NationStates Jolt Archive

I drive a 2000 Audi A6 and I picked up a 1999 Mercedes-Benz C230 for only $3000 so I "drive" that as well, although I'm looking to sell it. What about the NationStates community? What do you drive?

I'm drivin' a truck
Drivin' a big ol' truck
Pedal to the metal, hope I don't run out of luck
Rollin' down the highway until the break of dawn
Drivin' a truck with my high heels on

My diesel rig is northward bound
It's time to put that hammer down
Just watchin' as the miles go flyin' by
I'm ridin' twenty tons of steel
But it's sure hard to hold the wheel
While I'm waiting for my nails to dry

Oh, I always gotta check my lipstick in that rear view mirror
And my pink angora sweater fits so tight
I'm jammin' gears and haulin' freight
Well, I sure hope my seams are straight
Lord, don't let my mascara run tonight

Because I'm drivin' a truck
Drivin' a big ol' truck
Smokey's on my tail and my accelerator's stuck
Got these eighteen wheels-a-rollin' until the break of dawn
Drivin' a truck with my high heels on

Oh, I don't mind when my crotchless panties creep right up on me
And my nipple rings don't bother me too much
But when I hit those big speed bumps
My darling little rhinestone pumps
Keep slippin' off the mother-lovin' clutch

But still I'm drivin' a truck
Drivin' a big ol' truck
Headin' down the interstate, just tryin' to make a buck
Wearin' feather boas with sequins and chiffon
While I'm drivin' a truck with my high heels on

I'm drivin' a truck
Drivin' a truck
Got a load to carry and some eyebrows left to pluck
And I'm late for my appointment down at my hair salon
So I'll be drivin' a truck with my high heels on
:)

the keyboard of this computer, and several miniature railways.

i MIGHT someday get myself another vehicule, preferably a small van of some kind, long enough to lay down and streatch out full length in the back and go to sleep in, but i'm rather hesitant to do so, as they all sooner or later get to be a major pain in the back side either to maintain or even, in the part of the world where i live, to get rid of.

the inconvenience of not having one, has yet to exceed the hassle of doing so for me, living where i am, at the present time.

i would much prefer an adiquacy of public transportation sufficient to replace any need, use or bennifit of them entirely.

=^^=
.../\...

Bicycle.
And my BF up the walls.

2007 BMW X5 3.0si.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2unzud4.jpg

(The blue one you can barely see.)

I backseat drive taxi's, buses and motorists

its a dying art

Bicycle.
And my BF up the walls.

no hes not asking what you ride :rolleyes::p

2007 BMW X5 3.0si.
I am always amazed/appalled at the needless size of cars.

I mean, who the fuck needs a BMW 4x4?

Pft, over my dead body will I ever drive a Kraut car. Too bad Holland lifted that Mercedes ban.

280z biatches.

I just won the thread. (http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/Urara322/?action=view&current=a6a54b97.pbw?nocache=809)

I don't (as in don't ever) drive but if I did I'd go with Mazda RX-7 SA22C or a Ducati SportClassic GT 1000 (maybe 1000 S) or if I had too much money in my hands, a Gallardo or something (just to stare at it in awe).

Cheerio!

A beat-up Ford Taurus.

Pft, over my dead body will I ever drive a Kraut car. Too bad Holland lifted that Mercedes ban.

280z biatches.

I just won the thread. (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/Urara322/th_CIMG1013.jpg)

address is void.
um what?

I am always amazed/appalled at the needless size of cars.

I mean, who the fuck needs a BMW 4x4?I certainly didn't need a BMW SUV, but I certainly needed the SUV part, so why not go for a cool one? :cool:

address is void.
um what?

Hang on.

Wow photobucket is a pain in the ass.

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/Urara322/?action=view&current=a6a54b97.pbw?nocache=809

X5's are great if you're into SUV's. Ze Germans certainly know what they are doing when it's about cars ;)

Cheerio!

I drive a boring car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_polo#Mark_III_.281994.E2.80.932000.29) and if I manage to scrape enough money, I'll be driving another boring car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Primera#Nissan_Primera_P11-144_.28Mk_II_Facelift.2C_1999-2002.29), because it's hard to squeeze a family of four into my current tin can.

