What cars do you own/drive?

[krebs303]

Manual all the way. Unfortunately I'm not able to work the clutch any longer so it's auto shift for me. Type of car makes difference also

 

[frenchfry]

Re: Re:

My wife's 2001 Honda Insight its dead. She thinks that she wants a Mini Cooper. Any input from Mini Cooper owners would be welcome.

My brother has owned the Maxi Cooper (being it's a 4-door I no longer consider it a "mini") for at least two years now, I can ask him how he likes it. (I get the feeling he must like it, he goes through cars like most people go through toilet tissue. He hasn't traded in yet.)

What specifically is it about these small cars that your wife likes?


As for my own car - I drive a '67 VW Bug, and all I can say about it is it gets the job done getting me from point A to point B. (It has no defogger, no defroster, no functioning radio, the roof leaks once it starts raining, but goddamit, I love that little car! )

And that reminds me, I need to add some oil. (The Bug has a bit of a leakage issue.)

I learned to drive in a 67 beetle. Had an optional gas heater though.

 

[Hugh Januss]

OK one more car first though, yes it's a manual transmission. A 1971 Porsche 914 Turbo.

 

[jmdirt]

OK one more car first though, yes it's a manual transmission. A 1971 Porsche 914 Turbo.

Here's one dying to get free!

http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/cto/5126328346.html

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Here's one dying to get free!

http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/cto/5126328346.html

I love it, I WANT it!

What's wrong with it, though? I mean, only 33,000 miles?

 

[Hugh Januss]

Here's one dying to get free!

http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/cto/5126328346.html

I love it, I WANT it!

What's wrong with it, though? I mean, only 33,000 miles?

First there is no 6th digit on the odometer, so it is at least as likely to be 133,000 miles as it is to be 33,000, or 233,000 for that matter. Considering 33,000 miles works out to 767 miles a year at best this car has sat a long time.
Second these cars rust from the bottom up, it could look just like that and be literally about to fold into two pieces. They typically rust in the rear trunk, floors, firewall, battery tray, jack points in the longitudinal, and the rear suspension mounting console. The only "rust free" original cars are the ones where they don't charge extra for the rust.
Did I mention they can be rusty?





Or not.
Once in a rare while.

 

[BigMac]

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[ebandit]

edit

omg!..........can't drive........won't drive.........cars are just a burden getting in the way

when i'm running late speeding across toon.....................

Mark L

edit.......just been considering when i even rode in a car.......is so long ago i forget

exactly....probably on a night out just after the new millennium kicked in LOL

 

[Tricycle Rider]

First there is no 6th digit on the odometer, so it is at least as likely to be 133,000 miles as it is to be 33,000, or 233,000 for that matter. Considering 33,000 miles works out to 767 miles a year at best this car has sat a long time.
Second these cars rust from the bottom up, it could look just like that and be literally about to fold into two pieces. They typically rust in the rear trunk, floors, firewall, battery tray, jack points in the longitudinal, and the rear suspension mounting console. The only "rust free" original cars are the ones where they don't charge extra for the rust.
Did I mention they can be rusty?





Or not.
Once in a rare while.

Hot-damn, that should have occurred to me seeing as my Bug also has an odometer that only has 5 digits. (The Bug's current mileage is over 330,000 - like clockwork something breaks down every 6 months. But other than that it still runs like a charm, and it's built like a tank! Well, except for the leaky sunroof.)

I won't be buying that '72 Porsche then, it did sound too good to be true.

The pic you posted of the '71, I take it it is not rusty? It looks nice in the pictures anyway.