Why do you own a DSM?
 

So Im buying my second DSM this Monday, I excited. But i was talking with the guy that im buying it from(Erik D) and he was telling me that the passenger side door lock doesnt work or something like that. I said "i dont even lock my doors(cause my car looks really bad, drives awesome, body BAD) so i feel that my car isnt worth Grand Theft Auto on your record. Well Erik came back with" why would anyone want to steal a car that brakes all the time." Sittin at the dinner and i tell my mother the story. She turns to me and in all seriousness ask me "Why do you own a DSM?" and i honestly dont know.

So i pose the question to you
"Why do you own a DSM?"

Re: Why do you own a DSM?
 

Cus I'm dumb as hell.

No, wait, I sold mine :D

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Cause I'm too poor to buy anything nice?

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I got into it when I bought my 98 spyder new with cash off the lot did not know to much about them then just loved the look of the car and had to have it sence then it has become awd 5 speed and 6bolt. then I bought a 92 talon cheap and then a 91 talon also cheap and countless other dsm's I have owned 12 sence 98. I just cant keep away from them. Alom the girl drives on because that is what I bought her and she had to learn to drive a 5 speed

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I don't :D

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FUN... Thats why i got mine

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For being a need for speed addict. The DSM is the best bang for the buck when it comes to hualing ass. It is the only car I know of that you can buy under 3k put another 3k into it and whoop majority of the cars on the road. Shit I lied.

The real reason why I own a DSM is because I could not afford to go to a Tech school for Auto mechanic. So I got the next best thing a DSM. Hum 1.5K for a DSM and learn how to become a mechanic in 6months or pay out of your ass and come out knowing nothing at the end of 18 months. Yeh the DSM won and the nice thing is that I only had to buy 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm sockets.

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Well that does make any sense cause it cost you more to mantain the car then it does to keep it hahah

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Does your car have a six bolt block. If it does keep the doors unlock. SO I would not have to break the windows:D .

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I also dont anymore :)

You see the trend beginning here? The smart ones got away while they could. No but seriously I really loved my old gsx, and who knows maybe someday Ill have a project dsm, but definetly not a daily again.

Re: Why do you own a DSM?
 

because i like pain and suffering.

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No that is called marriage!:D

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I have no idea why I bought one. Too late now ey?

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hahahahaha yes it is

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Because they can be pretty quick for pretty cheap, and when something breaks parts are easy to find, since people are parting DSM's out all the time.

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AWD and turbo and is affordable. Good looking car. Winter and awd is where its at. Underrated.

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I bought mine to fit in. All of my friends and two of my girlfriends have had atleast one at some point. Owning one is one of my biggest regrets. I don't have it anymore!

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It's better than a ford probe!.. that's all I gotta say

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I agree with others. I own it because I can't afford anything nicer. If I could afford a vette, I'd for sure have one. But this thing didn't cost me hardly anything, and it's easy to make fast, and it keeps me busy when I'm bored.

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DSMs are fun to own.

I bought my first one when I was 14. If that doesn't say how cheap they are I dont know what does. Main reason was something that was cheap, That I could put exhaust on and make more than 1-5 HP.


-Colin

Re: Why do you own a DSM?
 

Because I like cheap and reliable transportation.

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I got into it because it was a nice car and quite fast (for the time). Now I know too much about them to get rid of it and have to learn everything over again. My DSM is more of a toy for me now. I also don't like doing the main stream thing, otherwise I would have a TT Mustang or camaro. I have a 01 Lincoln LS for a daily driver.

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I have mine becaue I am stupid also. I wanted to go fast and didn't realize trying to go fast won't have you going anywhere at all except for the bank. I might be getting out soon as we are getting a house and I don't have time, but I would need to get rid of a lot of stuff.

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Because they are really fun when there not on jackstands or in the shop.

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Reliable is the last word ever to be put in on or near the word DSM

Daily
System
Malfunction

That is what it means to me

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I think he got this import cars confused with Honda. He should be shot for using reliable and DSM in the same sentence. Just Joking.

