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[ZippyD]

Well, now that we know a bit about each other through the introduction and age topics(excluding Keir) we should know what type of cars each of us drive.

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"Pete, Do you sometimes get tired? Lately I have been getting tired. Very tired."

[Art]

ZippyD.

Ford Explorer 4 wheel drive with 48k on the clock.

[Art]

ZippyD.

Ford Explorer 4 wheel drive with 48k on the clock. My wife is the driver.

[ZippyD]

I forgot to post my own car in here. 99 VW Beetle. 13,000 miles. No major problems.

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"Pete, Do you sometimes get tired? Lately I have been getting tired. Very tired."

[Ray Bell]

At the moment, a couple of Peugeot 504s, one a station wagon, the other a familiale (7-seater).

[John Nelson]

Uh, at the moment I'm still waiting for the Honda dealership to replace and realign the 4 wheels that were missing from my car when I woke up and looked out my bedroom window Sunday morning and found my '99 Accord Coupe w/ 5 speed manual (of course!) transmission balancing on an old jack and a concrete flower pot. They used to hang horse thieves you know...

[This message has been edited by John Nelson (edited 02-12-2000).]

[Keir]

A 1988 Colt Vista 4wd 7 passenger wagon.
All the better to carry the Track & Field equipment. And the various princesses,who
according to my future ex wife, make up the bulk of my girls track team.
Lola, "The Silver Bullet", has 119K on the clock.


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"I Was Born Ready"

[Jonathan]

I drive a beatup old 4x4 Dodge pickup truck, and a fairly new Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Limited.

So far I haven't lost any wheels...

[peter coveney]

Company car is Taurus etstate, own car is '98 Mitsubishi Pajero/Shogun 3.5 litre; also have three bikes: '81 Ducati Hailwood Replica (12,000Kms); '82 Honda CB1100rc(12,000miles)and '93 Yamaha FZR 1000 ex-up with Yoshimura and K&N kits. The Yam I have with me in Dubai, the other bikes are stored in UK - as they have been for 10 years.....

[Eric McLoughlin]

My everyday car is a 1995 Mazda 626 2.0 GXi (very comfortable but a bit wallowy - handles like a blancmange).

My "other" car is a Caterham 7 SE "Classic".

It has a Ford 1600 Crossflow engine which delivers about 100 bhp. The car weighs 540kg and is capable of 0 to 60 in 6 seconds. I will shortly be getting it fitted out for track use and sprinting events (new roll over bar and various other safety mods).I will never race it as I value it too much to risk having it seriously bent.

[db7]

I drive a 1989 Peugeot 405, which I love. I know it is a totally ordinary car to most on this board, but to me it is endearing as Peugeot pulled out of Canada shortly thereafter. There were only a couple hundred of these cars imported into the country.

[Ray Bell]

I'll wager that the 405 is quicker than the Mazda and more comfortable than the Caterham. Pity about front wheel drive, that's why I'll never own a more modern Peugeot.
I do have an incomplete one, a Lotus 7 lookalike with all Peugeot 203 running gear. Never been finished, but it will be fun in twenty years or so when it is.

[Fast One]

One semi-adult car: Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS (best I can get in the States!)

Two toys: TVR 280i Series 2 and Austin Healey 100/4 (rhd).

Some people will just never grow up...

[pinchevs]

Fiat Coupe Turbo 16v. A real surprise.

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[Dino]

Company car a Alfa Romeo 155 1.6 16V. No traffic-light phenomenon, but when in gear those 138 bhp are very though to beat (with me at the wheel of course ;))

Still restoring a BMW 2002 Touring 1974 for beautiful looks and modding it heavily underneath. (anyone some beautiful 16' rims THAT FIT, 'coz can't find anything but crap here).

Still negotiating for a 272 bhp Porsche, but I'll let y'all know later this month.

[Leo Landman]

Toyota MR2 (2 litre). My third in succession. Since they stopped making them, I guess I'll drive it for the rest of my life. Still looking for an affordable Elise though...

[Racer.Demon]

Another Legacy owner here. The car's great fun to drive and good value, and no complaints from the mrs. and the kid about the space in the boot.

And over here at least, it's not your usual bland company car. (I understand Subaru is quite big in the US, but here in Holland they sold just 200 Legacy Sedans last year! Everyone's queueing for Volkswagens and Volvos instead.)

Unfortunately no second or third cars of shining Italian pedigree hiding in a garage somewhere...

Cheers,
R.D


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[Dennis David]

Legacy here though the old car won't break even though I've done my best doing my version of the Baja 1000 a couple of years back - drive it about 50k a year. My old lady says I can buy an Audi A6 as soon as I clean up the garage! Love a TT bu too small for the family and I can't convince them to take the bus.

