What kind of car do you drive?

And behold the cars of yakumo's wife:



Courtesy of google image finder

 

Hey virtual alan aren't you on the eastern side of the Atlantic?

 

My current car is a 1992 Saturn SL1. Here's a pic of what it sorta looks like:

courtesy of google image finder (this saturn is a 1995 SL1 but strangely looks exactly the same as mine yet the VIN says 1991 manufacturer date)


The only difference on mine is that it has no sun roof, it is of the same color that car in the picture is. I got my car for free but since March 2003 (when I got it) I had put about $2,000 into it already for mechanical repairs and still needs some more work sorta. With my new job I hope to be able to finance a brand new Honda Civic, those things are reliable and last way longer than a crappy Kia Rio (Expect that car to need some major repairs in 2005, honestly).

My current car handles pretty well, it doesn't burn oil and it doesnt leak any fluids. The only thing it really needs now is a new Rack and Pinion and those suckers cost a lot to fix/replace. One thing I like about this car though is that it has a built in turbo, well not really turbo. The thing is, the car is automatic transmission and next to the gearbox where I switch from Parking to Neutral to Drive, etc. there is this switch and on one side it says Performance and the other says Normal. It affects my acceleration and I accelerate faster when its on performance. But I have to get rid of this car quick before it becomes un-sellable.

My dream cars are:

-Lancer Evolution VII GSR
-Delorean (a restored delorean goes for $30k)
-Saab 900Se (this will be my next car after the civic but only until I land a job at a place like Lockheed Martin and get paid $50k/year you gotta love wars)

BTW Yakumo. I know an old highschool buddy of mine who owns the new Lancer EvoVIII. It is the same color as that and it runs great. He bought it with cash because he does street racing (the illegal kind). One race he won $15k and it was with the Evo. He and his buds had to high tail out of there before the losers went on a shooting rampage for loosing that much cash.

 

Only if Wimbledon has moved today and I`ve missed it :smt043

Posted this a while ago as I am waiting for a new black replacement as it was written off recently :smt022





Guy took picture while @ Nurbugring about this time last year and used on his site.

 

oh your quiet close to me... for now anyways till i move to horrible essex! :smt043

 

4 got to say...is a laugh playing PGR2 using my car and on the same track :smt040

 

datsun 510

I'm in the process of getting my license right now, planing on getting a datsun 510 aka nisan 510. Funny yakumo, the Lancer Evolution VIII is also my dream car (japanese version of course, not the butchered us version) although to some extent i prefer the evo VII.

 

2003 Nissan Altima 2.5 wanted the 3.5 but didn't want the payments and insurance.. :smt019

 

Yep, that's the one. But her's is silver.

Yakumo

 

We have a sort of in-joke with the Suzuki Wagon R+



It can also be called a "WENDY HOUSE" :smt043

For those not sure what I mean...................



OOOOOHHHHHHH a Silverbolt moment.......falls of chair laughing :smt023

 

Not really i don't get the joke :Hangman:

 

Ok virtual alan I'm not trying to be annoying but if you are in the UK how can you not be on the eastern side of the Atlantic?

 

:smt009

Sorry

We don`t really talk about which side of the Atlantic we are on in the UK

It`s more a US thing as you are always talking in East & West coast...hence my dumb reply

 

Can`t you see the similarities :smt017

 

Re: datsun 510

The lancer you're talking about is the Front Wheel Drive car that is 4cylinders 1.8liters. That one is the butchered one, however, for $50k you can get the US version of the Evo8. I saw 2 different colored Evo8s today as I was driving around here in Orlando, FL.

 

Yeah, but we all know that the japanese Evolution is best because it's a Right wheel drive :smt023 Plus you know nothing has been butchered.

Yakumo

 

OK. Tell me then? Tell me what parts HAVE been taken out, etc in the US version?

One thing I'm starting to see more over here in the US though is fake European License Plates. You know, the long ones with the big black lettering. I'm seeing all types of cars from, riced up civics to sh*tt* Toyota Corrollas and Camrys' from the freaking 80's. I laugh at the people who buy that stuff.

What really cracks me up though is when someone buy the plastic hub-cap spinnaz that barely spin and cost like $20 and puts them on their beaten-up car.

When I'm super rich, in the future, I will not just import videogames. I'll import cars from around the world. Did you know that it costs around $30k for a nicely equipped Lancer Evo6 to purchase, however if I wanted it shipped here, I'll have to pay at least $60k. That's insane, but worth it :smt033

 

The EVO's being sold in Brazil came from Japan, of course with the driver position different.

BUT, i still prefer the EVO VII over the EVO VIII. In fact i prefer a Nissan 240SX or a Skyline R32 over them rayer: :smt040

By the way, the "Sileighty" is the same as the 240SX, right?

 

That`s got to be a first US importing UK/EUROPE style stuff....normally we all follow the US like Tony Blair with his nose in George Bush`s arse crack.

:smt043 :smt043

Again with the importing cars..........on a UK Car program the other evening....they were looking at the joke of a 4 wheel drive the "Escalade" a real Pimp`s car......

US price fairly well loaded £28000

Import one to the UK £50000+

Laughable....but people do it :smt017

 

I drive a beat up Ford Mondeo on an M reg. It is a piece of crap that was given to me a couple of years ago by a friend of my wife. I really dislike cars, I dislike driving but unfortunatly it would take me about 3 hours+ on public transport to get to work (that is only a 35 mile journey too). Video games are cool, cars suck. If you get a train (or bus) home from work you can :drinkers: or have a :smt033 or play with your GameGear (or whatever handheld thing you like :smt043 )