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| erikl |
favorite car?after the favorite song and alcoholic drink topics, what about a favorite car topic?My favorite car is of course the car I now own 
although in the light of global warming totaly wrong, I just love the soft ride and the sound of american cars 
I must admit, for a american car it's not the coolest around, if I ever win the jackpot, I want something like this: 
(but it's more likely that I sell the car I now have for something smaller...) So, what's your favorite car? |
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| rangerssteamtoys |
My favorite car Is a 1964 chevelle. My dad has one, its got a 454 HP engine and its a sleeper.
I want it for a highschool car but, no way, is what my dad said |
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| andysleigh |
perhaps the older mini's, or the old mustang | ||||||
| toxx |
... I have to be satisfied with my Aston Martin Vanquish. 
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| johnreid |
I used to dream of owning a Porsche 911, now I am satisfied with what I have. If I was to win the Lotto, I really dont know what I would go and buy. Sporty, but practical what ever that is.
I always wanted a 59 Cadillac, but that would not be an everyday driver. Erik, a Caddy would be much nicer than the Lincoln |
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| steamyjim |
Im very much a Aston Martin fan...
But it has to be between the Buggati Veyron OR Aston Martin DB9 (or even the DBS  )
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| toxx |
... traded me DBS for the Vanquish. A lot better than the old Lagonda! Couldn't chase a Dodge Viper with her, plus: Carb blew on the A1. What a mess!
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| erikl |
In the last year that I've now owned this car I've also noticed that it isn't the ideal car to use as a everyday driver, parking can be a real challenge here in the netherlands. there are also a lot of nice caddys, but I just love that enormous nose and the small oval back windows of that lincoln |
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| steamyjim |
HAVE I GOT THIS RIGHT... YOU HAVE A VANQUISH!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD 
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| toxx |
... Jim, I'm such a devil!  I can't even afford a bus ticket!
Please forgive me for pulling your leg ... ahhh! It's the weather, it's the weather! The rain!
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| steamyjim |
AAAAh you had me there 
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| James |
LMFAO Tom!
I don't have a favorite car, I don't like them!! If I had to chose from anything though, none steam, it would be either an old Land Rover (series 1) or an Austin 7. |
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| Mamodman123 |
At this moment in time a Mk2 Ford Escort! Almsot anything old with a ford badge goes with me! I hate new cars! Not the looks just, they aren't great to drive IMO 
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| Griffin |
That's a beauty MM, and an early one too. It has FORD written on the grille, the later ones used the Ford blue oval badge. The ultimate fast Ford has to be the RS200, 650 HP, 0-60 in about 3-4 seconds Thats why they banned them from rallying.
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| Mamodman123 |
Holy crap thats quick
I am on the lookout for a nice ish Mk2. Trying to find a small engined one is difficult as they've all been gutted and made into rally cars
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| Griffin |
Sadly there arn't many about today. As you say they have either been used for Rallying, and the rest have long gone to the scrap yard in the sky. I did see a nice Ghia one the other day though. |
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| Mamodman123 |
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP...sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
That ones has survived well enough! Will go for a fair amount though 
Loving the green seats either way
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| Griffin |
Not to keen on the seat colour
Carn't get over the current price, they weren't that much when new
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| Mamodman123 |
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT...PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thats expensive then
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| Griffin |
It's because it's a two door. It will be destined to be a rally car, so the furry seats will go, and it will have an engine of about five times the current horse power slapped in
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| Lewis |
my fav car or cars
Ford Mustang 1969 Ford GT40 or Ford GT
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| Mamodman123 |
True Griffn
Lewis...Ford...good man
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| johnreid |
Come on, this is a Car
Instead I a drive this, but as I said I really like it. It has the Sports suspension and is a car with a truck body, light hauling only. Koni Shocks, Anti Sway Bars, 16" Low Profile Wide tires, it sticks to the road like a true sports car. 
