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| Thread ID: 88079 | 2008-03-14 14:27:00 | How are you related to your cars? | Mylin (13483) | PC World Chat |
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| 649460 | 2008-03-15 02:35:00 | Another Nissan fan, my last vehicle was a '89 Pulsar Milano X1 (members.pulsar.org.au) with the CA16DE engine (DOHC injected), had to flog it off when the gearbox died at 245000 kms (motor was still running sweetly!) :crying, :wubbed that car! | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 649461 | 2008-03-15 06:50:00 | Old gearheads never die; they just become shiftless! I am an old hot rodder . . . . built quite a few rods and customs from scratch and some were picked up in an incomplete state and finished by me . Things I've built (four wheeled here . . . but there are two wheelers too): 1959 NSU Prinz . . OK, I didn't build it . . but the massive repairs qualify! I also had a same year Hillman Husky . . . it too was made from Londonderry Fog alloys and needed vast amounts of "persuasion" to keep it running . . 1959 Chevrolet El Camino, 301 ci/ 5 . 0 l V8, dual quads (two-four barrel AFB carbs), ET Hydro and '59 Pontiac Grand Prix 3 . 70:1 diff . 1953 Chevrolet BelAir; another 201 Chevy and Hydro combo . 1958 Corvette; and yet another 301 Chevy V8 but with a BW 4-speed 1973 El Camino, 377 from a 350 ci/ 5 . 7 l, 4-speed, posi 3 . 88:1 diff . . the list gets really long and tiring to read . . . sorry . . . . :sleep the 301s are over-bored 283 ci Chevy V8s (+ . 125") . the 377 was an over-bored 350 ci Chevy (+ . 125") Right now I am working on this 7 . 4 l / 454 + . 030" for about 492 ci . Here's a picture in the bones: . imagef1 . net . nz/files/100_2599 . JPG" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz I'll send some more pixs later . . . I have it together right now and it's sitting in the back of my Isuzu Amigo for delivery and installation tomorrow (Saturday here) in a 1972 Chevrolet C-30 dually 1-ton truck . And after 47+ years in the business in one form or another . . . I respect many Japanese vehicles . . . but the Subaru and the Isuzu seem to be the most bullet-proof engines/drive trains around . . . at least the US imported versions are anyway . Toyotas and Mazdas and their ilk have no personality . I dislike cookie-cutter cars . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 649462 | 2008-03-15 08:22:00 | I must agree with Surfer Joe, modern cars have no soul, but they are reliable, and by and large have safe handling characteristics. Being aged 67, I have had a fair few cars in my life. As a student, I was the proud owner of an 1937 SS! - (Standard Swallow) open touring car with a 3.5 lt 6 cylinder engine with 2 massive early SU Carburettors - Looked a bit like a MG TC but with a 6 ft bonnet. It was in extremely good condition. I bought it for 120 pounds and was really proud of myself to sell it for 150. The SS named got dropped because of the association with the SS in Germany - The Mk2 SS was sold as the Mark 2 Jaguar. I saw on a UK motoring program where some enthusiast bought a rough one for restoring and paid UK Pds 50,000 for it as is. What would the one I owned be worth today. Other memorable cars were a Mk1 Ford Zephyr Convertible - great for pulling the birds - a good straight line car, but a handful on corners - and a Triumph TR2, which was sheer fun. The hottest car I ever owned was a 1972 BMW 2002Tii, that I bought in Germany while serving there with the RAF. 5.6 seconds to 100kph, with superb handling. Other cars I have owned have included 4 Fords, 2 BMC models, 3 Nissans, 2 Hondas, 2 Toyotas, and 2 Mitsubishis - one of which I currently own. The most reliable, which I had from new, was an 89 Toyota Corona 2 Lt Manual hatchback, which in nearly 300,000km only needed normal replacement maintenance ie Clutches, and brake pads and linings. I had this car the longest of all my cars. Modern Japanese cars are reliable and well made but lacking in genuine character. New cars that are lovable come out of Europe with price tags that frighten. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 649463 | 2008-03-15 10:06:00 | When I fill my Nissan, the cashier asks me how much money I have and usually takes the lot!:annoyed: At least he does it with a smile and not a wild grin . :clap I used to drive a 1953 Ford Zephyr and it was one of the best cars I have had . It had a name . It was called "Genny" but I can't remember why . Tremendous performance and outshone most other cars at the time, but I'm not certain that you could afford to drive one today - 6 cylinder and about 2 litres, I think . It had a column change which was a bit of an innovation but the linkages would occasionally jam and so it was necessary to carry a rubber hammer . That, as I recall, was the only problem I encountered . There were some said that it was light in the tail and some carried a bag of sand or something similar in the boot . I was taught to drive the car (any car, really) around the corners and so rarely had a problem . I would still like to have a car like that today, but at 20mpg only the rich could afford it . At today's prices most could only afford to back it out onto the road . :D Maybe you had the best tires on the back . :) :) |
BobM (1138) | ||
| 649464 | 2008-03-15 10:18:00 | I have a '97 Alfa Romeo 145 Boxer. Love it. I enjoy driving it around town even and every few days I cannot resist red-lining it in 2nd... Behaves like a rear wheel drive on the throttle - never understeers - and has more grip than I have skill to find the limits of. All this in a base model Alfa Romeo. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 649465 | 2008-03-15 22:13:00 | ....modern cars have no soul... Right, there is no place for emotions. But every morning after I started the engine I hear a blub...blub blub blub...blub and while waiting at the traffic lights I feel the shaking of the engine and I hear a blub between. Yeah, that's the reason why I like my car, it's alive. Mylin Attached file: DSC_4158.JPG (www.imagef1.net.nz) (64 KB) |
Mylin (13483) | ||
| 649466 | 2008-03-15 22:20:00 | beautiful car, Mylin...;) | gufo (13489) | ||
| 649467 | 2008-03-15 22:42:00 | Hy gufo, thank's. Yes realy it is a beautiful car but it isn't my merit. I have the car only for a year. |
Mylin (13483) | ||
| 649468 | 2008-03-15 22:48:00 | I have a '97 Alfa Romeo 145 Boxer. Love it. I enjoy driving it around town even and every few days I cannot resist red-lining it in 2nd... Behaves like a rear wheel drive on the throttle - never understeers - and has more grip than I have skill to find the limits of. All this in a base model Alfa Romeo.I used to have an old 80's Alfa Giullietta which I rebuilt from the ground up over three years. It was an amazing machine, and throwing it around the back roads of West Yorkshire was an absolute joy. Breaking, steering, acceleration and the engine sounds were all a man could ever want. :thumbs: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 649469 | 2008-03-15 23:24:00 | I was quite fond of my first car. I saw it around town a few days ago & the new owner has turned it into a fluffy pink monster :yuck: | Greven (91) | ||
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