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Driving something new/old/interesting you want to share with the group? I suppose if you're driving some boring piece of crap, you could wax nostalgic about a beloved car of your distant past. I just want to hear about your cars... |
What are YOU driving?
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cyber_nicco 464 posts
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shamblemonkee 17,967 posts
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Registered 17 years agoare you seeing who will be most succesfully bribed for a large ransom? -
cyber_nicco 464 posts
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Registered 19 years agoShhh. Don't scare them off. 
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Toyota Celica, red, fast and very comfy.
However its mpg is not so hot (about 30 - 35) and as I'm using the thing a lot (60 miles a day), it will be getting traded in very soon for something totally different like an Aygo (looks and goes like crap, but 70 mpg).
Used to have a Honda VF500 F2. 0-60 in under 3 seconds, (nearly fell off the back first time I opened the accellerator gently) looked and drove amazing. -
cyber_nicco 464 posts
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Registered 19 years ago30 to 35 mpg is nothing to shake a stick at. Especially if it's red, fast, and comfy. I don't know what an Aygo is, but is sure SOUNDS ugly. .gif)
I was leaving motorcycles out for the moment, but I guess we'll allow yours in.
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoVolvo V50.
It's less boring than it sounds.
It has the high performance sound package and xenon lights, so it's the equivalent of wearing a suit with sneakers underneath. -
angeltreats 2,601 posts
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Registered 15 years agoA T-reg 1.3L Micra called Jim. Laugh if you want, but I love it, and it's doing over 40 mpg in really horrid driving conditions. Top speed seems to be roughly 95 mph. Coming up to 106,000 miles on the clock but still in great nick. I've been doing about 300 miles a week in it.
I'd like something that did 0-60 a bit quicker though.
One day I will have a 370Z. -
Beeper85 135 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSeat Ibiza 06 reg. It's wicked bad -
cyber_nicco 464 posts
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Registered 19 years ago370Z would be nice - not to dismiss Jim. I currently have a Chevrolet Cobalt SS. It's actually much faster than it sounds. It has a lovely 260 hp/260 lb-ft engine and it handles amazingly for a FWD car. However, it has has a problem since it was new and I had to sue General Motors under California's "Lemon Law". Long and short of it is GM is buying it back from me any day now.
Today I ordered a Subaru WRX from the factory, and I am just trying to reassure myself I did the right thing. I love the car, but it won't perform quite to my current car's standards. Plus, I have up to 8 weeks to suffer from buyer's remorse before I even see the thing.
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shamblemonkee 17,967 posts
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Registered 17 years agoAngeleDei wrote:
Toyota Celica, red, fast and very comfy.
However its mpg is not so hot (about 30 - 35) and as I'm using the thing a lot (60 miles a day), it will be getting traded in very soon for something totally different like an Aygo (looks and goes like crap, but 70 mpg).
Same here, 04 Celica Red. The Red denotes it's a special edition, the car is actually silver.
My next car is currently planned to be a Focus ST, however if my heart rules my head I'd rather go for the new Toybaru due out next year i think. -
cyber_nicco wrote:
30 to 35 mpg is nothing to shake a stick at. Especially if it's red, fast, and comfy. I don't know what an Aygo is, but is sure SOUNDS ugly.
Yeah, but travelling 60 miles in a 30 mpg car costs about £10 a day at current fuel prices and they are just going up and up. Buying an Aygo will halve my fuel costs (so save about £1400 a year), take me from an insurance group 14 to a 1 (£180 after a lot of shopping around with full no claims to probably being paid to drive it), lower my road tax from £240 to £35 a year and reduce my tyre price from £150 each to £30 each (I change them every 15 months doing 15,000 a year). Yeah it looks like a Ford Ka (i.e not so nice), but its just a thing at the end of the day and even brand new is just £8,000 as opposed to £20,000 that my Celica cost me 10 years ago.
10 years also means that although my Celica has a nice growl (worn baffles), and a satisfying whistle when the injection system kicks in, it is also bound to break something bloody expensive deep within the innards shortly. Besides, I'm 43, I think its a genetic thing that I buy somethign old and sensible.
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Rankin 2,931 posts
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Registered 19 years agoA piece of shit 97 Renault Megane that won't pass it's next MOT (due in March) so it'll be getting scrapped.
