So I officially hate my car.

[petrified.rabbit]

if you were so uninterested in cars, why would you try to drift it in snow? thats not something someone who wasn't interest would try to do.

I think you are missing the point entirely of what make the aveo a good car. but that is your choice. no one is forcing you to drive it.

5 things the make for the aveo?

1. suspension- springs, performance struts and coilovers.
2. bracing- strut bars, sway bars, chassis bars, undercarriage bars
3. short shift kits- available either new imported for europe, through xiogary, or as modified by me
4. Exhaust- headers for @ $350-400 shipped. with a choice of styles. the rest of the exhaust can be custom made at any performance shop. around here that costs about 300-400 bucks. (about the same as buying a "bolt on" system
5. lightweight pulleys- for the engine to increase hp crank pulley and cam pulleys are available.
6. cams- custom ground, lightweight etc. they are out there.
7. lightweight flywheel and performance clutches- out of europe again which is about the same as shipping from california.
8. LSD- there is a shop in europe who has quaiffe diffs installs on f16 transmission. this puts power down to both wheels.
9. learning to drive- any car is faster with actual racing experience and instruction.
10. big brake upgrades- out of singapore
11. aftermarket taillights, headlights, etc.
12. cold air intake
13. engine swaps- while not a buy and bolt on, its been done, and documented. you could pay a shop to do it.
14. turbo- while again not bolt on, a good turbo tuner shop would be able to custom build a stand alone turbo system in the car for $4000 to as much as you want to spend.
15. light weigh wheels/wheels in general- same 4x100 bolt pattern as thousands of other cars.
16. shall i go on?

you could even buy an engine on ebay for $600 and dismantle it, order custom pistons, port and polish the head. port match the intake and exhaust and tune it to get 200hp.. (if you know what you are doing, and adding some of the things above like cams, header intake, etc.

maybe you are upset you dont have 20 brands of the same bolt on parts available when compared to a honda. and when you search ebay you dont get 200 of the same item over and over, but if your dad owns a shop you have no excuses. And maybe honda parts are available cheap, but the quality of those parts are also cheap. for a reall honda setup you have to pay the same amount you would pay for the same quality aveo parts that are available. but since you were uninterested in cars before you haven;t hitt he better use higher quality parts threshold yet.

But again it is your choice, don't come on here telling us how bad your car is. we all drive them, we know what they are capable of.

[thehunterooo]

I appreciate the replies, but to some of you, when I bought the car, I was only 16 years old and showed NO interest about cars at all, I had a ford escort before and totaled it because I didn't care about it and thought I could drift in the snow. So that shows you how uninterested I was in cars. So I'm sure my dad didn't expect me to become interested. I paid 6 grand that I got for my escort from the insurance company for the aveo... I was told that that was extremely cheap for a repo job, I drove it, thought it was fast because the throttle must have been pretty tight, and so I wanted it. (I was a dumbass little kid.) So now I'm suffering from it. I've recently been looking around to see how much I can get for my aveo and get a different car for... I think I pretty much made up my mind about it after the research I have done on this car and this motor and the things I have learned on this website. If someone wants to fix up this car, they gotta be DAMN good at fabrication, or have a LOT of money. i can't name 5 parts they make for the aveo... which is sad because I love the little car, it has a LOT of sentimental value.... More than anyone can imagine... But, changes have to come eventually, and I think its time for a car change to come...

..................what????

please trade in the aveo and buy a pos civic, please

[Corey]

Your all talking about me being immature, but I've noticed the aveo community is hating big time on hondas... I have a bunch of friends that drive civics and accords and fits, they all love my aveo and I love their hondas. It's not the car that matters, its the person driving it. People on here try to put civic drivers into a stereotype which is just not right.

I want a tuner car... Not an econo box. That is my decision. I figured I would ask your suggestions on what I should get. I love aveos. But I do not have access to any of the types of shops that you mentioned off anywhere around here. Nobody works with turbos around here, nobody fabricates things for four bangers around here. I need something that I can get parts for without having to spend tons of money getting them made when I don't even know if it's going to be a good quality part. I'm sorry if I offended some of you with saying I hate my aveo. But thats just it, it's MY aveo, I can hate it if I want to.

[LarsBud]

I have quite a few Honda driving friends too, they put a lot and I mean a lot of money into them. Yes there are lots of parts out there, but it'll still cost you to make then fast too.

[thehunterooo]

Your all talking about me being immature, but I've noticed the aveo community is hating big time on hondas... I have a bunch of friends that drive civics and accords and fits, they all love my aveo and I love their hondas. It's not the car that matters, its the person driving it. People on here try to put civic drivers into a which is just not right.