X5's are great if you're into SUV's. Ze Germans certainly know what they are doing when it's about cars ;)

Cheerio!Yep. It's a great SUV. I wouldn't trade it up for anything.

Hang on.

Wow photobucket is a pain in the ass.

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/Urara322/?action=view&current=a6a54b97.pbw?nocache=809

ah thanks, nice cars.
*is jealous*
Oh i was going to reply to your origional message but you've fixed it now.
*is still jealous*

ah thanks, nice cars.
*is jealous*
Oh i was going to reply to your origional message but you've fixed it now.
*is still jealous*

If it makes you feel any better, the 'Vette is a total bitch to drive and the Z has been broken for a while.

But I get it back this week or next. :D

I drive a VW Bora. Love it.

I drive a boring car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_polo#Mark_III_.281994.E2.80.932000.29) and if I manage to scrape enough money, I'll be driving another boring car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Primera#Nissan_Primera_P11-144_.28Mk_II_Facelift.2C_1999-2002.29), because it's hard to squeeze a family of four into my current tin can.

awww, but that second car dos look like an improvement if you want four people to fit in, however i recall some fun times fitting into a car slightly smaller than that (corsa something) with four other folks, it was interesting, as soon as the car got to 70MPH that was it, there's no breaking the speed limit in that thing, it started to shake if it got to 75MPH.:D

I am driving a 78 Alfa Romeo Spider That I am restoring. Top down in California year round :)

If it makes you feel any better, the 'Vette is a total bitch to drive and the Z has been broken for a while.

But I get it back this week or next. :D

damn, still you've got those cars to play about with must make you feel a little bit proud of owning them.
I recall i worked with someone who had a passion for cars like that, he came in with a different car every month because the old one broke for some reason, he really loved cars. I suppose if you work at it you'l find perfection.
*still jealous*

a beat up little old datsun pickup of 60s or 70s vintage, or chevy or g.m.c. of 50s, or any of the first few years crop of minivans might be ok. but i don't, as already noted, currently possess, nor greatly desire to, any.

yah, a little old datsun pickup, pulling a teardrop trailer. something like that. or a forest green 53 chevy pickup with one of those origeonal unpainted aluminum tops for the back. with that 235 och inline six. i think i've had two or three different chevy light trucks with that. it was my favorite at the time. don't know if you can even get parts for em any more.

meh. i like electrics with onboard solar charging. preferably though running on rails rather then pavement, and smallest possible form factor too.

what i would give to live in a world without all the damd cars and pavement.

and if it isn't something i can go boonie crashing with, i can see no reason to prefer it over an adiquacy of public, preferably guideway based and NONcombustion propelled, transportation.

running down the middle of park strips where the roads and streets used to be, and japanese gardens where the parking lots used to be.

=^^=
.../\...

First car: '77 Ford LTD. That car rocked. More of a First On Race Day than Fix Or Repair Daily. I averaged about 16 MPG, but that car could go anywhere in any weather. Anyone who tells you a RWD can't drive in the snow and ice is full of it.

Current car: old base model Dodge Neon, good fuel economy, decent get-up-and-go. Only issue I've had is the peeling paint that's a problem on so many mid-90's cars. AC compressor's dead, but I have a shorter belt that bypasses the AC system. Fuel economy and performance bonus! I've hit 40 MPG, though my average is more like 33. Damn lead foot!

I certainly didn’t need a BMW SUV, but I certainly needed the SUV part, so why not go for a cool one? :cool:
Ah well, pet hate of mine: folks riding round in a 4x4 in the middle of built-up areas, who’re obviously never going to go off-road.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/Psycho84/Sprints%2015-9-07/IMG_0003.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjTicMzhhws

It's French.

I prefer to walk or bike if it's my destination is close by (within half a mile or so), but I own three cars: a 1967 Ford Mustang GTA Fastback, a 1996 Chevrolet Camaro RS Coupe, and a 1998 Nissan Rogue S.

Ah well, pet hate of mine: folks riding round in a 4x4 in the middle of built-up areas, who’re obviously never going to go off-road.Yeah, but I don't even think the X5 was made with off-roading in mind. A Jeep, yeah, but not a X5.

http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/TorqueOmata421.jpg

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=U9G18qHPhcM

In an ideal world I wouldn't have a car.

