What are you driving right now?
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I forgot to tell you what i drive
SAAB 95 Aero. 250 HP
Metallic blue, sand coloured leather
Bought it new 1 year ago
Just paid cash for a black 1990 Buick Park Ave. All the bells and whistles you'd expect from GM plus all the faults. A transitional vehicle until the fall or next spring when I am willing to take on another debt.
Petro guage reads almost half a tank when I leave the seller and drive it home. Then take it to pick up my wife. Stalls in her parking lot. Stalled 8 miles later. Then after picking up my Jag and having wifey follow me an additional 2 miles it DIES and refuse to run. I am able to coast it onto the shoulder of the road. A police officer pushed me to a safer location with his patrol car. Return with my neighbor several hours later, still will not start. Put in two gallons of petro and the fucker fires up!!! Gas guage still read 1/4 tank.
Was considering getting an old SAAB from the gentleman that runs a garage specializing in British cars. He loves SAABS and has about 20 for sale. Too small for my needs.
twist wrote: Just paid cash for a black 1990 Buick Park Ave. All the bells and whistles you'd expect from GM plus all the faults. A transitional vehicle until the fall or next spring when I am willing to take on another debt.
Petro guage reads almost half a tank when I leave the seller and drive it home. Then take it to pick up my wife. Stalls in her parking lot. Stalled 8 miles later. Then after picking up my Jag and having wifey follow me an additional 2 miles it DIES and refuse to run. I am able to coast it onto the shoulder of the road. A police officer pushed me to a safer location with his patrol car. Return with my neighbor several hours later, still will not start. Put in two gallons of petro and the fucker fires up!!! Gas guage still read 1/4 tank.
Was considering getting an old SAAB from the gentleman that runs a garage specializing in British cars. He loves SAABS and has about 20 for sale. Too small for my needs.
You should have got the SAAB in the first place.
NObabe wrote: Lancia Delta
which model? I used to have a 1.6 HF Turbo which I still miss very much.
Driving an Alfa 146 now.
Same thing I've had for the last 14 months, 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, in a bright Manchester Red color, which Don might appreciate. It's not like they had any in Celtic green though....
Manuals rule on sports cars. Manuals suck for everyday cars. Why?? Because it costs about $500 USD when a clutch goes out. I have yet to kill an automatic although my killed a Nissan automatic once. But since I have been paying for my vehicles I have replaced 3 clutches and no automatic tranmissions. Sure they make an underpowered vehicle scream when turning a corner but it gets annoying shifting all the time. Hard to hold your beer and Big Mac and shift.
I currently have 1 manual--87 Ford Ranger V-6. Twas my father's truck. He never believed in 1st gear. Not long after acquiring it from him the clutch blew up on the freeway. Trucks should have autos, better for towing.
Now that MGA I am trying to get from a neighbor, manual please. That Miata I'd take in a heart beat, manual. A 427 CI Shelby Cobra, manual. A Jaguar C or D-type, manual. Grocery getter, auto. Vehcile to take me to werk, auto.
Spotnick wrote:
NObabe wrote: Manual rules!
I would be very dangerous without an automatic transmission...
i agree!
2001 blue saturn SL2 sedan.
1997 Nissan Almera, red, 1.4L. About as basic as you can get, but I'm not really into anything special as regards cars. Affordable & reliable does just fine. Hoping to change it next year & will probably go for the same make & model, just a bit newer.
One thing I WILL splash out on though, if needs be, is a decent stereo. The Blaupunkt that I currently have is shite, takes about 20 minutes to get a cd playing when it's changed. (Yes, it takes a whole ONE cd at a time).
yep...looks just like mine...except mine is red...and has a New order sticker on the rear window...along with a Celtic FC one as well...
