Weirdo Joe & Aveo :)

[Weirdo_Joe]

Salutations!!! I'm Joe, and this....this is my car! ;D =]
I been loving this site so far...

I was never a "car-guy". I always took my ride in for an oil change (about ; ) whenever it was due, and that was it. All my other cars were pre-2000. My last car was a VERY reliable Geo Tracker I had for (about : ) 6 years. Hit and run driver took care of that, and I wound up with a 2008 Aveo LS. I fell in love with the body from the get-go. It had a GM tag, as did the Tracker. I always wanted a lil' tuner car. A NICE car. I couldn't even put hubcaps on the old Geo because the 4wd locked in at the hubs. So, 1st thing I did was get some chrome hubcaps, that made it go from looking like a good deal off the lot, to a car that somebody LOVED. After that, I wanted to put some neon underneath (laugh all you want, I like what I like, and not because other people think it's cool. and get real rims, and tune it up, get it a lil' faster... When I realized a custom CAI from a local mechanic would run 300-500 dollars to "piece together a high end model" and I could get one for 50 bucks on ebay, well... I kinda decided to learn how to do it myself...
"It was a love affair... mainly me, and my car." Ministry-Jesus Built My Hotrod

So, here's the minor things I've added, and use on my car:

14" KT Chrome Finish wheel covers
Pilot Chrome perimeter license plate (frames installed today!
Armor All "Wash and Wax"+microfiber mit+drying cloth= roughly $10= 15 washes. =]
Maguiars "Fine cut cleaner #2" for polishing out minor scratches and removing road salt.
Traxx gps app on Blackberry... This is REALLY cool! It takes quarter mile times, and seems to be quite accurate! So far, with no mods and manual tranny, been getting mostly 21.05-21.95 with a few 22+. Trying to stay below 4,500 rpms. ;D

Planned modifications-this year...
Chrome Intakes CAI
Underdrive pulley from Daox
Muffler (not noisy-better flow-any suggestions?
Grounding kit

Planned modifications-next year...
Neon underneath
Rims w/ sports tires
Figure out what headers are/do.
Investigating REAL engine chips/ECU tuning.
Audio upgrade

Well, that's it. I'll post new stuff as I do it/get it. Plan on spending quite a bit of time here, and getting to know the regs! Thanks for all the advice so far! =] If you have any suggestions for other mods, brands, or anything like that, lemme know! =)