What type of car do you drive?

[HavinaGo]

Groggy, thems are serious changes!

OK following the theme of other threads tell us the following;

1. What do you drive now?
2. What would you like to drive now (in your price range)?
3. What would you like to drive now (money no object)?
4. What is your favourite car you have owned in the past?

1) 89 Hilux diesel dual cab (solid, decent boot good economy)/87 JE Camira (goes like a rocket, horrible to work on )
2) Newer model dual cab ute ... not sure which one ... would like ABS and smaller rather than the hugh agressive look .. then again being able to put a load of stuff in the back means 1 ton capacity helps!
3)For fun engineering or just being scottish maybe a hybrid like the Toyota Prius .. but would not like the unknown of maitenance on the batteries. Perhaps for "niceness" a diesel Merc?
4) Mk III Zephyr ... bored out 0.040" to fix the taper .. all of 2.6 litres when finished... replaced it with the ute to get a decent boot

[Gra]

Back when I used to hang out with Porsche people, I heard tell of a period of foolishness in the 80's when the boys at Hamilton's shoehorned a 1000 hp
Porsche 917 12 cyl into a combi. A couple of months of engineering and fabrication for one bowel-slackening blast down Church St.:eek: :eek: :eek:

There was also a 959 version made in the states, so yes, a 4 X 4 is available.
Kills bugs fast.

I remember seeing one at bendigo with a 253 shoved up the but....

There also has been many a beetle in the states with 911 motors as well...

One word scary:eek:

[Schtoo]

Two Honda saber's but as your in Japan I remember seeing what we call honda civic's bagded as saber's

Sorry. Not quite.

As no-one has tried to claim the prize, and you were the closest guess (but not even close!) you get the green.


It's actually some wacky thing that seems to be cobbled together to prove a point of some kind.

It's Honda's version of an Audi. And I really mean that.

Longitudinal engine with front wheel drive, and as an added bonus, 5 cylinders. First time I looked under the bonnet, I saw the engine and just figured it was a rear drive 4. Realized a little later that Honda don't do RWD, so popped the bonnet again and had a good look, then realized the plug leads numbered 5. Wierd thing, and it doesn't get rid of torque steer, just changes the way it happens, from a constant left/right pull to a bit of tramtracking.

Also happily revs to 7,000+. I'll give Honda one thing, they make engines that go pretty hard.

Size wise, it's a full sized sedan. Bigger than the Accord, kinda of a luxo barge really, considering how much of a barge you can reasonably have over here. Apparently they sold these things in the US too.


So, impress your mates down the pub. Ask them what the heck a Honda Saber is.

[journeyman Mick]

3/ VW dual cab transporter...is there a 4x4 version?.....

Yep a "Synchro"

Mick

[E. maculata]

There also has been many a beetle in the states with 911 motors as well...

One word scary:eek:

One VW type 3 wagon I remember here in the early 80's I think nicknamed "wild cherry" another word humilated (me).

[Cliff Rogers]

Ooooo... I missed this one...
It looks like a comp in 'who can be the weirdest.'
OK... Lets see.

'55 Series II Landrover.
'58 Consol with the top cut off.
1500 Morris ( can't remember the year & don't want to.)
3 (as in qty 3) EH holdens roughly '64 model.
'62 model Falon 2 speed Hydomatic (Faaarrrkkk)
'77 Datsun 180B (Faaaaarrkkk)
XD Falcon ('81? maybe '82)
'70something Toyoyta Corona that used more oil than petrol.
'70something Toyota Landcrusier Station wagon rust bucket (that could NOT drive out of site on a tank full.)
'89 Toyota Lexan (got me out of a speeding ticket 'cos the cop wrote Commodore on the ticket )
1,697,342 company cars.
'60 series IIa Landrover. (Opps, I've been around the clock.)

Nah, just joking... I didn't buy the first landrover, it was my Dad's & a mate(?) gave me the Consol. (Mum & Dad still have it at home)

Except for the 1,697,342 company cars, I bought or owned a share in the rest.
How weird is that?

[maglite]

OK following the theme of other threads tell us the following;

1. What do you drive now?
2. What would you like to drive now (in your price range)?
3. What would you like to drive now (money no object)?
4. What is your favourite car you have owned in the past?
HH.

1. Ba Falcon Ute / 98 Toyota Town ace
2. BA xr8 / Crummydore ss
3. GT 40...or any ferarri or lambo
4. 65 Falcon delivery van