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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Go Beavers wrote:

    I have an '05 Cooper S which I absolutely love. I begs to go into turns, compared to other cars that you feel like you are pushing and fighting through turns. My town has a lot of roundabouts, which is nice. The curve of my Mariners Pearl Jam sticker fits nicely over the arc of the rear wiper. I love the whine, too, and I'm 41.

    awesome. Nice to hear that someone else has the first gen as well here. I dont have a PJ sticker on it but I do have a sticker that says "your SUV is a POS" :lol:
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,289
    Suzi78 wrote:
    Saw this bling-bling Dodge Sebring in a parking lot outside Hurry Curry. Thought I should share.

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  • bigeye21
    bigeye21 Posts: 981
    Reviving this thread after spending most of the day yesterday cruising the back roads in my 2008 Mazda MX-5 Miata! 8-)

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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    bigeye21 wrote:
    Reviving this thread after spending most of the day yesterday cruising the back roads in my 2008 Mazda MX-5 Miata! 8-)

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    niiiiiiice


    i'm seeing alot more jeep wranglers on the road and couldn't be happier
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoe ... ealed.html

    Nice, Porsche is building a new mid engined car placed above the 911.
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    my uncle just sold his 63 Stingray after 25+ years...i thought he'd be buried with that car! Fastest thing I've ever ridden in
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Idris wrote:
    http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/267466/porsches_458_rival_revealed.html

    Nice, Porsche is building a new mid engined car placed above the 911.

    I heard they were gonna make a new bargain Porsche less expensive than the boxster months back. It was going to be mid engined as well.

    Anyway now that this thread is revived all I have to say after getting a job valeting cars is that I hate trucks and SUVs even more than I did. How anyone can live with those heaps of shit is beyond me. Theyre (escalades) a sad excuse for luxury, ride like complete shit, obnoxiously huge, made of plastic inside and out, cant even go off road despite that's what they were originally made for, designed for gold digging wives, horrible in every automotive aspect (gas,handling,performance) and of course just heaps of shit.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    :lol:

    so much hate for the truck...

    it's easy to live with a truck....once you accept it's not going to drive like a sports car, although i do drive a couple of corners around here hard. :lol:

    it's great when you are going to the store and need to carry something large home.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    The 81 wrote:
    :lol:

    so much hate for the truck...

    it's easy to live with a truck....once you accept it's not going to drive like a sports car, although i do drive a couple of corners around here hard. :lol:

    it's great when you are going to the store and need to carry something large home.

    The only "truck" I like is a wrangler. And I actually like them quite a bit
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    If and when you become a home owner, you will have a better appreiation for trucks. For example, yesterday i moved a half ton of top soil.
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    New Mini Coupe

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M07Nsje8LKc

    I like it, also sounds great.
  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Who Princess wrote:
    I'm married to a car guy. Maybe I could start a thread for the car guy widows? ;)

    Funny you talking about how there isn't a thread dedicated to cars. About 2 weeks ago I almost started one. My husband sold the 66 Volvo P1800 that he'd owned since 1983. It got me to thinking about how sentimental we are about our cars, even giving them names. I was curious if other people are like that.


    I'm married to a car guy too. He's got 2 '66 chargers, a '66 impala, and a 99 Durango. Mopars....and the chevy.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Lizardjam wrote:
    Who Princess wrote:
    I'm married to a car guy. Maybe I could start a thread for the car guy widows? ;)

    Funny you talking about how there isn't a thread dedicated to cars. About 2 weeks ago I almost started one. My husband sold the 66 Volvo P1800 that he'd owned since 1983. It got me to thinking about how sentimental we are about our cars, even giving them names. I was curious if other people are like that.


    I'm married to a car guy too. He's got 2 '66 chargers, a '66 impala, and a 99 Durango. Mopars....and the chevy.
    Likes the muscle cars, does he? He has good taste.

    People who are into cars often ask me why my prince didn't go for muscle cars, seeing as we grew up in the 60s. But he lived in England when he was a boy so his greatest weakness is old British sports cars.

