The nicest car I have ever owned and I still pine for it now was a black 1972 BMW 2002 but when the kids came along it had to go and I now am the proud owner of a red Citreon Berlingo.
BTW I would have liked to have posted pictures but was not able to.
Driving a Toyota Prius these days and Brompton when not. Six months ago got rid of a Range Rover beast that was costing me 800 Euros a month to keep on the road a month - sheer madness. Wanted to trade it in against a Defender, but now I live in a world of budgets and children's future schooling costs.
I'm kind of sad, but not at all surprised that I am the only one holding down for the great American muscle car. Very nice cars in this thread, though. Especially Weejun and Tom Rath.
...am I boring?
Vespa V 50 1966
Vespa GL 150 (P200 engine) 1963
Lambretta LUI 50 (2x) 1970
Lambretta SX 150 1965 (?)
Lambretta SX 200 1967
Serveta Lince 150 (175 engine) 1986
Serveta Jet 200 1981
oh, and I got a car, too...
Last edited by Voltaire's Bastard (2010-02-22 21:46:00)
I'm in the market for a car just now. And man it is dismal.
Only fifteen years ago, you could still get a light compact car. A new headlight didn't cost 800 quid, and an old-school blacksmith could service it.
Not the 3-4 year old models I'm looking at now any more.
Cars are only getting one thing, and that's heavier and more expensive. It's a massive piss-take.
So I will embrace the soullessness of it all. Looks like my next one is a dreary little grey estate with a tiny diesel engine good for 60-mpg. Fuck.
Maybe it will save me enough cash in the next few years to allow me to run something a little more interesting as a second fun car...
Last edited by The Laird of Enfield (2010-02-23 06:15:12)
those oil sands sure sound like BS. may be going there in the spring...over 3050 a wk. canadian or thereabouts with rm and board paid but youre stuck in a camp with 3000 other dudes and not allowed to leave,more or less.
^Yes, those type of camps can be pretty dire, especially in a desert Kingdom. At least in those places, you're a captured audience at you can save a shed load of money and in Canada you can have a beer.
Interestingly, the Kazak government have just established that 180 rufftie-tufftie ex-pat British construction workers in Atyrau oblast on the Kashagan project all have fake engineering degrees. Several in very senior positions. LOL!