Hello from MN!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:04 pm
Hey guys, name's Nick. I've posted on a couple threads so far but wanted to formally introduce myself here. I picked up this 2003 SSEi beauty up from a private seller up near St. Cloud where I'm from. Bought the car mid January but it was finally nice enough to bust out the pressure washer on Saturday and give her a well deserved hand wash. Had to get all that dreaded nasty metro road salt off. When I did I snapped a pic to post here. More to come later maybe after a good polish and detailing, but most of you know what these cars look like inside and out. I live in Minneapolis now but still make it back home alot of weekends.
Little history on the car...she had a rough start. In 2004 it was rear ended and totalled by the insurance company. The guy I bought it from took her in a fixed it up right. He was a real straight forward guy and had all paperwork to back up everything that was done. The part replaced was the rear clip. I did my legwork before purchasing and all work was done by reputable shops in the St. Cloud area. While it does suck it has a salvage title I got alot of car for the money and its been solid so far. He bought the car in '04 with 22k and sold it to me in January of this year with 82k. I just turned 87k on it and it has been problem free so far. Never woulda guessed in a million years I would end up in a Bonneville (always been more of a 2 door sporty kinda guy) but I absolutely fell in love with the car within minutes of driving.
So far I've managed to get a mere set of new silcon wiper blades on it and some valve stem covers haha. Other exterior wishlist items include window tint, cleared headlights, smoked tails, chrome lugs, a few decals, maybe some different exhaust tips and whatever else comes along.
Under the hood I would like to put in the Stage 1 performance upgrade by Intense. Maybe a shift kit. I'm sure I will be doing new intake gaskets and aluminum coolant elbows when the time comes. It is my DD so won't be getting just too crazy with anything. Being it is a salvage title my resale is gone so I will be driving this beast til the day she dies, hopefully 200k +!
Oofta got a little winded there, finally onto the pic!...
Also wanted to throw a pic up of my first love, miss this car dearly but in 2010 with 220k the head gaskets went and it was time for me to move onto greener pastures.
Little history on the car...she had a rough start. In 2004 it was rear ended and totalled by the insurance company. The guy I bought it from took her in a fixed it up right. He was a real straight forward guy and had all paperwork to back up everything that was done. The part replaced was the rear clip. I did my legwork before purchasing and all work was done by reputable shops in the St. Cloud area. While it does suck it has a salvage title I got alot of car for the money and its been solid so far. He bought the car in '04 with 22k and sold it to me in January of this year with 82k. I just turned 87k on it and it has been problem free so far. Never woulda guessed in a million years I would end up in a Bonneville (always been more of a 2 door sporty kinda guy) but I absolutely fell in love with the car within minutes of driving.
So far I've managed to get a mere set of new silcon wiper blades on it and some valve stem covers haha. Other exterior wishlist items include window tint, cleared headlights, smoked tails, chrome lugs, a few decals, maybe some different exhaust tips and whatever else comes along.
Under the hood I would like to put in the Stage 1 performance upgrade by Intense. Maybe a shift kit. I'm sure I will be doing new intake gaskets and aluminum coolant elbows when the time comes. It is my DD so won't be getting just too crazy with anything. Being it is a salvage title my resale is gone so I will be driving this beast til the day she dies, hopefully 200k +!
Oofta got a little winded there, finally onto the pic!...
Also wanted to throw a pic up of my first love, miss this car dearly but in 2010 with 220k the head gaskets went and it was time for me to move onto greener pastures.
