Tywais Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Looked through a few pages but didn't see a matching topic. Starting this one as I came across some old photos I had just before moving here. 1992 Ford Probe with 3.0L V6 Vulcan engine and 5 speed MT. Joint venture between Mazda and Ford. It was a smooth engine and quick enough. The one annoying thing is it had motorized automatic seat belts. Yes, I had a fondness for Phuket back then. They disallowed my use of Phuket 1 for my vanity plates. Reason, profanity not allowed, who would have thunk you could pronounce it differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 One other annoying feature was it had a very significant torque steer. Got caught by surprise a few times when the wheel virtually jumped out of my hands. I'm not sure but perhaps FWD (front wheel drive) was not common in the US at the time and the engineers didn't have a handle on correcting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The Probe was introduced by Jeremy Clarkson with the words "this car can snap knicker elastic at 200 yards". My last car was an E34 Beamer 320i in white with the M50 straight six. Small engine but went well enough EDIT Added photo, in the snow in Tervuren, Belgium with Wifey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Mercedes 190 Fabulous Car. Still have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1980 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Mark 1 Audi TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Marcos 3.5 litre. Weight about the same as a sparrow and not sure how many horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Peugeot 305 van with a 1.9 litre 5 speed diesel that I'd taken out of a 305 estate, love Peugeot Diesel engines Edited April 20, 2016 by lemonjelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Mitsubishi Verada....an Australian/Japanese version of an American Buick! Same colour as the one in the pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djinn Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Everyday car:Chrysler Stratus Cabrio Week end cars :ferrari 328 GTS and Mustang Mach1 1969 Sold everything in 2003 and now a Teana in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Did the 328 windscreen wipers work in the rain and internal door trims stay in place all the time ? ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 525i SE Beemer, loved it, old one with 4 spots vgc in red (nightmare to keep red, kept going pink), really comfy car and drifting delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djinn Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Did the 328 windscreen wipers work in the rain and internal door trims stay in place all the time ? ☺ Yes everything was perfect,Had to replace one of the 2 airco command module .The Ferrari price was crazy and some Lancia had the same one...so bought this one Steering became very light over 210 km/h.Even dangereous.(and I was rcing driver in my 20 s and 30 s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim walker Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Jaguar xk150 1958 with a 3.8 and a Morris traveler 1972 still have both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 328i coupe, Boston Met Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseTheBass Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Edited April 21, 2016 by JaseTheBass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodcourt49 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Ford Mustang 1969 Mach I...move over 'transam' ..shift that blue thing and make room for 'djinn' and me...feeling hemmied in? Edited April 21, 2016 by rodcourt49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodcourt49 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Ford Mustang 1969 Mach I...move over 'transam' ..shift that blue thing and make room for 'djinn' and me...feeling hemmied in? IMG_6890.JPG picasabackground-005.jpg Photo-077.jpg Photo-230.jpg ...there seems to be more interest in the 'Landies'... ..nice photos..you sure did a lot of work on her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansiver Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Citroen C5. A wonderfull car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 except the crank which was a 1969 piece.. You had one of these on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodcourt49 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 except the crank which was a 1969 piece.. You had one of these on it? crank.jpg ..I think he means the 'crank' in the driver's seat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 except the crank which was a 1969 piece.. You had one of these on it? crank.jpg One of my very first cars ever had one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 A real blokes motor:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Jaguar XKR convertible. Sold a couple of years ago with only 60k km on the clock, having owned it from new for 10 years. Goes like $hit off a hot shovel !! Would like to say it was a babe trap. It had its moments, but it mostly attracted the attention of pre-pubescent youths and old men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 957cc Ford Fiesta MK1 - every CC counted... couldn't pull the skin off a custard. The fastest it ever went was freewheeling down a hill !... I was 17 and sold it when I was 18 for money for Uni. Shortly after Uni I came out to Thailand. (This is not my actual car - but the photo is very close).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Owned.. was a Triumph Dolemite - green with vinyl roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Last car I owned was a auto Volvo 244DL had it for 23 years. Last vehicle I used to have before coming here was a company Vito van, a shazy little dashboard mounted gearshift and a very good turbo diesel engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5VETTE Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 C5 Corvette that I sold in 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Ford Taurus sedan. Anybody impressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 My last, every-day car before moving to Thailand was an AUDI RS6 Avant, with ABT Tuning (530 HP). I toyed with the idea of bringing it to Thailand, but left-hand driving and import tax convinced me not to. Then I got an AUDI A6 3.0 TDi here and had tears in my eyes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Owned.. was a Triumph Dolemite - green with vinyl roof.The vinyl roof period, late 70s, remember it well. The Dolomites were solid cars, remember the local ER room nurses pulling flakes of Dolomite cream paint out of my mangled leg many years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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