Cars in the Playground

[Jimp]

There seems to be an 'everything else in the playground' except cars, unless I didn't look hard enough. Either way: cars!

I'm currently saving up my money for a new one. I have my eye on an RX-7 in a nearby town that's for sale. My search for a VW Corrado VR6 has not been going well. Plenty of G60s but I guess I'm just being a perfectionist about it :smallbiggrin: . But for now I'm stuck in my Peugot 307 lol.

[Amotis]

I sought an RX-7 for a long time but it seems to be the stock body ones, which is what I wanted, are horded and the only time they sell they are outrageously expensive. Popular cars, they are.

Anyway, this is my car:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/97-99_Toyota_Camry.jpg/800px-97-99_Toyota_Camry.jpg

Dream Car:

http://www.fahrcar.com/porsche-new-911-turbo-side.jpg

I actually got to drive one of these. A co-worker's brother lent it to him and I got to give it a run. Didn't push it because...well it wasn't mine. But oh wow...just handled like a dream and the experience was just mind blowing. Changed my view on cars, it did.

[Jimp]

I sought an RX-7 for a long time but it seems to be the stock body ones, which is what I wanted, are horded and the only time they sell they are outrageously expensive.

Amen. The stock RX-7 looks fantastic but nearly all the ones I see for sale have some kind of horrendous body kit on them. The one I'm looking at though only has a new front bumper and side skirts. It's a nice front bumper, not completely in your face but stylish. But again, expensive >_<

[Dragonrider]

I drive my mom's minivan. :smalltongue:

well, I do actually have a car - a 1986 Toyota Celica - but it's not particularly reliable, and even if I had a picture of it, I wouldn't share it...eye candy that junker most certainly is not. :smallsmile:

[Don Julio Anejo]

I'm the only guy you'll ever meet who hates driving with a passion, only drives when he has to and will hopefully never get a car.

Helicopter on the other hand... :biggrin:

[Syka]

I don't drive but I have a car. It's a '99 Oldsmobile Cutlass that used to be my grandma's. My mom drives it and most likely when I start driving I'll take over our Elantra.

My boyfriend has a 97' Firebird. I'm totally in love with that car. We both share a bit of a thing for muscle cars in particular, sports cars as a whole. His dad has a...60-something Mustang Coup (I think). Red with black racing stripes...If they ever manage to get around to fixing it up, it'll be a beauty. I think mention was made of taking it on a road trip if we fix it up.

Dream cars:
For him, '69 Dodge Challenger, with a custom black paint job (it's...complicated) and some other specifics.

Me, I'm not sure. I'm partial to Trans Ams and older Firebirds (you know, the ones with the big Bird symbol on the hood?), as well as older Mustangs. Although this (http://www.lambocars.com/miu/model.htm) car I kind of fell in love with when I was looking for the Lamborghini that was on Burn Notice.

What can I say, we're fans of muscle and sports cars. If we ever get money, I have a feeling we're going to have a whole fleet of them.

Cheers,
Syka

[ForzaFiori]

i own a black '95 dodge neon with no modifications (yet).

however, at the moment it doesnt run (hasn't for almost 5 years now.), but i'm working on it. the few times i do drive (i only have a permit right now) i drive either my mom's Chevy Blazer or my sister's Ford Ranger (not sure of the years on those two).

as for my dream car? there are so many i want that i cant pick just one.

[RTGoodman]

I'm currently (well, not right now, but you know what I mean) driving a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, red with gold trim. It's kind of a gas-guzzler, but I used to need a car that big to haul stuff. (No picture of it - though, honestly, it's not that much different from the rest of the Jeep Grand Cherokees that you see on the road).

Now that it has something like 197,800 miles on it (:smalleek:), I'm thinking that I'll have to get a new car at some point in the next couple of years. If I can, I'd like to get one of those Ford Escape Hybrids - it's big enough to carry anything I need (especially if I end up moving halfway across the country for grad school in the next couple of years and have to carry a bunch of stuff with me in a car), and it saves lot of money of the gas (and helps the Earth).

