Post Your Ride

[pedro01]

Can't have a car forum without members ride pics.

 

Any takers on posting your ride? Past or present?

[OneMoreFarang]

My first car. The big advantage was that is was a big car and after that any other car seemed like a go-kart. ???? 

In Thailand I don't have a car and don't want a car. 99% I ride my own motorcycles and seldom I use a taxi - no hassle with parking, etc.

[pedro01]

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

My first car. The big advantage was that is was a big car and after that any other car seemed like a go-kart. ???? 

In Thailand I don't have a car and don't want a car. 99% I ride my own motorcycles and seldom I use a taxi - no hassle with parking, etc.

 

Reminds me of car chases in 70s cop movies.

 

Is it an early Capri?

[OneMoreFarang]

27 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

 

Reminds me of car chases in 70s cop movies.

 

Is it an early Capri?

It's a Ford Consul - similar to Ford Granada 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Consul#Ford_Consul_(Granada_Mark_I_based)_(1972–1975)

 

[CharlieH]

Something I enjoyed playing with........took an old beaten up Toyota and made this for the daughter.

 

 

[norfolkandchance]

Missing my Fiat Spider 2000. 1980. Garaged in Italy.

[Kwasaki]

UK and abroad too many to mention, the most unusual one I've own would be The Standard Ensign De-Luxe with a 2138cc 4pot engine. 

In Thailand we have 4 bikes now had a Vigo,  Yaris 1•5, Honda City, Isuzu truck with is the last I will have. 

 

[AlfHuy]

54 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Something I enjoyed playing with........took an old beaten up Toyota and made this for the daughter.

 

 

Can you do one for me please. Krub.

[CharlieH]

My first car, MG 1100, I was 17, paid £110  saved from my job working part time in a Butchers !

 

 

[pedro01]

4 minutes ago, josthomz said:

Hasn’t anyone here had a Reliant Robin in the past? 
 

I think it would be perfect to hear a Reliant story ????

 

 A plastic pig?

[CharlieH]

Probably the best car I ever owned. This was reliable, super fast, built like a tank, Cruise control, sooo comfortable leather interior. Loved it !

 

 

[pedro01]

2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Probably the best car I ever owned. This was reliable, super fast, built like a tank, Cruise control, sooo comfortable leather interior. Loved it !

 

 

 

I had something similar - 240 or 440 - something like that?

 

[pedro01]

Today's addition to the family - wife's new car.

[steve187]

i had a 2.0 and a 3.0 litre one of these in the 80's, in the 90's i had a 2.8 injection

[CharlieH]

Probably the most fun was this one, had a sticker in the back window "passion wagon, dont laugh your daughter could be inside"....lol

 

 

[pedro01]

2 minutes ago, steve187 said:

i had a 2.0 and a 3.0 litre one of these in the 80's, in the 90's i had a 2.8 injection

 

Not many 3.0s or 2.8i left - on account of them not going round corners so well - never did figure out which was more powerful - the 3 or the 2.8i - but beasts of cars at the time.

[steve187]

11 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

 

Not many 3.0s or 2.8i left - on account of them not going round corners so well - never did figure out which was more powerful - the 3 or the 2.8i - but beasts of cars at the time.

the 2.8i was so fast i got where i was going before i left, i think good for about 125mph, 3.0 about 120mph,

during the 80's i drove lots of fast cars legally at very fast speeds one of the fastest was a vauxhall senator 132mph true speed.

Edited May 18, 2021 by steve187

[rumak]

24 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

Today's addition to the family - wife's new car.

 

no comment

[KannikaP]

My first after passing test in 1966.

 

Had a full width front bench seat and a column shift, so rumpy pumpy in the front was easy.

I then progressed onto a 6 cylinder Velox, YTD 313. Insurance was £6 a year, fully comp!

 

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by KannikaP

[Pravda]

15 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

no comment

 

Ok... I will.

 

Did she pay for it?

[CharlieH]

Last car I owned (when living full time in the UK).

Jaguar XJR

 

 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

23 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Last car I owned (when living full time in the UK).

Jaguar XJR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later in Thailand...

 

[pedro01]

50 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

My first after passing test in 1966.

 

Had a full width front bench seat and a column shift, so rumpy pumpy in the front was easy.

I then progressed onto a 6 cylinder Velox, YTD 313. Insurance was £6 a year, fully comp!

 

 

 

did you keep it? Must be worth something now...

 

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

 

did you keep it? Must be worth something now...

 

I wish! They were rust boxes anyway. The stainless flutes on the bonnet were probably the strongest part.

[pedro01]

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

the 2.8i was so fast i got where i was going before i left, i think good for about 125mph, 3.0 about 120mph,

during the 80's i drove lots of fast cars legally at very fast speeds one of the fastest was a vauxhall senator 132mph true speed.

 

You never had trouble handling it? It was always rumoured to only be good in a straight line

[rumak]

25 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

We all knew this thread had an agenda.

haha   you're smarter than me.    it took me to photo 3 to start to get the "picture"

 

 

[CharlieH]

48 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

Later in Thailand...

 

Your not far off actually, my first mode of transport was a Suzuki Crystal ! If you zoom in on the first image I posted its in the right corner !..... We still have it ! (Doesnt run now though)

[Kwasaki]

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Probably the most fun was this one, had a sticker in the back window "passion wagon, dont laugh your daughter could be inside"....lol

 

 

Saying what you said, you remind me that I would kinda joke with my youngest daughter in the UK when she was going out and getting into someone's else's car other than her own.

She would answer Dad don't worry you will only find me in the backseat of a Ferrari. ????

[pedro01]

7 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Saying what you said, you remind me that I would kinda joke with my youngest daughter in the UK when she was going out and getting into someone's else's car other than her own.

She would answer Dad don't worry you will only find me in the backseat of a Ferrari. ????

 

Last passion wagon I had was living in Knoxville, TN - the company I was working for gave me one of these:

 

 

Chevy Astro - took the thing all over Tennessee, North Carolina and others. Was a hoot.

[Kwasaki]

25 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

 

Last passion wagon I had was living in Knoxville, TN - the company I was working for gave me one of these:

 

 

Chevy Astro - took the thing all over Tennessee, North Carolina and others. Was a hoot.

My last company van was a Mercedes Vito diesel have pix somewhere, good vehicle. 

Motorbikes in the back was my thing. ????