I want a tuner car... Not an econo box. That is my decision. I figured I would ask your suggestions on what I should get. I love aveos. But I do not have access to any of the types of shops that you mentioned off anywhere around here. Nobody works with turbos around here, nobody fabricates things for four bangers around here. I need something that I can get parts for without having to spend tons of money getting them made when I don't even know if it's going to be a good quality part. I'm sorry if I offended some of you with saying I hate my aveo. But thats just it, it's MY aveo, I can hate it if I want to.

lol a honda isnt an econo box

look, ive mentioned before that i dont stereotype honda, but you stereotyped the aveo by calling it a pos econobox. Based on my personal expericences, many people i have run into whom own any kind of import, many of them being hondas, integras and wrx's stereotype chevy and daewoo when they have never even driven them. Just as i had proof in another thread when several fit owners critised the aveo for its handleing due to the poor driving of the driver. They were being stereotypical of daewoo, chevy and any person driving an aveo, but i dont care. You couldnt call us stereotypical when you have just made those types of comments

everyone hates something, and everyone is stereotypical, including everyone on this forum, and me and you

''i can't name 5 parts they make for the aveo...'' <---- i still dont understand this, xiaogory sells 10 different parts alone

anyways, if i may, i am stertypical towards people whom think imports are superior has you have mentioned by buying an import and non other. Ever think of an mustang, maybe a cobalt ss or an older M3 BMW?

And if you are going to a school such a one you are entering now, why not work on the aveo engine and turn it into something UNIQUE and special?

Again, how is a honda not an econobox eithier? They aint no sports cars or such, but there is a group of people, a rather large one at that, that support the brand can can do some amazing things with their cars. Though, many people sterotype different car brands as being superior that that of any car, and buy the car knowing that parts will be mass produced.

I think that one has to dedicate themselves to customize a car, no matter what the cost. Any car you will buy will take time and work, import or anyother

I guess you could call every auto part maker and every shop owner a strerotype for only making parts for hondas and imports and no others, but yet you will fold and trade your car in to give in to the sterotype that you do not agree with, i am confused greatly by this......

[thehunterooo]

Your all talking about me being immature, but I've noticed the aveo community is hating big time on hondas... I have a bunch of friends that drive civics and accords and fits, they all love my aveo and I love their hondas. It's not the car that matters, its the person driving it. People on here try to put civic drivers into a stereotype which is just not right.

I want a tuner car... Not an econo box. That is my decision. I figured I would ask your suggestions on what I should get. I love aveos. But I do not have access to any of the types of shops that you mentioned off anywhere around here. Nobody works with turbos around here, nobody fabricates things for four bangers around here. I need something that I can get parts for without having to spend tons of money getting them made when I don't even know if it's going to be a good quality part. I'm sorry if I offended some of you with saying I hate my aveo. But thats just it, it's MY aveo, I can hate it if I want to.

and just as rabbit and larsbud mentioned, it will cost much money with any car you try to turn into a race car

someone i know has a 240 running 9.50's and he has put 14k in the engine alone, which would be about around the ballpark to make an aveo run a respectiful time such as that

[Nemasys]

Drive a modified import everybody has, ppl go bleh....

Drive a modified aveo nobody has, ppl whoa wtf! NICE!

Your talking about making the Aveo fast?? Drop in a 2.0 like i did, how fast is it now? I raced my friend's 2005 RSX (not the type s, stock with a cold air intake system) and were extremely close, he pulls in front of me by about a hood lenght from a dead start to 160 kph and that car has 160 hp (a little more with the cai).

Not to mention i still have my stock 1.6 ultra restrictive exhaust system, maybe i should drop 500 buks for a complete 2.5 inch system then whoop that rsx's ass to god knows where.

This car can be fast, you just gotta know what to do.

[thehunterooo]

Drive a modified import everybody has, ppl go bleh....

Drive a modified aveo nobody has, ppl whoa wtf! NICE!

Your talking about making the Aveo fast?? Drop in a 2.0 like i did, how fast is it now? I raced my friend's 2005 RSX (not the type s) and were extremely close, he pulls in front of me by about a hood lenght from a dead start to 160 kph and that car has 160 hp.

Not to mention i still have my stock 1.6 ultra restrictive exhaust system, maybe i should drop 500 buks for a complete 2.5 inch system then whoop that rsx's ass to god knows where.

This car can be fast, you just gotta know what to do.

thank you

[tidus10]

wreck the aveo buy a supra...

[thehunterooo]

wreck the aveo buy a supra...

yeah but his insurance will be so high on his 10 sec import he is buying