But, if I could have a car just because it's awesome, it'd definitely be a '77 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (http://www.scoreextractor.com/homepage/f15.jpg) (a la "Smokey and the Bandit").

[The Bushranger]

Still drive the family cars here, but since gas is up to $3.32 in some places around here :smalleek: :smallfurious: I'm looking to acquire soon something like a(n original) VW Beetle.

However, were cash no object, I'd get a 1987 El Camino SS. Drop in a 350 (bored out to 383), supercharged, turbocharged, intercooled, with nitrous injection. Six-speed manual transmission of course. Paint it complete, monochrome black. Mount a (flat-topped, not the dorky "stepped" ones you usually see on Caminos) camper top (also black) and carpet the bed, mounting rear-facing bucket seats in the front. Put power bucket seats in the cab, too, the a/c and radio systems from a Mercedes (I like the way they look - but no nav system, please). Completely digital dash, with all sorts of auxiliary gauges. Ham, CB and "normal" scanner radios. And a "bag o' tricks" panel, with switches to: inject smoke oil into the exhaust pipes; inject fuel into the exhaust pipe tips - where there are spark plugs :smallamused: -; and (best of all) release secret compartments in the rear bumper that are filled with thumbtacks. :smallbiggrin:




...although if I could have any car from across the Multiverse, I'd choose KITT. :biggrin:

[smellie_hippie]

Dream Car?

That's easy...


Oh come one... who didn't see that coming!? :smallamused:
http://www.johnsonautoworks.com/mediac/400_0/media/bays~74~and~730003.JPG

[Syka]

But, if I could have a car just because it's awesome, it'd definitely be a '77 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (http://www.scoreextractor.com/homepage/f15.jpg) (a la "Smokey and the Bandit").

Man after my own heart. :smallwink: That's one of the Firebird I've been oogling of late. What can I say...It's the hoodbird. ;)

I think I can handle my boys red 97 Bird, though. Just down the street from where I live, there is a similar model red Trans Am. We think the person modded it up to a Trans Am from a normal Firebird, because other than a couple difference on the front, and the label 'Trans Am', it looks exactly like my boys Firebird (as in, I thought it was just a Firebird until we checked it out one day).

Moment I fell in love with Trans Am's: The last guy I dated's Mom had a red Trans Am that his brother had to borrow until his car got fixed. We all were going out one night, so we hopped in the car and when he started it up...it didn't purr, it growled.

Cheers,
Syka

[The Bushranger]

@Hippie: Heh, a VW Bus might work for me...good fuel mileage and no need to pay for hotel rooms! :smallwink:

[Occasional Sage]

Me, I'll drive whatever comes my way. Planning on buying a Tesla when they have the four-door model on the road in 2010 though. It's the first car (well, their Roadster, but that's a fantasy) that really excites me.

[smellie_hippie]

@Hippie: Heh, a VW Bus might work for me...good fuel mileage and no need to pay for hotel rooms! :smallwink:

I test drove a '75 with brand new canvas for the camper top.
... and it had a side screen (like mosquito netting) to attach of the sliding door.
... and an extra screen to cover the back hatch for cross-breeze.
... and a travel tray for the drivers seat, while passenger seat swivelled to eat at the foldable table.
... and
... and
... and they sold it before I could get the money. :smallfrown:

[DraPrime]

I'm trying to get the money for a 1967 Chevy Impala. Problem is that there kind of hard to find. And if I get myself an emotional brother I can imitate these guys. (I'd be Dean of course)

http://media.movieweb.com/news/05.2007/super.jpg

[SDF]

I'm restoring a 1973 Lotus Europa JPS with my father to original specs (and a modern sound system, but hey :smallwink: )

