I'll show you mine, if you show me yours?

RegH · 25 Jan 2008, 00:10

Okay, Here's the 2 rides we now have.
And the coolest old RV we ever had.
Darn! That old Mercedes was fun! Nuthin' beats a diesel!

Gaieus · 25 Jan 2008, 00:11

I have a bicycle. No photos though.
I live about half a minute from my workplace and everything I often go to is in walking distance. If not, I take a bus - or in very extreme cases borrow my parents' car (once or twice a year).

rsw · 25 Jan 2008, 01:33

here's my 1.0 nissan micraRichard

rsw · 25 Jan 2008, 01:35

and reliable too (for a 12 year old car anyway)

richcat · 25 Jan 2008, 01:36

My good old Scooby 140,000 miles, and still original exhaust

lewiswadsworth · 26 Jan 2008, 02:15

I used to drive one of these...just this color (although I just pulled this image from the web)...but it was only a two seater and therefore not terribly useful once my first daughter was born. So I sold it for almost as much as I had paid for it two years before. I actually see my old car fairly regularly parked in the neighborhood...there just weren't many of these things sold, although I enjoyed it quite a bit and it handled snow and ice beautifully. I never got the 70 miles per gallon that some claimed it was capable of, but consistently I did pull between 54-60 MPG when I was driving back and forth between Boston and New Haven on the highway.

(I also own a Toyota Prius, but we all know what they look like. My wife usually drives it.)

P:

Will03 · 26 Jan 2008, 02:26

Here are my babies, presented in a very un-glorifying photo. I love them both, and they serve me very well.

I also have a red 1994 VW Jetta (which I hate) and a 1981 240 DL Coupe Volvo (which I love)

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/1618686

Ross Macintosh · 26 Jan 2008, 02:46

I'm finding this thread quite interesting. It has me thinking about the vehicles in my life. Although I'm 46 I've only owned three cars. I remember my father telling me that he's owned something like 40+ different cars over the years! (I presume most were used junk that frequently needed replacement with another 'newer' used car). The vehicle I learned to drive on was a 69' Datsun pickup similar to the attached pic. I have many fond memories of it. My dad was in the military and he had a tour of duty with the UN at the Gaza Strip -- so the year he was away my mom let me drive his old beater pickup.

Once I was pulled over by a cop for speeding. I got the cop laughing about how it was damned near impossible to get the little shitbox truck moving anywhere near the speed limit. He let me off with a warning.

You know I'd love to have that truck again. You guys can have your nice status cars -- I'd be happy putting along in that old shitbox with its 66hp 1000cc engine and rusty floorboards.

Regards, Ross

Mike Lucey · 26 Jan 2008, 02:51

Here is my little darling, she's getting a old now,
9 years, but only 45,000 miles on the clock. I do
so little milage these days it probably will do me
for another five years. By that time there should
be loads of electric cars on the market to choose
from.

It really doesn't make a lot of sense having a (nearly)
2 ton vehicle transporting just one person. I been
thinking about this a lot lately. I wonder will some
car manufacture introduce a modular car, one that the
driver could configure in the morning and decide on a
single, two or four seater or a pick up.

It the meantime I'm realising a life long ambition of
mine, I should have a Fuoco next Friday. They have
just reached the UK market and I have a red one on
it's way to me. So for those short runs to / from
town I will be using just 500cc against 3400cc, my
effort towards carbon reduction

Mike

PS: A couple of weeks ago my friend's girlfriend
asked me if I knew what was the difference between
a Porsche and a Porcupine ...... I'm still trying to
figure it out

Daniel Bouchard · 26 Jan 2008, 02:55

Here's my Nissan Altima 2005. It's my second Nissan Altima and It's really a very good car. I never had a problem with those two cars.

The situation was very different with my first ones.
My first car was a Datsun 1200 1972 (I bought 2 Datsun to make one in 1977 and It took approximatively 5 minutes to reach 60 miles per hour with this new "bomb");
My first brand new car was a Renault 5 1979 (I had a lot of fun with it but the motor exploded at 25 000 kilometers),
The next was a Toyota Tercel SR-5 1982 bought new the day after I had a new job (It was a wonderful car);
Subsequently I bought a Chevrolet Cavalier 1988 (nothing to say about this car), changed 1 year after for a Toyata Van 1988, when my first son was born.

