What Kind of car do you drive???

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:20 am

I drive a 10 year old 6 cylinder truck that still gets 22 miles to the gallon.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:45 am

1999 Dodge 4X4 pickup with a diesel engine. I get 20 mpg on the highway and about 16 in town. It sure is noisy but I like it.

Honneykit · Post by **Honneykit** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:55 pm

I Am Very Happy With My Girl She Is A Renault Megan Soft Top Slate Grey And She Is So Cool?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:58 pm

Honneykit wrote: I Am Very Happy With My Girl She Is A Renault Megan Soft Top Slate Grey And She Is So Cool?
I had a 1960 Renault Dauphine about 40 years ago. It had a water cooled rear engine. I had a lot of fun with that car.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:09 pm

I drive a: 2002 Caravan

I own a: 1962 Chevy truck. It's used like a tractor for pulling up trees and hauling gravel. The thing was originally a 3/4 ton, but it's been modified to carry 2 tons. (springs, rear end, etc)

Olliey2k · Post by **Olliey2k** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:38 am

I drive:

Wait for it.

A 13 year old Renault 19, just hit 150'000 miles and i had to spend Ã‚Â£600 on a recent service when the car is worth no more than Ã‚Â£200

And I'm meant to be travelling to and from Wales for the next 2 years in this thing! Stereotypical students car.

Still, atleast it has a CD player!

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:29 am

Olliey2k wrote: i had to spend Ã‚Â£600 on a recent service when the car is worth no more than Ã‚Â£200

I'm in the same boat! But at least it's better than a monthly car payment...well, unless you're repairing it every three months. And insurance is cheaper, right?

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:33 pm

Here's a picture of me in front of my first car....a 1969 Yellow Camaro

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chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:49 pm

Good grief, what a car!

Guy isn't too bad either....................:-6

Bet you ran around town in that beauty!

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:53 pm

LOL....you'd better blieve it! That car only had two speeds:

full stop and afterburners!

I was a lifeguard at the country club at the time, and that car was a real babe-magnet!

(But i've still always been a one-man one-woman guy):o

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:24 pm

Best babe magnet I ever had was a bright yellow CV6. I they burst out laughing when they saw it I knew I was ok. The ones that wouldn't be seen dead in it were a waste of time.

webbie · Post by **webbie** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:54 pm

I Drive A 2005, Dodge Pick Up 3500 Dually With An 8 Ft Bed And A Diesel Engine. I Hate Cars. Too Dangerous.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:11 pm

I have an old '68 Camaro that was my first car... I don't drive it anymore though. It's stored in my garage.

I also have:

an old Aston Martin... '86 (I rarely drive that one anymore either)

'05 Mercedes AMG

'04 Chevrolet Suburban (I drive it whenever I can afford the gas, anymore! :wah: )

'04 Ford Interceptor

'03 Chevrolet Corsica

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:05 pm

webbie wrote: I Drive A 2005, Dodge Pick Up 3500 Dually With An 8 Ft Bed And A Diesel Engine. I Hate Cars. Too Dangerous.
Mine's just a little 2500 Dodge 4X4 with a Cummins Diesel. I only had to pay $3.10 for fuel today.:wah:

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:57 pm

Woo-hoo! Gotta' love those Cummins diesels still though! ...and what's up with that diesel price anyway? That's outrageous!

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:20 pm

G-man wrote: Woo-hoo! Gotta' love those Cummins diesels still though! ...and what's up with that diesel price anyway? That's outrageous!
Hey, I was kinda happy. I paid $3.33 last week.