And an 08 Suzuki 650 Bandit, which I love. -
Carlo 21,801 posts
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Registered 16 years ago59 plate (so about to be 'old') Honda Type R GT. average 21 mpg.
Yeah I know, "not as good as the ep3" blah blah blah. the difference is 1/2 a car length so stop bitching, I've got a new car, not an old one. If performance means that much to ep3 owners, they would have bought a S2000. Besides, most people couldn't tell you why an ep3 over an fn2 other than what Clarkson told them.
I would have loved to had got a Toyota Celica, Supra, or MR2, but of course Toyota stopped selling performance cars a few years ago. -
cyber_nicco 464 posts
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Registered 19 years ago@AngeleDei
I didn't mean to suggest it wasn't a sensible decision - just that it sounded ugly.
I think a VFR *11000* would be a bit excessive. Unless you are actually trying to leave orbit, that is. -
Yeah I know cyber_nicco. I was as much convincing myself. I love the Celica, but its just not bloody affordable. I would love to buy another, but as Carlo said, you cant get them, but you have to move on and the fuel costs are starting to kill me. Its not nice knowing its costing me £10 just to get to work.
Talking of which, I'm late, so I'm about to get in the old hunk of junk and burn up some motorways...
Oh and remove a "0" from that motorbike...sadly... -
ScoutTech 2,428 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI am a man of many vehicles. I have a Ford Fusion that is my all right car. Not enough oomph but does around 50mpg and is comfy. For oomph I have a Kawa Z750s and for real fun and tinkering I have a 1972 SIIa Lightweight Land Rover soft top. -
SlackMaster 3,156 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHyundai i20 1.2... Needed a reliable car that's good on fuel economy. They come with a lot of extras that usually wouldn't be standard. -
JuanKerr 37,710 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBugatti Veyron. -
coastal 5,432 posts
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Registered 15 years agoToyota Celica, fast, all white and very comfy. Mine's the 6 series and would love to Castrol decal up the sides. Costs me a £10 each day for work but a better car's going to cost not much less I reckon and if i were to sell i wouldn't get value for it. It's got at least 160,000 on the clock :-/ -
ScoutTech 2,428 posts
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Registered 17 years agoOhh and derailing slightly, if you are interested in keeping track of fuel then take a look at fuelly.com. Bit American-centric but you can log fill ups and it works it all out. You get pretty graphs too! -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years ago11 year old Hyundai Accent. Banana yellow. Only drive around 3k miles a year so who cares what it looks like. Need to exchange soon though, 3 doors ain't cutting it. -
Currently driving an 07 Renault Laguna estate. Its served me well, though I'm aware of the fact that the current market value is less than the outstanding finance on it so I'm looking to get rid of it and start over instead of continuing to sink money into it.
Being offered a pretty solid deal on a new Vauxhall Astra that would allow me to wash my hands of the Laguna without having to pay anymore, so seriously considering that at the moment. -
Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSeat Leon Cupra R - had it since Oct 2004 so it's getting on a bit. Fancy something different but don't know what.
Having owned two convertibles in the past (Spitfire and a Mercedes 420SL) I quite fancy some open top motoring again, but anything I get also needs to be a family car now that we have a 2 year old to cart about... is this combination possible? -
Cloudane 1,974 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMiss. Daisy -
elvenscroll 1,687 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMy Mondeo just got written off (by a taxi driver that didnt seem to know what brake lights meant) and I've just bought a P reg VW Golf with 53K on the clock. Cheap! -
shamblemonkee 17,967 posts
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Registered 17 years agoAlastair beamer and audi are the ones that come to mind. -
S.J.Rogers 3,593 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI have a 08 Nissan Navara that i use for my Kayaking and day to day use.
I also have an 01 Alfa Romeo Spider Twin Spark 16v Lusso that sleeps in the garage over winter and only comes out in the summer for some fun and sun. -
Zerobob 3,017 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI just bought a 2002 BMW 318 ci coupe (E46) last weekend. Lovely lovely leather interior. Rear wheel drive. Win. -
shamblemonkee wrote:
Alastair beamer and audi are the ones that come to mind.
Yep, the missus prefers the A4 to the 3 series. Need to have a proper look at boot space and the size of the back seats...
Thing is, he's only 2 so by the time he needs a decent amount of leg room I'll have bought another car anyway...
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