I always thought that if I had to have a car it would be a gloriously dorky green one but mrs sirmomo1 insisted something cooler so we got a Mazda MX-5

Yeah, but I don't even think the X5 was made with off-roading in mind. A Jeep, yeah, but not a X5.

How come you need a SUV?

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8391/carts6.jpg

that. nice ride, hard-top, fast enough with a 2L engine, good torque, but bits rattle when it gets cold now after i dented the door a few weeks back :( got it fixed but it used to be real quiet, which was great for long trips. ah well, still like it :)

I drive a boring car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_polo#Mark_III_.281994.E2.80.932000.29)

i have the same, 1996 Polo 1.4 CL 5dr

'97 Pontiac Grand Am. I love my baby, even if she is a piece of shit.

damn, still you've got those cars to play about with must make you feel a little bit proud of owning them.
I recall i worked with someone who had a passion for cars like that, he came in with a different car every month because the old one broke for some reason, he really loved cars. I suppose if you work at it you'l find perfection.
*still jealous*

Well... I'm only 18 and the 'Vette belongs to my dad if you want know the truth. :p

:D
http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/cat-car.jpg

I did drive a 94 Chrysler Concorde...trash but loved trash.

It got deermolished a couple of weeks ago. :(

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/Pelecanus_photos/KarensCar2-17-20080278.jpg

3 Vehicles

05 Chev 2500 HD (Diesel) (primary driver)
01 Prism (highway car)
Jeep YJ (late 80's) my lifted locked rock Jeep but it is slightly not road legal (close but dont like to push it) so it is not on the road much

I don't drive, yet...

But in my life I will drive (in order of likelihood) a: beat-up VW van, little black Audi, Nissan Z, Porsche Carrera GT and a Bugatti... and a variety of other expensive cars.

Mercedes

Check out the sleek lines on this baby...


http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6867/q2202035kl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:D
http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/cat-car.jpg


http://www.imcdb.org/images/027/699.jpg

due to a series of unfortunate events I am currently driving what could be described at the ugliest best used car ever......twice as ugly as my previous used cars but more reliable, and 33mpg FTW!

if it lasts 3 more months I'll be happy. (longer would be better)

Well, there's my baby, my van of 10+ years. Her name is Veronica-
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7580/mybabyar3.jpg
'67 Red and White VW microbus with shovels and rakes and other implements of de-struction.

I love her. She got me through college. Last summer she was vandalized so I have to get some money together to put her back right.

This is my mule, The Lego-
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8523/thelegoio1.jpg
Just finished hauling a bunch of crap for a show back and forth about 100 miles each way. Only did a little bit of bitching, not nearly as much as I did...

I used to also have a 1978 Honda CB400 Nighthawk, the most awesomely unassuming bike in the world. Nothing said, "This was the bike I could afford" like my little Honda. It got stripped. Now it's gone.

'96 Buick Skylark.

Dear god things break a lot.

My feet?

I have the same car as Sel Appa: Sel Appa's feet.

My neighbors nuts... not like that... I drive them nuts because they are the ones who have to drive me everywhere. Vive la silliness.

I drive a 2001 Saturn L Series. It has a nice sound system, nice handling, and nice acceleration, and decent gas mileage.

This is not my car, but one that looks exactly like it (same color). I can't tell if this one has leather seats though (mine does)

Here is the pic:
http://images.cars.com/main/DMI/185265/J1425.jpg

I have the same car as Sel Appa: Sel Appa's feet.

Can I borrow it this weekend?

Can I borrow it this weekend?

Sure, but be sure to wear shoes. There's nothing worse then lending your neighbor's feet and having them come back bloody.

2006 TREK 3700 is my day to day drive to work ride.

Family vehicle is a 2002 Hyundai Sante Fe (family of 4, soccer coach, off road camping)






PS for those who don't know, the TREK is a mountain bike

<snip>so we got a Mazda MX-5Ooooh! that one is shiny too! :)

Cheerio!

Current car: old base model Dodge Neon, good fuel economy, decent get-up-and-go. Only issue I've had is the peeling paint that's a problem on so many mid-90's cars. AC compressor's dead!

That's what I'm driving...

