[Al_U_Card]

What are you driving and what do you wish you were driving?

[sceptic]

now a Nissan 350z ( also a ford focus 1.8 petrol company car, which sucks and a Kia Picanto, which is fun for a small car that does well over 50 mpg) wish I was driving a 1959 corvette or an Austin Healy 3000 or a Rover PB5, dam this must be the hardest question , I have ever seen in the forums
I also fancy a EVO 10 and a long list of great motors

[kenberg]

Current: A 2001 Honda Accord. Before that, a 1990 Honda Accord. My general strategy is to buy a car, keep it for ten years or so, and repeat. very boring but it gets the job done.

If if if I lived in a different time and place I can imagine various possibilities. On my paper route of long ago a guy had an Alfa Romeo that he would take out for a spin early, before anyone but the paperboy was up. That car sounded as if it wanted to be going at least 70 or 80 just to get all of its cylinders warmed up. Living in the time and place that I do, the Honda is fine. I can be stuck in traffic in a Honda, or stuck in traffic in a Jaguar. Doesn't much matter. And when I hit the deer a couple of years ago, fixing the Honda was a lot cheaper.

[hrothgar]

kenberg, on Dec 15 2008, 12:40 AM, said:

Current: A 2001 Honda Accord. Before that, a 1990 Honda Accord. My general strategy is to buy a car, keep it for ten years or so, and repeat. very boring but it gets the job done.

Funny that...

I am currently driving a 2000 Honda Accord
Before that, I was driving a 1989 Honday Accord

I very much wish that I had convenient access to a Zip Car, but they only have two cars within three miles of my apartment

[jdonn]

2008 Hyundai Tiburon with JDONN license plates

Obv I would want something more expensive, but for the amount of money I make I love it.

[helene_t]

I got a bicycle from the local recycling center. Payed 50 pounds for it.

[kenberg]

helene_t, on Dec 14 2008, 05:21 PM, said:

I got a bicycle from the local recycling center. Payed 50 pounds for it.

See the sub-heading, Helene. It's a guy thing.

Although I do remember a female friend who I always thought inspired the Beach Boys:

Well she got her daddy's car
And she cruised through the hamburger stand now
Seems she forgot all about the library
Like she told her old man now
And with the radio blasting
Goes cruising just as fast as she can now

And she'll have fun fun fun
till her daddy takes the t-bird away

[Gerben42]

A 2007 Daihatsu Cuore.

What would I wish to be driving?

Some small open top car, I guess. Perhaps a Mini Cooper Convertible? I haven't really thought about it much. Anyway, when someone suddenly drops a lot of money on my doorstep, I'll think about it some more. More likely I'd spend it on an apartment first, though.

[Elianna]

Helene, I guess we are only allowed to comment on topics that are about sewing, knitting, and cooking (preferably barefoot and pregnant).

[Aberlour10]

1) An old (1999) Nissan Almera


2) hmmmm...maybe Al Bundy's '74 Mighty Dodge for the cool trip on the Route 66

[jillybean]

A Chrysler Town & Country for the family, the dog, the ski gear.

An electric scooter for any other time - no registration, no insurance, no gas greenhouse or otherwise.
http://www.electriccoast.com/

What I'd drive if money and morals were no objective; a convertible, BMW preferably. BLACK

[Fluffy]

I drive a 1994 Peugeot 106, I love it because it looks so old I don't have to worry about it being stolen, robbed or anything at all. Also it is completelly unable to go over the speed limit for highways, so I am kinda safe now the traffic police is getting mad about speed drivers.

No matter how much money I had, I would feel like buying an expensive car would be a waste of money, except maybe for security reasons.

[kfay]

Currently I drive a Mercier Orion that I like a lot... cars don't quite fit into my budget.

2 years ago I got my motorcycle license. I'm hoping to get a Honda CBR 600 F4i, black. But there's obviously a lot of opposition from my family about this... especially since I kind of have a history of getting into bike accidents. In my defense, though... they were mostly the result of riding second-hand bikes and my new Orion has yet to fail me... and it sure does fly.

My dream car is a Porche 911 Turbo. Green.

In high school I drove a 1994 Honda Civic which I really loved. I liked having a cheap car that I didn't worry about and probably that's what I'd do unless I become super-rich one day.... but man.... I'd sure love that Porche or that motorcycle.

[Codo]

I drive a very boring VW Sharan after my Chrysler Trans Sport was simply unpayable due to his thurst. (No diesel). (Is it diesel in english too?)

On weekends I drive our Jaguar M-Type, nice car. Before we bought it, I never thought that cars can be fun, they always had been just a tool to get me from A to B. But I learned better.

I always dream of the cars I drive. I am satisfied.

[Fluffy]

In spannish we have Diesel (cheap fuel), and 'Gasolina' (expensive fuel).

[keylime]

I currently drive a 2008 Hyundai Elantra, electric blue. Very pretty car. At least Jen thinks that...

What I really want to drive...depends on mood. '68 Stingray Corvette, '73 Ferrari 512BB, 1982 BMW E30, Aston Martin DB9, '57 Maserati 200Si (yum), and of course, an Audi TDI Le Mans car, and a 1996 Audi A8, the car that saved my life.

Confession: Seeing Jen drive up in that Corvette....another thread for that!

[Rossoneri]

BMW (Bus, Mass Rapid Transit, Walk!)

[han]

I drive a nice bike. BLACK.

[Al_U_Card]

I have a black 2006 Hyundai Azera, the best car I have ever had the pleasure of owning or driving.

I had always wanted an Audi Quattro but the Azera is more than enough for me.

The initial blurb

[Cascade]

36" Coker.

Crashed and fell heavily just over two weeks ago. Last week I finally got around to going to the doctor and they xrayed my wrist and decided it was fractured. Had my hand put in a plaster cast (technically just a back slab or something - half a cast). On Friday I went back to the doctor and he said he had sent my xray off to some specialist who had reported back that he did not think there was a fracture. So they removed the cast. Now I have a (very) sore wrist but don't know what is wrong with it or how long it will take to get better - "a bad contusion on the bone".

Earlier this year we were driving an Audi A4 1998 (brown) and a Nissan Lucino 1994 (dark gray almost black). In three weeks I managed to write-off both cars. Some guy turned in front of the Audi when I was going straight through the traffic lights in the pouring rain. I didn't manage to stop in time. The damage didn't look bad but the insurance company wrote the car off. Three weeks later I was stopped properly waiting for traffic so that I could turn right (we drive on the left) and some guy drove full speed (about 70-80 km/h) into the back of me - he claimed afterwards he did not see me. I saw him moments before impact in the rear vision mirror.

We now have a Rover MG F convertible 1996 (British Racing Green). Very nice for the summer. And great for when I go away to bridge tournaments on my own - my bridge partner lives 3 hrs away so I am frequently driving long distances by myself.