Maybe I should just go for a Toyota Corolla that will turn on a dime, fit easily into parking spaces, run forever, and not feel the need to make any design statements.
― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.vwvortex.com/gallery/generated//Volkswagen/Golf%20-%20GTI%20-%20Rabbit/Golf%20V/Generations/066__scaled_600.jpg
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Nothing at the moment, but looked at one of these yesterday (w/o the paintjob & fancy addons):http://www.chrysler.gil.com.au/DrfVnHgn.jpgProbably will get something similar, but a Ford or Holden version. Anything between 1972-1979
Would love one of these: http://www.allpar.com/model/images/charger/1969-dodge.jpgor these:http://www.uniqueautoart.com/vhcharger01.jpg
Mad Max, Italian Job, Gone in 60 Seconds (original), Death Race 2000... the list could go for ages.
PS. Fuck you to anyone wanting an SUV or similar. Hope you die in a rollover.
― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 21 April 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 21 April 2005 06:01 (nineteen years ago) link
http://graffik.pl/galeria/Mercedes-Benz_olive.jpg
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 21 April 2005 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link
You're not 2600% more likely to be killed or injured if you have a collision with them though.
The missing pic is a '69 Dodge Charger. Like Dennis Hopper's in 'Blue Velvet'
― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 21 April 2005 08:27 (nineteen years ago) link
My pick of the golf is the GT TDI. Good acceleration. good fuel economy. the 4Motion version would be good if you could afford it. The S TDI is a good seond option.
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 08:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 09:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I have a '66 Barracuda (not running now), and I really wouldn't want to get hit in that. The gas filler tube goes through the passenger compartment because of the big fastback window, so any disruption there would likely spray gas gasoline all over the compartment.
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Is the UK all-Diesel?
I pointed out the Golf to my mom today and she confirmed my worst suspicions: "It looks like a small station wagon." :(
Maybe I should just pretend to care about the environment and get a Prius. But can't environmentally safe cars come in boxy packages?
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
To the European eye the golf looks like a mid sized hatchback, rather than a small estate. Do you get citroen? The 3 door C4 might be right up your street.
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
I couldn't live with myself if I drove a BMW--it would be like renounding everything the 18-yr-old Mary stood for.
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.autohaus.net/images/2497.jpg
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:54 (nineteen years ago) link
We seem to get most of the Europeans except for the French.
We used to have a nice compact Merc circa 80s that my mom gave away a few years ago argh.
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Old Volvos are okay but they get a little rusty when you get them old enough to look good. New Vovos are too pedestrian. My mom's friend tried to sell me a white one 10 years ago and I nipped that in the bud.
Saab too swoopy and aspirational.
Basically, I think I want an Old Jetta. Maybe they call with Jetta Classic.
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Mary: there's absolutely no comparison between the quality of today's Renaults and the ones from the 70s and 80s. New French cars are better made today than most new American cars -- it's the same with the Itlians. You should also consider a used C-class Mercedes -- they're terrific cars, and much less expensive than you'd imagine.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 22 April 2005 08:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Do you get the "SAABaru" in the states, then? IE the impreza wrx w/the saab-styled front end. I don't think they imported them into the uk.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 22 April 2005 09:09 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/tmb/7879_image.jpg
Sickening really!
― TOMBOT, Friday, 22 April 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Edmunds is a great resource for these kinds of questions:http://www.edmunds.com/advice/
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 22 April 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/car/69707519.html
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 22 April 2005 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/car/69572306.html
― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 23 April 2005 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.bestjapancar.com/NISSANS/FGFR.JPG
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link