...mine's red. :p

I dont have a pic of the 2500 but I found this one which is close

http://www.customtruckshop.com/events/MVC-005S.JPG

Take that and drop it down 2 inches (that looks like an 8 inch lift I am only at a 6 for a reason) and put stock diameter rims (though wider then stock) and more aggressive tires on it and you have my truck

Lol for a computer geek I just got to go spring for a camera lol

The Jeep is here (sure you all have seen it before)
http://www.youdontevenrealize.com/pictures/jeep/jeep7.jpg

Dream Car: AMC Matador Police version. 401 cu in (6.6 L) V8, 0-60 under 7 seconds. 0-125 mph in 43 seconds.

I can't drive.

I just bought a used car from a friend last month, a grandma-gold 2001 Honda Accord. For the eight years prior to that I drove a white '95 Mustang GT. *sigh* Growing up sucks.

http://theaviator.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/aston_martin_vanquish_01.jpg

Got delivered last thursday.

I might be receiving a speeding ticket soon, went to Germany to have a go on the Autobahn, but i think i kept the pedal down till past the no-speed limit area :P

90% of the time i cycle around though, and i take the bus to work. its nice to look at the people stuck in gridlock while i zoom past.

How come you need a SUV?I have a non-collapsible wheelchair, and the trunk space in an SUV allows for it and groceries and so on. An estate would basically only fit the wheelchair and nothing else.

And the passenger space is just perfect for me and the occasional people I carry. :cool:

Check out the sleek lines on this baby...


http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6867/q2202035kl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I've always wondered whether it's polite to ask wheelchair-bound people whether they can do tricks.

I don't drive, I walk and use public transport all the time but I live in a city convenient to do so.

I have a non-collapsible wheelchair, and the trunk space in an SUV allows for it and groceries and so on. An estate would basically only fit the wheelchair and nothing else.


As reasons go, that's a pretty good one.

On behalf of the PC econut lobby I say: carry on sir.

I drive a 1997 Toyota Camry.

http://theaviator.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/aston_martin_vanquish_01.jpg

Got delivered last thursday.
One of the last ones, hey. Good thing too, Astons seem to always come out with flaws at first, and it takes them a while in production to iron them out. Especially the transmissions.

But congratulations.

i hope to have one of these some day...

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/108/06bentleyflyingspur06vu8.jpg


one day *sighs*


but this would also be nice - a Mercedes CLS 350 (http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Images/Feb06/24MercedesCLS350CGI/99569106c554_004.jpg) or a CL65 (http://www.autobytel.com/images/2008/MercedesBenz/CL65_AMG/400/08_Mercedes_CL65_02.jpg) (that's the one with 738 lb ft of torque :D)

Putting 738 lb ft of torque on the road is like putting a full-scale avalanche in a snow shaker. It’s like lighting your sitting-room fire with Mount Etna: 738 lb ft of torque is insane.
...
Mercedes has simply slotted its amazing new power plant into the ordinary CL. Oh, they say they’ve beefed up the drive shafts and fitted bigger brakes, but that’s like saying, “Yes, we’ve employed Satan to teach Form IVb this year but it’s okay because we’ve confiscated his cape”.

:p

I don't, in short, however, given a choice I'd drive either an Alfa, possibly the new one that is unbelievably gorgeous, or one of those silly Veyron thingies.

i have the same, 1996 Polo 1.4 CL 5dr
Mine is a 1.9 diesel - way too big for such a little car, so we call it The Gruntinator. It's totally unbreakable though, it made 220.000 km (that's 156.000 miles) without a major failure.
I used to drive something much less boring (http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/nipeng_bucket/saab1.jpg) before I got married. It was totally stable at speeds beyond 180 km/h (112 mph) and looked pristinely when it was 15 years old... I loved it.

I'm currently in between a 1998 Volvo S90, a 1966 Chevy Impala, a 1995 Ford Ranger, a 1981 Mercedes 300 SD, a 1971 Volvo 164, or a 1971 Volvo P180.

So yeah. My dad likes to collect cars, and he's not here anymore. :(

But now they're mine. :)

a 1971 Volvo P180.

You mean P1800? That's some legacy. One of the most beautiful cars ever made IMNSHO.

I drive a 1994 Pontiac Sunbird Convertible. Now before your eyes tear up from laughter...

I bought it used it's paid off. Its been paid off for 8 years. Pthhhhhhh!

