2002 Nissan Maxima
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Here's my car (well, not mine, but the closest one I can find online). It has a sun-roof and leather interiors. :)
Engine: V6 3.5L 255 HP
Gear: 4-speed Automatic (OD)
Fuel: 24.5 mpg/18 gallons
Options: Sun Roof/6 CD Changer/BOSE subwhoofers/Cassette Player (my stepdad had the car)/12 FM Radio Presets/Cargo Net in Trunk
Seats: 4 comfortably (5 middle seat in the back)
Climate Control: Temperature
Here's all the cars I've ever owned, or in the case of the Wrangler driven regularly
2002 Jeep Liberty. Inherited it when my Uncle passed away a couple years ago- it's been a great car. Only complaint is poor gas mileage, but I do a ton of snow driving and this car beats all, minus the damn automatic transmission. I hate automatics, especially in snow.
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And the car I had before that- 1990 Dodge Colt. Overlapped with the Liberty for a couple months, but I sold it when I moved to Wyoming. This car was a beast- great gas mileage, shockingly good handling. 4-speed manual. Ton of fun to drive. I'd rather drive that than some of the rich kid college cars in the background (that newish Mustang, newish BMW, that blue GTO por ejemplo). That was among the least valuable cars on the University of Puget Sound campus, but that was a good thing. It was like a go cart. Only cost $600 to buy and fix to good running condition. I really regret selling it but I couldn't afford to keep it nor could I manage the logistics of moving two cars from Washington to Wyoming. This was the best kind of car- I don't know a ton about the mechanics of cars, but I could pop the hood and fix anything. Nothing fancy, not even power steering. I was in full control of everything that happened behind the wheel of that vehicle unlike these fancy new cars with automatics, ABS, power steering, traction control, and a whole host of other things that take the fun out of driving. It was just a car. That's the way they should be.
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And my high school car- 1997 Jeep Wrangler. Had it until I went to college when my parents needed it back for my little sister to drive.
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2009 Ford Focus.
The cheesy picture of my father handing me the keys....
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This was last summer. It's not that clean now!
(also, those who've seen me know that I've since grown a beard)
whatever I pick up at the rental counter... :sombrero:
Quote2009 Ford Focus.
Nice! I'm hoping when I get around to buying a new car here in 2-3 years it ends up being a Focus
Here's a picture of my car:
Pretty nice huh? It's a _______________ and it goes from _ to ___ in _ seconds, its engine is a ______________ and I bought it at _______.
Anyone wanna get me a car so I can fill in the blanks? I want a black F-150 Crew Cab, that would make me sooooo happy!!!
BigMatt
@ Corco: Ah. I'm not bringing a car up to college this fall. It's way too expensive and risky, especially since I'm going to UW Seattle.
Here's my first car:
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A 2000 white Mercury Mystique (with the I-4, not V6). I took this photo since the blonde girl driving the Jeep Cherokee who parks next to me doesn't know how to park. :P
Quote@ Corco: Ah. I'm not bringing a car up to college this fall. It's way too expensive and risky, especially since I'm going to UW Seattle.
Yeah, UW is insanely expensive to get a parking permit. I briefly considered transferring there from UPS before ultimately moving to Wyoming, but the costs to attend out of state were going to just be too much. No small part of that was the insane expense of parking (something like $1500/semester, if I recall right), which would have required me to not have a car. Great school, but you have to make some sacrifices to go there, especially out of state.
It's nice to have a car, and that's why I bought that Colt, but Metro (or Pierce in my case) and Sound Transit are good enough that it's pretty easy to get around without one. Parking was free at UPS, so it worked well. UW probably isn't a problem, but in Tacoma there was a bit of a theft problem (that nice GTO in the background got broken into twice! Twice!), and having a crummy car with no valuable parts was highly advantageous (no airbags, and I'd bet 90% of Dodge/Plymouth Colts, Eagle Summits, and Mitsubishi Mirages of that vintage are sitting in junkyards right now, so there's not much of a black market for parts). You'll probably want your car later on, but especially at first it's good to at least try getting by without one.
I'm also pretty sure UW has an agreement with Flexcar (or whatever it is now), so students, even those who are only 18, can use those vehicles at a discounted rate, so that's great.