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Dennis David
Yahoo = dennis_a_david

Life is racing, the rest is waiting

Grand Prix History
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[bigblue]

Racer.Demon, Subaru's are very popular in the States in the mountainous areas (read snow). I live in New England (Vermont) and every fourth car is a Subaru. Same in Rocky Mountain states. I don't believe they sell many cars anywhere else in the US. I have a Legacy and an Impreza. With good tires they are great in the snow (as long as it's not too deep). Nothing better than passing some poor SUV wallowing on the snow covered roads and waving as I go by. Often the best "Creative Parking" is by SUV's with out of state plates (flatlanders as we say here).
Dennis, What are you crazy, go clean the garage, I'd love to have a A6. Wish I could get that kind of a deal from my wife.

[Dennis David]

You haven't seen my garage!

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Dennis David
Yahoo = dennis_a_david

Life is racing, the rest is waiting

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[bigblue]

Dennis, LOL, it's that bad!! You certainly don't sound like the type that can just throw it all out. I'm sure you have absolute treasures in there among the junk. Subaru's not too bad, mine start everyday even at 30F below 0.

[desmo]

Having been through my sporting phase, I now drive a Civic 4WD Wagon and a pick-up(does it really matter what it is?). At least they're stick shifts.

[Don Capps]

1995 Honda Odyssey Van. I initially got it for my wife, but I liked it so much I gave her the Accord and started driving the Odyssey. Great vehicle, dead reliable and a referee's dream. Plus, it is great on trips.

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Yr fthfl & hmbl srvnt,

Don Capps

Semper Gumbi: If this was easy, we’d have the solution already…

[mono-posto]

1978 VW Westfalia that is as much a family member as any of my kids!
Also a 1990 VW Passat Wagon.
Also a 1963 VW Beetle that will "someday be restored".
And finally a 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye that is nothing more than a stripped frame and boxes of parts at the moment.

[Jonathan]

I really like my Subaru. One of the last 16 valve models. Its so close to being a true sports car.

Yes it has very poor low-end torque and is a bit 'buzzy' at highway speeds, and at 24 mpg its milage is lousey (not exactly the stuff that apeals to the average American).

Adding a 6th gear would have been a much better solution than dropping the 16 valve Engine.

[Art]

Do we have at least one poster on the board that drives one of these 4 cars? Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley or a Rolls. My guess is yes.

Art

[Art]

I forgot to mention that we owned a 1994 new Ford Probe GT. Quad cam V6 Fuel injection auto gear box a super fast little car. A dispute over only driving it on Sunday led to us selling it and building an astronomy obsurvatory.

Art

[Jonathan]

Art

DangerMouse Drives (or atleast drove) a Jaguar.

[Ray Bell]

Art -
If you email me I'll send you a real story about a personal observatory. raybell@eisa.net.au will get me, but give me a few days to find the story. I guarantee you'll like it.

[Fast One]

Hey Art--

My TVR has a Salisbury (sp?) rear end, just like Astons and Jags. Can that sort of count? The inboard rear discs are pretty cool! I had a chance to but a DB6 in Iowa once for $15,000, but couldn't quite come up with it. The price of really desirable vintage cars always stays ahead of my rising income. Can't bitch though, the Healey is a wonderful car to drive.

[Art]

Ray bell.

I have to be the dumbest clod in the world! I just figure out where to find profiles. And I figured you were a Mechanic or a cattle rancher. OH well can I claim insanity due to old age?

Art

[Ray Bell]

Mechanic - yes, tomorrow I'm stripping out an old 504 wagon to get rid of the hulk - and a Datsun 200B as well. Yes, I'll answer to mechanic, I do all my own work, and I did on my race car, too.
Cattle Rancher?
I've visited a few 'cattle ranches' but you'll have to explain why you thought that was my vocation. Please email me.

[Art]

Ray bell.

I am not sure how email works so how about me giving you my email address and I can figure how how it works. It is in my wifes name.

gwinter@mail.gcnet.net

Art

[Art]

Ray bell.

I am not sure how email works so how about me giving you my email address and I can figure how it works. It is in my wifes name.

gwinter@mail.gcnet.net

Art

[Roger Clark]

I have an Audi A4 1.8T and a Suzuki Bandit 600

Both recommended

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[Chris_Noto]

I =now= drive a 1986 Honda Accord 5-speed, 267,000 miles. Runs like a clock, and is a nice ride, though not very exciting.

