Whats in your driveway

[JackW]

I forgot to mention alll of the Fiats, Volvos, Corvairs, Cadillacs, Chevy P/U's, Benz's, VW's, MG's, BMW's, NSU's (two of em - cool little cars) and even a couple of French cars that it took to develop my theory. Of course it could be completely false since I've never owned a Japanese car (a few Honda motorcycles is as close as I got). Its been a fun ride and most of my junk has been what some people term "character building".

 

[MUSKYMAN]

you'd think I'd have grown out of the whole speed thing....sadly not

Marcus

dude...speed is a Narcotic...and you my friend are addicted

 

[ESnyder]

Currently in stock we have...

1995 Disco, heavily modified, mostly trail use
1966 Series 88", great shape, always tinkering, don't drive it much
1993 Toyota FZJ80, 180K miles runs like a top, 33" tires on stock suspension

1999 Toyota 100 series, stock, sweet ride for the Mrs.
2004 Toyota Tacoma, work truck

Any of the first three are for sale at any given time. Glad I'm buying insurance in VA, though!

 

[Roverlady]

ASH-I LOVE that old Mercedes! My first two cars were a '79 300D and an '81 300D.....wonderful, wonderful cars.....I learned a lot of about quirky old vehicles though! Also learned how to get a running start for the hills in VA with a 5 cyl VERY underpowered engine!

 

[Roverlady]

Hmmmm....this thread makes me want a Porsche....though I'd really rather have a Mercedes SL 500 or Jaguar XKR

 

[agro1]

Porsches, the older ones (air cooled) are the most bulletproof cars I've ever owned.

 

[SCSL]

I had a '68 912 (Porsche-Lite) that I just recently sold.
Ran like clockwork, handled amazingly, simple engine,,,a blast.

 

[stevenr]

Until my driveway is done... I live with family and I AM going to let you know what's in the driveway cause it looks like a used car lot.

99 D1 - mine
01 BMW 328i - hers
85 Toyota P/U - mine

99 Lincoln Navigator - Dad-in-law
54 Chevy 210 - Dad-in-law
00 Boxter - Dad-in-law
01 Bug Turbo - Mom-in-law

-Steven

 

[HawkeyeNFO]

Not exactly in my driveway but, near my driveway......

 

[JSQ]

Not exactly in my driveway but, near my driveway......

oh shit.

 

[garrett]

oh shit.

exactly. how do you top that? how about with my Rover 3500. LOL. NOT!

 

[syoung]

I think I got a little tingle 'down there' with that plane pic... I almost took the plunge last year when a Staggerwing came on the market. Wife talked me out of it and said she wanted a Rangie instead.

 

[Robbie]

i've got some pics of my father in laws restoration of his "new" steerman. i'll have to post them up tonight. not mine or in my driveway of course, but i'll get to ride and fly it.

and i already posted my driveway, but need to add:
2000 DII

on top of:
1995 DI
1998 Honda Accord
1986 BMW 635CSi

 

[HawkeyeNFO]

Yep, a Staggerwing would've been very nice! 805 is a 1941 Boeing PT-13D "Stearman" w/ a Continental W-670 (220 HP) engine and a Sensinich 98AA66 wood prop.....very smooth ride.

Robbie, e me a few pics of your father-in-laws plane.

Chris

 

[Ash]

ASH-I LOVE that old Mercedes! My first two cars were a '79 300D and an '81 300D.....wonderful, wonderful cars.....I learned a lot of about quirky old vehicles though! Also learned how to get a running start for the hills in VA with a 5 cyl VERY underpowered engine!

Its a very unique car...thats for sure. The 4.5 V8 has very smooth power, and the it honestly rides like a brand new Mercedes does. The quality of this car is pretty impressive for it's year...but the engines' been pretty tempramental since I got her. Mainly ignition problems, sputtering when it warms up etc....but the problems have been solved and she's road worthy again.

The sad part is...insurance for a 16-year old driver with two cars isnt exactly cheap, not to mention gas prices. Theres absolutely no way I can part with my Rover, so I've gotta let the Benz go. She's currently for sale through my dad's dealership .

 

[sven]

exactly. how do you top that? how about with my Rover 3500. LOL. NOT!

Garrett, Does that thing run yet?

 

[The Limey]

exactly. how do you top that? how about with my Rover 3500. LOL. NOT!

Yknow...in all my years in the UK...which numbers 69-91 I have never ever seen a V8 SD1 rover wiht twin headlights...Must be a yank thing...

Marcus

 

[JeffM]

Spot on Marcus - it is a US thing - for some reason they couldn't didn't use the regular square SD1 headlights on the US version. I kind of prefer the twin round lights anyway - kind of remind me of the old RS2000

Jeff

 

[El_Cid_2000]

86' Volvo 240 DL 300k + and still runs like a top (ours)
95' BMW 318i 165K (wife)
97' D1 SE 145K (mine)
01' Vette 70K (mine)

Michael

 

[Eric N.]

Agro, the 1998 993 twin turbo has always been my favorite Porsche... I always wanted one of those.. I like the 928s4 also but, I've been made fun of for that one.. Seems if it isn't rear engine it's not a Porsche..

Is yours a twin turbo? Or were all 993's twin turbos? I'm not sure as I'm not that knowledgable about Porsche or spelling for that matter..