I don't, in short, however, given a choice I'd drive either an Alfa, possibly the new one that is unbelievably gorgeous, or one of those silly Veyron thingies.What? I don't think 1000+ hp is silly, on the contrary, it is very serious :)

Cheerio!

2002 Honda Civic Si

I love it, and not just because it's the first car I've ever had that was made in the same decade in which I'm driving it. I love the seats, the short-throw, dash-mounted stickshift, the tight turning radius, the 30mpg at 80mph (which is a huge plus in the Dakotas), the pick-up off the line and sweet quiet of the interior.

Wrong color, but here's the review (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/06/27/142811.1-lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/06/27/142811.html&h=263&w=400&sz=24&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=ImJ8eaFymx9ldM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25222002%2BHonda%2BCivic%2BSi%2522%2Bblack%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den).

http://www.imcdb.org/images/027/699.jpg

ROFL!!:D

A nineteen-ninety-something Camry.

'02 Jeep Liberty

http://teamshaba.com/dlride.jpg

Although I walk to work, so my primary vehicle would be my feet.

'03 Focus Ghia. Nice car and I get over 40 mpg, which isn't bad.

http://theaviator.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/aston_martin_vanquish_01.jpg

Got delivered last thursday.

I might be receiving a speeding ticket soon, went to Germany to have a go on the Autobahn, but i think i kept the pedal down till past the no-speed limit area :P

90% of the time i cycle around though, and i take the bus to work. its nice to look at the people stuck in gridlock while i zoom past.

And what is it that you do for a living?

I drive a PT Cruiser, aka the PT Loser or the box on wheels. I want a Geo Metro; eventually I'd like to have a Prius. Better for the environment and better mileage. My car drinks gas like it's going out of style.

I can't drive cars, I don't really care about them. Bikes, buses and my friends cars are enough.

I have a Fiesta ST. It's white with blue stripes.

Like this.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:CGWIu4n1HbUVnM:http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/2005geneva/ford_fiesta_st_01.JPG

I'm not a chav tho :P

Subaru Forester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Forester#First_generation_1997.E2.80.932002)

I don't drive. Not learning. I hate to think what's going to happen in America when people realise how much petrol actually costs. :p

I don't drive. Not learning. I hate to think what's going to happen in America when people realise how much petrol actually costs. :p

We call it gas.

Get out ye dern ferner!

A Pagani Zonda C12 F (http://www.automotoportal.com/photos/Top_10_most_expensive_cars_in_the_world/11).

Of course that's just a stock photo, mine is tricked out with paint which renders the vehicle invisible and silenced mufflers with a sound absorbing interior to make the car impossible to hear.

in my honda civic hybrid (2007):gundge:

A Pagani Zonda C12 F (http://www.automotoportal.com/photos/Top_10_most_expensive_cars_in_the_world/11).

Of course that's just a stock photo, mine is tricked out with paint which renders the vehicle invisible and silenced mufflers with a sound absorbing interior to make the car impossible to hear.

why would you want to muffle uch an aweome sounding machine?

I have a cherry red Mazda RX-8 with the pilot 1/2 reverse back doors black leather interior with heated seats moon roof and a kick ass Bose sound system.. drinks premium gas like a fraterniy guy drinks cheap beer and gets like 16 mpg but it runs on a rotary engine so gets almost 240 hp on a tiny 1.3L engine and the whole engine has like 3 moving parts so it in theory lasts forever. Its sooooooo fun to drive. I dont dare drive past 100mph anywhere around where i live cause there can always be a cop pretty much anywhere so ive yet to even test 6th gear. It red zones at 9-10k so its a real fast reving car and soooo fun to drive.

why would you want to muffle uch an aweome sounding machine?

The figments of my imagination can only handle so many decibels.

I drive a Sector 9 longboard with .4 mutated horse power.

The figments of my imagination can only handle so many decibels.

pfft, even hotblack desiato would balk at the decibels in my imagination.

pfft, even hotblack desiato would balk at the decibels in my imagination.

I have no idea what that is, but it sounds like some sexy thing you would find at a saloon in the Wild West.

the lead singer of Disaster Area, the creators of the loudest noise in the entire universe! also the name of an islington estate agency who are amusingly still trading.

We call it gas.

Get out ye dern ferner!

It is a British-hosted board... :p

It is a British-hosted board... :p

At one point the region now known as the United States of America was hosted by the British. We can all see how that turned out.