What kind of car do you drive?

[Guest]

Well, I have a mini-van, so that is what I clicked in the poll, but I only drive it if we are taking all of the kids somewhere. If I go somewhere by myself, I drive the Jeep (which is of course, an SUV).

 

[SlickTony]

In Iran, in the 70s, they had locally assembled Citroens called Zhians. The advantage with this car was if something went the matter with it--which IMO happened frequently--you could just about pick it and take it home. I get the same impression of the Mini, which I see a lot of around here, I don't know why.

Someone in or near my neighborhood actually owns a Corbin Sparrow, one of the funniest looking cars I have ever seen. It's supposed to be green, in that it takes up little space, is supposed to get good mileage, etc. but you have to take your tool kit around with you everywhere and it leaks on you when you drive it in the rain.

 

[rgraham666]

rgraham666: you live somewhere that has a muscular, well-developed public transportation system, right?

Yep, although it's starting to ail a little. We recently had a provincial government that only financially backed "normal" That is white, middle aged, middle class, car driving and making more than $100 grand a year. things are turning around though. I hope.

I like public transportaion. You can watch the city go by, read, sleep, or make nice with the attractive woman in the next seat. And there's someone behind the wheel who knows what they're doing, which puts them one up on me.

 

[Guest]

O, Pops, I had a boyfriend in the (not his) late sixties with a BSA. But he was Irish and didn't have a parrot. Plus it was in Detroit. You can give me a ride anytime though.

Perdita

 

[NoJo]

I bought a BMW 325i three years ago when I had lots of money, which I can no longer keep up the payments for, so I'm selling.

I now drive my Mum's Nissan Micra which has four doors. I've yet to pull a bird in it, but I've had five hulking teenagers at once in it -- Let me rephrase that: I mean I've taken lots of young boys home from parties -- No, I mean I've squeezed five large boys into it...

 

[cloudy]

I bought a BMW 325i three years ago when I had lots of money, which I can no longer keep up the payments for, so I'm selling.

I now drive my Mum's Nissan Micra which has four doors. I've yet to pull a bird in it, but I've had five hulking teenagers at once in it -- Let me rephrase that: I mean I've taken lots of young boys home from parties -- No, I mean I've squeezed five large boys into it...

LMAO......having trouble getting your foot out of your mouth, there, Joe? (you silly thing, you)

Nissans are great cars.......sorta thinking about buying myself another Maxima, actually, but only if I can talk the husband into letting me keep the TA as a "toy"

 

[Guest]

A car would never have helped any man 'pull' me, Jose. They really are just fucking (not a pun) machines to me.

Perdita

 

[NoJo]

What, not even Gauche's VW van with the double mattress in the back? And you told me you were a hippy chick!

 

[Guest]

Way LOL. No response.

 

[Guest]

p.s.

I was never a hippie, Mexicans weren't allowed.

Perdita

p.p.s. Hubby no. 2 had a VW van, a Camaro and a Land Rover (this in the early 70's, the Rover was like an Army Jeep; we drove to Mexico City in it, from SF).

 

[oggbashan]

One of my cars had the England Women's Hockey Team in it - all in together.

Shame there was no room for me to drive it.

Og

 

[SlickTony]

I like public transportaion. You can watch the city go by, read, sleep, or make nice with the attractive woman in the next seat. And there's someone behind the wheel who knows what they're doing, which puts them one up on me.

All that's true, but if you go to a shop and buy anythng more than you can carry in your hands, you've got to pay to have it delivered or vastly inconvenience yourself humping it onto and off the bus.

Besides, Fran Lebowitz once said that the outdoors was the area between your apartment and your car. When you have to consider the distance between the stop and wherever you want to go after you get off the bus or whatever, the outdoors can be unfriendly--especially if it's cold or raining.

 

[The_Fool]

I have a Chevy Pickup. With extended cab to carry 4 or 5 in reasonable comfort. Standard bed for hauling shit. Sometimes literally. Is 4 wheel drive when I have to go out in the fields. It is nice to sit up higher, first cause then I can look into all those lower cars with the nice looking ladies and second, so I can pull up and block the view of the young kids trying to turn.

My wife has a Toyota RAV4. Lots of room in a little car with 4 wheel drive.

My oldest son has a Chevy Prism, 'cause its cheap and dependable.

My youngest son has Mitsubishi Eclipse and a 1966 Ford Mustang semi-assembled. The Eclipse has a funny story. We paid $250 dollars for the car. The stereo is worth about $500. The story is we bought the stereo and he threw the car in for free. The Eclipse is a gofast car. The Mustang, when finished, will be a goreallyfast car.

