[LandoAWD]

I wish I could remember what month I picked up the Laser...13 years ago...

 

[Clinical]

About two years although only been in the real turbo scene now for over a month.

My mom bought a 1.8L 1992 plymouth laser 5sped back in like 2004 when I was a freshman for $700 with 90,000 miles on it, in kinda bad/okay shape.

I never knew anything about cars. In march 2008 she offered to give me the laser, it needed brakes and hadn't been driven for a few months because of it. She didn't have the money to get brakes and had another car to drive. So I picked up the laser, payed $300 to have the brakes fixed and it was mine. Had lots of problems and stuff but I did love it.

Clutch exploded in June and i got a new car, and another car, kept selling and buying . Laser sat in storage until August 2009 when I first got my 350 bird (which I still have) and I needed a DD. I fixed the clutch in the laser and drove it.. Started to just give me to many problems so I sold it for $850. I financed my 1992 Talon and been loving it, even though it's spending more time broken than driving.

<3 DSM's

 

[KYNDL7]

I got my first DSM 6 years ago

 

[GsXtC21]

Im a year here too... and have only seen about a 2 weeks of drive time ....

 

[hhuricane]

Bunch of newbs, hehehe. 20 years this June for me.

 

[manny correa]

i got 6 years into them... gotta say tho. im rather a 2g guy over the 1g. owned-12 2g's and one laser 6/4... gotta love dsm's!

 

[housegsx]

9 years. I've been getting the Evo itch, but I can't let go of the DSM.

 

[LiquidX]

I got my first DSM about 6 years ago. I was around 19 years old and have wanted to get a turbo Eclipse for a little bit around that time. I didn't know anything about turbo cars or DSM at all, I didn't know about the Talon either. Well, I found a 95 silver GSX on Autotrader and went to check it out. It seemd alright to me and my excitement took over my gut instinct of not purchaci\hing it. I was basically sold a lemon >.<

Years followed of on/off craving for the car again after getting rid of it. Then one day I was looking for another vehicle I saw it, a bone stock black 97 TSi AWD with 52k miles located in Philly. I went there the next day and checked it out. Needless to say I put a downpayment on it and brought it home the next day. That was maybe about 2.5-3 years ago I would say. Car has had transplants but it's my baby. Nothing will replace her