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Re: usless info about cars
Posted By: Howard, on host 205.184.139.52
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at 13:37:01
In Reply To: Re: usless info about cars posted by ladadadada on Tuesday, May 16, 2000, at 19:35:41:

> The most interesting car I've had was a 1965 Jaguar Mark II. Inline 6 with dual overhead cams, automatic, right-hand drive, red leather interior (in desparate need of re-upholstering), and an oak dashboard that could also use a little TLC. It had a map tray, and most every control was a toggle switch, lights, wipers, the ignition was a push button.
> >
> > Tra "Since it was right-hand drive, it was fun to be driving down the road leaning over to the side squinting my eyes looking like I was asleep, and for my girlfriend (at the time) to be sitting backwards facing the rear. We got some concerned looks." nio
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> I've been driving for three years now and I've driven (not owned)
>
> Ford Raider
> Mazda 323
> Corolla (1988)
> Corolla (1990)
> Daihatsu Feroza
> Volkswagon type 3
> Volvo 244 GL
> Holden Astra
> Suburu Impreza WRX
> Suburu Impreza GX
>
> Incidentally, I crashed the '88 Corolla and wrote it off. We got the '90 Corolla to repace it and BOTH my brothers have crashed it. The second wrote it off, the first only did $6000 worth of damage.
>
> But as far as INTERESTING cars are concerned, you can't go past my friend Peter...
> He owns two cars... a Volvo Ute... 18 feet long !
> and a Renault 12 that he races in rallies around the area. Occasionally, he gets to go on a round Australia trip !
>
> ladada(I want about 20 different cars)dada

I couldn't in a million years list all the cars that I've driven. When my father was selling cars in Florida circa 1950, he would bring a different car home ever night. I usually came up with a reason to drive them, even if it was just a few blocks. Then after I retired I worked every Tuesday night at an auto auction. I would go out into the lot and drive cars around to be auctioned. Then sometimes we would load several drivers into one car and go to another town to pick up a bunch of cars and drive then back. Some of those trips were hundreds of miles, usually in a pretty nice car. I didn't make much money, but it was fun. Then I discovered motorscooters and had to start selling antiques to make enough to collect them. Sometimes I still miss the auction just a little.

Panard Packard BMW Hillman Crosley DeSoto Cadillac Hudson Lincoln Chrysler Volkswagen Datson Renault
DKW Saab Buick Dodge Rabbit Plymouth Nash Studebaker Mercury MGTD Plymouth Austin Mazda Porche Willys GMC Toyota Subaru Oldsmobile Ford Jaguar Citron Yugo Honda and even that Korean car that sounds like Honda but I can't remember how it's spelled. Hundae, maybe
Heck, that's just a start. I wonder how many scooters I've ridden.
Howard

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