What Are You Driving ??

[jipi]

Hi, guys !

This car is a ... Volvo !
A 480... Astonishing, isn't it ?

Also drive a bike, Kawasaki 900 GPZ-R, the one you've seen in "Top Gun" !

 

[vikingBerserker]

I've never seen a Volvo like that, but I love the bike!

You co-pilot is a real cutie!

 

[Gnomey]

As some you may of saw in the "What Cheered you up Today?" thread, I change my car at the end of last week. With going back to Uni and everything my parents and I decided that is was best to get something a little more economical than the Land Rover as was driving before (and a something a little more practical).

So now I've gone from this:

To this 2008 Renault Megane with 13k on the clock (was a pretty good deal after trading in the Landy):

A little be more practical for my needs now that the Land Rover, although not as good in the snow (that was fun with the Landy). It does twice the miles to the gallon (and is probably a little quicker too), just a little cheaper to run (£30 road tax vs £250, 60mpg vs ~28mpg, diesel is a little more expensive but should still go a fair bit further for the same money)...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I would have stuck with the Land Rover, but then again I would take my Jeep over a Land Rover any day...

 

[N4521U]

I'm driving my mother-in-law crazy.............. wahooo.

 

[evangilder]

I have driven some gas guzzlers over my years, but would absolutely love to get 60 MPG! But with kids and family trips, I am driving the 2004 Toyota Sienna still. I call it the family truckster. It's got 105,000 miles on it and still goes like a top. The scary thing is that it gets better mileage than the Lexus my missus drives (RX330). I get about 24 MPG on the highway, and that's with a full load of people and luggage.

 

[Airframes]

Nice one Hugh. Must admit though, I thought you meant a real Land Rover - didn't expect a Freelander !

 

[Capt. Vick]

Here is a picture of my totally impractical, "rarely-drive-her", garage queen... (Should have bought a Buick Grand National!)

 

[Gnomey]

Nice one Hugh. Must admit though, I thought you meant a real Land Rover - didn't expect a Freelander !

She did the job, never got stuck in snow/mud/whatever...

Bit more comfort than a real one too

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice CV!

 

[Torch]

Picked this up a couple weeks ago..

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow! I love the paint on that one!

 

[Torch]

Thanks always wanted a candy apple/cherry colored vehicle. The iphone pic does not do it justice.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Nice Torch!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I have driven some gas guzzlers over my years, but would absolutely love to get 60 MPG! But with kids and family trips, I am driving the 2004 Toyota Sienna still. I call it the family truckster. It's got 105,000 miles on it and still goes like a top. The scary thing is that it gets better mileage than the Lexus my missus drives (RX330). I get about 24 MPG on the highway, and that's with a full load of people and luggage.

Stay out of East St. Louis with it.


Wheels

 

[muscogeemike]

I drive a 1990 Dodge D150 Pick Up Truck - which runs like new.
I use it to tow my new BassTracker Boat.

 

[fubar57]

My most awesome 2000 Ford Taurus. Bought it in 2001, no payments for the last six years and about 1500$ a year in parts and labor. I've put about 220,000k on it so far.

Geo

 

[Matt308]

I have an F150 4WD that has not been driven in a about a year. Gonna donate it to the PurpleHeartsVets organization. A 1995 with 86k original miles, constant 3k oil changes or even 6 months changes for $hits and giggles. Needs a battery. Only thing. Has AC, cruise control, king cab, bed liner and lockable aluminum box.

Gonna miss 'er...

 

[mikewint]

Captain Vick, check out my post #216. Same machine different skin

 

[nuuumannn]

Well, today was a sad day for me because I have to say goodbye to my battlewagon, an old 1996 Toyota Camry that I bought a few years ago thinking that "...it'll do until I find something better". Man, that car has been just the best thing on the road. Because I live nearly an hour from work, it had its work cut out for it. I used to drive it up and down the east coast of the South island, so it's covered a huge amount of ground. In the last year it's done just over 100,000 ks alone; it's got 210,000 k on it now, and it never missed a beat. When I used to drive back to the town where my wife and I own a house, not the same as the one we live in, we'd load that huge boot up with ladder, tools, paint tins, and whatever else was needed to continue the restoration of our old house. It would also be used in lieu of a trailer for carting gardening waste to the recycle yard. A real work horse.

The biggest issue I have had with it is replacing tyres (tires); nothing else. I changed the cam belt a few weeks ago and I kept a close eye on maintenance issues. I'd say it cost us less than a grand in parts over the last few years, that's not including warrant of fitnesses etc, just bits; tyres, light bulbs, windscreen wipers etc. And now I have to write it off; I slid down a bank in driving wind and rain on the way home from work one night at around 2:30 am - a lapse of concentration on my part.

Goodbye old battlewagon; you were the best... sniff.