Automobile discussion thread

[clammboy]

Currently I don't have a car I ride my bike every where till I get my last two girls through college . But if I could have any car I wanted it would be A 1971 Cuda convertible 440 six pack with a pistol grip shifter. Any color would do but this is gorgeous . 

 

Edited March 28 by clammboy

[Mordt]

Always wanted one of these. 

 

[clammboy]

51 minutes ago, Mordt said:

Always wanted one of these. 

 

Which one the truck or the girl?

[Wolfswetpaws]

2 hours ago, Mordt said:

Always wanted one of these. 

 

Is that intake even functional?

[Wolfswetpaws]

1 hour ago, clammboy said:

Which one the truck or the girl?

In true ar15.com fashion, the correct answer is "both".  😉 

[Wolfswetpaws]

Once upon a time, I was the proud owner of a 1989 Plymouth Colt, base model.  
It has a 1.5L engine, and a 4-speed manual transmission.
My car was so "base", that I had to install a radio and the antenna for the radio (because it came without them).

I purchased it new and had it until the year 2000, when I sold it (still in good running condition) with over 100k miles.


Source of photo = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Colt

[Snargfargle]

4 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

Is that intake even functional?

Kind of like the scoop on the Tacoma TRD Sport model.

Not only is it non-functional but people who have them say that the "scoop" is angled in such a way as to reflect sunlight right into their eyes half of the time.

[Snargfargle]

47 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

Once upon a time, I was the proud owner of a 1989 Plymouth Colt, base model.  
It has a 1.5L engine, and a 4-speed manual transmission. My car was so "base", that I had to install a radio and the antenna for the radio (because it came without them).

My first Toyota was a left-over stock 2WD model in red, ordered by the Fish and Game agency of my state because they needed some cheap but reliable small utility trucks to use at the hatchery and state parks. The bed and body were "tin can" but the drive-train had Toyota reliability and it only cost me $5,000. I put 120,000 miles on it before I sold it to get a four-wheel-drive model with an air conditioner.

It was my first reliable truck and would go just about anywhere with rear tire chains. If I got stuck, well I I had 150 feet of climbing rope and a come-along. I spent several long afternoons winching it out of riverbeds but I only got it stuck once so badly that I had to go find someone to pull me out.

Edited April 1 by Snargfargle

[Gillhunter]

My current ride. 2020 Ridgeline. 

[Snargfargle]

This was my second Toyota pickup. Not the exact one but the same model and with a similar topper. It had 4WD, a turbo, and a 5-speed. Best of all, it had AC! I drove it for twenty years. I had a canoe rack on top and hauled a canoe to all of the 48 contiguous states. The first time I had any maintenance done on it, I bought lifetime warranties. In twenty years, I only paid once to get wheel bearings, wheel balance, shock absorbers, muffler, brakes, battery, and windshield. I don't think that Sears, Midas, Gibson's and the other companies figured I'd keep the truck as long as I did. Other than "wear and tear" consumables, I only had to change out the water pump, alternator, spark plug wires, and starter solonoid.

Edited April 1 by Snargfargle

[BOBTHEBALL]

On 3/24/2024 at 10:34 AM, New_Jersey_prpr said:

I used to open the same thread in Asia forum, since the old forum is down it's time to open a new one.

Anything with wheels is welcomed.

I have a very lovely 2004 Subaru Impreza which I'll share when I remember to take a good picture of it.

[Tpaktop2_1 NA]

This was delivered today for me. WooHoo! Now I can drive around

[HogHammer]

22 hours ago, clammboy said:

Which one the truck or the girl?

Well, from looking at the picture...I sure hope she is right-handed.

[Wolfswetpaws]

1 hour ago, HogHammer said:

Well, from looking at the picture...I sure hope she is right-handed.

 

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Based upon this image, she is.

Edited April 1 by Wolfswetpaws

[Gillhunter]

In my younger days...

'59 Corvette. Later 327, muncie 4-speed. Barely street legal, but quick. Bought it in '69 sold it in '70. It about broke me, but it was fun. Was stock when I bought it for $800. Put about $2000 into it, which was a lot in '69. Everything I did to it devalued it. Should have put it in Grand-dad's barn. But boy was it fun.

 

'57 Chevy. 283 bored to 292, headers, borg-warner 4-speed. Much better street car.