Not my car, but it's what my car looks like.
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Be well,
Bryant
my truck 59 Ford F100..
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which is strangely the same year as this truck (I don't have the awesome brush guard)..
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My first car was a '85 Mercury Cougar. My next set of cars have all gotten into photos unintentionally.
My second car, a red '89 Cav:
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My third car, which I had ever so briefly, enough to learn how to drive stick shift, a white '78 Celica:
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My fourth car, a blue '94 Cav:
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Currently driving a '99 Avenger (no inadvertent photos come to mind!)
Quote from: KillerTux on August 31, 2010, 09:25:02 PM
my truck 59 Ford F100..
THAT is a neat truck! Though I don't drive yet, I hope to get my dad's old '97 Ford F-150 when he get's a new truck in about a year or so.
'95 Toyota Corolla. no photos, yet.
Here's my car:
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I wish!
My fleet currently consists of:
1990 Chevy G20 Conversion Van (operable)
1996 Saturn SC1 (almost there)
1992 Chevy Caprice Station Wagon (under repair)
1992 Cadillac Eldorado (under repair)
Here's the only picture I have handy at the moment of my Eldorado from February during a rare Tennessee snowstorm:
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20100215Snow Car 2 by mightyace, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace/4374348757/)
If I ever buy new again, it will likely from Ford instead of Government Motors.
I totaled my previous car while on a road trip, exploring US 40/National Road.
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And so ended our vacation. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/3436306186/) by mobilene (http://www.flickr.com/people/mobilene/), on Flickr
I liked my Matrix so much, I replaced it with another. Here it is on US 50 in Brownstown, IN.
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Knights of Pythias building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/4769139047/) by mobilene (http://www.flickr.com/people/mobilene/), on Flickr
^ Why are cars treated as throw away items these days? The red Matrix just needs a new door and the rear side panel beating into shape or replacing.
The front passenger-side fender was also creamed. The car was worth $7,000; that was $7,500 of damage. Hence, total.
But more practically, I wrecked the car 5 hours from home. While I would have preferred not to wreck the car, I was glad not to have to deal with either towing it back home or having it fixed in a distant town.
jim
Quote from: mobilene on September 01, 2010, 03:50:59 PM
I totaled my previous car while on a road trip, exploring US 40/National Road.
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Ah, at OH 7 and the bridge to Wheeling. (:
Quote from: AlpsROADS on September 01, 2010, 08:28:50 PM
Ah, at OH 7 and the bridge to Wheeling. (:
Right! As I came over the bridge, I somehow didn't see the light in the intersection just beyond the US 250 overpass and entered the intersection on red. My sons were in the car with me; we were all very lucky to be uninjured. Especially my son who sat next to the crushed door.
QuoteHere's the only picture I have handy at the moment of my Eldorado from February during a rare Tennessee snowstorm:
That's an awesome Caddy! I've always wanted to get an Eldorado of the 1992-2002 vintage. Hopefully one day- they're among the most beautiful cars of the 90s, especially the 92-96 version. The only legitimate rival they had for awesome 90s cars is the 95-00 Olds Aurora or the Allanté, but I'd take an Eldorado over either of those.
Quote1992 Chevy Caprice Station Wagon (under repair)
That too is an awesome vehicle. Last generation of the full-size station wagon. Great car- good utility, amazing size, decent looks (especially if you have a wood package), wonderful highway cruiser. Can I have your car fleet? Pretty please?
Quote from: KillerTux on August 31, 2010, 09:25:02 PM
my truck 59 Ford F100..
(https://files.me.com/parndt/k5fexl)
Nice truck. My dad had one just like it but it wasn't as slick and had a white grille instead of chrome. Does yours have the inline six and 3 on the tree?
I have a Ford product of similar vintage: a 1962 Galaxie 500 two door hardtop. It has a 390 and automatic transmission. It's all there, but in need of a complete restoration.
EDIT: I just noticed the "Y BLOCK" license plate so I assume it's a 292. Is it original?
I drive a 1998 Chevy Cavalier 2 door with 170k miles. I lost my pictures of it in a hard drive crash.
Here's my 2001 Audi A4 in a picture taken soon after I bought it in May '01.
