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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Well, actually, since some of us don't have scanners or digicams, I suppose a picture of somebody else's car will do, as long as it closely resembles your own.

I'll start:

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

If I had one, I'd show it off.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Then show the car you'd like to have.

--Baloo

Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*just shakes her head and walks away*

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I don't have a pic, but my car is the Ford Taurus Station wagon....Rolls Royce of station wagons!

Except for the 98's and 99's....they are oogly!

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Here's my baby. We've been together since June 1995.

She's a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier. My friends call her the USS Rustbucket, but, then again, they don't have cars.
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[This message was edited by Siegfried on April 20, 1999.]

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Jubilee: Don't be so uptight

. Everybody can post about his or her likes and dislikes.

Here's my dream car, the GM EV1.

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I have a 1993 Plymouth Voyager. Hey, it's got lots of room...and it's green...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

okay. Well, if I DID have a car, and DID drive, I'd drive a 1998 Lapis Blue Plymoth Neon Express, with grey interior and mint pinstripes.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Ooh! As soon as I finish off this current role of film, I should have some pictures of my car. Er...once I wash her.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

You GO Ziyal!!! The electronic car rocks!!

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

A 1993 Chevy Blazer/Tahoe is what I drive... It's not a Tahoe as we know them now, but a Blazer with some weird 4wd mods which I am not interested in in the least. *L*

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

*sighs* I USED to have a Chevy Cavalier.... she was such a wonderful car... I loved her dearly... belonged to my great-grandma before I got her... what a wonderful car....

Then she got totalled. Senselessly. But I'm not bitter. Really. Not at all.

Now I drive an '85 Ford Tempo... love it to BITS! Fully loaded and power EVERYTHING.... only 70k (my Chevy only had 64k though) and runs WONDERFULLY! Everything I ever wanted in a car, I managed to get with this one....

And yet, I still miss my Chevy.. horrbily... she was a great car... too bad she had to go....

Anyway, now you know... probably didn't CARE about all of that, but you know anyway...!

~LOA

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

Used to own a much-abused two-tone Ford Torino 500 4-door V8, survived from Michigan to Arizona to California----and got hit in 1991 by a little jerk who drove through a red light while looking for an address [that was two miles further down the road!]

Now own a Ford econo-pod I don't brag about.

Dream car? 1936 Auburn 851 Super-charged Boattail Speedster

Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

LOA, if anything were to happen to my car, I'd be devastated, too. I love my Cavalier. She's my first car, afterall. And you never love quite the same after the first.

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Posted by StationMaster (Member # 63) on :

Okay - not one to be left out.....

The SM's car

1972 VW Porsche 914 - 1.7l - Just another Mid Engined Porsche!

Still in a bad mood with it about yesterday (Would not start - took over an hour to fix!)

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

This isn't my car, the car I drive I'd rather not post! But I'd like to gauge the reaction of conservative Americans to cars such as the Ford Ka above, or the Focus below.....

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

I'm a weird individual. I hate cars, but I like to talk about them. I guess I'm really a design lover. And I love the Focus.. but wouldn't want to drive one

BTW: underage people with cars-doesn't that scare you? I know some 16 year olds and if they lived in the states they'd have a car. And I just can't imagine those people in a car. Especially that childish small one..

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Anyway, this is roughly what our family car looks like:

Of course, the one above is a way more expensive version with luxury bumpers but you get the idea :]

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

And it's an upgraded design but it looks roughly the same.

Am I overusing the word roughly?

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*comes clean*
My name is Monty, and I drive a sprightly red Micra. (!!!)

I didn't buy it, I inherited it from my Mum. In its favour; very easy to park, and allows smugness about the inversely proprtional relationship between car length and....something else.

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

This is my car or my former car, if I believe those people who repeatedly claim I'm a racing driver:

http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~thda/dtm/1996/dtm1996.htm

Hey, I made the 2nd place in that year!

My actual car is so old and rusty I couldn't find an image in the web (the VW website doesn't admit it ever existed).

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

I don't want to leave a wrong impression: I think car racing SUCKS.

Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

I drive a Dodge Carravan with 126,000. I'm looking at new Dodges, see if I can find something I can pay for.

I like the look of those two little Fords Monty. Is Ford making them or someone else?
The Ka looks like a WV Beetle.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Trawling through the net I have found a Micra

Jealous?

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Well since you asked - I'd prefer the Arjun MBT over a car. That way I'll never get pulled over!

However if one was to force me to have a road car I'd want a short wheel based V6 3.5 litre mitsubishi Pajero.

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Here's mine, and me too! 8)

Ohh. . . er, SUGAR!!!

[This message was edited by The First One on April 24, 1999.]

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*insert the sound of Lee fiddling with a broken link methinks!*

P.S. Yes, they're made by Ford, Ed. Not sure exactly where.
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[This message was edited by Montgomery on April 21, 1999.]

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Grrr....*won't let thread die*

We must continue the gradual realignment of this forum to become SolarFlare Men & Motors.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

To get back to Monty's question, what DO you Americans think of that sleek, beautiful ford focus and that nippy gem Ka?