And my worst car was a Oldsmobile Cutless Supreme 1991 bought in 1992. This car was a nightmare!!! (The paint peeled off, the motor fell down on the road, the fire caught inside the steering wheel, the front left wheel fell down when I was on the highway and so on...).

And now, my dream car!!!

Daniel Bouchard · 26 Jan 2008, 02:57

@Mike
Do you know the "Can-Am Spyder" from "Bombardier" in Quebec? I think that's exactly what you are looking for.

http://spyder.brp.com/

Mike Lucey · 26 Jan 2008, 02:59

@daniel bouchard said:

@Mike
Do you know the "Can-Am Spyder" from "Bombardier" in Quebec? I think that's exactly what you are looking for.

http://spyder.brp.com/

That's a mean machine but it doesn't 'tilt', not
that I can make out any how.

I would have preferred a Vectrix 3-Wheel but its not yet
available. They are using the same dual front wheel
parallelogram technology as the Fuoco.
http://www.vectrixeurope.com/Portal/3/L ... vices.aspx

If Susan is looking for electric transport, this could
be the answer.

Iglesias · 26 Jan 2008, 03:01

Here are mine. Petrol force and legs force

Gaieus · 3 Feb 2008, 03:23

Well, it's easy for the Dutch - it's all flat there...

Krisidious · 3 Feb 2008, 03:24

awesome coen....

Ross Macintosh · 3 Feb 2008, 03:25

Is that your office Coen?

Charlie__V · 3 Feb 2008, 03:26

Main ride..... alongside some interesting vehicles (equipment).. :~)

C

EDIT:
Sorry, trouble uploading/Image...see links

BTW,
Thanks Kelly /
Coen

Nick W · 3 Feb 2008, 03:32

I've got to give honorable mention to my favorite old beater - the '86 Country Squire. It was just too fun, especially in the winter, to not worry about driving over the occasional curb, or through the woods, or ramming the occasional snow bank. And oh, the fun of rear-wheel drive in the Wisconsin winters - one time I actually took a phone call start to finish while spinning donuts in a huge open parking lot. Immature, you say? Yes, I suppose so, but oh boy was it fun
Now I've got to apologize to those of you who are doing your part to save the planet. I'm afraid I am not doing my part with this one... My dad and I have been working together on our '69 Mustang for 17 years now - he bought it when I was 10 years old. We plan to paint it this winter. We've fixed or replaced just about everything but the rear-end gears and the paint. Rebuilt the engine a few years ago (351 Cleveland - for those of the metric persuasion, that's about 5.85 Liters after after a slight bore and stroke job) and put in a Tremec T5WC manual trans. We decided a long time ago that it's better to get the mechanicals in order before painting it up to look pretty. Nothing against those who choose to do it in a different order, but I didn't want to have the beautiful paint job with blue smoke coming out the tailpipe... or sitting broken down on the side of the road (though I had my share of those experiences too). I've learned a lot over the years from my dad while working on it. Some more details for those who might care to know: I estimate it's putting out 360hp and 390ft-lbs torque - never had it on a dyno or timed it at a track. My dad and I also designed and fabricated Shelby-style tractions bars.
Before the local activists track me down and let the air out of my tires, I will note that I often drive my wife's car to work to offset my mileage at least a little bit. And I ride my bike whenever I can, too. The car is an '05 Hyundai Elantra. It's dark blue - if you want to see it, type the following into Google image search "dark blue 2005 hyundai elantra". The bike is a Yukon Giant - nothing special, but it's been good to me and is tough enough to survive 5 years on the UW-Madison campus (45,000 students makes for a lot of bikes on the bike racks and I've seen plenty of bike skeletons laying chained to a rack due to negligence or vandalism).

Peace,
Nick

Krisidious · 3 Feb 2008, 03:34

I love that you guys love mustangs...

a few of my babies...

![my 88 GT Dart II Heads, 1 5/8" Headers, E303 Cam, 3:55 Gears...](/uploads/imported_attachments/ReAu_88.jpeg "my 88 GT Dart II Heads, 1 5/8" Headers, E303 Cam, 3:55 Gears...")

Ray Brown · 3 Feb 2008, 03:37

Like Susan, I went to the web for an image, but here's a near copy of my "8". Fourth, and best, Mazda I've owned, and the first brand new car I've owned in 25 years.