My car is a 1985 Cadillac DeVille. It's great for me, bench seats, big block V8, and if I get in a wreck with anything other than a Rolls I'll win. Gas prices may have me selling it for a motorcycle in the not too distant future. (I've been considering an Aprilia, Tuono 1000 R Factory which I should be able to afford by the summer if I get my fellowship)

[Flabbicus]

I drive my mom's minivan. :smalltongue:

well, I do actually have a car - a 1986 Toyota Celica - but it's not particularly reliable, and even if I had a picture of it, I wouldn't share it...eye candy that junker most certainly is not. :smallsmile:

My dad had a 1986 Celica and it still works pretty well... considering it's age. We gave it to my grandparents because keeping it in working shape was becoming too expensive.

^ I love Lotuses! I got to test drive one nearby or, at least, ride in it while my dad did.

[Vella_Malachite]

I'm too young to drive, but my family owns a blue metallic Subaru Outback with roofracks for the kayaks and to put the roofbox on...

We camp a lot.

[Bor the Barbarian Monk]

Okay...All of you get these cars out of the playground. Kids play here, y'know. You want some kid accidentally driving off with one of those things?!? And you! YOU! Yes, you! Get that Lotus away from the jungle gym. Gah! You people put some dangerous things in the playground!

And stay off my lawn!

:smalltongue:

[The Bushranger]

^ I love Lotuses! I got to test drive one nearby or, at least, ride in it while my dad did.

Isn't the plural of Lotus supposed to be Loti? :smalltongue:

[SMEE]

I don't even drive yet...
This may change in 2008, though. And then I'll buy a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. A classic. :smallsmile:

[Nightwing]

I'm not old enough to drive, but if was and had the money (Witch I dont. My parents are both economics professors at colleges) I would buy an Alfa Romeo 169.

[Charity]

My currant car is one of these
http://cdn.used-car-photos.co.uk/d/used-photos/large/X/2/X262ATC.jpg

But I am planning on getting one of these soon.
http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/Lotus-Elise-Gray-in-motion.jpg

:smallbiggrin:

[banjo1985]

I'm onto my second car, a knackered little '01 Citroen Saxo. I'll keep my aims low...I just want a Honda Civic :smallbiggrin:

[SDF]

But I am planning on getting one of these soon.
http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/Lotus-Elise-Gray-in-motion.jpg

:smallbiggrin:

My uncle in the UK just bought one of those.

[Trog]

The Trogmobile:
http://reviews.cnet.com/sc/31510956-2-200-0.gif
Compact, fuel efficient & nice design. Plus I like the "feel" option on the stereo for bass that goes up to 11. Er... well maybe 9... I didn't by the bazooka subwoofer.

[Santanya]

Lots of very nice cars listed.

My personal means of transportation:

http://www.coyotecode.net/images/truckputer/tp06.jpg


Its run, rides great and has a 5.9L engine... so drinks gas like there's no tomorrow... But then I don't get to complain about that beings I chose the vehicle. And that's why I own a motorcycle. :smallbiggrin:

One of the main reason I got it was because the salesman was unfair.. He says 'Let me pull it out and let you test drive it.' I stand behind the truck and he starts it... Much like the Trans Am above, it didn't purr, it growled at me. As he's pulling out my only words were 'Oh, that's not fair...'

Now, if money were no object and I had a garage big enough:
http://www.mustangsandmore.com/memberpages2/RickS_a.jpg
I love Mustang fastbacks.... I actually like the new ones as well, they once again LOOK like muscle cars!

[Syka]

Oh that Mustang is beautiful.

This (http://www.forristalls.com/images/1973%20Grande%20Mustang%20011.jpg) and this (http://www.forristalls.com/images/1973%20Grande%20Mustang%20004.jpg) I think are actually the exact make as Oz's dad's Mustang. I compared it to a pic on his dad's Myspace and I'm pretty sure it's the same one, just his is red with black racing stripes. It's a '73 Mustang. Poor things doesn't run any more, but they're planning on fixing it up. His dad was going to sell it when they moved (to where we all live now), but Oz wouldn't let him. :smallwink: I think he would have disowned his dad otherwise. Hehe...