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It's been a great car, now with 248,500 or so miles on it in over 9 years. I believe I've driven it to 48 states, including Alaska. In fact, this car went up the Alaska Highway just a month after I bought it. My goal for a while now has been to get to 250,000, but that might not happen. It needs quite a bit of work to stay reliable and will not likely pass inspection in October without putting far more money into it than the car is worth. I stopped worrying about the cosmetic stuff long ago (those door moldings just fall off after a few years), but with engine troubles finally creeping up, it's time to move on soon.
Quote from: Jim on September 01, 2010, 10:48:40 PM
My goal for a while now has been to get to 250,000, but that might not happen. It needs quite a bit of work to stay reliable and will not likely pass inspection in October without putting far more money into it than the car is worth. I stopped worrying about the cosmetic stuff long ago (those door moldings just fall off after a few years), but with engine troubles finally creeping up, it's time to move on soon.
Hopefully you have a VAG-COM and the Bentley, at that mileage you should have both. :P
Here are my headaches (well one of them is anyway)
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2009 Audi A4 quattro 2.0T with 16,000 miles (has been to NC twice already)
1987 Audi 4000cs quattro with ~106,000 miles (broken odometer, have taken it as far as Carlisle, PA for a show)
Quote from: corco on September 01, 2010, 09:22:22 PM
That's an awesome Caddy! I've always wanted to get an Eldorado of the 1992-2002 vintage. Hopefully one day- they're among the most beautiful cars of the 90s, especially the 92-96 version. The only legitimate rival they had for awesome 90s cars is the 95-00 Olds Aurora or the Allanté, but I'd take an Eldorado over either of those.
In looks, yes. And, at times, it has been my go to vehicle. However, it currently overheats, loses coolant, drinks power steering fluid and has a bad engine mount. Other than that, it's great! :-o
Quote from: corco on September 01, 2010, 09:22:22 PM
Quote1992 Chevy Caprice Station Wagon (under repair)
That too is an awesome vehicle. Last generation of the full-size station wagon. Great car- good utility, amazing size, decent looks (especially if you have a wood package), wonderful highway cruiser. Can I have your car fleet? Pretty please?
I don't have the wood package, but otherwise yes. I call it my civil war car. It's blue on top (north) and gray on the bottom (south).
And, all four vehicles are over 200,000 miles.
Most of my daily driving, and road tripping, is now done in my plain-Jane blue 2008 Prius. Here's a rear view (photo by Richie Kennedy):
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I also have a 2006 Nissan Titan with a camper shell. That used to be my road trip vehicle ($4/gal. gas in 2008 changed that), but nowadays I use the truck mainly for camping, snowstorms, and other trips where I need four-wheel drive.
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Both still have the rare bumper sticker for the late Hawaii Superferry auto ferry system, with the distinctive psuedo-Interstate H-4 shield. So it's really easy to spot my ride at a road enthusiasts meet.
Jeez! What's with all of the bumper stickers!!!
I'm not a big fan of the Prius. It looks ugly, but I guess the price at the pump isn't too ugly. :sombrero: I've heard the Prius has a braking issue, though, and that's not necessarily something you'd want a car to earn notoriety on.
Quote from: KEK Inc. on September 02, 2010, 06:56:34 AM
I've heard the Prius has a braking issue, though, and that's not necessarily something you'd want a car to earn notoriety on.
Never have had, or heard of, any braking issues -- the regenerative brakes feel a little different, but you get used to it quickly. The Prius is better known for unintended acceleration issues -- about the last problem you'd expect from such an underpowered car -- but I'm inclined to think that's a bum rap.
I drive a mint green 2005 Ford Escape XLT with 215000 miles on it! I love that car so much. Pretty good fuel economy, great handling, lots of space, and great acceleration.
