If you lived in America, what would you drive?

Repli

Ok say you could afford the insurance/tax/fuel costs on a 5 litre Chevrolet Camaro or something similar (not even limited to classic cars, just day to day drive) I would probably go with the Saturn L300 sedan

http://www.saturnofalexandria.com/1511216.jpg

mmmm

[edit] I want pics too!

Dr. Dre

http://www.musclecarnationals.com/gallery/mustang/mustang68.jpg

KdjaCL

I have a big red Ford 4 litre pick up parked outside my apartment in NY.
Bro made me drive it, would have loved a Humveee tho

kdjac

Interceptor

Lincoln Town Car (the older model) for when you have to drive six hundred miles but don't want to leave your armchair. I had one of these for three months and loved it, but my god did it love unleaded. And burnouts with the traction control switched off. American cars don't really 'do' corners very well. The Town Car is typical of this, needing written notification of upcoming sharp turns.

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/2059

'c

Interceptor

Ooh, Ooh, can I change my answer, please.....

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/2334

Honda NSX - and so cheap too. For when you really have to feel your eyeballs being pushed into your head......


'c

Mayshine

Evo8 or a 2.5l WRX Sti

+ some cash left over for some mods

kaimera

2005 Mustang || Ford F150 Lightning || Mazda3 || Nissan350Z

mustang
F150

Dr. Dre

God damn

Forgot about one from my teenage years
always wanted one of these

http://gallery.turbotime.us/albums/myclone/aau.jpg

0-60 in about 4 secs IIRC :eek:

sceptre

A 1958 Edsel Pacer convertible (my parallel parking wouldn't be up to a Citation). Or a 66 or 67 Mustang but I'm not that much of a boy racer.

edit: Pacer pictures (about 140k each, both of the 2-door hardtop. Actually I might go for the hardtop instead - the convertible came with a rubber floor instead of the hardtop's carpet)

One
Two

mike65

It would have to be -



Yeeeeeeeeee-harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

or maybe something more subtle.
http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Ford/images/1975%20Ford%20Thunderbird%20Sport%20Coupe%20f3q%20B&W_jpg.jpg

Mike.

seamus

http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/allbikes/gallery/bike1_ex.jpg
Only $47,000

impr0v

i'd probably get one of these redneck transporters and slowly start turning republican.

BrianD3

I like loads of American cars. Muscle cars, land yachts, pickups, pre war Cords and Dusenbergs, Tuckers with engines from a helicopter etc. etc.

Off the top of my head, I might go for a Boss Hog style Cadillac Eldorado convertible with a 500 ci engine. Or maybe a mid sixties Lincoln Continental pillarless convertible similar to the one JFK used (minu blood stains and brain matter hopefully)

BrianD3

vector

For looks alone...

Lincoln LS (new)


Ford Crown Victoria (new)
Ford F-150
Chrysler 300
Mercury Grand Marquis
Ford Five Hundred (like an american mondeo)
Dodge Diplomat (out of production)
Dodge Dakota

and of course

Ford Crown Victoria (old)


Because looking at the websites of the big three...
http://www.ford.com
http://www.gm.com
http://www.chryslercorp.com
there are some manky designs there

Nuttzz

A big F*** OFF hummer, with whale skin leather interior and a leaded fuel engine and a assualt rifle mount on the roof because its America goddamnit!!!

ando

its gotta be a '68 mustang

JohnBoy

57 chevy

or any random 40's to 70s truck

fletch

Its gotta be a Ford SVT F-150 Lightning, jus look at it, its SO excessive & utterly pointless

fletch

Or maybe an escalade

fletch

Bling Bling

neGev

What's that car that Hutch(?) has in Starsky & Hutch. Whatever it is, it's sweeeeeeeeet !

mike65

Ford Gran Turino.

