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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 27th at 2:02pm 2007

How many cars/trucks/motorcycles do you own?
What makes/models?
Are they economical or gas hogs?

Why do you own them?





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Feb 27th at 3:40pm 2007

0 of course.





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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 27th at 4:28pm 2007

I have a 2002 Hyundai Elantra GLS- My present tow car.
I have a 1998 Saturn SW2- My one of my previous tow cars.
I have a 1996 Ford Ranger XLT- My previous tow vehicle that smashed into the wall.
I have a 1976 Chevrolet Short bed pickup- A fixer upper.

I own the Hyundai because of my job. The Saturn my wife inherited, the ranger because I need a truck for my horses and the fixer upper because I wanted a 76 Chevy.

The Hyundai gets 30-40 MPG depending on wind and terrain. The Saturn still gets 30+ mpg even at 395,000 miles on the motor. The Ranger gets 24-27 mpg depending on weight being hauled.

The 76 Chevy doesn't run.





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by BlisTer on Tue Feb 27th at 5:04pm 2007

? quoting asterix_vader
0 of course.

That option is indeed missing.

i haven't got one either but i'm saving up to buy one this year.




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Posted by fishy on Tue Feb 27th at 5:25pm 2007

i'm with the zero's. apparently, i'm not to be trusted with a car.




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Posted by Gwil on Tue Feb 27th at 7:48pm 2007

Zero.

I use public transport... joy..




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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Feb 27th at 7:51pm 2007

since i still haven't graduated high school or bought one of my own i'm going to tell my families

so here goes:
I'm driving a 1995 Toyota pickup (they didn't have a model name that year)
My mom has a Toyota Prius
My dad drives some sort of big Chevy Truck, not sure make or model, for his veterinarian things
My Brother drives a Toyota Camry, 2000 i think
we also have a Toyota Maxima, 1975-ish, that our grandparents gave us because they didn't want to sell it and get sued

i'll get the pickup in 2 months when I graduate and a camper shell to go with it



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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Feb 27th at 8:14pm 2007

1 92' Celica

I'am however in the process of looking for another car ATM. Preferably a Mazda 3, however money is something of a rareity to come by these days...


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Posted by Crono on Tue Feb 27th at 8:15pm 2007

I have a car my parents bought back when I was 15 so I could learn to drive. It sort of pissed me off because they implicitly wouldn't let me use our other car which has a manual transmission (I have no qualms or problems driving stick). My mom picked out the car, because it was suppose to be hers but ... that's another story that I'm not telling. Anyway, I still have that car because I'm broke.

The car is a piece of s**t. But the thing is, it shouldn't be because of its age. It's a 1998 Mercury Tracer. With all the glory of crappy ford car design.

Before the car hit 60K miles it broke down ... twice. Both times something major happened (blew a map and busted the fuel pump)

I hate the car. It's fuel inefficient and the way it measures gas is absurd. (Not as bad as ford SUVs though) It only gets, maybe, 22 MPG on highway. However, I've never been able to test this, since that's going on 10 Gallons for a full tank. It would seem the tank is much larger than that. When the thing reads "E" there's actually still 2 gallons in the tank!

Knowing this one time I ignored it for a few days before filling up ... guess what ... there's not than two gallons left at that point, more like 3. So it's a 13 gallon tank (though all documentation says 12)

It doesn't matter, past the E point you can't tell what's left of those 3 gallons.

I f**king hate this car. It has so many problems that's it's ridiculous. If/When it breaks down, there's only two people in my entire state that will touch the vehicle, Ford dealerships (three times as expensive) or this local guy, the local guy is pretty good so we take it there, but he can't fix everything. The car is made to be workable on Ford only, other major repair shops wont touch it because it's designed so worker-unfriendly.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Bewbies on Tue Feb 27th at 8:16pm 2007

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1986 V8 305 Chevy Camaro.. my daily driver. My baby.

1982 V6 Chevy Camaro.. Currently lying dormant. (The radiator blew up, so I bought the '86. lol) I keep it around for parts, and maybe something to fall back on if (when) I total the other car.

They're OK on mileage.. Not great, but if I wanted great, I'd have some rinkydink import.




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the marching band refused to yield



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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Feb 27th at 8:49pm 2007

my parents made me learn to drive on a stick, which didn't bother me much, neither does the fact that my truck is a stick, the only thing it lacks is air conditioning, but then, windows exist



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Posted by French Toast on Tue Feb 27th at 9:00pm 2007

1 car for the family: 2003 Mazda MPV. Guzzles gas. It's rough for us too, 'cause there was a fire at the closest refinery to us, so for the last 4 or 5 days, most stations are out of gas, and only the lowest grade fuel is left at those who have any. So the prices have skyrocketed.



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Posted by Andrei on Tue Feb 27th at 9:34pm 2007

I presonally don't have a car, but I will get to use my mom's citroen c3 as soon as I get a driver's license. image



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 27th at 9:46pm 2007

You know, it saddens me that I never thought about someone not owning a car. Its just so ingrained in the teen youth society around here.

At least I added "other"





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by Foxpup on Tue Feb 27th at 10:13pm 2007

One car, a 1990 Toyota Corolla. It only cost me $900 because it had 400,000 km on it and looked like it had never been serviced since it left the factory. It runs just fine now that I've changed the oil, water, transmission fluid, brake fluid, oil filter, air filter, fuel pump, spark plugs, thermostat, timing belt and tires.


Better to be in denial than to be human.

Bill Gates understands binary: his company is number one, and his customers are all zeros.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 27th at 10:20pm 2007

To my knowledge, Ford has never made that car.

You sure?





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by Foxpup on Tue Feb 27th at 10:24pm 2007

I meant Toyota Corolla... no idea why I typed Ford... Stupid brain, why won't you work properly?


Better to be in denial than to be human.

Bill Gates understands binary: his company is number one, and his customers are all zeros.



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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Feb 27th at 11:49pm 2007

FORD = Found On Road Dead
FORD = Fix Or Replace Daily

(Not to dis anyone with a ford, I just find it funny, because my family owns one and we acknowledge that its a fix or replace daily).

Any others I should know about?


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Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Feb 28th at 1:33am 2007

'89 Silver Chevy Corsica

Cost me $200CAD, has worked perfectly over a year and a half so far. Looks somewhat decent, has some hilarious beater-aspects. I've also got a "Jesus Saves... and takes half damage" bumpersticker.



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Posted by FatStrings on Wed Feb 28th at 2:07am 2007

i almost got an "impeach bush" bumpersticker off my mom but she was afraid the town would lynch me




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