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

For the Ka, I have heard a variety of reactions from "Wow!" to "Can I go now?"

The Focus seems to be getting somewhat better reactions, on average. The Ka appears too small for American tastes (The Ford Contour replaced the Tempo and is rather cramped inside). The Focus, from what I've heard, has benefited from improved layout (Ford sez: "Don't call it 'Cab Forward'. It's 'New Edge.') and may force a Contour redesign to gain enough extra passenger space to be perceived as a step up.

--Baloo

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Jeff Raven :
a) Yer SO right!!! Ford Tauruses KICK ASS - Except for those HIDEOUS new models. UGH. Were they stoned when they thought THAT up!? :P

Siegfried:
a) Oooohhh.......a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier GL? They RULE. My dad's car is a Cavalier and I drive it all the time.

Welp! Fine, Montgomery! =) Time to contribute my piece! Check out my dad's 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier:

I, unlike the rest of you, is not an adult. And thus does not own a car (But I have my Class 7L Licence! .....so I'll just show yah the car I DRIVE, regardless if it's mine. Hehe.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

AND WHILE I'm here, I'd just like to RANT about THIS:

It's ICBC's (the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) new approach to "bad" new drivers like myself. It's called the Learner Stage in GRADUATED LICENCING! HA! Hehe! No, you can't just walk in and get your Leaner's Permit. NO way. Not in the Province with the Highest Crash Rate in Cana-Duh! You must spend 6 months in a so-called "Learner Stage", where you must display THAT hideous thing on your car *points to the obscene L above*, be restricted to 5AM-Midnight driving, have a limit of one passenger plus your Licenced Co-Pilot, and have a Zero B.A.C (Blood Alcohol Content).....but the latter doesen't bother me. I do not drink like most 16-year-olds, and BE DAMNED if I would drink while DRIVING. *LOL*
My piece said. Bye now. :P

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post by ��Cody�� the Insane One :-)

Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :

Cody, I'm in phase one of the graduated licensing myself, in Ontario. Please, don't complain about it. Car crashes have taken too many people away from my family. If this saves one life, then it's worth it, inconvenience (and admittedly ugly L) be damned.

Thank you.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Jaresh Inyo:

I'm sorry about the car crashes........that is sad......

But I am not complaining; I am actually not too much against the logic behind the Graduated Licencing program. The L for example......It is not ugly. And it lets me, actually, show off my hopefully good driving skills in the Learner's Stage. So if I were to be an optomist, HYPOTHETICALLY just this once, I'd say the L is a good thing. And about the restrictions.......5AM-Midnight is good enough for me. I drove on the Transcanada for 40 Kilometers in pitch black, on my way back to Spences Bridge from Cache Creek with my dad. And you know what? It's an experince I DON'T care to repeat. And I've already stated how I do not drink, and wouldn't drive drunk if I did. Too much is at risk here, people!

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

BTW, I seem to have forgotten to post what I AM against in the Graduated Licensing program. I'm against anything that caters to the "LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR", i.e. the student in school that reads at a snail's pace and requires help on every third word, and the class that has to read AT THAT PACE; or the 16-year-olds that drive drunk, way too fast, and carelessly, requiring all the other 16-year-olds that are NOT stupid to adhere to rules made for MORONS (the graduated licensing program). I'm not against the Graduated Licensing Program. I'm Against the prepubescent morons that caused it to be put into effect. >:P @ Them

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

This is my car, er, minivan:

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Stupid question I guess, but why would you need a minivan?

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I don't need a minivan, but it was sort of given to me, and I wasn't going to complain.

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

I passed my driving test a year and a half ago, but haven't driven since, partly because I can't afford a car and partly because if my father insured me on his car as a second driver, the insurance premium would jump about �500.(he checked it out and this was the quote). So for the moment, it's the buses or walking for me.

Anyway, my dream car would probably be a top of the range Mercedes or Ferrari. I'll find a picture and post it later.

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Posted by Ryan McReynolds (Member # 28) on :

What I have:

Chevrolet Camaro -- 1995, forest green, tinted windows, 45000 miles, Clarion CD receiver, Bose speaker system, very dirty exterior =)

What I wish I had, depending on money:

A.) Silver Porsche Boxter
B.) Black Dodge Viper
C.) Red McLaren F1

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Over here you have to have 6 months on your L's (similar to codys pic) where you must have a licensed driver in the car next to you. Then, you have 3 years on your p's from 18-21. WHere you can drive as long as you display the P logo. Of course you can get away with not doing it, and hoping you don't get pulled over *L*.

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Over here, we're on L's until we pass the test, and then freedom. There was this government idea of using the P's too, but no-one used them (well, only a handful of people) so no-one bothers to enforce it.

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Posted by Galen (Member # 72) on :

If I knew how to insert a picture into my post I could show off my 1990 red (though officially called Wild Strawberry)Ford Escort GT. I have had it since 1990. It needs more than a few repairs but keeps on trucking.

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