It doesn't make much sense to me. I keep thinking diesel should be less than gas but I guess there is more demand for diesel so the price is higher even though it doesn't take as much refining.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:33 pm

Yep... it's all about demand... so the petrol companies say, at least. The regular fuel prices always increase for the holidays too though so... and there's always a steady demand for diesel for trucks... I can't see why it's $3 still though... it's certainly not doing much for retail businesses or the economy either. .. and not to mention the drivers that pay for their own fuel, that have been having their income reduced by a third to half even now... I'm getting a bit off topic though... :driving:

webbie · Post by **webbie** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:26 am

Yeah Diesel Is Down To $2.86 Now. Got As High As $3.49 At My Place. But Still Love My Diesel.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:00 am

I also have:

an old Aston Martin... '86 (I rarely drive that one anymore either)

'05 Mercedes AMG

'04 Chevrolet Suburban (I drive it whenever I can afford the gas, anymore! :wah: )

'04 Ford Interceptor

'03 Chevrolet Corsica

Holy mother of god what do you do for a living? I don't much about the U.S. cars but just the Aston and the Merc will set you back a bit? I feel completely inadequate now! My advice is to sell them all and get the new Aston Martin DB9, its simply the best-looking car ever built...you know if you got it, flaunt it. As for my pathetic (but practical) 02 Nissan I will say no more.

St Ives · Post by **St Ives** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:34 pm

Over the years I have had loads of cars - my first was a ford anglia, still remeber the licence plate too, was heart broken to sell her and devastated when the guy wrote her off

Since then some boring and some great fun, to name a few:

Austin 1100

Ford Escort

Triumph Spitfire

MGBGT

Vauxhall Astra

Vauxhall Belmont - yuk

Austin Montego

Seat Ibiza

Lotus Esprit - sold last month

Suzuki Vitara

MX5 - current

Suzuki Sierra - current

Elfin - current

webbie · Post by **webbie** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:28 pm

I do not like cars. Especially the new ones. I prefer my new 2006 DODGE 3500 dully. It has a nice diesel engine, 4 doors, with the extended cab and an 8 foot bed, and is 4 wheel drive. Its the most comfortable vehicle I have ever driven. It also has air ride seats in the front. Full power and an 8 disc-changer with 8 speakers. the only way to go.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:41 pm

webbie wrote: I do not like cars. Especially the new ones. I prefer my new 2006 DODGE 3500 dully. It has a nice diesel engine, 4 doors, with the extended cab and an 8 foot bed, and is 4 wheel drive. Its the most comfortable vehicle I have ever driven. It also has air ride seats in the front. Full power and an 8 disc-changer with 8 speakers. the only way to go.That ain't a house, that's a mobile home!

Please tell me you bought such a monster to do real work, right?

webbie · Post by **webbie** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Well actually I do use it a lot. I have a snow plow on it to plow snow . I have a 40 ft 5th wheel flatbed trailor that will be used on it to haul antique farm equipment and it will be used by the family to pull out 38ft 5th wheel camper, we use tp vacation in. So yes it will be used a LOT. If not I would have setteled for a reqular full size pick-up.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:51 pm

webbie wrote: Well actually I do use it a lot. I have a snow plow on it to plow snow . I have a 40 ft 5th wheel flatbed trailor that will be used on it to haul antique farm equipment and it will be used by the family to pull out 38ft 5th wheel camper, we use tp vacation in. So yes it will be used a LOT. If not I would have setteled for a reqular full size pick-up.Good! Usually the really big pickups are put to good use. The families that buy SUV's and never use the 4WD .... well, that's just wasteful. :p

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:30 pm

I'm driving the new Ford Pubic (It's made out of old Corsairs)

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:33 pm

My kids keep getting my car, an Elantra-I get stuck with the Ford Ranger truck.....................

Shweet tatersalad · Post by **Shweet tatersalad** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:46 am

JEEP, theres only one.:driving:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:38 am

I was trying to ignore a hoped for spelling mistake.................

Extra credit for Snooze!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:42 am

:wah: Anyone catching spelling mistakes deserves that gold star, Snooze!

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:04 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Oh, I really can't let this one pass... You meant to have an L in there somewhere, didn't you Unc?

No, Ford produced a car in th UK in the 60's called a Corsair. They're just re-cycling them

C'mon - Think about it.....................