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| Mamodman123 |
IF you saw the size of our roads in England you would laugh..... and get stuck
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| johnreid |
The Sonoma is a mini pickup, it would do just fine. The 59 Caddy, that might be a different story. | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
How wide is the pickup in feet? |
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| johnreid |
67.9 inches wide
An Escort is 67.0 inches wide. |
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| Mamodman123 |
Sporty number what size engine?
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| johnreid |
That us where the sportiness ends for me, I chose the 2.8 Litre 4 Cylinder for fuel economy. However I am an old VW driver that likes good handling over high horsepower. Sadly though, I only get about 25 MPG | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
 you say that like 2.8 is small..... Mine is less than a litre
25 is a lot better than some of the 4X4's that go around here 
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| TRAPPERKEEPER |
My 69' mustang gets about 11 miles to the gallon I'd guess, but it's worth it!! I'll have to get a new car for college next year though, my parents don't trust it to get me there and back so many times
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| IndianaRog |
In another life I owned this car, a Corvette C5 coupe w/ 5 liter engine and a 6 speed manual transmission... despite being a joy to drive, it was actually good on fuel...rated 28 mpg on the highway. I used it to commute 30,000 miles a year and enjoyed every mile. Now I drive a small Chevy S-10 pickup Ah, those were the days!!!
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| Nick |
'68 Firebird:
But I drive a '92 Buick LeSabre with 208,000 miles on it. |
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| Nick |
Rog,
My favorite Corvette would have to be the Sting Ray '63-'67, preferably split window '63. Corvettes were great looking up through the late 70's and in recent years, the new ones are looking just as good, if not better than some of the old ones. |
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| Nick |
I can't wait until tomorrow night (Tuesday January 15th). The Barret-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale will be on tv all week. If you get it on tv, check it out.
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/ |
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| Reid |
It was the car for the masses worldwide;
the car they all hoped to upgrade from. I'll tell you it was my favorite car. 
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| Sandman |
My favourite must be the 60s Chevy Impala.
I've been lucky enough to drive one ,as my mate in Cananda has a beautiful bright red example, like new. The satisfied grin tells all.
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| tmuir |
My favourite car is my work car.
I can drive it anywhere I want when ever I want and I don't pay for the insurance, rego, servicing or fuel for it.
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| bessytractor |
Citroen Berlingo
don't laugh, its got an enormous boot that can carry a 7 1/4" steam loco and tender! then again...so do Hummers. don't like them though..... I call my mums Berlingo the "Beluga"! |
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| Minor1PJG |
James, I would love a Series I Land Rover but for an every day vehicle I have to go for the more modern Land Rover Defender
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| johnreid |
I am sure your mechanic would love you to have it too, any French Car I ever owned spent more time in the shop than on the road, I have owned Renault, Peugeot, but I admit I never owned a Citroen. |
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| toxx |
... I'm a fan of the Hummer Humvee and the H2. I do not own either one. Saw a Humvee yesterday here in town - big as tank, petrol wasting and polluting the environment. Was ready to throw stones at it and start to chant an abusive song towards the driver - but as it passed, I read the sign 'Test Humvee Hybrid Car'. I looked this up on google, it seems, it uses a hydrogen/ petrol motor.
Fascinating ... Greetz, Tom |
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| Mamodman123 |
Haven't you got a Ford Capri, Tom? | ||||||
| toxx |
... yes sir! And I will never part from her!
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| Mamodman123 |
Nice one Tom
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| toxx |
... Reid, is that your Tin Lizzy? | ||||||
| IndianaRog |
Tony an all expenses paid car is THE best car...had one about 30 years ago as a traveling salesman and didn't know how good I had it!! | ||||||
| mc_mc |
If money were no object then I'd go for an Aston Martin for fun.
But if I really had that sort of cash then I think I'd also probably employ a chauffeur and then get a modified stretch limo style Jeep as I'm not a huge fan of driving to be honest. 
Probably not in pink though.
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| Cedge |
For pure red neck country boy fun it's hard to beat my 1978 CJ5 Jeep. 304 cubic inches of raw power that goes anywhere you want it to go.
