Cars, Man

[lightmyfire13]

Sorry to hear that. Hope you get better soon.

Thanks waiting for op .....

 

[BloodLust]

My uncle just restored this one.

The kiddies playing around in the Toyota Sports 800. Toyota's 1st production sports car.
Only 10% of about 3,131 of these vehicles made from 1965-69 survived. Also, only 300 of the total cars made were left-hand drive.
This left hand drive model is rare. I don't know how many are left.

 

[BloodLust]

A friend of a friend's rides. He does customs and his trademark are wide body kits.

Corvette "Black Manta"

Porsche 993 Carrera 4s with air suspension.

And he did a custom wide body, air suspension Toyota 86.

 

[StarHalo]

Three horsepower per cubic inch in a Volvo station wagon. The turbocharged + supercharged 2.0L/120c.i. 4-cylinder makes 362 horsepower, available in the US this fall.

 

[FroggyTaco]

Sounds like a great car to Lease & not buy!

Manual transmission?

 

[StarHalo]

Sounds like a great car to Lease & not buy!

Manual transmission?

8-speed auto with manual mode paddles, may as well get the full rally experience by keeping the engine screaming at all times. ~$70K to play, but at less than 200 copies a year here, great resale value..

 

[durallymax]

Just upgraded to a bigger/nicer TDI. Comfy, quick and 35mpg. The Jetta Cup car looks/drives great, just wanted something nicer.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

She's a beauty, durallymax. :thumbsup:

~ Chance

 

[orbital]

.. The turbocharged + supercharged 2.0L/120c.i. 4-cylinder makes 362 horsepower, available in the US this fall.

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Another turbocharged & supercharged jobberoo from thirty years ago

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Also::: talked with my neighbor today that has the Shelby 350, he has the track version / still has his vette.
he was in his AMG wagon:devil:

He's good friends with Randy Pobst (really) and Randy said the 350 is everything the Z06 was not,, and it's a killer car.
I told him I want to buy it...lol

 

[StarHalo]

Australia.

 

[fyrstormer]

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Another turbocharged & supercharged jobberoo from thirty years ago

 

[Minimoog]

I spent yesterday afternoon changing the gearbox oil and refitting the refurbished alloy wheels (13" Alloy 'METEOR II' by K&N). Quite easy to do on the Skoda as you can squeeze underneath without the car going up on ramps or a jack. Working on the car is quite therapeutic I think, making it go as well as possible and more reliably too. I have been doing quite a bit while the weather has been good - change the coolant, oil, brake fluid, grease points tended, coat of wax - the usual. I even had some teens walk past and say 'cool car' which cheered me up a bit as it used to be seen as not a cool car at all.

 

[bykfixer]

I spent yesterday afternoon changing the gearbox oil and refitting the refurbished alloy wheels (13" Alloy 'METEOR II' by K&N). Quite easy to do on the Skoda as you can squeeze underneath without the car going up on ramps or a jack. Working on the car is quite therapeutic I think, making it go as well as possible and more reliably too. I have been doing quite a bit while the weather has been good - change the coolant, oil, brake fluid, grease points tended, coat of wax - the usual. I even had some teens walk past and say 'cool car' which cheered me up a bit as it used to be seen as not a cool car at all.

You got a hot hatch Skoda?

Either way sounds like fun.

Went to help my son work on his 01 Prelude.


Quite the stiff suspension on that one.
Jack it up from either corner and both wheels on that side lift.
Sure makes putting it up on stands all 4 corners a lot easier.

 

[Minimoog]

You got a hot hatch Skoda?

Its 44 BHP with a rear engine so a 'cold non-hatch'

But is good fun nonetheless. Some were exported to Canada too I think back in the mid 80's. Mine is from '88, so one of the last.

 

[jskelton]

Here's my daily driver. 2015 SRT Challenger Hellcat, bought it new with 2 miles on the clock, she now has 16,000 and counting. I've had a lot of powerful cars, and modded them to be even more powerful (GT500, 2 GTOs, Typhoon, Challenger SRT8, Magnum SRT8 and more F-Bodies in my youth than I can remember), but never had one as impressive as this right out of the factory. A few little tweaks and it's a real monster. By summer's end, it'll be running 9's with only about 3 grand in it. Not bad for a factory daily driver!

 

[mm1987]

That is one beautiful car!

So jealous! [emoji22][emoji26] [emoji33]

 

[bykfixer]

Its 44 BHP with a rear engine so a 'cold non-hatch'

But is good fun nonetheless. Some were exported to Canada too I think back in the mid 80's. Mine is from '88, so one of the last.

I asked my son who speaks of any car compared to Honda cars "what's a SKODA?". He replied "something like a Honda Civic"

I said "a fella at the forums said some youngsters remarked his is cool.".
He said "must be a hot hatch."
That's why I said that.

Anyway sounds like a fun car. And also sounds like either you are extremely skinny or it's got lots of room to move around at maintenance time.

 

[Minimoog]

I asked my son who speaks of any car compared to Honda cars "what's a SKODA?". He replied "something like a Honda Civic"

I said "a fella at the forums said some youngsters remarked his is cool.".
He said "must be a hot hatch."
That's why I said that.

Anyway sounds like a fun car. And also sounds like either you are extremely skinny or it's got lots of room to move around at maintenance time.

I can't but help admire the powerful cars on this thread - which must be nice to drive. But my Skoda is probably not like any US car, but a little like the VW Beetle perhaps. I remembered I filmed a little short about my car - you can even see me at the wheel! You get a ride in it at the end as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyceLZbv5sE

It has good ground clearance so as long as you remember not to lay a rug down you can slide anywhere apart from the middle of the car - but you can reach there.

Shame you're not a bit nearer - I'd take you and your son a 'blast' (well, gentle chug) around the block!

 

[jdboy]

Wow, how in the world did I ever miss this thread!?!

 

[jdboy]

Didn't take too much arm twisting to convince my father-in-law that he deserved this early last month!