New car!

[T_Bone]

With all this talk of converting trucks to electric, I think I've found an excuse to convince the wife that I need a "smaller" car than the current Ford Expedition. A Corvette would be better for the environment. :lol:

I can't believe how cheap Corvettes are getting. I was just browsing at www.vettehound.com, and it blew my mind how well even the older vettes were taken care of. I feel an impulse purchase coming on. :-)

[sumner7]

Good for you...

[color=660000]BUY IT!!![/color]

[Speelgoedmannetje]

A friend of mine once got a Lada (you know, a car 'cubic style') for free from his boss.

downside of it: a friend of his had to push the Lada... in front of a MCDonalds :lol:

[cecilia]

get something cool AND give a big F U to the oil complanies!!!

http://www.evworld.com/

[T_Bone]

cecilia wrote:
get something cool AND give a big F U to the oil complanies!!!

http://www.evworld.com/

:lol:

I don't know if that's cool enough to satisfy as a midlife crisis  impulse car purchase! :-)

[edit- isn't that car Herbie from "Herbie goes banana's" ? :lol:

[adz]

cecilia wrote:
get something cool AND give a big F U to the oil complanies!!!

http://www.evworld.com/

That car is horrible :-o :-o :-o

Wonder what its 0-100km/h time is like... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[PMC]

Mmmm.  5.7 Litres of Chevrolet V8.  Makes a delicious noise.

Over in the UK, we're getting the Vauxhall Monaro, which is a rebadged Holden Monaro / Pontiac GTO complete with the 5.7.  All this for about £30k which is about the price of a BMW 330 or a mid spec Merc C class.  However, we're also facing record petrol prices of around £0.83 per litre and further hikes in fuel tax are due later in the year.  Owning a sub 20Mpg car has suddenly become an expensive indulgence.

How about a Lotus Elise?  It's powered by a Toyota engine, weighs less than 800Kg and should manage more than thirty miles to the gallon.  It's made from easily recyclable aluminium and plastic and is the closest thing we have to an environmentally responsible sports car.  Plus it handles like a racecar and is built in Britain.

:-D

[bloodline]

I used to get 50 Miles to the gallon with my old car.

[glockspeel]

I own an Audi car...

[PMC]

bloodline wrote:
I used to get 50 Miles to the gallon with my old car.

Which was?

I used to own a MkII Golf 16v which would return around 35Mpg most of the time.  However I've since bought an Alfa Romeo 156 which has a bit of a drink problem.  About 24Mpg is as good as it gets.   :-o

[adz]

@PMC

The Monaro actually uses a Gen III Corvette engine. Over here they are rated anywhere from 220 to 300kW stock, even more if you work 'em a bit, not my cup of tea really, I'm a Ford man :-D

[PMC]

adz wrote:
@PMC

The Monaro actually uses a Gen III Corvette engine. Over here they are rated anywhere from 220 to 300kW stock, even more if you work 'em a bit, not my cup of tea really, I'm a Ford man :-D

Nothing divides opinion down under more than "Ford or Holden?".

So that's 295 - 400 Bhp?  That's a nice healthy power output!  Those in Oz will no doubt be pleased to know that Aussie Holden HSVs have cult status here in the UK.  

Do Ford Australia make an equivalent to the HSV/Monaro?

[adz]

@PMC

I'm surprised that HSV/Monaro has such a following in the UK, what with the availiability of such rare and exotic European cars...I guess we finally did something right :-D

As for Ford, the equivilant to HSV was originally Tickford, but that has since been replaced by Ford Performance Vehicles. Ford essentially takes a production Falcon, and modifys it to be more sporty, they have released several high performance cars from 4.0L in-line turbo six's that produce 240kW stock to 5.4L quad-cam V8's that produce 290kW stock. Have a look:

Ford Performance Vehicles

and

Ford Australia

Now that Ford seem to be taking hold of the Australian V8 Super Cars series, their popularity is skyrocketing :-D

[odin]

I own a Batavus bike. The front wheel is salvaged from a previous deceased one though.

[Cyberus]

One of my ears is ever so slightly higher than the other