Cheers,
Syka

[Rare Pink Leech]

We drive a 2007 Mazda 3 ... until a few months ago, a 1993 Toyota Corolla.

If I could, I'd probably drive a Mustang.

[Closet_Skeleton]

I hate cars and haven't taken lessons yet despite being just about old enough to.

[Hoggy]

Current car is a Red 1989 Nissan Micra. Before the age where you had two wing mirrors and everything. It's so cool. When I'm bored and not supposed to be doing a history essay, I might get some pics of it.

My old car, on the other hand...

http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/HoggyZD/Rhino/

[Syka]

Hey, car people, what do you all think of the Koenigsegg (http://www.koenigsegg.com/thecars/index.asp?submenu=1)? My boy just showed it to me.

It's obscenely expensive (as in, base price is 540,000 US Dollars expensive). It's totally going on my "If I'm ever a multi-billionaire" list though.

Cheers,
Syka

[Santanya]

This (http://www.forristalls.com/images/1973%20Grande%20Mustang%20011.jpg) and this (http://www.forristalls.com/images/1973%20Grande%20Mustang%20004.jpg)

THAT is a beautiful car. They're well worth keeping to fix up. One of my friends has a 64 1/2 Mustang coupe that he's going to fix up some day. That's the beauty of them, you can fix them up! *grumbles about computer controlled vehicles*

Oh... wait.... *hides guilt* (http://www.coyotecode.net/images/truckputer/tp03.jpg)

[Syka]

The only problem is it's pretty beat up (rust and all, as well as the interior) so it's going to be quite a lot of work. But once I move back home in a year, I have every intention of trying to light a fire under them to get it fixed, and helping out. :smallwink:

Either way, when my boy showed it to me it was almost like those little hearts popped up around my head. Mustangs were my first 'muscle car' love. And it's my favorite colors, to boot.

And what was that, a GPS? My friend brought her parent's Audi up to visit me (her sister was auditioning for the music program where I go to school, so they let her borrow it), and the GPS would yell (yes, YELL) at you do take a turn. "Turn left. Turn left. Turn left turn left turnleftturnleftturnleft!" I kid you not...It was hysterical and annoying.

Cheers,
Syka

[Santanya]

Sounds like work, but well worth it! Old muscles cars always are!

Its actually a full computer. >.> MP3 player, GPS hookuped up using MS Streets & Trips, with a wireless card in it, all hooked up through the truck's sound system. The software I have actually does the voice directions as well. Its nice when you pull off the 'route'... "Return to Route...... Return to Route..."

Now if I can just find free software and cable schematics to hook it up to the truck's computer...

[Jimp]

I HATE satnav with a passion. I just can't stand it. Whatever happened to driving around lost until you found your way? Personally I love playing 'explorer!' and finding my way home :smallbiggrin: .
Koigensegg do some damn fine work I must admit. Personally the Lambo Gallardo is the supercar for me though.
Any hot hatch fans? I'm pretty big on the mk5 Golf GTI, mk7 Hone Civic type R and the Citroen C4 Sport. The 3-door versions of each, naturally :smalltongue:

[Jack Squat]

this isn't a picture of my car...but same year. just missing the lettering on the hood
http://4wheeldrive.about.com/library/uc/ucgraphics/ludwigFrontjeep.jpg

and the car I really want, although realistically won't be able to find once I get the money
http://blogs.edmunds.com/.ee935e5/cmd.233/embedded..ee935ff

[de-trick]

I have a jet black 1994 chevy silverado with a razorback, but can't drive yet:smallfrown:

[Wolf53226]

Currently own both a '97 Nissan Maxima, and '03 Honda Accord

Usually drive the Nissan as it is a little less reliable and don't want the wife and kids getting stuck

But my dream

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/wolf53226/ncm_wallpaper-176-1024.jpg
'67 Vette
Although probably not in that purple paint scheme

And if I had that multi-billionaire in my name, after I bought my dream car, this just for fun

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9479/f1black.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9479/f1open.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9479/f1interior.jpg
But at $1,000,000 US, that's just silly money for a car, then again...to go 0-60 in 3.2ish seconds and 0-150 in 12.8 seconds, it might be worth it!