Quote from: corco on August 31, 2010, 06:30:44 PM
Here's all the cars I've ever owned, or in the case of the Wrangler driven regularly
And the car I had before that- 1990 Dodge Colt. Overlapped with the Liberty for a couple months, but I sold it when I moved to Wyoming. This car was a beast- great gas mileage, shockingly good handling. 4-speed manual. Ton of fun to drive. I'd rather drive that than some of the rich kid college cars in the background (that newish Mustang, newish BMW, that blue GTO por ejemplo). That was among the least valuable cars on the University of Puget Sound campus, but that was a good thing. It was like a go cart. Only cost $600 to buy and fix to good running condition. I really regret selling it but I couldn't afford to keep it nor could I manage the logistics of moving two cars from Washington to Wyoming. This was the best kind of car- I don't know a ton about the mechanics of cars, but I could pop the hood and fix anything. Nothing fancy, not even power steering. I was in full control of everything that happened behind the wheel of that vehicle unlike these fancy new cars with automatics, ABS, power steering, traction control, and a whole host of other things that take the fun out of driving. It was just a car. That's the way they should be.
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The Colt is known in Europe as a Mitsubishi Colt, other than the name, the car appears to be the same.
I drive a 2004 Renault Kangoo car-based commercial van. Actually, this post is typed right from the drivers seat from a wifi connection at McDonalds in Switzerland.
It's not the most beautiful car around, but it's reliable, affordable and practical. It has a 1.6 liter 70 HP turbodiesel engine that gets 49 miles per gallon and has no problem getting around on the mountain passes I've driven today. A 12 - 15% incline can be done at 40 - 50 miles per hour, no problem. Even passing a truck uphill is no problem, even with the only 70 horse power this thing has. Thanks to the diesel engine, you don't need a 200+ horse power car to have a powerful engine.
QuoteThe Colt is known in Europe as a Mitsubishi Colt, other than the name, the car appears to be the same.
Yeah- in the 80s and 90s Chrysler owned a substantial chunk of Mitsubishi-I don't know if it was a controlling interest, but a large chunk of it. This car is a Mitsubishi product- even under the hood and on the window glass the car had the three diamonds shown prominently. Chrysler pretty much let Mitsubishi make their small cars for them before the Neon came out, so you could buy a Dodge Colt, a Plymouth Colt, or an Eagle Summit in North America, all of which were substantially exactly the same car. If you went over to Mitsubishi in North America, the car was called a Mirage, but was also substantially the same car.
I doubt I will ever own another car that stretches my "Buy American only" policy so thin- this car was made in Japan by (a partially Chrysler-controlled) Mitsubishi; it just happened to be sold at a Dodge dealer.
I figured for the cost I couldn't afford to be too picky- this seemed like a good car that needed minimal work to get up to running condition and one that would be simple enough to fix, plus pretty much all of the super-subcompact American cars (a class below the Escort/Cavalier) of the early 90s were made in Japan or Korea by Japanese or Korean manufacturers (Festiva (Kia Pride), Colt (Mitsubishi Colt), Metro (Suzuki Cultus)), so it was unavoidable
Here is the my dad's 1997 Ford F-150 that I hope to get when he gets a new truck...
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My car :D
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It's a 2010 Mazda 3 (black, as you can just barely tell) and this photo was taken about five months ago when I was wondering how the hell I was going to dig out from what was, at the time, roughly four or five times the total amount of snow I'd dealt with in the previous 23 years.
Prior to that, I owned a 2000 Ford Taurus for a few years; that was my first car.
The daily driver, 1990 Volvo 760:
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My 6th Volvo which I just acquired a month ago and a harking back to my first car/Volvo, also a 1990 760 (http://www.pbase.com/mr740ti/image/17505826.jpg). Side note, I added WI and IL to my list of states on the trip to buy that car as well as nearly clinching I-65. I now only lack Montgomery to Mobile.
The perpetual project, 1984 Volvo 240:
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My 5th Volvo, bought in 2008 and has barely been driven 30 miles since. :rolleyes:
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The perpetual project, 1984 Volvo 240:
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My 5th Volvo, bought in 2008 and has barely been driven 30 miles since. :rolleyes:
Looks like the dog might get upset if you move his shady spot.
Living in Europe, my car type will probably be unknown to you.
It's an Opel Zafira (just like this one (http://www.hln.be/static/FOTO/pe/4/13/4/media_xl_901744.jpg), mine is a diesel, built in 2004, today at 200000 km ~ 125,000 miles.)
Quote from: KEK Inc. on September 02, 2010, 06:56:34 AM
Jeez! What's with all of the bumper stickers!!!