I =did= drive, back in the early 1970s, a 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, bought off the showroom floor for $4000. Sigh. Amazing machine, built to homologate for Trans Am racing. Fat, for the day, F60 tires. Solid lifter, four bolt main bearing engine, 6500 rpm redline, ran it one time to a 7,000 rpm rev limited top end of 145 mph. Lovely eight cylinder engine song. Handled like a dream at speed, like a truck around town.

[Barry Lake]

My only car is a 1971 Datsun 1600 (P510) historic rally car.
Most common transport is my partner's 1992 Toyota Camry 2.2 litre four with manual transmission - unexciting but reliable and economical.
On special occasions I am fortunate to be able to test car companies' road test cars.
The most recent was a Honda S2000 sports. Next week a Subaru Forester 4wd Wagon for the trip to Melbourne for the GP.

[Falcadore]

Datsun 260Z, pic posted elsewhere.
Gradually restoring it, while also being my every day car. Bad move , every trip to Bathurst I'm sure it puts me back to where I started from.

Still the cars a lot of fun, and it can beat my best mates 924 when asked, that's about all I want

[BRG]

I've run a Nissan Sunny (called a Pulsar elsewhere, I think) GTi for the last four years. That's the front wheel drive 2 litre one, not the 4WD turbo version. It's quick, reliable and handles very well, but lacks any real character (unless you really floor it when the torque steer can get a bit interesting).

Before that, I had two Toyota Corolla Coupes in succession (the rear wheel drive 1600cc 16v model) which were great fun if a bit noisy and unrefined. Going further back, I have run a Ford Capri 3000, various Ford Escorts, Opel Mantas, a Austin Cooper S 970cc, and, way back, a Sunbeam Rapier Series 4.

With the price of petrol in UK rising again (now about 77pence or US$1a litre) and 90k on the clovk, the Nissan will have to go soon, in favour of something smaller and more economical. Anyway, in the outskirts of London where I stay, there is less and less scope for "sporting" driving with more and more speed bumps and traffic calming, and Gatso cameras.

Hey ho for the open road!

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BRG

"all the time, maximum attack"

[MN]

Current:
92 Honda Civic Si(me), 99 Saturn station wagon(wife and kids)

Past:
66 Honda S800, 86 Renault R5, 80 SAAB900 EMS, 87 SAAB9000 Turbo, Nissan Skyline(forgot year), 89 Honda Civic Si.

[Ray Bell]

Barry - you didn't call in when you had the Honda, and you knew I'd love a ride (and drive). Can't I ever trust you?

[buddyt]

I have a 1999 Ford Ranger pickup truck with 4wd and a 1967 MGB-GT, the truck hauls the MG parts around.

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[ZippyD]

Let's bring this one back for the newbies.

[Rainer Nyberg]

Current car is 88 BMW 525i E34.
Also found in my garage a 71 Matra M530.
Previous cars include 87 Saab 9000i, 80 Saab 99 turbo, 79 Opel Ascona 1.9, 69 Saab 96 V4, 69 Opel Kadett Coupe, 69 VW 1500 beetle, 76 Opel Rekord Caravan, 85 Toyota Starlet S.

Rainer

[MoMurray]

800 miles ago I just bought a Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS. More Subaru owners here than I would have expected. The US spec car looks nice and drives nice but is a wiener compared to the Euro spec WRX. I am told the turbo is coming to the states next year. I have owned a lot of forgettable cars and trucks but two I really enjoyed were a Dodge Stealth RT twin Turbo (read Mitsubishi 3000 VR4 outside US). 4x4, 4 wheel steering, 4 wheel abs, 300+ hp. Lots of fun. Later I leased a Miata and added a Supercharger, Fatty (2.5")catback pipe, Jackson sway bars, 17" Bourbet wheels with 205/40s, electronic boost/timing interface and a tonneau cover. Now that was loads of tailhappy fun. Lease ended so I have all those bits in my garage waiting for sale (or another miata). Also had several motorcycles, best of which was a 1985 Yamaha RZ350 Roberts replica which I owned twice (same bike) with ten years (and 1900 miles) between ownership.

[MrAerodynamicist]

Look, you're all going to be really jelous when i tell you what I drive......a 1.3 Fiesta But in my defence it is new and I didn't have to pay for it. (Aren't parents great? ]

[MattFoster]

I have a 5 speed Toyota Landcruiser Prado GXL 4WD.

Cheers
Matt

[david_martin]

Amazingly, this is my second year sans car, and I think the worst of the withdrawl symptoms are just about over.

[TNSFH]

My daily driver is a 1978, 1 ton Chevy Dually, 4X4 Pickup, with a brand new engine. For hauling loads back and forth to southern Colorado once a month. A beast of a vehicle but it serves my pupose.

[ZippyD]

Come on guys and gals. Only 847 more posts to catch the Amon thread. YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!