So what do you drive ?

[touringlegend]

Did you specify the optional indicators garcon?


(Stereotype post done for the day!)

[garcon]

I can confirm the indicators have been disconnected.

At one point during the test drive I briefly dropped character and let someone out of a junction. The resulting confusion led to a two mile tailback.

[OVERSTEER]

VW Lupo TDI, I love this car, small but gutsy engine that's great on fuel, and £30/year tax I wish i'd have got one earlier but wasted my money on hateful crap like the Mk. 3 Golf (1 driver and 1 8v GTi)

[terence]

Originally Posted by garcon

I can confirm the indicators have been disconnected.

At one point during the test drive I briefly dropped character and let someone out of a junction. The resulting confusion led to a two mile tailback.

Ah,so it was you who bought it!
No doubt you have already discovered the truth about these stories being circulated by people who wish they could afford one or eighty year old pensioners who need an armchair?

[terence]

Originally Posted by garcon

I can confirm the indicators have been disconnected.

At one point during the test drive I briefly dropped character and let someone out of a junction. The resulting confusion led to a two mile tailback.

Ah,so it was you who bought it!
No doubt you have already discovered the truth about these stories being circulated by people who wish they could afford one or eighty year old pensioners who need an armchair?

Funnily enough,followed some dyed blond, air brained bint who obviously didnt have a spare brain cell that told her what the long stick thing on the side below the twirly thing did, earlier this morning.

[stuart thompson]

BMW 120d sport. 163 bhp rear wheel drive fun.

[terence]

365 is even better.

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by terence bower

365 is even better.

305 ain't bad - see my avatar! Especially when you get to drive it here:

http://www.dealsgap.com/

More a "so what did you drive" than a "so what do you drive", though . . . just a holiday rental.

[terence]

Zs quite good around Nurburgring.

[DAVID PATERSON]

Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

I have the utility version of Johnh's car. A Ford BA Falcon. I don't know how to post a picture, so here's a link to the manufacturer's page http://ford.com.au/range/falconute/models/xlute.aspe.

After 8 years of loyal service and over 200,000km (130,000 miles) I have finally traded it in on a new one.

2012 Ford FG series II XR6 ute in Vanish (v.dark blue pearlescent).

2 seats, 195kW (260hp), 4.0 DOHC 24v inline 6 with 6 speed auto, sports suspension and 245/40/18 Dunlop tyres.

Tray is 1.8m (6') long with 1.2m (4') flat floor between the wheel arches. Payload is 550kg (1200lb) and I've had a heavy duty tow bar fitted, with a capacity of 2300kg (5000lb).

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

After 8 years of loyal service and over 200,000km (130,000 miles) I have finally traded it in on a new one.

2012 Ford FG series II XR6 ute in Vanish (v.dark blue pearlescent).

2 seats, 195kW (260hp), 4.0 DOHC 24v inline 6 with 6 speed auto, sports suspension and 245/40/18 Dunlop tyres.

Tray is 1.8m (6') long with 1.2m (4') flat floor between the wheel arches. Payload is 550kg (1200lb) and I've had a heavy duty tow bar fitted, with a capacity of 2300kg (5000lb).

Very, very cool. I love Aussie cars and I guess you better get you a new Falcon while you can. I just configured one to see what it looks like, but if you can post a photo I would love to see it.

1200lb payload? Damn. My truck is 1500lbs and I thought that was something...

[Dragger]

Currently a Ford Mustang GT.

Dream cars? Ford GT40(replica of course), 2000 Dodge Viper GTS, and any modern Aston Martin, British Racing Green of course. Also have a thing for Porsche Caymen.

[nicanary]

Originally Posted by Dragger

Currently a Ford Mustang GT.

Dream cars? Ford GT40(replica of course), 2000 Dodge Viper GTS, and any modern Aston Martin, British Racing Green of course. Also have a thing for Porsche Caymen.

Caymen? So, you want more than one?

[Dragger]

Originally Posted by nicanary

Caymen? So, you want more than one?

LOL! Now that you mention it...

