The Car thread - The Bear and Badger

google

The Tuscon manual was a 400 page monster of shit.

Bob

google wrote:

The Tuscon manual was a 400 page monster of shit.

Much like the Tucson then?

We've just sold a special edition with the worst 19" rims I've ever seen. The road noise was terrible as was the wind noise from it's oh so aero dynamic styling. Also the worst 6 speed gearshift I've ever had the pleasure of trying to operate.

google

Bob wrote:

The Tuscon manual was a 400 page monster of shit.

Much like the Tucson then? We've just sold a special edition with the worst 19" rims I've ever seen. The road noise was terrible as was the wind noise from it's oh so aero dynamic styling. Also the worst 6 speed gearshift I've ever had the pleasure of trying to operate.

Your mum is an ugly cunt too, I hear.

EDIT: To clarify, this was a jest. I dont think it's awfully polite to call someone's new car ugly and shit.

Bob

Sorry fella. I take it all back. It was lovely!

google

Bob wrote:

Sorry fella. I take it all back. It was lovely!

Thanks. It cost $35k.Â

I love it more than my unborn baby.

I'm joking.

I have the AWD-automatic with 6 speed auto/manual gearbox.

The chrome rims look fine - they're nothing special, but they will take a beating when I take the car into the mountains. It's not a particularly quiet ride, but at the same time, I last drove an '01 Ford Focus 1.4 in England. That was not quiet.

For $35k it was the best bang for my buck and my requirements dictated that for a 4x4, that was decent on gas, came with enough room inside and out to contain snowboards, surfboards and mountain bikes and could handle the mountain/dirt roads that I traverse on a weekly basis.

SO YEAH!

Mod74

google

I dont get it

Mod74

You probably don't have the scripts from The Simpsons s1-6 memorised.

g.man

Doh!

Mod74

Hmm, image not working now. Never mind, it wasn't that funny to begin with.

[Deleted User]

Was it Canyonero?

SublimeEnvy

I've now been driving an automatic in the States longer than a manual in the UK. This, coupled with the fact that in Nevada you can turn right on red lights, means I'm going to drive like an asshole when I come back to the UK in July. Watch out Scotland.

google

SublimeEnvy wrote:

I've now been driving an automatic in the States longer than a manual in the UK. This, coupled with the fact that in Nevada you can turn right on red lights, means I'm going to drive like an asshole when I come back to the UK in July. Watch out Scotland.

Nah, you'll make the adjustment fairly easily because:

Roundabouts are better than right turns.

Trust.

I learned to drive over here, then went back to the UK. I then came back over here and now drive like a complete cunt because no one here has any respect for the highway code!

Mod74

Liveinadive wrote:

Was it Canyonero?

ChalmersÂ startÂ braggingÂ aboutÂ hisÂ carÂ andÂ hisÂ "superintendantÂ money"
again,Â whenÂ heÂ noticesÂ withÂ horrorÂ thatÂ hisÂ "H"Â emblemÂ hasÂ been
stolen.

What'sÂ theÂ pointÂ inÂ havingÂ aÂ HondaÂ ifÂ youÂ can'tÂ showÂ itÂ off?
--Â PerhapsÂ it'sÂ bestÂ forÂ everybodyÂ thisÂ way,Â "Lisa'sÂ DateÂ WithÂ Density"

SkinnerÂ calmsÂ himÂ downÂ andÂ saysÂ heÂ couldÂ findÂ aÂ replacement.Â Â Moments
later,Â heÂ findsÂ aÂ blueÂ HyundaiÂ andÂ triesÂ toÂ swipeÂ theÂ "H"Â fromÂ it
usingÂ aÂ screwdriver.Â Â KearneyÂ catchesÂ himÂ outsideÂ aÂ windowÂ inÂ the
school,Â andÂ yellsÂ atÂ himÂ toÂ getÂ awayÂ fromÂ hisÂ car.Â SkinnerÂ dropsÂ the
screwdriverÂ andÂ heÂ andÂ ChalmersÂ flee.

SublimeEnvy

google wrote:

SublimeEnvy wrote:

I've now been driving an automatic in the States longer than a manual in the UK. This, coupled with the fact that in Nevada you can turn right on red lights, means I'm going to drive like an asshole when I come back to the UK in July. Watch out Scotland.