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:06 pm

Kram. That's not only way, way off topic. It's gross and inappropriate.

Here's what I drive, except mine is bright yellow.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:12 pm

Jives wrote: Kram. That's not only way, way off topic. It's gross and inappropriate.

Here's what I drive, except mine is bright yellow.

Humble apologies - I'm standing in the corner.

To return to the topic in hand, a friend of mine always buys yellow cars. I think he likes them to match his teeth

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:18 pm

Not me. I like driving a bright yellow "bust me!" sign down main street. Screw the man!:D

ELF · Post by **ELF** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:26 pm

Santa hasn't given me a sleigh of mine own yet..................

Elves Rule, Grinches Drool!

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:30 pm

http://www.2cvgb.co.uk/2cvgb_site_folde ... mages.html

You guys have no class at all. My first car was citroen dayne then after blowing up the engine doing 90 on the M6 (downhill with the wind behind me) I had a cv6, a bright yellow one just like James bond drove. I've always adopted the Bruce Lee approach to cars and fashion too come to that-you know the bit in enter the dragon when he's asked what his style is and he says"my style is no style"-you get my drift.

Stop posing and go for the kind of cars that say I don't care what anybody thinks, buy that hyundai you've always wanted. Leave the lorry on the forecourt and buy a scooter instead. Real men don't care!

Would be fair to say most UK car reviews are fairly disparaging about american cars-they're crap basically, just to let you see we are open minded

http://motoring.independent.co.uk/road_ ... 330826.ece

Mind you the korean chevvies look O.K.

http://www.topgear.com/drives/CB/A7/

No street cred whatsoever, but who cares?

posted by webbie

Well actually I do use it a lot. I have a snow plow on it to plow snow . I have a 40 ft 5th wheel flatbed trailor that will be used on it to haul antique farm equipment and it will be used by the family to pull out 38ft 5th wheel camper, we use tp vacation in. So yes it will be used a LOT. If not I would have setteled for a reqular full size pick-up.

Not impressed at all. We have lorries smaller than that. My own home from home is only 10ft long, in fact the car is bigger than the caravan. Just what you need for winter caravanning, small van big heater:yh_rotfl

Shweet tatersalad · Post by **Shweet tatersalad** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:02 am

So what you are saying is that my next jeep should match my skirt,is that the jest of it .Class is passing a yuppie in the snow with my old slow, beer smell'in jeep.

That shur iz da bomb,would'nt ya say there laddy.

MzInterpret · Post by **MzInterpret** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:16 am

2003 Honda CR-V.

This is our car ..... make and model.

We love it, but it does guzzle petrol! :driving:

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Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:20 pm

MzInterpret wrote: 2003 Honda CR-V.

This is our car ..... make and model.

We love it, but it does guzzle petrol! :driving:
The thing is....does it have

a) A Flux Capacitor

b) Those hooks to hang your coat on?

MzInterpret · Post by **MzInterpret** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:08 pm

Uncle Kram wrote: The thing is....does it have

a) A Flux Capacitor

b) Those hooks to hang your coat on?
Er ... yes to the second, and I have no clue as to the first!

What is it?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:15 pm

MzInterpret wrote: Er ... yes to the second, and I have no clue as to the first!

What is it?
DeLoreans flux capacitor is what makes time travel possible....according to the Doc

Shweet tatersalad · Post by **Shweet tatersalad** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:24 pm

How many jigawatts???

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:36 am

Shweet tatersalad wrote: How many jigawatts???
1.21 my friend. Easy to remember cus it's my lucky number

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:49 am

Learnt to drive in a Hillman Imp

Had a series of Ford Anglias for years.

Drove a Morris Traveller for about 6 months....gear stick was about 2 foot long....those were the days.

Always had old bangers, nearly all Fords.

Now have a great little car....Toyota Yaris....love it...

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:36 pm

Fancy driving this? I wouldn't want to leave it in a supermarket car-park incase it got a scratch on it

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