Mike.

fletch

Repli wrote:

I would probably go with the Saturn L300 sedan

http://www.saturnofalexandria.com/1511216.jpg

Thats hidious!

fjon

How about an AMC Pacer? Often regarded as one of the worst cars ever built. Possibly very popular with die-hard Wayne's World fans!

Hal1

'71 canary yellow mustang :cool:

giftgrub

chrysler 300 tourer for me

unkel

Might as well go the whole hog...

mike65

He he!

Mike.

unkel

:eek: Holy Jaysis, Mike65 ROFLMAO

You win so. Didn't even know those existed

ApeXaviour

Holy krap.. That one got emailed around to all my mates...

Mine'd be a '67 blue mustang.. my uncle has one. It's the only car I would actually have sex with if I could.

fletch

Nuttzz wrote:

A big F*** OFF hummer...and a leaded fuel engine

Isn't the Hummer a 6.5ltr V8 Turbo Diesel if I'm not mistaken....i could b wrong

ToxicPaddy

JAYSUS Mike..

Thats huge!!!!

highdef

Lincoln Towncar, Ford Crown Victoria - Any of the BIG US saloons,

mike65

I saw a programme on Discovery about those wagons and I tell ya its no picnic working in/with/around one of them things! Esp as the mines in question are often in incredibly remote spots so if anything nasty happness you might well be DOA. One of the big wories is two colliding in fog and ending up with a few hundred tonnes of rock rolling all over the place! :eek:

Mike.

unkel

Komatsu 930E

Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight (lb): 1,100,000
Capacity (ton): 320

:eek:

KdjaCL

mike65 wrote:

I saw a programme on Discovery about those wagons and I tell ya its no picnic working in/with/around one of them things! Esp as the mines in question are often in incredibly remote spots so if anything nasty happness you might well be DOA. One of the big wories is two colliding in fog and ending up with a few hundred tonnes of rock rolling all over the place! :eek:

Mike.

Theres a bigger one takes a mile or half to turn round.

kdjac

vector

I wonder how much it costs (new or secondhand)
I can't find any indications (but then again it is such a huge item that it is proabably customised for each client)

mike65

My big fear would be comming out one morning and spotting a flat!

Mike.

dcGT

The 67 Shelby Mustang GT500....





I don't like any of the other American junk so alternatively I'd have to get my R34 GTR Skyline







DC.

Blitzkrieger

I'd still drive one of these : http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v317/Blitz205/

If I aboslutly had to drive an American car, it'd have to be a Mustang GT.

dcGT

mike65 wrote:

He he!

Mike.

Now that's a bug Tonka toy..I think I had one of those for Christmas years ago. Though maybe not quite as big.

DC.

eljono

If I had to drive an American car it would be one of these:

3.5l 24-valve aluminum V6 - 250bhp. Definitely one of the best looking American production cars.
Otherwise (theoretically unfortunately) I'd wait for the new Audi S8 to come out, fill it with cheap unleaded and just go nuts in it

eljono

Here it is.......

HashSlinging

A cop car, similar to the one in the blues brothers, havent a clue what it is.

highdef

Most probably a Ford Crown Victoria. Something a bit like this maybe?

Or maybe an older model of this. I think this is an '88 model so newer than those in the Blues Brother's

highdef

This is the interior of my car. Does anyone like it? And more importantly, does anyone know what car it is?

weemcd

ford scorpio?
http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=151448

highdef

Well done. You were quick and I see you also found my previous post! Most people think the car is ugly from the outside but once they step inside, their attitude usually changes quickly enough. I only stuck it in coz it has an American look to it (on the outside anyway)

dcGT

HashSlinging wrote:

A cop car, similar to the one in the blues brothers, havent a clue what it is.

The car Jake and Elwood had in the Blues Brothers was a 1973 Dodge...



DC.

HashSlinging

thats the one. one wicked machine with plenty of soul.

dcGT

HashSlinging wrote:

thats the one. one wicked machine with plenty of soul.

Oh hell yeah. Remember when they jumped the bridge at the start..... brilliant!

DC.