The wife's is black, with a YNWA sticker in the back (for Liverpool rather than Celtic though).
i'm the unfortunate owner of a gas guzzling ridiculous suv, toyota 4 runner, it's expensive all around. i even test drove mini's twice before going to the blasted suv. my only lame excuse is i live in a part of florida that has a ton of trucks that are jacked up beyond their 6' tires (how they get into them, i don't know). i could just see me in my sweet mini getting smushed under one of those trucks when a light changed while the republican redneck bush lover (the president not the other) was yukking it up on his cell phone. so that's why i bought the suv, less chance of getting smushed. i'll be glad to be rid of it, although it's been handy for moving, which i've done twice in the last two years.
Same experience I had in my Alfa. Sitting in traffic, looking over at the ridiculous jacked up truck next to me, and realizing that in an accident, my head was at bumper height. 
Rear-ended and destroyed by a sport ute.
Now I use these-- they're much better for the environment, although still dangerous in any collision with a sport ute; you should give them a try:
I once backed my Jag into a Mazda. $1200 damage to their car, none to mine. Had I backed into a SUV I would have lost my head.
bLuE oRdEr wrote:
would love to 
- work commute is 36 mi round trip down to st. augustine; even considered biking it or part of it but 75% of the trip, even backroads, don't have a shoulder. i do walk to the grocery, gym, the (cough) chain coffee retailer who shall remain unnamed, and the library; drivers always have this startled look on their face as they pass, "we have sidewalks?"
92 Saab 900 Turbo coupe, 2.0, 190BHP - metallic blue....last of the old style classic 900s
the other half drives a 97 saab 900 (non turbo)
I have a nice 3.5 mile communte to work via bicycle. My choice of bikes--Trek 520 (touring mule), Trek 7000 (acid bike) Cannondale R 400 (fast) or a Campy equipted Trek 2200 (magnificent carbon rod). The 520 has the panniers, the 700 is indestrucable and the 2200 and R 400 are fast.
1991 Toyota MR2. 5 speed manual transmission (I've owned 1 truck and 5 cars, all were manual).
This is kind of a crappy picture (it was getting dark so I shut off the flash) but I had to use it here as it was taken at John Denver Beach near my home in Pacific Grove. Don't ask me why we have a beach named after him!
[Edit]
Just researched why the beach was named after him:
"John Denver, singer, 53, whose songs Rocky Mountain High' and Take Me Home, Country Roads' perished when his experimental plane
crashed into Monterey Bay in front of Point Pinos Lighthouse on October 12th, 1997, 5:27pm. He was 53."
Sweet!
I wish I could drive :( I've probably spent more money on lessons than some people do on a car.
Julie wrote: I wish I could drive :( I've probably spent more money on lessons than some people do on a car.
What's causing the difficulty?
Andy wrote:
Julie wrote: I wish I could drive :( I've probably spent more money on lessons than some people do on a car.
What's causing the difficulty?
I wish I knew mate. I've only failed one test (although I did that in spectacular style!!!) but i've been learning for about 3 1/2 years in total. Considering I have at least one lesson (sometimes two) a week I really have spent a fortune.
My first instructor didn't turn up after a while so I had to find another. I think I may have put him off the job for life , but I've improved since then. Having said that, my latest instructor certainly earns his money. There's just so much to concentrate on and everything happens so fast
Maybe i'm just not cut out to drive. I think I may be a bit too 'dizzy' for the roads 
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now think of the damage that would do to the tree 
|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Hell I just almost a crash!! First in my life. Hell I feel like hell. My car jumped off the highway and started to roll around a few times before it threw me into some other road and that's it. Good lord. The bottom of the car is full of grass...
Holy 
Does the car still work, or is it sent to car-heaven?
2000, Seat Alhambra 1.9 tdi that's a 7 seater 'mommy car' to our american friends
Oh, yeah - it's dark blue
and its FULL of Cr4p from the kids
The lovable Tom and Ray unveil the list of the ten worst looking cars on the road. Some good comments about these monstrosities of the road.....
Let's face it, not every engineering student gets an "A". The "D" students need work also.
Looks like the owner thought, "I'd like to own a Hummer, but I work at Foot Locker.