Steve 
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| bessytractor |
basically a Citroen Saxo is the same as a Peugeot 106, just a different body and interior styling. The reason as I'm sure your aware is that they come out of the same factories. The 106 in its most brutally basic version is a amazingly simple machine. My mums one ran out of coolant and the whole engine just threw its toys out and revved up and down and up and down and was just a mess! Dad pulled out the tiny block, filled in the pitting which was allowing coolant into the sump (and thus draining the tank) with metal filled epoxy and job was a good un. It ran for a further two years before it got rammed by an SUV and totalled. This brought about the saga of the Berlingo, again the brutally basic one. |
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| Mamodman123 |
I'm with John any peugeot we ever had was a pile of rubbish
My dad spent £3500 over about 5 years on his 405 engine..... Lesson learnt
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| bessytractor |
every vehicle we have is Peugeot, even our pushbikes! They have all done sterling service, so maybe we are just lucky! |
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| Mamodman123 |
Saying that my grandad had a great 205, took it well round the clock and only fell victim to a woman driver
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| erikl |
ah, I love that one! from the time they made cars look like they could fly , where's the creativity in car design today?
I love the corevette's too, no sophisticated bs, just a lot of brute horesepower . I also like the older ones, with that big curved front.
those have nice interiors too, anyone said red? 
What I really like too is the 1994 impala SS: 
It's based on the car I have, but a lot faster (it's got the engine from a corvette, better suspension) and a lot of other options. It was meant to be a real "bad guy's" car. Available in any color, as long as it's black
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| Nick |
That last post left me drooling. All great cars. 
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| TRAPPERKEEPER |
Nice Reid, I want to buy a Model T in the future, I love watching them in parades
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| Les |
Triumph Herald, with a bolt on top!! | ||||||
| rangerssteamtoys |
Nice vette Rog, I'm a little later because I've already posted my favorite car. But I have a vette too, well my dad does, a 93 vette with an amazing 250,000 miles and still runs nice. But his main transport is a big chevy 4-door 3500, with bad 12mpg. |
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| Nick |
Ranger, don't you have an old car in your garage too. I think I remember seeing something in a video of yours. | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
Top gear
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| rangerssteamtoys |
Very true, the old one is a 1940 chevy with 85hp
That was my dads second restoration. His first was a 1964 chevelle, and now a 93 corvette. |
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| Nick |
I'd love to see a pic of that chevelle.
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| Nick |
Look what sold for $6500 on that Barret Jackson car auction I was talking about:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/ap...Details.aspx?&In_LotNumber=67 |
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| tmuir |
Thats a bargain.
What was wrong with it? The ones I've seen for sale in OZ want about $40 000 OZ for them.
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| Nick |
It was built on a car building show called Monster Garage. All of their builds on Tuesday's auction were going for less than $10,000. Check the show out here:
http://www.monstergarage.com/home.php |
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| Nick |
They had a car/jetboat from the show that only got $9000. I bet they weren't expecting these prices for their tv history.
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| erikl |
That's quite a bargain if it's working!
and look who's lurking in the background of picture one
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| Nick |
Who's lurking in the background, your car! | ||||||
| johnreid |
On Labor Day ( an American Holiday ) there is an automobile auction in Auburn Indiana, home of the Auburn Dusenberg Cord museum, they frequently will outdo even that auction Nick. | ||||||
| MTA |
My favourite car, and one I wish to own one day is an Aston Martin DB5
http://www.ajb007.co.uk/images/2005-11/astonmartindb5-frontside.jpg |
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| Mamodman123 |
Good luck MTA Saying that the original goldfinger DB5 is still MIA
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| MHLR |
I aint posted on the forum for a long while (as I'm a 16mm GR enthusiast), but I thought I needed to but in here... Steve, I'm afraid to say, If you want to go anywhere, you need a vehicle like mine: A Land Rover Dender 90. IT KICKS JEEPS ASS!!!!!!!! 
LOL, couldnt resist that!
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| Mamodman123 |
At least its not in the centre of London
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| MHLR |
People who drive a Defender around in London are mad!!!