[Robin_D]

I drive a 2010 Abarth 500 EsseEsse 160. It's a wee pocket rocket.

[tbtstt]

So glad I switched to an oil burner for use during the week. The Fabia has been brilliant so far and has resulted in me loving driving my Subaru even more at the weekend.

Few little cosmetic tweaks made to the Scoob, but nothing major.

[Dragger]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

So glad I switched to an oil burner for use during the week. The Fabia has been brilliant so far and has resulted in me loving driving my Subaru even more at the weekend.

Few little cosmetic tweaks made to the Scoob, but nothing major.

One of these days I hope to own one of those, combination of turbo and AWD sounds like fun and appeals to me. Looks good.

[garcon]

Good thing for you is that the later US spec is similar to the UK spec - 2.5 litre turbo rather than the Japanese spec 2 litre twin scroll turbo. Means more torque and it still has some of the old off beat burble.

I've had five or six Imprezas/WRXs of various descriptions. Part of me still hankers for one of the very last UK cars (or a decent P1), even though they've been left behind by European stuff now.

[Dragger]

Originally Posted by garcon

Good thing for you is that the later US spec is similar to the UK spec - 2.5 litre turbo rather than the Japanese spec 2 litre twin scroll turbo. Means more torque and it still has some of the old off beat burble.

I've had five or six Imprezas/WRXs of various descriptions. Part of me still hankers for one of the very last UK cars (or a decent P1), even though they've been left behind by European stuff now.

How do you feel about the current generation WRX? I've considered getting one for years. Do you have any info on the next gen? I've heard rumors of it being a dedicated two door sportscar.

[garcon]

Don't know much about the next gen car (or whether we'll see it in the UK). Pictures suggest a sleek four door coupe type design (think Merc CLA).

I had a 2008 STI hatchback. A step up in refinement and performance from the old saloon, but too softly sprung. The 2010 onwards saloon STI was better with Jap spec C suspension. In the UK we had a power upgrade option to 340bhp.

[Distracted]

Skoda Octivia estate. Nothing too exciting but it's comfy, has a huge boot and is also pretty quick.

[HJJ]

'02 Land Rover Freelander with 169K miles on the clock is my daily driver. Thank god I have a great Brit mechanic that can look after her. She's a little finicky.

My wife has a Buick Insignia (Regal) w/2.0 T. IMO, it's much better than the A4 2.0 T it replaced.

Garage Queen is a '90 944 S2 Cabriolet.

[Vepe]

2002 Saab 9-3 Diesel

Works fine, goes fine, pretty good car overall. Former owner was Jari Ketomaa, some of you might have heard of him

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by garcon

Good thing for you is that the later US spec is similar to the UK spec - 2.5 litre turbo rather than the Japanese spec 2 litre twin scroll turbo. Means more torque and it still has some of the old off beat burble.

I believe the USDM 2.5L is a superior specification to the UK 2.5L. Personally I would steer clear of any Type UK model after 2007, not due to the styling, but due to the horror stories with regards to the 2.5L STi. Plus the 2.5L cars all got equal length headers, so hardly any burble.

I still really fancy a stripped two door classic Impreza, but the price of the two door classics is rising and the newages are falling, so it would be throwing good money away swapping at the moment.

Failing that would love an '07 Spec C. The JDM cars don't have the Impreza burble, but they do still use the trusty EJ20. I understand the forthcoming Impreza (or rather "WRX") is to revert to a 2.0L engine again.

[garcon]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

I believe the USDM 2.5L is a superior specification to the UK 2.5L. Personally I would steer clear of any Type UK model after 2007, not due to the styling, but due to the horror stories with regards to the 2.5L STi. Plus the 2.5L cars all got equal length headers, so hardly any burble.

Not sure about the first bit - must admit I thought it was basically the same block but tuned slightly differently for emissions and fuel.

As for the 2.5 STI horror stories, there were certainly some - 'chocolate pistons' was a phrase I heard more than once - but there weren't that many warranty claims with Subaru UK. I do think the waters were muddied by failures to modified engines running on low RON fuel.