Weird Theory
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I don't have a car at the moment. I did have one but last christmas I took me and my girlfriend over some black ice in it. We ended up upside down and the car ended up busted. The petrol prices didn't really bother me that much to be honest - everything is relative you know.
I now find that I'm fine without a car and that in my circumstances, owning one is a luxury not a necessity.
However, I'll be getting mobile again soon. I'm going to buy a 1970's Spitfire next. I love luxury
I now find that I'm fine without a car and that in my circumstances, owning one is a luxury not a necessity.
However, I'll be getting mobile again soon. I'm going to buy a 1970's Spitfire next. I love luxury
Expertise
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I love Spitfires. Tr-7 Tr-6 et all. Not exactly a car that I can get in and out of gracefully (I'm 6'2") but they are sexy little cars. A former CO had a spitfire in British Racing Green that I loved. He made himself the butt of jokes dressing like an "english lord" when he took it out but the car was sharp.
Going back to Expertise's original premise when he started this thread, "the vehicle we drive is a reflection of our personality," we now see how true that is. Flagg has none.
I don't want you to think Flagg is so perceptive or any such thing. I already said I had a truck several weeks ago when Gingersnap and I were discussing sports cars. Toyota T-100, extended cab, 4WD, standard transmission. I don't know that the vehicle reflects my personality as much as it reflects my practicality. I couldn't get out of my damn driveway on some winter mornings without a 4WD. Last night my lawn tractor went on the blitz for the third time this summer. Now, I ask you, how the hell are you going to get your tractor to the John Deere place if you can't get it on the back of your truck?
Now, my "other" car may reflect my personality, although I don't exactly have one at the moment, although I'm shopping. I sold the Miata I had for 5 years recently and I'm looking for a new toy. Before that I had a red 1980 Corvette (what a dog!) and before that I had a 1976 MG I couldn't keep running. The Miata was awesome but I got bored with it.
I don't want you to think Flagg is so perceptive or any such thing. I already said I had a truck several weeks ago when Gingersnap and I were discussing sports cars. Toyota T-100, extended cab, 4WD, standard transmission. I don't know that the vehicle reflects my personality as much as it reflects my practicality. I couldn't get out of my damn driveway on some winter mornings without a 4WD. Last night my lawn tractor went on the blitz for the third time this summer. Now, I ask you, how the hell are you going to get your tractor to the John Deere place if you can't get it on the back of your truck?
Now, my "other" car may reflect my personality, although I don't exactly have one at the moment, although I'm shopping. I sold the Miata I had for 5 years recently and I'm looking for a new toy. Before that I had a red 1980 Corvette (what a dog!) and before that I had a 1976 MG I couldn't keep running. The Miata was awesome but I got bored with it.
Xander
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Well Expertise. German, French, Italian and japanese cars are cheaper than the big US cars.
You can get a good new dependable car from 25.000$ uptill 45.000$.
If we're talking 4W4's and other cars in that catagory. The price starts from 95.000$ and up.
But that's only the price for the car. The aditional costs are the ones that kills the urge to own a car here.
The normal insurrance. Pretty much goes as it does in USA. Except you can add about 200-300$ to it. On any given insurrance.
Road Taxes. Is set from the weight of the car. The Heavier car. The more money you has to pay.
Inviromental tax. Set from the engine in the car (V8-V12 BIG NO NO.) The milage of the car, which kind of gas it uses and the amount of CO2 exhaust the car produces.
You can easily add a 2000$ cost per year, gas excluded, for just having the car stand in your driveway doing nothing.
So there you have it. Owning a car in Denmark can be a very costly matter.
You can get a good new dependable car from 25.000$ uptill 45.000$.
If we're talking 4W4's and other cars in that catagory. The price starts from 95.000$ and up.
But that's only the price for the car. The aditional costs are the ones that kills the urge to own a car here.
The normal insurrance. Pretty much goes as it does in USA. Except you can add about 200-300$ to it. On any given insurrance.
Road Taxes. Is set from the weight of the car. The Heavier car. The more money you has to pay.
Inviromental tax. Set from the engine in the car (V8-V12 BIG NO NO.) The milage of the car, which kind of gas it uses and the amount of CO2 exhaust the car produces.
You can easily add a 2000$ cost per year, gas excluded, for just having the car stand in your driveway doing nothing.
So there you have it. Owning a car in Denmark can be a very costly matter.
Bushido71XS
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My first car was a Dodge Omni, I got it for free because I built a deck on this guy's house and he paid me half the money and the car.
My next car was a 1969 Mustang Mach1 I got when I wnet to a storage center auction, it was an unknown quantity bid in the contents of the storage units, God, I loved that car!!!
351W engine,FMX4 Tranny, power everything, Cragar500 wheels, rear louvers, Black Crackle skidplates. I had it stripped down to the metal and repainted it a Black Cherry metallic, I named her Rosaleen Dhu.
Now I drive a Burgundy Dodge Stratus, just enough to look respectful and yet still sporty enough to satisfy me speed fetish.
My next car was a 1969 Mustang Mach1 I got when I wnet to a storage center auction, it was an unknown quantity bid in the contents of the storage units, God, I loved that car!!!
351W engine,FMX4 Tranny, power everything, Cragar500 wheels, rear louvers, Black Crackle skidplates. I had it stripped down to the metal and repainted it a Black Cherry metallic, I named her Rosaleen Dhu.
Now I drive a Burgundy Dodge Stratus, just enough to look respectful and yet still sporty enough to satisfy me speed fetish.
Expertise
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My appologies April. I was thinking of you when I was responding to Patryn. I guess if that makes me a goof...
I still like you anyway (but being a goof that shouldn't much matter to you LOL)
And Patryn I still like Neons.
I still like you anyway (but being a goof that shouldn't much matter to you LOL)
And Patryn I still like Neons.
Dixon Carter Lee
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When I lived in New York (and somewhere in the back of my mind I will always be living in New York)I guess you could say I had a different car every day -- all yellow. I also had a private fleet of underground railroad cars ("Seventy-Second street next station stop. Watch the closing doors" "BEEP-BEEP"). You know that sign inside the Lincoln Tunnel that tells you when you've crossed the border from Jersey to Manhattan? There's another that should read "Cars? We don't need no stinking cars!"
I have driven a very diverse collection of clunkers for the past 20 years. I refuse to drive any vehicle that requires me to take out a loan to buy it. There is nothing more distressing than large interest payments. With that said I have a 1990 Ford Aerostar minivan and a 1988 Toyota 4x4 pickup. They are both "fixer upers" with a lot of rust. The van has 211,000 miles on it, and the truck 165,000. The truck is currently being rebuilt due to an unfortunate encounter my son had with a tree...