[Winterwind]

Just a little black '98 Ford Ka (are these even sold in America, or is it a purely European model?). Quite happy with it though. I'm not much of a car person, all that counts for me is that it does what it is supposed to, and my car does exactly what I want from it. :smallbiggrin:

[The Bushranger]

Just a little black '98 Ford Ka (are these even sold in America, or is it a purely European model?).
Nope, just European - Ford's smallest cars here have been getting steadily bigger over the last 10 years or so.

[Emrylon]

I have a little pergout 206!

My dream car would be either a classic old Astin Maritn like the db5 or one of the newer ones like the Vanquish or something.

[Kronk]

I currently have 2006 Pontiac GTO (for sale) and a 2006 VW Passat.

I'm leaning towards getting a Pontiac G8 GT next spring.

As for my dream car:

Alfa_Romeo_8C_Competizione (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_8C_Competizione)

I'm a car nut. I constantly get nagged because I traded in my old car on a new one while getting the oil changed. Maybe one day I'll get practical, but that day isn't today.

[Tormsskull]

I've posted this pic ITP before, but since we now have a thread specifically dedicated to it:

My car

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p15/Tormsskull/P1010002.jpg


Unfortunently, it now bears a few white crease marks on the side (man do I hate parking in parking structures).

[Flabbicus]

Isn't the plural of Lotus supposed to be Loti? :smalltongue:

You are incorrect. Lotuses is the proper term.


My parents also have a Mercedes SLK350, which I do not like driving because it feels waaaay too small and the handling is different than the other cars we have.

[CatCameBack]

THAT is a beautiful car. They're well worth keeping to fix up. One of my friends has a 64 1/2 Mustang coupe that he's going to fix up some day. That's the beauty of them, you can fix them up!

Yeah, if that is a "shark eye" Mustang, it's worth some serious monry if restored, especially if it's a convertible (convertibles were trending out of style at the time). The first thing that will need attention on one of those is the spaces under the folding top or around the windows (not very well sealed in either conv or hardtop...rust gets bad there), and the bushings in the suspension. One of my friends had a 64.5 convertible, and it sounded like a wooden warship in a storm when it turned corners (*creeeak*).

And, yes, early 70's muscle is beautiful and deserves more love from car enthusiasts. There is another car that deserves mention is the Grand National (http://www.jaj.com/space/efrazier/gn.html). This thing doesn't look like much, but it's got it where it counts.

[smellie_hippie]

It's driving me nuts. :smallfrown: It's right there in Knoxville..... and hour and a half away from me right now. It's less than $5,000. This is THE dream car... but I don't have the cash right now... :smallfrown:

Just...... just look at it! *dreamy eyes*

smellie_hippie_wagon (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15291&viewitem=&item=260182558637&_trksid=p3907.m29)

I can even see the smirk from my avatar on the wheel cover on the front as a custom paint job... *eyes glaze over*

[The Bushranger]

And, yes, early 70's muscle is beautiful and deserves more love from car enthusiasts.
Agreed, especially the Dodge Challenger and AMC Javelin. :smallbiggrin:

[Supagoof]

Deja Vu feeling here.

Yes, late 60s and early 70s muscle cars do not get enough repect.

My first car was a 1972. I still own it. Here's what it's supposed to look like
http://foto.autozone.be/fotosauto/OPE/web450x300/Opel-GT_5182919.jpg
but I currently am in the middle of restoring it, so right now it's a lot of primer and sanded off old paint. It was orange, but I'm more of a fanatic for black.