    Besides the Volvo P1800, which was his first restoration (and truly, I couldn't believe when he sold it, I thought he'd be buried in it), we've had a 75 Volvo 164 for me, which I gave up kicking and screaming after 10 years. Then he brought home a 61 Austin Healey Sprite in pieces, which eventually became his daily driver for 7 years. He got tired of thinking that an SUV would drive over him some day and replaced it with a 67 MGBGT. That's his current ride. Since selling the P1800 he's been looking around for a new project and surprised me a couple of weeks ago by buying a 71 Mercedes sedan. It's not running but it was such a great buy! :roll: :lol: He thinks it will take him about a year to get it road worthy.

    The truth of it is, I'm really proud of him. And he could have a lot worse hobbies!
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    'Top Gear' Fans?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBClc6G_ ... re=related

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,458
    Lizardjam wrote:
    Who Princess wrote:
    I'm married to a car guy. Maybe I could start a thread for the car guy widows? ;)

    Funny you talking about how there isn't a thread dedicated to cars. About 2 weeks ago I almost started one. My husband sold the 66 Volvo P1800 that he'd owned since 1983. It got me to thinking about how sentimental we are about our cars, even giving them names. I was curious if other people are like that.


    I'm married to a car guy too. He's got 2 '66 chargers, a '66 impala, and a 99 Durango. Mopars....and the chevy.
    Daddy!!!! I finally found you after all these years. Can I have the car keys please?

    Mopar muscle rocks!!
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,458
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Lizardjam wrote:
    Who Princess wrote:
    I'm married to a car guy. Maybe I could start a thread for the car guy widows? ;)

    Funny you talking about how there isn't a thread dedicated to cars. About 2 weeks ago I almost started one. My husband sold the 66 Volvo P1800 that he'd owned since 1983. It got me to thinking about how sentimental we are about our cars, even giving them names. I was curious if other people are like that.


    I'm married to a car guy too. He's got 2 '66 chargers, a '66 impala, and a 99 Durango. Mopars....and the chevy.
    Daddy!!!! I finally found you after all these years. Can I have the car keys please?

    Mopar muscle rocks!!
    Mopar Nationals in town this weekend and I missed it. GRRRR.. But , driving home from work this afternoon, I was blessed with the sight of a 70 Hemi Cuda, 70 Superbee and a 65-66 Coronet. No way I could have took pics and maintained my usual 80 in a 65!!!! :mrgreen:
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    mickeyrat wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Daddy!!!! I finally found you after all these years. Can I have the car keys please?

    Mopar muscle rocks!!
    Mopar Nationals in town this weekend and I missed it. GRRRR.. But , driving home from work this afternoon, I was blessed with the sight of a 70 Hemi Cuda, 70 Superbee and a 65-66 Coronet. No way I could have took pics and maintained my usual 80 in a 65!!!! :mrgreen:


    OOH!! We wanted to go to that! We did go to the pomona car swapmeet this weekend. He has 2 friends and his sister have old cars..66 impala, 65 Riviera, and either a 66 or 65 Fury. If you don't know what the pomona swapmeet is, google it. It's all our so cal car guy's dreams. We met a couple people from England there the last time that came over just to get an old MOPAR at the swapmeet. We hang out, look at cars, shop and BBQ.

    Mikeyrat...our daughter has already claimed one of the chargers and I'm claiming the caprice once it's all hooked up!! Actually, I'm going to help work on it. We're more of a car family... :)

    If you look at our dvr...it's 4X4 Trucks, Top Gear, Gearz, Horsepower TV, Hot Rod TV, Muscle Car, My Ride rules...I think I could go on but you get the picture. There are a few things of mine too!
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  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Here are a couple pics from the weekend. I think more people should start posting car pics!!

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,458
    http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/48070
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Idris wrote:
    New Mini Coupe

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M07Nsje8LKc

    I like it, also sounds great.

    Ive seen two of them already. One at the dealership on display for a few days, and the other on the parkway an exit or two down from BMW's headquarters in NJ. The one I saw driving was the same one from that video. It was SOOOO nice.
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