Been driving mine since 1992 when I bought my top of the range Pajero brand new.
Still going strong , and more importantly , still no rust despite spending a lot of time up on Stockton and Blacksmiths' beaches and spending a lot nights being covering in wind blown salt spray at Nobby's and Stockton Breakwalls' car parks.
I like my nice red and grey beast and see no good reason to get rid of it.
On the motor theme as Gene said parking the quattro in a slightly seedy neighbourhood
"Anything happens to this motor, I’ll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys. Got it? Good kids."
Some of his others unrelated to the thread (sorry) I like
"He’s got fingers in more pies than a leper on a cookery course."
and
"You’re as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot."
a few others are a bit rude for this family friendly site
Yeah, i have watched Ashes to Ashes over and over, mainly because i am British, and spent my formative years in the 80's. so i can relate 110% to everything on there, the music, the cars, the environment ..
Its a nice car, but i have never understood the fixation here with such huge engines. i am sure its nippy and fast etc. but apparently the carbon footprint created in Australia per capita, is the highest in the world.
My friends engine blew up last week, and he was really upset "whats wrong?" i asked him, knowing what was wrong, and giving him an opportunity to talka bout it, he replied "you know what this means? this means i have have to drive a four cylinder"
needs to say, i was disgusted.
Yes very true, I work for a company that is recognised as a pioneer in terms of sustainable industry, so there is definitely a pang of guilt that I have to deal with . This is actually our family car, my daily work commuter is a old-boot of a Ford Festiva
Its a nice car, but i have never understood the fixation here with such huge engines. i am sure its nippy and fast etc. but apparently the carbon footprint created in Australia per capita, is the highest in the world.
My friends engine blew up last week, and he was really upset "whats wrong?" i asked him, knowing what was wrong, and giving him an opportunity to talka bout it, he replied "you know what this means? this means i have have to drive a four cylinder"
needs to say, i was disgusted.
Yea, I would only drive a 4cyl if it was being fed at least 18psi through a rather large turbo, with oversize fuel injectors pumping out probably twice the carbon emissions of a well tuned 8 cylinder..
Whats the fixation of a big motor... well.. up the high way, at 100km/h my V8 sits at around 1750 rpm.. Would this not be equally good/bad for the environment as say, my old 180SX that sat at 3300rpm at 100km/h??
Fixation on big engines.. Its the sound, the feel of the motor making steady power... Its briliant... There is no replacement for cubic displacement.. Nuff said.
Whats the fixation of a big motor... well.. up the high way, at 100km/h my V8 sits at around 1750 rpm.. Would this not be equally good/bad for the environment as say, my old 180SX that sat at 3300rpm at 100km/h??
Fixation on big engines.. Its the sound, the feel of the motor making steady power... Its briliant... There is no replacement for cubic displacement.. Nuff said.
Here here, the way the car just explodes once the key is turned, and the way it rocks at idle........
When I was much younger I loved big engined fast cars. I once had a Holden V8 that was great to drive except on a wet road. Before speed cameras and speed limits I once covered 260 miles at an average speed of 96MPH from Toowomba to Narrabri. I have grown up now and if I had not wasted money on big cars I would be able to afford a metre telescope at my own dark site observatory.
Our 'dream car' will be purchased when we retire - either a Toyota Prado diesel or a Toyota Land Cruiser diesel - when we hope to be 'on the road' full-time
I've had a Prado turbo diesel for 5 years now. The usual unbreakable Toyota. This is my fourth Toyota and third 4WD (two Pajeros). SWMBO has an Elantra.
Now If I could just get brother-in-law to donate his Continental. Or the SL500. Or even the S600.
Duncan,
Until UKTG and the Clakson comments, MX5's where rated as girls cars by a lot of blokes, You and I probably have the same list ie; gearbox, handling, wind in the hair, gearbox, handling, making resonable drivers better, gearbox etc etc.
Sadly in this country we are conditioned from an early age to believe that there is no replacement for displacement, the warning bells have been ringing for a long time now and Australian car manufacturers still dont hear them, nothing has changed apart from engines get bigger and production costs increasing.
Illuminating the future with brightly burning bridges.
Greg.
P.S. Whilst researching my MX5 I met a fellow who told me that I should get used to smiling more often because it was mandatory, and that the money I saved on fuel would soon be spent on sunscreen, a very wise man.
As a kid, I grew up with Sandown Park on my back door step and went to all the race meets and there was always 1 car that I wanted.
A Holden HG 350 Monaro
I am not as a rule a "car guy" however, I have longed for a 1969 Ford Shelby Mustang for a long time...I'd also love to own a 1964 Karmann-ghia convertable....
I'm with Scott on this one. The mustangs are hot cars.
If money wasn't a dream, a McLaren F1 sports car. Beautiful, powerful and a technological marvel (fly by wire, 4wd, 4w steer, active suspension, semi auto gearbox). Given the age, it really is a marvel and is hard to beat imho.
. This is actually our family car, my daily work commuter is a old-boot of a Ford Festiva 
