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evo679

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what car do you drive?
« on: March 17, 2011, 09:20:40 pm »

I'll start I drive a Lexus is200 in the winter and a BMW 328 convertible in the summer.

Cheers Greg
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 09:46:59 pm »

I drive a Mercury Sable wagon with the windows tinted dark.
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 09:48:02 pm »

i drive a Vauxhall astra van racked out in the back to take models etc with MHA logo and web adress on each side never goes wrong very good on fuel and quick seen below with a pasenger door from an old hovercraft that i got for the hover museum only down side high on insurance next time you all moan about the price of your insurance think of this bearing in mind i am 22 its £953 a year      
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 09:53:01 pm »

Mazda 6 - drives as good as it looks.

Colin

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evo679

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 09:58:04 pm »

i drive a Vauxhall astra van racked out in the back to take models etc with MHA logo and web adress on each side never goes wrong very good on fuel and quick seen below with a pasenger door from an old hovercraft that i got for the hover museum only down side high on insurance next time you all moan about the price of your insurance think of this bearing in mind i am 22 its £953 a year      
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I pay 1200 for the Lexus and 1600 for the BMW lol
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 10:19:51 pm »

Generally - the day car is a white Golf GTD.........

However - for luxury at the pondside at at shows...........this is our usual mode of transport : 27' long 2 berth Mercedes Autotrail motorhome with a 'garage' at the rear big enough to transport our 7' long SD14.

A bit heavy on fuel though {:-{.
Carl

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2011, 10:24:18 pm »

MY company vehicle



MY Rally car a Seat Cupra Sport 2 ltr 16v 190 bhp



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evo679

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2011, 10:38:53 pm »

MY company vehicle



MY Rally car a Seat Cupra Sport 2 ltr 16v 190 bhp




What mods have u done to that to get it to that power
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Stavros

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2011, 10:43:48 pm »

Gas flowed head,ecu modd,change of cam lightened and balanced,lsd to get power down


Stav
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2011, 11:02:46 pm »

A very comfortable Toyota Corolla and this :-

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2011, 11:33:32 pm »

I have owned my Jaguar XJ6 since 1988.
It only has 82,000 miles on the clock.
I converted the automatic transmission to a 4-speed over-drive manual, added a rear suspension torsion bar, ventilated rear brake rotors, dual HD8 SU carbs, direct-coupled flex radiator fan, Mallory Uni-Lite electronic distributor, spin-on oil filter, V-12 radiator, polyurethane rubber suspension parts.
The next conversion will be center-lock hubs with D-Type wheels.
It has much of the feel of an Series III XKE.
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 12:07:36 am »

I drive a Vauxhall Vivaro LWB 2.5 152BHP van during the day for work and travelling to race meetings etc. with my yachts and for pleasure I have a Nissan 350Z Roadster 296BHP which is absolutely of no use to my hobby or family but I don't care I luv it  :}

PS. got no pictures of my car but this ones the exact same but RHD
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2011, 12:11:56 am »

my company car Lexus RX450H  


the wife's company car (and our weekender when the weather's nice) MX5 - 2.0 sport.



Would quite like Giovanni's 'Jag-war' though, respray in BRG after adding the bodykit a la John Steed's Jag in the Avengers
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2011, 08:26:33 am »

I drive this but not very often with pretrial at £1.38 a litre.







http://http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16245.0
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nhp651

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2011, 08:49:06 am »

A very comfortable Toyota Corolla and this :-



is that a Naylor TF Brian, or a gentry.....looks lovely.

nearly bought a Nayl;or once...regret it now, not doing so,.
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waverunner

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2011, 08:50:46 am »

Daily drive is a Golf TDI 130.

And the other one appears in my avatar. A Lotus Exige 240pp  :-))



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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2011, 09:19:10 am »

I am a Mondeo man, don't laugh, I love the cars and they never let me down.
I have a 1993 2.0 Si saloon with full factory fitted RS body kit that is as clean underneath as it is on top.

a 1996 1.8 diesel turbo saloon that is slow, sluggish but gets 600 miles to a tank of juice (and as I also have a cafe at the moment looking into running it on old veg oil as I go through 20 litres a week when I clean fryers)

and a 2000 1.8 lx hatchback that is played with a bit, full leather Ghia X interior, lowered 40mm, 2 litre cams and throttle body and induction kit (this little tweak gives it more power than the 2 litre and because the flywheel is lighter it revs faster)

and at weekends in the summer I can be found crewing and getting in the way with this beast.
Mk1 Vauxhal Cavalier with a 454ci taken stroked to 575ci (9.4 litres) John Sleath built V8 700bhp on pump gas, 1000bhp on race gas and 400bjavascript:void(0);hp nitrous at the push of a button.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyXr61vSSc&feature=player_embedded#at=15
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2011, 09:37:29 am »

Not exactly a car but very eco friendly and cheap and relaxing to use

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2011, 09:40:39 am »

2002 opel Zafira 1.8
1986 toyota corolla
1999 Range rover 4.6HSE Autobiography
1974 Corvette
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2011, 10:12:18 am »

My collection:




Subaru Outback. My wife drives this one most of the time. Its a rare treat for me to use it. I use a 1992 Honda Accord station wagon for most of my trips in foul weather, the motor bike in good.




The farm truck



1966 Chevelle I've had for over 40 years. She looks as good underneath as on top. 59, 000 original miles.



Engine in the Chevelle. Hi performance 427 that's been tweeked some more



1952 Dodge Power Wagon Canadian Army ambulance. Want to get this one on the road this year.

You gotta have toys.

John
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2011, 10:14:39 am »

It's getting harder to get out of these days but my MGF  makes me feel  younger  %) or convinces me I'm getting older  {:-{

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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2011, 11:10:45 am »

is that a Naylor TF Brian, or a gentry.....looks lovely.

nearly bought a Nayl;or once...regret it now, not doing so,.
No, I'm afraid it's a much modified Gentry. Once I found out that Naylor would supply their car in kiy form I wished I'd got that instead! BY.
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2011, 11:27:23 am »

Chevrolet Captiva 3.2 LTZ in white.

The pic is off tinternet, but it is the same beast.
7 seater SUV, same set up as the Vauxhall/Opel Antara, but higher spec.

3.2L V6 engine.
5 speed Auto, but I wish they did a manual as the kick down cause a lag if you want to move.


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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2011, 12:00:57 pm »

We sold the Skoda Superb - lovely car, great mpg - after a £600 "service".  :o

Now tootling around in a somewhat distressed Ford Ka, covered in vinyl flowers. (Note to Martin - there's no emoticon for "old hippy").  :-))

Andy
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Re: what car do you drive?
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2011, 12:50:43 pm »

No, I'm afraid it's a much modified Gentry. Once I found out that Naylor would supply their car in kiy form I wished I'd got that instead! BY.

who ever modified it brian did a fantastic job.....it looks much more like a genuine TF and Naylor TF than a gentry ever did.....really looks lovely.

i'm very envious.
had a 1951 TD when i was in australia 30 odd years ago, and just loved it .    wished i'd brought it home now.
once an mg man, always an mg man[and their replica's]
just love em.

ENJOY THE SUMMER .
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