If u had the pick

TestTransmission

If u cud ave any car (new/old) for whatever reason what wud it be?
Bear in mind,it'd be your only car and so you wouldd have to rely on it do the shopping/bring the kids to school/being stuck in rushhour traffic/getting it serviced.etc etc

rebel.ranter

Current model M5 or Range Rover. I'll own one in the future.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

Origional C class, W202 model, I just really like these cars.

shanel23

E63 AMG Black

barryfitz

aaaaaaaawwwww not this thread again.

Rowley Birkin QC

shanel23 wrote: »

E63 AMG Black

Clarksons review fresh in your mind then is it?! Seems like a beast alrite, but €200,000 for a C class, I dunno.

blackbox

barryfitz wrote: »

aaaaaaaawwwww not this thread again.

and in txt spk too!:(

Max_Damage

Mid-80's Mazda 626 (saloon) :



My father had one back in the late 90's, a '85 1.6L model. It was a great car. Easy to service and maintain, reliable, and I liked the design of it. Not too many of them around now.

shanel23

bigkev49 wrote: »

Clarksons review fresh in your mind then is it?! Seems like a beast alrite, but €200,000 for a C class, I dunno.

It was the C class he test drove ? - way too much power for that chassis - but the E is just about right Mind you love to see what the S63 would be like too

Cmar-Ireland

Toyota Landcruiser Amazon 4.2 TD.

Stevie Dakota

Fiat Punto or maybe a Kia Rio, with mudflaps.

fletch

Two letters, one number, RS4

Guy:Incognito

Veyron. Then I could sell it, by a house, a work van, a fun car and a car for he missus.


Why settle for 1 car?

tossy

Max_Damage wrote: »

Mid-80's Mazda 626 (saloon) :



My father had one back in the late 90's, a '85 1.6L model. It was a great car. Easy to service and maintain, reliable, and I liked the design of it. Not too many of them around now.

Not so reliable after all!!!!

simple answer the new RS6 the most powerful production audi ever or the RS4 in the latest shape when it comes out,failing that id settle for an M5

Volvoboy

FTW!


-VB-:D

colm_mcm

Who's corolla did you nick the side repeaters off, VB?

Alanstrainor

fletch wrote: »

Two letters, one number, RS4

+1 my dream car right there

Volvoboy

colm_mcm wrote: »

Who's corolla did you nick the side repeaters off, VB?

:eek:

Excusue you! i had them in me toolbox.


-VB-

peasant

Two fingers to all softroaders, SUV's, offroaders, Cruisers , Rovers and the Green Party ...

I'd get me a "Funmog"

vengeance52

1984 Aston Martin V8 Volante 7.0


or to be sensible

1968 Ford Mustang 302 5.0

Rowley Birkin QC

Never took any notice of how similar the Carina is to the previuos model Avensis until I saw that picture.

She's a minter VB, the best car I ever used for silage field drifting was a Carina, a manual one mind you!

Cionád

At the moment,

New: Skoda Octavia VRS Diesel
Used: Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD 20V Diesel

I change my mind often.

kill-joy

who ever said a punto is mad, I rather push a 205 around then drive a punto, there parts seem to be made of paper CTI-capote[1].jpg

-Chris-

I'd go Audi A6 3.0TDi Tip Quattro Sport with a rake of kit. It's quick, refined, practical and not too expensive to run (which is part of the brief). The alternative would be a BMW 535d of some type.

As for M5s, RS4s and AMGs, you won't be big fans of those when you have to pay the fuel bills. I've had guys coming in to me to trade in cars like the S6 because they were going through €30 a day commuting out of work. Extrapolate that and you're paying €1,000 a month in fuel on top of some pretty hefty depreciation!!

The RS4 we had was even thirstier, you'd go through a quarter-tank of petrol on the way back from the petrol station to the garage.

Guy:Incognito

peasant wrote: »

Two fingers to all softroaders, SUV's, offroaders, Cruisers , Rovers and the Green Party ...

I'd get me a "Funmog"

Unimog's are cool. My granny is from Gaggenau where they are assebled (my mam used to work in the factory many moons ago). A unimog museum opened in the town a few years back. Great experience. They have loads of old ones and Merc donated them 2 (its a privately run museum) to use on a track they built at th emuseum. Think it was €10 or so to be driven round he track, I went 3 times . Totally freaked out when he started going up and over the bridge, it's ridiculously steep and feels like it's going to topple bacwards down the hill.


http://www.unimog-museum.com/

tossy

Stekelly wrote: »

Unimog's are cool. My granny is from Gaggenau where they are assebled (my mam used to work in the factory many moons ago). A unimog museum opened in the town a few years back. Great experience. They have loads of old ones and Merc donated them 2 (its a privately run museum) to use on a track they built at th emuseum. Think it was €10 or so to be driven round he track, I went 3 times . Totally freaked out when he started going up and over the bridge, it's ridiculously steep and feels like it's going to topple bacwards down the hill.


http://www.unimog-museum.com/

Brillaint!! i think this is going to be penciled in on our up coming european road trip!! we are going past that neck of the woods!!