1972 Opel GT. Not really a muscle car, just a small little look alike to the Stingray Vet. Just love the wheel wells on them cars. It was called the poor man's vet. Somehow the cult club following of this car has inspired many a change in it's overall structure, while keeping true to the original design.

Some examples
It was too low to the ground, so why not...
http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/1972-opel-gt-261.jpg
Need a tow?
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/01/opel_gt_tow.jpg

Maybe a T-Top
http://www.opelgtsource.com/pictures/custom/targa1b.jpg

Or a truck
http://www.opelgtsource.com/pictures/custom/pickup.jpg

Or if you need more seating
http://www.opelgtsource.com/pictures/custom/station.jpg

But that's just me. Also currently in my vehicle inventory is 06 Mariner Hybrid (because it's fantastic to have such a large vehicle get 30mpgs!) and a 99 Mystique. Yeah, I'm a Mercury fan - if I had more money it'd be a Navigator that I'd put into the garage, and a Mustang Shelby GT (600hp) that I'd rev at the lights, but I don't so I can't :smalltongue: .

[Charity]

It's driving me nuts. :smallfrown: It's right there in Knoxville..... and hour and a half away from me right now. It's less than $5,000. This is THE dream car... but I don't have the cash right now... :smallfrown:

Just...... just look at it! *dreamy eyes*

smellie_hippie_wagon (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15291&viewitem=&item=260182558637&_trksid=p3907.m29)

I can even see the smirk from my avatar on the wheel cover on the front as a custom paint job... *eyes glaze over*

whats wrong with your old one?
http://www.speedace.info/speedace_images/VW_hippie_peace_camper_kombi_wagen.jpg
Oh mate you gotta get one of these
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1049/875756800_6d8335d021.jpg

Edit - Ooo looky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXHyF10CtCE&eurl=http://hight3ch.com/post/solar-powered-cool-vw-camper/)
looky (http://www.clusterflock.org/vwball.jpg)

[The Bushranger]

1972 Opel GT. Not really a muscle car, just a small little look alike to the Stingray Vet. Just love the wheel wells on them cars. It was called the poor man's vet. Somehow the cult club following of this car has inspired many a change in it's overall structure, while keeping true to the original design.
Opel GT...mmmm...
I've read that it was, in fact, originally supposed to be badged as a Corvette, to be a junor model to the 'Vette, but at the last minute (more or less) GM decided not to make Corvette its own brand and thus it became an Opel.
(Which, IMHO, makes it cooler. :smallamused:)

[Quirinus_Obsidian]

I own a '04 Mazda 6i hatchback and it is the best car I ever owned. She is comfortable, quick, roomy, has excellent gas mileage, and the only recall on the car was for a slightly faulty back seat safety belt buckle. I have no complaints at all. :smile:

[Zeb The Troll]

Oooo, cars....

The litany:

My first, though mine wasn't a Spyder but otherwise looked just like this one, a 1964 Chevy Corvair Monza
http://www.stenchcroft.com/1964.Chevrolet.Corvair.Monza.Spyder.Club.Coupe/02side.jpg

Then there was this gem. Mine was a '73 and green but looked otherwise like this AMC Hornet Sportabout
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/1972_AMC_Hornet_Sportabout_and_sports_bar.jpg

From there I upgraded to this charmer, a '79 Toyota Corolla that looked a lot like this one
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/images/2decq5.JPG

Then, ooo, the Toyota upgrade to an '83 Celica GT! I loved this car. I damaged it four hours after I bought it because an ice storm happened later that day
http://www.celica-gts.com/feature_cars/jeff_c/dsc00009.jpg

Then I had a real job and could afford this! (This one actually looks almost exactly like my car, T-tops and all)
http://www.rbvracing.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=918

But alas she was stolen and I moved on to this more family oriented get around, a 1994 Saturn SL1 much like this one
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/2945000-2945999/2945032_1_full.jpg