Edited April 2 by Gillhunter

[Snargfargle]

50 minutes ago, Gillhunter said:

Was stock when I bought it for $800. Put about $2000 into it, which was a lot in '69.

When I was in high school in the early 70s, the older brother of a classmate of mine bought a used sports car. It barely ran and he was more a musician than a mechanic so it mostly just sat in his parents' yard. When he went off to college, his dad stuck it in his barn, where it sat forgotten. When his dad died, the kid remembered he still had the car and sold it for enough money to put his own kids through college.

[Mordt]

On 3/31/2024 at 5:51 PM, clammboy said:

Which one the truck or the girl?

Lol the truck.

For something more realistic, I think I'd go after this.

67 Shelby GT500

or this

69 Camaro

I actually have an awesome lego set of the Camaro, part of the reason I like it.

Though I've always like 60's and 70's sports cars.

Edited April 4 by Mordt

[clammboy]

1 hour ago, Mordt said:

Lol the truck.

For something more realistic, I think I'd go after this.

67 Shelby GT500

or this

69 Camaro

I actually have an awesome lego set of the Camaro, part of the reason I like it.

Though I've always like 60's and 70's sports cars.

Lol all these cars cost so much today the 1971 Cuda convertible is worth a fortune. 1971 Dodge had a strike that year made only 700 cars I believe. So that car is worth big bucks especially a convertible and any Shelby Mustang GT 500 if original is worth a ton of money.  

[HogHammer]

I've always enjoyed driving cars that made you feel you were part of.  New cars today isolate you from much of the driving experience.  From an in-line six, manual transmission F-150 to the last really enjoyable driving piece of engineering I owned, a Porsche 911 (993 version, which was the last of the air-cooled models).

The 911 I am still kicking myself in the butt for selling (only had 12,000 miles on it), but at the time it was not meant for city driving, but rather the open road.  That car was designed to be driving hard and fast.  One of the most memorable trips I took in it was Highway 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) from LA to San Francisco.  The winding roads with views of the ocean were exhilarating.  To really blow any carbon out of the cylinders, a good trip to Vegas or Palm Springs was in order, with top speeds at times of 150 mph plus.  The car felt at home doing so - the faster the better.

I sold the 911 for more than I purchased it, and if I kept it, I probably could sell it for three to four times the original price, which is crazy.

If someone built a car with real analog gauges, 6 on the floor today...I'd be all over it.

[Justin_Simpleton]

Getting through school:  67 Rambler, 63 F100 pickup, 64 Triumph TR4, 73 Datsun 510, Yamaha 200

Navy: 74 Dodge van, 67 VW bug, 64 Mercury, 76 Chevette, bicycle, 7? Ambassador, Dodge Cornet, 75 Triumph Trident 

Working years: Dodge Dart, Grand Prix LXE, Cordoba, 82 K5 Blazer, Nissan Altima

Retirement: mom's 2006 Ford Focus wagon, 87 Honda Magna

I'm sure I left out a few.  

[HogHammer]

6 minutes ago, Justin_Simpleton said:

64 Triumph TR4

Now there's a classic.

[Justin_Simpleton]

5 minutes ago, HogHammer said:

12 minutes ago, Justin_Simpleton said:

64 Triumph TR4

Now there's a classic.

Yeah, Dad me gave this car for high school.  It was a challenge getting it road-worthy but was fun driving around during the summer.  To this day the words Lucas, Smith, and Girling always peak my interest.

[New_Jersey_prpr]

Hyundai is going to produce and sell new Santa Fe in China at August.

This may be a worrying news for GM. They announced Chevrolet Traverse last year but there's no news about it ever since, GM even didn't bring it to Beijing Auto show, instead they bring Chevrolet Tahoe there.

Some sources says Traverse has been postponed, waiting behind Buick Enclave (since Buick in fact can sell more despite being a little more expensive)

 

This is the CN spec Chevrolet Traverse, using 2.0 liter hybrid engine instead of 2.5 liter engine to avoid high taxes.

[Wolfswetpaws]

2 hours ago, New_Jersey_prpr said:

, using 2.0 liter hybrid engine instead of 2.5 liter engine to avoid high taxes.

So many cars seem to have too small of an engine, nowadays. 

[New_Jersey_prpr]

6 minutes ago, Wolfswetpaws said:

So many cars seem to have too small of an engine, nowadays. 

In China 80% cars have too small of an engine because the gov charges expensive tax (annualy) for everything over 2.5 liter.