Just reminded yesterday of one reason for the stickers on my Prius (one of my rides, pictured several posts above) -- blue Priuses (Prii?) are a dime a dozen where I live, and often I end up in a parking space next to one or even two of them, as happened yesterday. The stickers help make it easier for me, and fellow Prius owners, to distinguish my car from all the others.
They also make clear that I'm not a fan of the local pro football team, and that my politics are not exactly what one might expect from a Prius owner in Virginia's bluest county.
Quote from: oscar on September 04, 2010, 07:40:26 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on September 02, 2010, 06:56:34 AM
Jeez! What's with all of the bumper stickers!!!
Just reminded yesterday of one reason for the stickers on my Prius (one of my rides, pictured several posts above) -- blue Priuses (Prii?) are a dime a dozen where I live, and often I end up in a parking space next to one or even two of them, as happened yesterday. The stickers help make it easier for me, and fellow Prius owners, to distinguish my car from all the others.
They also make clear that I'm not a fan of the local pro football team, and that my politics are not exactly what one might expect from a Prius owner in Virginia's bluest county.
I know plenty of conservative Prius owners, but I suppose it does go against the political stereotype.
I rarely see other charcoal colored Nissan Maximas, and I remember where I park, so that's not an issue for me. :P
Quote from: Eth on September 02, 2010, 07:32:20 PM
My car :D
It's a 2010 Mazda 3 (black, as you can just barely tell) and this photo was taken about five months ago when I was wondering how the hell I was going to dig out from what was, at the time, roughly four or five times the total amount of snow I'd dealt with in the previous 23 years.
What a way to treat a new car :ded:
My car is a 2007 Ford Mondeo. As aswnl mentioned in his post, it's a model produced in Europe that may not be known in North America. Here's a few pictures taken recently in Scotland.
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Quote from: Truvelo on September 06, 2010, 01:31:05 PM
My car is a 2007 Ford Mondeo. As aswnl mentioned in his post, it's a model produced in Europe that may not be known in North America.
The Mondeo was sold in North America from 1995 to 2000 as the Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique. They were infamous for having poor reliability and a cramped rear seat. The Mercury model was nicknamed the "Mercury Mistake." My dad had a Contour and it was nothing but trouble. I have heard the European versions were better cars than the US versions.
Quote from: Truvelo on September 06, 2010, 01:31:05 PMMy car is a 2007 Ford Mondeo. As aswnl mentioned in his post, it's a model produced in Europe that may not be known in North America.
Yes and no. The original Mondeo was designed as a "world car" and a variant of it was marketed in North America as the Ford Contour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Contour). It went out of production in 2000 because it was considered too small for its market segment. It was about the same size as a third-generation Nissan Maxima (which I drove for over 10 years), but was smaller than the fourth- and fifth-generation Maximas and the contemporary Camry models, which were considered its principal competitors.
I road-tested a Contour soon after it came out and quite liked its road feel.
Aren't the Contour models based on the earlier Mondeo with the smiley grille? I've seen some of the those whilst in the US and the front end is pretty much the same as the 1996-1999 Mondeo. I don't think there's anything like the 2000-2007 Mondeo in North America.
I saw a Toyota Solara in France last week, which is rare, because they aren't sold in Europe. It had German plates from Kaiserslautern, where 50,000 American soldiers live, so I assumed it was brought overseas by a soldier stationed in Kaiserslautern/Ramstein.
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He or she might even have been posted to TRADOC before--the "Chantilly Toyota" license plate frame (itself sized correctly for a North American rather than German license plate) hints at that.
I got the picture from Wikipedia actually. The car I saw was a similar model with a US size German license plate.
Quote from: Eth on September 02, 2010, 07:32:20 PM
My car :D
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It's a 2010 Mazda 3 (black, as you can just barely tell) and this photo was taken about five months ago when I was wondering how the hell I was going to dig out from what was, at the time, roughly four or five times the total amount of snow I'd dealt with in the previous 23 years.
Prior to that, I owned a 2000 Ford Taurus for a few years; that was my first car.
The benefits of living five blocks from work: I just didn't drive for about three weeks.
Quote from: bugo on September 06, 2010, 02:36:38 PM
Quote from: Truvelo on September 06, 2010, 01:31:05 PM
My car is a 2007 Ford Mondeo. As aswnl mentioned in his post, it's a model produced in Europe that may not be known in North America.
