Show us your Cars

[Palmer]

1961 Dodge Polara, had it for about 10 years in Miami - Lenny Kravitz was riding a motorcycle around town, and always waved at us. Never ran into him in person. Odd.
Really miss the car, but too many miles and too much rust. Never became a collectors car really, so trying to get body parts was, and is, very very hard. Friends place, not mine...
My daughter in the picture is a little bit older now, and I have grandkids.

 

[Sal1950]

Hey………wait a sec, is that a gun?……………what did I do?

Just wanted to get your attention !!

 

[pablolie]

Hey………wait a sec, is that a gun?……………what did I do?

You didn't hand over the keys!

 

[EJ3]

If you're driving in the evening with very little traffic, you might want to risk briefly testing your car's top speed. I haven't done that with my current car yet; it's "only" 225 km/h (140 mph) anyway. The only times I've driven faster were in driving school (about 240 km/h, 150 mph) and later in a friend's Alpina B5S (a little faster than 300 km/h, 190 mph). In the Alpina, high speeds felt completely relaxed, which is, of course, deceptive because physics still applies in an accident.
I worked for a company that sold traffic safety products for several years. Warning trailers with LED spotlights and reflective film were regularly destroyed by inattentive drivers. Once, I was on my way on the autobahn to a customer who needed such a "replacement" when a safety trailer was parked in the right lane to secure a road construction zone. Here in Germany, in such a situation, two VMS trailers are always parked on the hard shoulder at some distance from the actual construction site. I briefly flashed my headlights to the truck driver in front of me to signal him to get in line, but crashed into the stationary warning trailer at full speed (80 km/h, 50 mph) - probably asleep at the wheel. The cab was reduced to a height of about 1m high after the accident... Since then, I always drive on the left lane in traffic jams and leave some space in front of my car.
My last total loss was a head-on collision with someone who was trying to turn through oncoming traffic (my car). Although both cars were traveling at a maximum of 25 mph, my car was deformed up to the A-pillar and a front wheel was off.

When they did that to me, hit them at 45 MPH. Three fused vertebra and more than 2 & 1/2 years later & I still cannot walk more than 1/3 of a mile without sitting down for a 10 minute break from the rapidly increasing pain.

 

[beeface]

My new to me Kia Seltos. I love this thing

 

[sam_adams]

My sunny day driver . . .

Needs Claudette Colbert in the passenger seat.

 

[Ken1951]

Needs Claudette Colbert in the passenger seat.

Or maybe Myrna Loy or the Great Kate.

 

[sam_adams]

Or maybe Myrna Loy or the Great Kate.

Those would be acceptable alternatives, also.

 

[Timcognito]

I'm kind of partial to Hedy Lamar from that era

 

[Anton S]

My weekend fun machine - The car began life as a 2001 SVT Cobra with the intention of confining it to the road course, so it was as was HEAVILY modified to suit that purpose. But it hasn't seen the track in over a decade, so every system was gradually upgraded to transform it into an enjoyable cruiser. It now sees only a few hundred miles a year, and it plasters a huge grin on my face every time I take it out.

 

[Sal1950]

My weekend fun machine

Awesome !!! Do you have dyno numbers with the supercharger ???

 

[Juhazi]

My first car was dad's old Ford Cortina Mk3 1972. Second Ford was space van Galaxy 2000. A month ago I bought a 2017 Fiesta ST. Fiesta has now Mountune M225 tune and Forge induction kit.

 

[Anton S]

Awesome !!! Do you have dyno numbers with the supercharger ???

The last dyno, which was quite some time ago, was 528 HP / 473 TQ SAE. Not huge by current standards, but reasonably healthy for the time and more than enough for the twisties.

 

[Sal1950]

The last dyno, which was quite some time ago, was 528 HP / 473 TQ SAE. Not huge by current standards, but reasonably healthy for the time and more than enough for the twisties.

Great! And that's actual rear wheel power, not crankshaft. Who really needs any more for street use.
I don't imagine you've lost many races. Enjoy !!!

 

[Sal1950]

My first car was dad's old Ford Cortina Mk3 1972. Second Ford was space van Galaxy 2000. A month ago I bought a 2017 Fiesta ST. Fiesta has now Mountune M225 tune and Forge induction kit.

Fords Rule.

 

[TankTop]

My first car was dad's old Ford Cortina Mk3 1972. Second Ford was space van Galaxy 2000. A month ago I bought a 2017 Fiesta ST. Fiesta has now Mountune M225 tune and Forge induction kit.

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Those little ST’s are super fun to drive, too bad they don’t sell the real front end in the US, stupid traction control aided tork diff here.

 

[Timcognito]

My weekend fun machine - The car began life as a 2001 SVT Cobra with the intention of confining it to the road course, so it was as was HEAVILY modified to suit that purpose. But it hasn't seen the track in over a decade, so every system was gradually upgraded to transform it into an enjoyable cruiser. It now sees only a few hundred miles a year, and it plasters a huge grin on my face every time I take it out.

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Back in the day these were pretty fun to drive, even stock, as was the SHO. NICE

 

[TheBatsEar]

Old car, a red Skoda Citigo, sold for 1400€.

New car, a white Dacia Jogger, bought for 22000€. This one runs on gasoline or LPG (propane).

 

[Sal1950]

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Old car, a red Skoda Citigo, sold for 1400€.

New car, a white Dacia Jogger, bought for 22000€. This one runs on gasoline or LPG (propane).

Man you'se guys drive all sort of cars I never heard of ?

 

[ErVikingo]

If we picked our cars based on efficiency ratings (as a proxy to SINAD) we would all drive a Prius.

Adding my subjective considerations, I drive an R8 Plus! It might not give me the Miles per Gallon a Prius does but it gives me Smiles per Gallon that no Prius can provide!