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hyrichter
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I just thought it would be fun to see what type of car/truck/train, etc. the geeks here are driving around or wish you did. Please post pictures if possible.

I'll start off with my truck. It's a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 extended cab short bed. I don't have a picture of it, but this looks exactly like it:


Really nice truck, plenty of room and power, just wish the fuel mileage was a little better. I get an average of 14 mpg with it. It has over 100000 miles, but still runs almost like new.

Good performance is better than a good excuse.
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*Eye starts twitching*

I'll stay silent for a moment and wait for the first person to post an image of the Batmobile.


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That's what I WANT to drive, when I'm dreaming.

What I wouldn't mind driving in real life is a 2005 Mustang, or even a 1999 Mustang Cobra. What I do actually drive in is a gross 15 passenger van, that has been totalled. Bleah.

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I'm saving up for one of these :



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I'm still making loan payments on this baby.




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No one, I mean no one, can top that car. That car is 1337, plus chicks love it! Lol. It's the batcar "Tumbler" from the batman begins movie. Here's the specs:

SPECS:

2.5 tons
9 feet 4 inches wide
15 feet long
HOOSIER racetrack tires on front
4 Rear 44 inch SUPER SWAMPERS, a our wheel drive conversion component
Jet burner in rear with vector controls for the jet
Backend flaps for quick stops
Landing Hook
Enabled with front-firing machine guns
Built-in safety link for petrol control
Built-in fire extinguisher system
Front wheels on bolted arms for an axel-less front end
Conventional single axel rear end
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Looks like a kid's battery RC car.


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That truck must be delivering a rather large shipment of "No".


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Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have put the "or wish you did" part on the thread title.

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0-60 in about 5 minutes, and I have to do enough stunts to make myself throw up or it runs out of air.

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I ride in a Mazda 323 sport; (Same colour as well)


I don't drive yet, but I want either a lotus elise or a Mazda RX 8


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I drive a Mazda 3.

I wish I drove a Delorean or a '50 Ford Mercury.


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I'd love to drive a Ferrari Enzo or a Lamborghini Gallardo

What are you looking at?
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Posted: 4th Jul 2006 22:56 Edited at: 4th Jul 2006 22:57
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will be driving one of these babies one day.



You cannot top that car it is by far the best around.

BM

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Vipers are nice and very sexy. Some guy in Winchester has one, although I think he has the RT10. However, this is my puppy of destiny ...



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Is that even a car? Which end is the front?


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Careful megs. Dissing the Skyline is dissing the entire Japanese nation and their engineering brilliance!

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Same for Mazdas, Suberus and Suzuki...the real Miyamoto Musashi will come out of the grave and cut you down But I get your point, tsh rich car drivers think they own the road, its mostly Merc drivers and BMWs, but look he's taken up almost two spaces...tut tut...

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I want an early 70's Pinto so people will be afraid to tailgate me, at the moment however I have a 98 Grand Caravan SE

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Lukas W
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when i get my license (2 months from now hopefully) i'll be driving one of these:

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I'm learning in this beast:



Obvioulsy not that exact one but...

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Is the girl included in the retail price?


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Not meaning to push anyone out the window but i'm getting given 1 when i can drive



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god i hate it when people get stuff for free. think of us who have to pay for everything we want and when i say everything, i'm talking everything from gum to spaceship.

i even have to pay to get to work to get paid.

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I'm not a big fan of Caterhams. I wouldn't dismiss it, but it's definitely not the car for me. It's got a unique look which is in its favour, but it's not a look I really like. I find it a bit too impractical too, and the classic, although quick, isn't THAT quick. I mean, my Civic has the same BHP, a much lower acceleration, but the same top speed. And if you crash into a blade of grass in a Caterham, you're liable to be complete mangled. So, for me, it's a cool little car to show off in, but that's about it!

Edit: Oops, forgot to mention the price is great on Caterhams though, especially if you build them yourself.

Edit 2: UHh .... but just seen they're insurance group 20! So if you're just turning 17 and you can find someone to insure you on it, you're probably looking at £2000 - £3000!!!!!

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is that agent Smith driving that car?

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Quote: "Edit: Oops, forgot to mention the price is great on Caterhams though, especially if you build them yourself."


