What kind of car do you drive?

[Matt308]

But is it paid fo'?

 

[twoeagles]

1989 Isuzu Trooper, 200K miles; 2001 Passat (love - hate relationship);
2006 4 door Civic (so my daughter could drive - she was unable to
conquer the stick in the Passat)...Oops, the Navy Federal Credit Union owns
the Civic, not me...But, it is a pretty decent little auto, I must admit.

 

[Matt308]

Can't beat those Civics.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Still driving my 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a V8 Engine. I love the damn thing, except that it is a gas guzzler.

As soon as I finally get back into the aviation business my wife has finally given me permission though to buy a new Grand Cherokee.

 

[Matt308]

Permission is such an ugly word. Lets just say she "agrees" with you regarding your new purchase.

 

[Erich]

what, no Porsche Chris ? I drive a 1 Ton Chevy flat bed 1971 old fogey crate

wife drives a 2004 Pontiac Vibe

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Permission is such an ugly word. Lets just say she "agrees" with you regarding your new purchase.

No....She gave me permission...

 

[Matt308]

I love a man who's honest.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

what, no Porsche Chris ? I drive a 1 Ton Chevy flat bed 1971 old fogey crate

wife drives a 2004 Pontiac Vibe

I would never pay money for something like a Porsche...ever...

Dont take me wrong they are good quality sports cars, but where outside of Europe will you ever get to really try that thing out...

I like cars that have a usefullness to them.

 

[Erich]

obviously not a very tried and true vehicle for the winter snows, nor is the BMW coupes and Mercedes sub types. I'll take a 4 x 4 any day of the year if at all possible though my overweight lug ton does a decent job in all it's ugliness

woe unto any sport rod coming in my direction !

 

[Matt308]

Enjoy that vehicle while you can Erich. The tree huggers are going to ban them because in a car crash scenario with a 400lb Yugo, your 1-ton for some reason wins every time. And well that's not right. The only obvious solution is everyone must be forced to drive 400lb Yugos. Your just selfish with your well being and they just won't stand for that.

 

[Erich]

let them come !

I've had BMW's rear end me driving too close, and I ain't going fast in this overgrown beast. I win every time as you have pointed out

time for some Lebkuchen

 

[Matt308]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I had this chick in a Ford Mondeyo drive right into the back of Jeep at a red light. Dented her whole front end in, tore up her engine and she had to be towed away. What happened to my Jeep...

...Not a scratch!!!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Generally, the vehicle that does the ramming gets the sh*ttier end of the deal as far as damage goes. Front end damage is the worst. An old woman cut me off once, and I ended up breaking her tail light and slightly denting her bumper. Meanwhile, my old Nissan truck had a nice big 'ole crumpled left fender. Sweet.

At least my insurance rates didn't go up. It was her bloody fault.

 

[mkloby]

I had an 04 wrangler w/ a steel rear bumper - had some lady back into me - cracked her rear bumper and all i had to do was flick her paint off my bumper. I was quite pleased.

 

[Stuka-Pilot 44]

This is my Sunday auto....85k miles...(in July 1985 - cost was $16,545.)
The great gas miles comes from 5-in-line-cylinders.
No major repairs...only wiper blades, oil/and filter, brake pads, timing belt-at 60k.
The German's build them great.

 

[Erich]

my bug ugly truck has had the whole outside bed and rear end done over in 2-4 inches of steel ream and plate many a moon ago and with the rear end slightly higher than the front, besides my way cool look down the road and small low riders that hit me spells the death knell of all. I've probably had at least 6-8 incidences with each time the goof offs hitting me not watching what they were doing, one guy, and I will shorten this up, stole a classic Mustang one eve an came around a corner in slightly foggy weather and decided to rip the right side of car from nose to tail, i watched the whole mass come clean off like opening a tuna can with a can opener, it flayed that sucker of a car, tore out the radiator in part and the fool tried to jam it around the next corner and roads up north ......... I was laughing my head off as the police just followed the trail of coolant on the road to the scoundrels home. it just flicked a bit of black paint off the steel plates on the left side of my truck.

I do wonder about people sometime

 

[R-2800]

Still gets 32mpg on highway - not sad for a 1985!

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This is my Sunday auto....85k miles...(in July 1985 - cost was $16,545.)
The great gas miles comes from 5-in-line-cylinders.
No major repairs...only wiper blades, oil/and filter, brake pads, timing belt-at 60k.
The German's build them great.

Can't beat German engineering

 

[pbfoot]

Can't beat German engineering

sure you can Japanese cars are miles better ask anyone who drives one