Next project after the Mustang is a Jeep Wrangler. Think Angeline Jolie in Tomb Raider. My wife wants it. Go figure.

And then another Mustang.

After that, I think I will see if I can get all the grease out from under my fingernails.

 

[pop_54]

O, Pops, I had a boyfriend in the (not his) late sixties with a BSA. But he was Irish and didn't have a parrot. Plus it was in Detroit. You can give me a ride anytime though.

Perdita

Any time you are in need of a ride my darling, just call Might even be able to fix up a nice comfy ride on a four poster

 

[SummerMorning]

Haha... cars...

I drive a Yugo Koral 45, it has about 25 hp left... I think the other 20 horses died sometime in the last decade. It has no fuel gauge. I can't tell if the headlights are on most of the time, because occasional streetlights tend to brighten things up more. It leaks. The doors don't lock.

And some idiot broke in anyway, just to smash the board that covers the trunk. Apparently he found an old umbrella and tyre chains. Not worth stealing I guess...

The heating works. It has somewhere over 200k km I think - the km gauge only goes to 99999, so I can't really be sure anymore. You have to add lead to the gas so that it runs. It has a choke. And it doesn't run when it rains. It's a very good car for sliding through corners, mostly because it doesn't grip at all...

Let's see... I don't dare take it to more than about 70 or 80 kph, because it starts to vibrate. A lot. Rather stimulating actually...

But its not really really mine...so, to become personally mobile I'm buying a Renault 4. Quite good milleage if you stay below 70 kph .

(Do I sound like some dolt who listens to really old music?)

 

[rgraham666]

All that's true, but if you go to a shop and buy anythng more than you can carry in your hands, you've got to pay to have it delivered or vastly inconvenience yourself humping it onto and off the bus.

True enough. But I don't do much shopping, usually only books or clothes and always in quantities small enough to carry.

Besides, Fran Lebowitz once said that the outdoors was the area between your apartment and your car. When you have to consider the distance between the stop and wherever you want to go after you get off the bus or whatever, the outdoors can be unfriendly--especially if it's cold or raining.

Well, I've worked outdoors, midnights, Northern Canada, in January.

After that you have to travel to the South Pole, or Mars, to be bothered by the weather.

 

[Guest]

One of my cars had the England Women's Hockey Team in it - all in together.

Shame there was no room for me to drive it.

Og

Og, you intrigue me so goddam much. Do tell me some more... please!?

Lou

 

[The_Fool]

Og, you intrigue me so goddam much. Do tell me some more... please!?

Lou

Sorry Lou,

Would you explain your intrigue? To me, a group of frigid women with their knees tightly pressed together would be more depressing than in intriguing.



Fool

 

[Guest]

Sorry Lou,

Would you explain your intrigue? To me, a group of frigid women with their knees tightly pressed together would be more depressing than in intriguing.



Fool

LOL!

Yep, good point!

But, what I wanna know is: why??? And, how???

Lou

 

[The_Fool]

LOL!

Yep, good point!

But, what I wanna know is: why??? And, how???

Lou

For some reason, I think I've heard this story before. I think it had something to do with the car having a heater that rocked....

Am I right Ogg, or am I projecting?

 

[Guest]

For some reason, I think I've heard this story before. I think it had something to do with the car having a heater that rocked....

Am I right Ogg, or am I projecting?

Eh?

Now I'm even more intrigued! I mean, wouldn't *that* many bodies generate enough heat of their own?

Lou

 

[The_Fool]

Eh?

Now I'm even more intrigued! I mean, wouldn't *that* many bodies generate enough heat of their own?

Lou

Darling,

As I am sure you well know, under the right conditions. TWO bodies are enough to generate enough heat of there own. That's why so many blankets end up on the floor.



Foolish Fool

 

[SlickTony]

rgraham, glad you can fix things so your carless state suits you. It would drive me nuts, but it takes all kinds.

Summermorning, your car reminds me of a thread we had here a while back--"Has Your Car Achieved Heapdom," or something like that.

 

[pop_54]

Sorry Lou,

Would you explain your intrigue? To me, a group of frigid women with their knees tightly pressed together would be more depressing than in intriguing.



Fool

There is nothing frigid about a lot of female Hockey players... you can believe me on that score

 

[SummerMorning]

Heapdom? Not quite... so you can see through the doors - and I don't mean the windows, I mean the doors - because of the rust, but it still runs... er.. walks...