And my current transportation, which I love, is a 2005 VW Golf GLS TDI (diesel, so I get ~45 mpg :smallcool: )
http://images.automotive.com/color/300x187/2005/Volkswagen/CAB50VWC021D0803.jpg

and this, a 2006 Harley Sportster 883 Custom
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/countrugen/JerrysBike.jpg
and again with my grandtroll taking it out for a spin...
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/countrugen/HogGoblinRecruit.jpg

[Jimp]

Ressurection!
After watching last week's Top Gear I'm in love with the Vauxhall VXR8 :smallbiggrin:

http://autoreview.belproject.com/media/1/20070226-vauxhall-vxr8.jpg
http://autoreview.belproject.com/media/1/20070226-vauxhall-vxr8-side.jpg
http://autoreview.belproject.com/media/1/20070226-vauxhall-vxr8-back.jpg
http://autoreview.belproject.com/media/1/20070226-vauxhall-vxr8-interior.jpg

If only I had the money :smalltongue:

[Arameus]

I drive a '99 Dodge Ram pickup. It's vastly reliable, but gets pretty poor mileage.

My dream car is the Vector M12:
http://www.autohit.cz/data/fotogalery/754-vm2.jpg

[Thes Hunter]

Here is the current Thes-mobile. Though you have to image it with a Yakima bike rack on top.
http://image.autoguide.com/imagemgr/a642eab6fcb1fd504fffbae6f2121587

Drove it off the lot with 13 miles on it. :smallbiggrin:

[Syka]

I drive a '99 Dodge Ram pickup. It's vastly reliable, but gets pretty poor mileage.

My dream car is the Vector M12:
http://www.autohit.cz/data/fotogalery/754-vm2.jpg

....where can I get one and how much? Or will I have a heart attack if I find out? :smallbiggrin:

Cheers,
Syka

[Extra_Crispy]

Lets see, my first car was a 73 Chevy Vega. I bought it for 200, got a 4-cylinder and trany for free and my father and I built it. If you dont know what a vega looks like, think the old camaro fronts with a hatch back (or wagon, or notch depending on style). My parents painted it foxfire red metallic for highschool grad. That is the one I had a accident in and burned from back to front.

Next my parents bought me a 1980 chevy malibu (boat of a car, 2 bench seats and a V8) Think my mom was trying to have me drive a tank.

Then I went to a Hundai Excell (crap car), traded that for a 1986 Chevy S-10 pickup 4x4. It had the little 2.8L V-6 that was a gutless piece of do-do. Replaced that with the 4.3L V-6 Multi-port fuel injected. That was a nice engine. 20 mpg no matter what I did. But that truck was stolen. (price you pay living 1 hour from the Mexican boarder with a 4x4 truck)

Then I bought a 1992 pontiac sunbird. another POS, but for $400 and about $200 in parts it was pretty good, untill it spun a bearing. Still drove it for 2 more years but it just got to the point that it was almost worthless, donated it.

Now I own a 1989 Chevy Blazer 4x4 that used to have a 4-cylinder in it but the previous owner put a hole in the block. I put a 4.3L V-6 in it, and while it still has some problems (I think the injectors are bad or going bad) and a 1992 honda shadow 600 motorcycle (carbs need to be rebuilt).

I have 2 dream cars. What I would kill for (almost) is a late 60's corvette stingray split window. More realistic is the one I am going to build. I have a 1973 chevy vega hatchback sitting in my parents front yard. For now I am going to put 4.3L V-6 in it that my father has sitting in his garage. But after I get some more money I would either put 2 turbo charges on it or a supercharger. I would like to drop a small block V-8 in it but the vega needs a lot of beefing up in the front end to support a V-8 pluss there is little room for that big of an engine. My father and I just put a new V-8 in his race car and you want to talk about some tight fits for some things, it was tough.

[purple gelatinous cube o' Doom]

Well, I'm currently driving a '93 Plymouth Acclaim, which has power steering, and that's it. I"m hoping my new job, which I hope I'll get here in the next few weeks, will give me the salary to get a new car. Right now, I'm really looking into a Ford Fusion.