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I don't own one anymore.
I keep getting them because they don't leave me alone, and I feel bad for all the beat-up ones I come across.

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I have a good friend that was very into DSM's so I knew if you wanted to TRY to go fast with them they will always sit on jack stands. Once you get out of the 12's it seems like they break on a daily basis.
I actually bought my first DSM when my woman needed a temporary car. When I got transfered to MN I sold the FWD DSM and swapped the engine/trans into an AWD DSM. This winter turned out to be pretty weak so I'm just about ready to sell it and buy a nice daily driver. I can't make up my mind. I've been leaning towards a high mileage Z06, '03+ Cobra or something similar. Decisions, decisions.

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Josh you kinda put yourself in the situation of being around DSMs cause you own a shop that specializen in fixing them(you do great work by the way). How bad did you feel when you saw my car A.K.A The Lady Bug ahahahahah

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What he said, but on a higher price level. ;)

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I dont know why. Cheese?..... thats not it.

~John

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DSMs are just as reliable as any other car.

Think about it, if you beat the PISS out of a Honda, it would break. You mod a car, it will break. Plan and simple.


-Colin

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I was told to pick two: Cheap, Fast, Reliable.

Re: Why do you own a DSM?
 

My GVR4 really isnt a DSM

It gets me to college every day, through snow, wind, rain, bad drivers, zombies.....etc

None of my DSMs ever left me on the side of the road, the had the decency to break as soon as I got to whereever I was going, which is ALOT more then I could say about my old lumina, or my camry for that matter.

And in all reality, the only parts that ever broke were ones far beyond needing to be replaced
"oh, that clicky axle can do another 5,000 miles before it needs to be replaced"
"oh that old looking coolant hose will hold up just fine"
"brakes? what brakes?"

seriously, even when i broke the tranny, it still shifted in to most of the gears, and it still got me around.

The ecu caps issue is the only one that I could really say mitsu really screwed up on

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LMAO!!! Thats great.
"No I swear, Cheese made me do it!"

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Nope.
I tried to keep mine stock, really. But first the turbo went, then the motor, then the alternator, then the throw out bearing sepperated, then 2nd gear went to hell. By this time I had replaced all of those parts with upgraded parts, neccesitating further mods such as injectors, fuel management, intercooler, ACT 2600, etc. Those upgrades also neccesitated further repairs. Clutch hydrolic system went to hell, more boost blew the head gasket, pressurized cooling system blew coolant and heater hoses.
This massive and tragic downward spiral all started with inherant flaws in the quality of the car that I started with. For 4 years I dumped enough money into it to have bought something REALLY nice. Now I sold it and consequently have something really nice. The end.

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I own a DSM because the 90% of its life as a lawn decoration is awesome and when I actually get to drive it...its great!

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Because I was sick of owning slow cars. I owned a 1983 vw gti, a mazda mx-6 and drove an integra for a short period of time. I really wanted to build a turbo'd vr6 corrodo, but I couldn't find a decent shell to start building. I need a car, and it was almost winter. My buddy Jay owned Matt Jannush's old GSX at the time, and convinced me that picking up an AWD car for the winter would be a good idea.

I've DD'd my DSM's always, it's a good reason to get shit done quickly. I've had two now, and both have had 20g's on them. What can I say, I like awd and 300whp cars that I can afford!

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I just didnt want to buy a Honda or an Eclipse GS and I wanted something that could make power without anything done to the motor. I was right on the edge of just buying that GS and not doing anything to it, then the GS turned out to be crap and the next couple of days I found my DSM and got that right away. I kinda of regret it. Only because I've spent way more money on repairs than on the car itself plus the parts. And it's a lot of fun when it's not broken. I just want to break into the 12's and leave it at that for a couple years, since it's my only car and I drive a lot! :D.

Re: Why do you own a DSM?
 

They are cheap and fun, and most of them look nice. Course my non-DSM-DSM looked nice but thats besides the point ;)