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| Mamodman123 |
They drive bigger believe me
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| Minor1PJG |
Land Rover Defender - Good choice
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| V8Nick |
I love the lights-in-grill Landys. However, mine looks like this... 
Honourable mention to the mini, my first car... 
But my personal favourite is is the Rover SD1 (preferably the 3500 V8 ) 
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| James |
I'm on with a Land Rover for me 1st car
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| Nick |
I thought it was a tractor for you?
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| James |
Oh aye aye when I'm 16 but when I'm 17 it'll be das Auto
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| MHLR |
Old Landys are good, but as Im a serious off roader, the leaf springs aint too good for that... so it's summut with coils. That landy I pictured is my first car BUT im not 17 yet  ...
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| johnreid |
There is a Rover car like that about two miles down the road from here, it burned from an electrical fire. You do not see too many Rover cars, but do see an occasional Land Rover around here. | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
Mini
Rover 
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| erikl |
A mini is a cool car too, but here in the netherlands they're expensive if you want a good one.
I've already found the perfect car to replace the one I had: 
although I think I'll have to win the lottery first... it's more likely my next car will be something like this |
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| Nick |
Now that's a car! 
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| MooseMan |
1974 Jensen Interceptor MKIII.........
I drive a Skoda BTW...... |
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| Mamodman123 |
I saw about 15 of these outside the car museum the other week! Their group was having a gathering of some sort! Fantastic machines! |
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| Nick |
There's a different Jensen I'd rather have.
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| Roundy |
always fancied a range rover classic- 3.9 v8
body of a series 2 a landy on a defender- best of boath worlds would b gd or an austin a35 van wen we had 2 series 3s i was planing on useing 1 as my first car but i could not find anyone that would insure a 17 year old in a 2.25 petrol!- even tho you would only be going about 50 mph |
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| Minor1PJG |
I had the same problem Roundy so my first car was a Fiesta 
My third car was a Land Rover Series 3 though:lol: |
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| Roundy |
I found that as nice as it would be to run an old landy- they can be a pain and u caan spend lots of time lying under the bloody thing at the weekends.
and u rle wouldnt want to be in an accident in an old landy- u r the crumple zone- i nearly did- we had a wheel bearing collapse on the m3 and it pulled across 3 lanes of motorway traffic- s**t scary. - friend used series 3 as first car - was grate when he worked on a farm but was like driving a tractor!!! |
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| TE1A_man |
2008 ford f-350 super duty 350hp 6.4L twin turbo powerstroke deisel V8, 650ft-lb of tourqe. |
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| Mamodman123 |
Its a good job there aren't any proper corners in America
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| TE1A_man |
thats true, my dad had that almost same truck (but it was a 1999, and had the 7.3L powerstroke), parallel parking was a complete nightmare, especially with those duallys on it. | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
That thing would have serious issues down our country lanes and tght town centres
Whats its top speed? |
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| TE1A_man |
the 1999 f-350 my dad had, we had the speedometer overbearing when racing a 1997 dodge 2500, and the speedometer goes to 100mph. The new 2008's will go 120mph easily. | ||||||
| Mamodman123 |
Not bad for something that probably weighs a few tonnes!
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| TE1A_man |
I believe the long bed crew cabs (as shown above) weight close to 10000 pounds. | ||||||
| johnreid |
I have owned my share of full sized pickups, but mostly for work purposes. Those dualies will pull a trailer like none other. It is a little impractical for a drive to the store or general errands. However mine were usually GMC, I miss my last full size, it was a 3/4 ton 4X4 K2500 Sierra. It had the V8 and all, but still got around 18 mpg on the highway. I dont need a big truck any more so I now drive the mini pick up.
It all has to do with what you do with the vehicle. Some people need a truck, some dont. |
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| TE1A_man |
what makes me angry is when someone who lives in a suburban home drives a huge suv or pickup truck. I guess its ok if your a handyman, but a soccermom does not need a full sized suv to pick up groceries. why don't they drive regular cars, so people who drive suv's or pickups to pull or haul don't need to worry so much about pollution. |