[Destro_Yersul]

I drive the family van. It's a Mazda, I believe...

What I want to drive is a Smart :D

[Burrito]

My very first car...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/2532000-2532999/2532274_1_full.jpg

1978 Mercury Zephyr...except it was in horrible shape(the hood was from a 78 Fairmontand the front bumper was bent down inthe middle so it looked like it was smiling, and it didn't have flames, or power stearing, or interior lights. It cost $150 at an auction, got almost five years out of it.

I got to drive one of these here at work.
http://www.allpar.com/images/dodge-charger/nd-trooper.jpg

2007 Dodge Charger, police intercepter model! The police ones only come in all black or all white. Our county has a slighty diferent paint scheme, but pretty much the same. That car has got A LOT of bawls! SO much fun to whip that thing around !

And my dream car... http://www.thechevroletcamaro.com/transformer_camaro_01.jpg

Because, who doesn't want a Transformer?!?! Muscle car + Giant Cannon Blasting Robot = One Sweet Ride!

[I'm da Rogue!]

I convinced my father not to give away our old car, an almost 20-year-old Lancia Delta.
I love old cars (by old I mean cars from the 70s) and I want to make mine look like that:
http://2cars.cz/files/images/1994fin_0.jpg
Those cars were great. Mine is black, but I'll make it red.

Italian Cars FTW!

(Still don't have my license, too expensive.)But I drive anyways

[Last_resort_33]

I have a dark green Nissan Primera... with the license plate taped to the bonnet, a cracked front bumper and the rear driver side door caved in...

Ny dream is anything that isn't a fecking wreck

[Supagoof]

I drive a '99 Dodge Ram pickup. It's vastly reliable, but gets pretty poor mileage.

My dream car is the Vector M12:
http://www.autohit.cz/data/fotogalery/754-vm2.jpg

You know, I read an article in Car and Driver that rated the worst gas mileage for vehicles. Most on the list were the top end, really fast by made of plastic sports cars much like the M12 you have pictured there. The only other vehicle on the list, in the #2 spot even, was the 2006 Dodge Ram with the Hemi (I think, may have been the Dakota). Lots of power for sure, but a gas guzzler none the less. Maybe you just have an affinity for wanting to use gas? :smallwink:

As for old cars, I wouldn't call 70s cars old. Definitely classics, but not old. Then again, I grew up with my dad having a 1929 Model A Briggs and 1931 Chrysler. I also have an uncle with the 1930 Model A sedan, and my grandpa having a 1928 Model T, 1930 Model A coupe, and my favorite of his collection, a "cross breed" 1926 Chevy Truck with a Ford front end and engine. A custom design of his, as finding parts was hard. He simply cut the front cowl off a ford, welded it onto a Chevy cab, bolted the whole thing onto the chevy frame, and runs it with a ford engine. Reason for loving this car - most who see it say they had one just like it. Which I find amusing. You mean they had a cross-breed truck too? Anyway, back to my point - these are old cars.

@Bushranger - I can see that. The opel was imported to the US by GM for some time, which is how I have one. The prototype Opel GT was in 1964, which is before Chevy went from the Teardrop bodystyle to the Stingray for it's Vette's. Which company came up with the design first I don't know (no idea when Chevy had the Stingray prototype done) but with you, IMHO, I agree it adds cool points to my car. More often then not, people ask me if it's a Vette, which is where I find the true joy in showing the car off.

[Trog]

I got to drive one of these here at work.
http://www.allpar.com/images/dodge-charger/nd-trooper.jpg

2007 Dodge Charger, police intercepter model! The police ones only come in all black or all white. Our county has a slighty diferent paint scheme, but pretty much the same. That car has got A LOT of bawls! SO much fun to whip that thing around !

:smalleek: *slows down to speed limit... for a little while :smalltongue: *