Lovingly adorned with more plastic than Anna Nicole Smith
[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: The lovable Tom and Ray unveil the list of the ten worst looking cars on the road. Some good comments about these monstrosities of the road.....
Let's face it, not every engineering student gets an "A". The "D" students need work also.
Looks like the owner thought, "I'd like to own a Hummer, but I work at Foot Locker.
Lovingly adorned with more plastic than Anna Nicole Smith
"So, how many clowns can you fit in that thing?"
"Add running boards and it looks like the cars used in Eliot Ness versus Al Capone — except that the height requirement for G-men would have been, say, 4 foot 6"
"Looks like something The Joker would be driving in a Batman movie"
2004 Hyundai Sonata. My wife and I finally broke down and bought a second car (used). We have been using one for several years. But with two fast-growing boys, and two working parents, it became very difficult to get by with one car.
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[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: The lovable Tom and Ray unveil the list of the ten worst looking cars on the road. Some good comments about these monstrosities of the road.....
"So, how many clowns can you fit in that thing?"
"Add running boards and it looks like the cars used in Eliot Ness versus Al Capone — except that the height requirement for G-men would have been, say, 4 foot 6"
"Looks like something The Joker would be driving in a Batman movie"
A guy I work with had one of those...............for a very short while 
I forgot to tell you what i drive
SAAB 95 Aero. 250 HP
Did you watch Top Gear Extra in which they discuss SAABs? Pretty interesting...
moz wrote:
I forgot to tell you what i drive
SAAB 95 Aero. 250 HP
Did you watch Top Gear Extra in which they discuss SAABs? Pretty interesting...
Nope. Was it good or bad?
Rian wrote:
moz wrote:
I forgot to tell you what i drive
SAAB 95 Aero. 250 HP
Did you watch Top Gear Extra in which they discuss SAABs? Pretty interesting...
Nope. Was it good or bad?
Well, it depends :)
Apparently, the only thing that was actually taken from 'aeronautic industry' is something called 'night driving' button that turns off instrument board. And then he talked about 'curious' smiles that SAAB owners have when somebody asks them about their car...
But Stig really drove it like crazy, tho I don't remember where it came on the result board. Oh yes, he was competing against fighter jet (yes, they asked Royal Air Force for a spin drive). :D
I agree with one thing however - 250 bhp, but front wheel drive? Apart from that - top!
moz wrote:
Rian wrote:
moz wrote:
I forgot to tell you what i drive
SAAB 95 Aero. 250 HP
Did you watch Top Gear Extra in which they discuss SAABs? Pretty interesting...
Nope. Was it good or bad?
Well, it depends :) Apparently, the only thing that was actually taken from 'aeronautic industry' is something called 'night driving' button that turns off instrument board. And then he talked about 'curious' smiles that SAAB owners have when somebody asks them about their car... But Stig really drove it like crazy, tho I don't remember where it came on the result board. Oh yes, he was competing against fighter jet (yes, they asked Royal Air Force for a spin drive). :D I agree with one thing however - 250 bhp, but front wheel drive?
It's a very nice car to drive. But it eats tires if you gas to much.
But it eats tires if you gas to much.
That's exactly what they said in the show. Well, 250 bhp... they have to come out somewhere. ;)
I've always found this question rather silly. I mean, what are you driving right now??? What, you all are posting whilst driving? It's not safe.
right now I'm at my desk. When driving, I drive a 1984 Nissan Bluebird, or a 1993 Toyota Corolla. Both believe it or not made in Australia. Yes, we do make cars here, although Nissan has become an importer.
The Oz manufacturers: Holden (GM) big rear wheel drives. Ford as above Toyata Camry & Avalon; mainly 3 liter 6 cylinder Mitsubishi Magna; similar to above.
1999 Holden Astra City 1.8 16V 1995 Toyota Corolla Seca 1.6 Any Aussies out there wanting to buy a car? ;)
;)