Lol yea it's home built

Quote: "is that agent Smith driving that car?"

Er...

No idea

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heres mine.


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I found megaton's car!



I drive a supercharged white 2dr 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. (modified suspension) Replaced the '99 I lost to a flippin deer. Well my dream car would be a early 70's hemi challenger, but something more practical for every day driving would be the hemi chrystler 300C, new mustang, hemi dodge magnum, or the new challenger(whenever it gets outa concept phase). The only import I'd want to drive without climbing over $100k is a Mitsu 3000gt vr4. (yes I know a lot of new chrystler stuff comes from Mercedes) At the $100k+ mark, gimme an aston martin, diablo, koenigsegg, maybach, or a bugatti. A lotus elise would make for a very nice $40k car.

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I drive one of these. Keeps me smiling!



EDIT: Sorry if you get the huge image, i've changed it now!

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Just hope no-one steals it again, 3 Times i tell you! THREE TIMES!

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@ Fallout: That's a skyline, right? They're illegal in the US Not that I can figure out why... Ferrari's are WAY faster and people have those here But it's pretty anyway hehe

I have a 2002 Mazda Protege right now, the sport edition. What I *really* want to get is the Mazda Speed6. Or better yet, if I woke up tomorrow with Bill Gate's money, I'd buy an Enzo and two Spiders (because you need to own two Ferrari's before you're allowed to purchase the Enzo, Ferrari's got hardcore rules about that, or so they said on the History Channel anyway). But realistically, the Speed6 would be awesome. Fast, efficient, cool-looking... I'd be a happy, happy guy if I had that car

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Quote: "That's a skyline, right?"


Yes!

Quote: "They're illegal in the US."


That is a travesty of justice.

Quote: "Ferrari's are WAY faster and people have those here"


Not all Ferrari's my man! The Skyline GTR is a twin turbo monster. But I will stop there, because arguing that a Skyline is better than a Ferrari would be completely retarded.

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my favourite car: mercedes slr



Or that black car which the guy drives towards the end of transporter 2 (Anyone know what car that is?)


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If you mean this ...



That's a Lamborghini Murcielago

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Quote: "Fallout: That's a skyline, right? They're illegal in the US Not that I can figure out why... Ferrari's are WAY faster and people have those here But it's pretty anyway hehe"


I doub't it has anything to do with the speed of the vehicle, it is more likely that it

a) does not meet minimum clearance or
b) does not meet a particular safety standard.

I know several european cars are illegal in the US due to clearance, though you could probably make it legal with a suspension change, but why do that.

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yep, a fine ride, 500 bdp (brake donkey power)

im thinking of getting a new chrome paintjob for this badboy, and some hydrolics for pimpin'

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Jon, just hope yopu dont have to drive that thing stick.

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Its a '94

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There's ways around the legality of any car. Some cars might be illegal to buy here or even bring over, but you can ship in the chassis separately from the rest of the engine and assemble over here in the US and then just insure it as a kit car. There's a particular brazilian car company that sells a car that way just so they can get them sold to US ppl.

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I did a little bit of digging. Apparently importing Skylines into the US isn't illegal. I read somewhere there is a company that is actively doing it, although you never know whether they're getting round a rule by tweaking something.

It appears a lot of people seem to think it's emmision related. That's somewhat bizarre looking at some of the cars you dudes drive. Obviously for it's class, or something, it has particularly high emmisions. My personal guess might be the mod market. I mean, nobody mods a ferrari, but you can mod a Skyline to have over 1000bhp and have a 3 second 0-60. Basically, you can turn it into a Japanese rocket (quite handy given the current situation with Korea). That might be considered a problem - it definitely makes it damn hard to find an insurance company here. I can get insured on a skyline, but a lot of them are modified when you by them 2nd hand and a lot of companies turn you down when they hear the word "Nismo"!

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the expidition....just got new 20" wheels on it



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Because tha's how pimps roll.


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I got one of these beasts:



and one of these:


exact same paint job too.

I got one of these as well:



and one of these:



P.s I live on a farm and I get to ride all of these beuties...

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Finally, Cattle Rustler is being loaded into a truck and taken back to his farm. What he's been doing living in NYC this wole time, I don't know...


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