JHMEG

I like it. Best colour too. No sunroof tho. What trim is it, XLi?

Volvoboy wrote: »

FTW!


-VB-:D

E92

JHMEG wrote: »

I like it. Best colour too. No sunroof tho. What trim is it, XLi?

It's a GLi(or else an XLi with GLi bumpers). Tidiest Carina E I've seen since the one we had when I was younger.

Volvoboy

GLi, velor, auto. Lovely!


-VB-

Guy:Incognito

tossy wrote: »

Brillaint!! i think this is going to be penciled in on our up coming european road trip!! we are going past that neck of the woods!!

If you have the time you can do a day driver training in it where you get to drive it yourself. You have to book it in advance though. I left the trip to the museum till the last couple of days when I was over last and was gutted when I found out it had to be booked. Going to ring ahead a couple of weeks next time and book the course Think they do it off in the mountains.

JHMEG

Volvoboy wrote: »

GLi, velor, auto. Lovely!

Fully electric? Shame you don't have the sunroof...

1.6 Lean burn? Have you got the mandatory squeaky power steering pump (only cos it loses fluid)?

JHMEG

E92 wrote: »

It's a GLi(or else an XLi with GLi bumpers). Tidiest Carina E I've seen since the one we had when I was younger.

My bad. XLi didn't have colour coded bumpers, did it?

Volvoboy

JHMEG wrote: »

Fully electric? Shame you don't have the sunroof...

1.6 Lean burn? Have you got the mandatory squeaky power steering pump (only cos it loses fluid)?

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

yes! its been back to the mecanic with pumps in and out of the bloody thing and still not solved! so its loosing p/s fluid causing the squeak, yea its a 1.6 Liam Byrne.


-VB-

Lex Luthor

Ford Granada coupe in Roman Bronze metallic

JHMEG

Volvoboy wrote: »

yes! its been back to the mecanic with pumps in and out of the bloody thing and still not solved! so its loosing p/s fluid causing the squeak, yea its a 1.6 Liam Byrne.-VB-

Yup. Fluid has to be up to the brim.:)

E92

JHMEG wrote: »

My bad. XLi didn't have colour coded bumpers, did it?

Nope. It had central locking, PAS and that was it really(Drivers Airbag came in 95). GLis had 4 leccy windows and leccy mirrors, as well as the body colour bumpers and different wheel trims.

XLis were basic even then. Didn't Toyota have to get rid of Lean Burn in 94 or something because of all the Nitrous Oxides that were part and parcel of Lean Burn technology? I only ever remember seeing "Lean Burn" on the boots of 1.6 Carina Es before 95 anyway.

JHMEG

E92 wrote: »

Didn't Toyota have to get rid of Lean Burn in 94 or something because of all the Nitrous Oxides that were part and parcel of Lean Burn technology?

That's right. September 1994 the EU decided to make NOx untrendy.

Volvoboy

E92 wrote: »

Nope.

I was of the same thinking until is seen this ad ; http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=899272

XLi with C/C bumpers?

Jaysus were off topic somewhat!

-VB-

peasant

no offence, like ...but only Irish people could get all moist about a Carina ...:D

JHMEG

Volvoboy wrote: »

I was of the same thinking until is seen this ad ;

Fcuk me, €950 for that. A mate bought a '93 GLi with 170k miles for €175 only about 2 months ago.

I reckon that one is a bit of a franky stein.

E92

Volvoboy wrote: »

I was of the same thinking until is seen this ad ; http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=899272

XLi with C/C bumpers?

They didn't as standard anyway;). Practically all of them(the few that are left now) had shiny black bumpers. It's a bit like some of the BMWs with the *cough* M3 *cough* badges, or the "Type-R" Hondas etc.

Back on topic, I'd have an Audi R8 as my single car if I could. With the new V10 engine, whenever it comes out!

eamon234

A bitch in underground car parks but I've never wanted anything else:(



Except maybe for the SLR beside it!

JHMEG

Isn't that what Paris Hilton drives?:p

eamon234 wrote: »

Except maybe for the SLR beside it!

eamon234

Back to the SL then!

Guy:Incognito

JHMEG wrote: »

Isn't that what Paris Hilton drives?:p

Surely that only adds to the appeal?

E92

Stekelly wrote: »

Surely that only adds to the appeal?

My thoughts exactly:p.

JHMEG

E92 wrote: »

My thoughts exactly:p.

E92 to his work colleagues/college buddies: "Hey lads, wanna see my new car... same one as Paris Hilton has got"
College buddies: :eek::p

unkel

peasant wrote: »

no offence, like ...but only Irish people could get all moist about a Carina ...:D

+1

We're still wondering why, peasant, aren't we, after all those years?

E92

JHMEG wrote: »

E92 to his work colleagues/college buddies: "Hey lads, wanna see my new car... same one as Paris Hilton has got"
College buddies: :eek::p

ROFL:D! You got me good there!