Nah, you'll make the adjustment fairly easily because: Roundabouts are better than right turns. Trust. I learned to drive over here, then went back to the UK. I then came back over here and now drive like a complete cunt because no one here has any respect for the highway code!

I think we have the only roundabouts in Nevada near our house. You take your life into your hands trying to use them with American drivers. Definitely start becoming a more defensive driver over here.Â

That makes me feel better though. I worried about mashing our rental car's gearbox or getting stuck down tiny (normal sized) roads.

google

SublimeEnvy wrote:

google wrote:

SublimeEnvy wrote:

I've now been driving an automatic in the States longer than a manual in the UK. This, coupled with the fact that in Nevada you can turn right on red lights, means I'm going to drive like an asshole when I come back to the UK in July. Watch out Scotland.

Nah, you'll make the adjustment fairly easily because: Roundabouts are better than right turns. Trust. I learned to drive over here, then went back to the UK. I then came back over here and now drive like a complete cunt because no one here has any respect for the highway code!

I think we have the only roundabouts in Nevada near our house. You take your life into your hands trying to use them with American drivers. Definitely start becoming a more defensive driver over here.Â That makes me feel better though. I worried about mashing our rental car's gearbox or getting stuck down tiny (normal sized) roads.

I was given a ford fiesta as a rental car when I first moved over. I crashed it twice!

Yeah, manual driving is hard after 4 years of auto.

Mod74

New (to me) car!

Not the manliest of whips but I really like it.

g.man

Very nice Mod.

+1

g.man

Mod74

Thanks. It's a really nice drive as well. Not in the engaging sporty sense just a pleasant no fuss comfy way.

The poor little 1.2l needs a cog dropped on hills compared to my 2.0 d Skoda and 1.6 d Mini, but I'll get used to it.

g.man

Looks good in that colour too Mod. Better than the usual white.

regards

g.man

Mod74

Yeah, I think the whites, especially the flat ones, are going to look a bit faddy in a couple years.

Tell you what is weird though, the bonnet is so short and so flat I literally cannot see it from the drivers seat. It's like it's not there.

g.man

Heh, that unnerves me in other peoples small cars. I'm so used to seeing the air intake of a WRX bonnet in my periphery.

regards

g.man

[Deleted User]

Yeah i get the same thing switching between the porky and the ibiza. The porsche has an insanely long front because if the pop up lights.

Nice ine Mod I,m in agreement about the colour, always nice to be a bit different.

Elmlea

google wrote:

How long was your lease for? The loan for my car was .9% interest. It'll be paid off in 5 years, at which point I'll outright own the car. I looked at leasing - the payments were around $50 less a month for the same time period. Now at the end of 5 years I'll own the car and can throw those payments into a Porsche.

3 years, but with a military clause. Â We needed it very flexible because I'm technically posted back to the UK in early 2014, and I didn't want 2 American cars to sell. Â The lease terms mean I can just march in with a set of military posting orders, toss the keys at them, and leave.

If I end up extending and staying for longer, then I set the lease payments up such that any excess in the final value can roll into a deposit for something else.

Also, your first kid is on its way. Â You probably won't get a Porsche.

Escape

One of my neighbours has an immaculate Triumph Stag in white. It's glorious. I'd always had them down as an uglified Spitfire, but I think this one's extremely pretty. They're much smaller than I thought; no bigger than my [racing-striped] Ford Ka, and very low.

Reaffirms my belief that the most beautiful cars belong to the '70s.

igorgetmeabrain

My school music teacher had a Spitfire.Â She called it Delilah.Â We used to freak her out by jumping over it.

Escape

Sounds like a Children's Film Foundation version of Christine.

Unlikely

Escape wrote:

[racing-striped] Ford Ka,

Your what now.

retro74

g.man wrote:

Heh, that unnerves me in other peoples small cars. I'm so used to seeing the air intake of a WRX bonnet in my periphery.

regards

g.man

WRX, cool. I used to have one of those then I traded it for an WRX STI. Happy days

I still miss the bonnet scoop when I pootle about in my old man's car now

g.man

Yeah, it's amazing how used you get to the scoop.

regards

g.man

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