The Mondeo was sold in North America from 1995 to 2000 as the Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique. They were infamous for having poor reliability and a cramped rear seat. The Mercury model was nicknamed the "Mercury Mistake." My dad had a Contour and it was nothing but trouble. I have heard the European versions were better cars than the US versions.
lol, that's my first car. (The Mercury Mystique)
They had really good fuel mileage, even after it got Americanized with the cat. The handling wasn't bad. Everything else though...
Anyways, I'm perfectly content with my Nissan Maxima. It only has 65,000 miles on it, and I won't drive it around much in college. It's a big step up from the Mystique.
And my personal favorite... A Mondeo getting raped by a 747 jet engine's crosswind.
My first car was a Mistake as well...and everything they say about them is true. They look nice, and they're decent on gas (though the gas gauge in mine was screwed up...when it got filled it stayed on "F" forever but then quickly went down to "E")...but I (and my family who passed it to me) went through brakes about every six months...it got expensive fast. Add to that that the car hated it when I got above 65...it started rattling like hell as soon as the needle hit 66. The car got passed on to my sister and, needless to say, has been since taken off the road after it became just too expensive to maintain.
I currently drive an invisible Batmobile. :-D
Quote from: Truvelo on September 06, 2010, 03:03:40 PM
Aren't the Contour models based on the earlier Mondeo with the smiley grille? I've seen some of the those whilst in the US and the front end is pretty much the same as the 1996-1999 Mondeo. I don't think there's anything like the 2000-2007 Mondeo in North America.
Thank you for those beautiful pictures of Scotland, and some nice insulators on the poles in the second picture. (Looks like those poles go for some distance, too.)
Let me get my hiking boots, my backpack, canteen, lunch, plane ticket to Scotland... :D Any more pictures?
Quote from: hm insulators on September 07, 2010, 01:04:05 PM
Any more pictures?
Yes, here's another one with the car and pole.
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Quote from: cu2010 on September 06, 2010, 10:15:19 PM
My first car was a Mistake as well...and everything they say about them is true. They look nice, and they're decent on gas (though the gas gauge in mine was screwed up...when it got filled it stayed on "F" forever but then quickly went down to "E")...but I (and my family who passed it to me) went through brakes about every six months...it got expensive fast. Add to that that the car hated it when I got above 65...it started rattling like hell as soon as the needle hit 66. The car got passed on to my sister and, needless to say, has been since taken off the road after it became just too expensive to maintain.
I currently drive an invisible Batmobile. :-D
The biggest thing about the Mercury Mistake is if you have less than 1/2 a tank and you take a quick uphill left turn, the engine starts sucking air, due to a moronic design of the fuel tank. I haven't had any real issues with it apart from overheating easily, which is really bad.
I've driven that car at 90 before. It was working perfectly fine. However, going 75 uphill in 120º weather was an issue for it.
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One of my prized children, my 2002 Corvette on the Museum date of delivery, June 14, 2002.
1996 Lincoln Town Car Cartier
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I currently drive a 2004 Pontiac Sunfire.
Picture: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11601574&l=d72d49a579&id=767365610
This is my second car. My first one was a 1992 Honda Civic, which I got in May 2008 and had for just a bit over a year before getting this newer car.
Here's the one I spoil... 2007 Porsche Cayman.. metallic grey + full brown leather.. I take this on the for-fun joy rides..
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My daily commuter/driver is a White 2003 Hyundai Elantra GLS, but it's too ugly to take a picture of :-D
Nice Porsche! Say...if you ever need a car-sitter, I know a great guy down in Arizona who will be on the next bus to wherever to watch it.
Mine seems to be out of place compared to what y'all have...and currently out of commission (and has been for almost 3 yrs! :banghead: ). I have a 1983 Pontiac Grand Prix that I've owned since 1994. A friend of mine put in the 3rd engine in it this past summer (7 yrs of use from the previous 2 engines). Now it needs a transmission. (I love this car...what can I say? :love: ) I've been borrowing my dad's 1998 Ford Ranger since I took my car off the road. I REALLY can't wait to get my car on the road again! :nod: