Audio equipment and cars...enthusiast thread...

I really love my silver Porsche 996 Carrera.
Added a B&M short shift kit, new silver interior parts, white guages, an Alpine stereo with a 1000watt Alpine sub amp + 540watt Alpine amp for the Diamond Audio speakers.
Can't figure out which hobby is more expensive or addictive!

I have a son in college. My daughter will be in college next year. I have two more daughters coming up. So it is either a nice car or or a nice stereo system. After all, a car can only take me to limited places. When I relax in my comfortable chair listening to good sounds I can go anywhere.

My favorite car is the Pontiac 1967 GTO. It brings back alot of memories. Maybe some day I'll own one. I did own a 1979 Nissan 280zx from 1979-1984. What I do own now is a Sig saucer P228 pistol, that I had cusotmized...fitted match barrel, trigger and dependability job by Novaks, tritium night sights, laser, Black T finish, and Mitch Rosen custom holster.

Currently enjoying the hell out of my 2004 Mustang GT. Black with the 40th anniversary package with arizona beige racing stripes.

Got a custom 3in xpipe installed with straight-pipe setup(no mufflers) and 3.5in chrome exhaust tips and a K&N cold air intake setup.

Damn that car sounds awesome. V8's and above should never have mufflers. I love way it sounds.

Actually, this car has recently stolen my attention from my audio hobby. I have new tail lights on order, and several small interior dressup items along with a black 8 inch attena to replace the sail-mast currently on the car. Next saturday i have an appointment to get my windows tinted.

Future upgrades include a new plentum and throttle body, a diablo chip tuner so i can tune my shift points and engine performance. I also plan to order a set of lowering springs and drop the stang about 1.25inches and get the Mach 1 chin spoiler. Then i plan to remove the current stripes and get either Beige or Ferarri-yellow 10inch wide shelby rally stripes painted on it from the bottom of the front bumber, over the hood, over the roof, over the trunk, down the trunk, and down the rear bumper. My current stripes only cover the hood and top of the trunk.

The biggest problem is the possibility of voiding my warranty, so all the real fun stuff i gotta stay away from. Like superchargers, gears, cams, headers, nitrous...... :)

And seeing as how it is a Ford, that warranty is damn important.

Hell, i only have 5k miles on it and my rear main oil seal started leaking. To fix it they had to remove the tranny and then charged me to cut out a segment of my exhaust (it is all welded together as 1 piece) cause my exhaust is no longer covered by warranty. There was a waste of 160 bucks. ROFL! I love american muscle cars.

Mustang GT is a nice car. $160 is about an oil change for me....sobering huh. Definitely cuts into my audio cash.