whats your car look like?

[g_shocker182]

if my memory serves me right from gatwick international its pence

[Treebeard]

I think the Ford Excursion is actually the biggest SUV around

from the looks of it, id say yes. But I have not personally seen one! I stood next to the lincoln one and was amazed at the size!!

ill have to see a excursion up close! it must be HUGE

just for laughs here is another ford excursion pic

[rvl123]

'99 Lexus RX300



and a '99 Acura 3.2 TL



Both fully loaded.

[Craig Tucker]

if my memory serves me right from gatwick international its pence

Indeed, as you have 100 cents to the dollar we have 100 pence to the pound.

[vitualis]

Try putting a lincoln navigator up against a hyundai elantra and we'll see who wins

Unfortunately, I'm familiar with neither of those vehicles...

However, you would be surprised. I would prefer my car to be turned into a crumbled mess (and myself in it pretty much okay) rather than my tank like car to have a scratch and me turning into a crumbled mess... Though it may depend on how much you love your car...

In terms of the standard tests (e.g., vehicle driving into brick wall at 60 kph or vehicle getting T-boned), I don't think SUVs do particularly well (indeed, your standard sedan is MUCH better). This is not to mention the risk of roll-over accidents with SUVs which almost never happen in a sedan.

Regards.

[energy80s]

OK, here goes ... my automobile!

[rvl123]

Sweet! Peugeot!

How are those cars anyway. I live in the States and have only seen a couple old ones around.

[Doggiedaddy]

My love in memories, since I broke my back.

[racer-x]

Hey Doggiedaddy, That's a nice bike man. Is that / was that your bike. I'm guessing late 80's - early 90's Low Rider or possably Super Glide. Am I Right? I know it has the EVO 1340 cc motor, unless you mad it bigger. Anyway it's very cool!

I used to have an 86 Low Rider, but it was all stock. It's nice to know there are other Motorcyclist on this site.

[cplevel42]

Here is my baby. I just bought it a month ago. I bought it on www.autotrader.com I flew to michigan and drove it home. Trip took 12 hours. Fun drive back.

[cplevel42]

Pic of the back!

[cplevel42]

And of the side. 62,000 miles 1993 Dodge stealth ES. Never seen a winter, never will. I drive the 1993 Nissan Maxima in the winter.

[cplevel42]

1993 Nissan Maxima 172,000 mile. Still runs perfect.



BBC, that Peugeot is NICE! Looks like it in real good shape. How many miles, I mean kilometers on that baby.

[zzyzzx]

[mustang581]

well, here is my baby... 1988

[racer-x]

Here is one of my favorate cars that I've owned:



It's a 1967 Chevy Nova SS. It's got 327 with an LT1 cam, 4 bl Holley 750 CFM carb, 4 sp trans and a nice sounding dual exhaust.
That car could hall ass!

[pacmania_2001]

Here is a picture of my new car. Right now it is pretty stock but once I am done with it should look pretty good.

1993 Honda Civic for those who don't know:

[Craig Tucker]

There is something about old American cars. I really like the old Ford Mustangs. They were great looking cars.

[tgpo]

There is something about old American cars. I really like the old Ford Mustangs. They were great looking cars.

The Mustang is my #1 hated car. I see too many of them, and everyone I know that has one thinks that it is a drag racer.

[twodogs]

'43 Willys, 3.8L V6 Holden (Buick), 38.5" Swampers

[Craig Tucker]

I think the Mustang is a beautiful car, I am talking about 60's and 70's models here not the modern ones. And the GT350, oohh yes please. Perhaps you are spoilt over in the US TGPO, we just don't have cars like that over here.

[tgpo]

A freind of mine does has a 65 and it's pretty sweet, but from the 70-now I just don't like em'. My dream car would have to be the Panoz Roadster, or the brand new Morgan!! WOW!!! I guess I don't like a lot of American cars, except for the Panoz!!

[racer-x]

List of my favorate cars.

1 67 Chevy Corvette roadster - 427- 435 hp
2 69 Camaro Z28 - with 302
3 66 Ford AC Cobra - 427
4 70 Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird - 426 Hemi
5 65-69 Shelby Mustangs


The list goes on and on.
I used to have a nice 67 Mustang GT fastback just like Steve McQeen in Bullit. It had a nice built 428 Cobrajet with 4 sp close-ratio trans.

[rallynavvie]

All y'all over in the UK had all the cool Subaru models like the 22B, RB5, P1, etc.. but now we've got the turbo 2.5 liter 300bhp STi over here in the States; so neener neener

The one thing you Brits do still have over us in the US is that you have really cool Ford models we never got over here. Such models include the Focus RS, Mondeo, and my favorite, the Cosworth Escorts and Sierras. Man would I love to have one of those, it would be the ultimate sleeper over here where the Escort was an economy vehicle.

I've driven a Stealth R/T twin turbo and really liked it. Isn't the ES the base V6? Did they make those RWD at least? I'm a bigger fan of the twin turbo AWD Stealth, but then again I've only ever owned AWD cars.

[tgpo]

What really sucks is that most cars are downgraded when they enter the US. Some really sweet imports are turned into crappy sedans when they come over here. One example that comes to my head is the Lancer, while still a nice car it's not even close to being as sweet as the foreign versions.

[rhegedus]

There is something about old American cars. I really like the old Ford Mustangs. They were great looking cars.

Absolutely! I could watch the chase seen in Bullit over and over again.

Did you vote for the Mustang in the Top Gear poll?

[rhegedus]

Try putting a lincoln navigator up against a hyundai elantra and we'll see who wins

Try swerving hard (to avoid a kid running out infront of you, say) at 50mpg in an SUV and see if your still upright afterwards. A high centre of gravity means you're more at risk of toppling over if you turn too suddenly at speed.

[tgpo]

Try swerving hard (to avoid a kid running out infront of you, say) at 50mpg in an SUV and see if your still upright afterwards. A high centre of gravity means you're more at risk of toppling over if you turn too suddenly at speed.

Too true. I alway feel like I'm about to fall to my death in a SUV. I personally don't like em' and hope I never have to drive one. I'll stick to sports cars.

[rhegedus]

Well, for the past two summers, I've done a 2 week fly drive in the US (New England 2001, Great Lakes 2002). Had an SUV on both occasions (Chevy Blazer) and will probably get another one this summer unless there's a good convertible available (like the Mustang from Avis).

EDIT - sorry, in two parts, 3 phones going:

They're really great if you've got a lot of stuff to take with you or are living in your car (driving for about 6-8 hours a day). And people move out of the way in cities - out in the sticks is a different matter: I thought the sky turned black and an earthquake was happening when a Dodge Ram pulled up next to us at the lights!

EDIT2 - a pic of me with our Blazer and a Ford something or other:

[energy80s]

BBC, that Peugeot is NICE! Looks like it in real good shape. How many miles, I mean kilometers on that baby.

Thanks, unfortunately its not just as nice now with a few scraps here and there. It was registered in January 1997 and has about 36,000 miles on the clock. Cost new was £18,000 but I bought it secondhand at 2.5 years old for £8,000. It's a 2.1 turbo diesel which does 43 miles to the gallon (UK gallon that is). Incidently the BBC use 406's as crew cars.