WOULD A NOIZE DUDE DRIVE A 1981 TRIUMPH TR-7?

it's a little too perky for me.

i drive a 1999 buick lesabre. old man comfort is where i'm at.

http://www.analogstereo.com/images/om/buick_lesabre.jpg

and we have a crappy ford wagon type thing with four years of encrusted milk and food on the floor.

the buick gets excellent gas mileage by the way!

scott seward i remember you talking about that lesabre before and really getting a kick out of it, i think it is awesome that you drive that lesabre, kudos to you, i know a guy who drives a lincoln towncar with air suspension and i'm pretty jealous of that as well

Late '70's/early '80's britishes sportscars were at the peak of their already legendary unreliability. A TR-7 WILL let you down, probably when you're miles away from anywhere too. They did look pretty cool when they came out though, the curse of brit sportscars, they all look cool, they ALL break down. There were a few similar cars that came out over here at the same time, like the hang on this is fucking boring, why am i typing this?

NOISE car surely should be a PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUq23AF2aZQ

Fuckin' right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYlAYLAo4S8

This is what I'd drive if I could, though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAx7w6Yf6o&feature=related

Avanti! A proper Studebaker one w/round headlamps. Listen to the engine! Thrilling shit!

my car is probably the least noize car ever

tim wins noize prize since he bought a pacer.

driving through half moon bay today saw what i took the be either the SF or santa cruz chapter of the california scirocco club, 12-15 pristine and not models cruising the 1

http://www.clubh2o.com/media/dubsaudis/scirocco1.jpg

fuck yeah

top 10 cars of all time

1. classic toyota celica

http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/JCS2006/CelicaTA22Mike.jpg

2. 70s ford bronco

http://www.jamesduff.com/images/readers-rides/413200784859.jpg

3. scirocco

4. BMW 635 CSI

http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/sean-connerys-bmw-635-csi.jpg

5. international scout

http://www.avonhill.com/thumbnails/sport_utility/1977_International_Scout1.jpeg

6. saab 900

7. turbocharged volvo wagon

here's that 635 csi

http://www.idcow.net/idcow/products/aa2055_002.jpg

i think thats a metal toy

8. 1988 toyota cressida (my first car, i got it when i was 18)

9. 1997 acura integra (my 2nd car)

10. 2001 lexus is250 (my 3rd car)

"5. international scout"

you see more and more fancy old-tyme scout action here on the island in the summer. people here go for a more rustic look though. to blend in with the locals. but they are all very cool all the same.

this one is a gas:

http://www.aking.missingsaddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/Mr%20Scout2.jpg

so many honorable mentions

toyota gt
nissan zx
volkswagon rabbit
toyota 4 runner
lexus rx400 hybrid
etc etc

i know a guy who drives a lincoln towncar with air suspension and i'm pretty jealous of that as well

That's not the same guy who's on TV tonight, is it?

prius is pretty fresh too

i love my is250 to death and i felt the same way about the integra, but man i wish i hadn't totaled the cressida. it handled like a yacht but it had a sick v6 - on the backroads it felt like you were racing a hovercraft and on the fwy it felt like a concorde.

also it had a MANUAL 12-band equalizer in the dash with little sliders and lites.

the tape deck was broken so i couldn't eject the tape but the tape that was in it was "36 chambers" so i listened to that for about 3 years straight

the tape deck was broken so i couldn't eject the tape but the tape that was in it was "36 chambers" so i listened to that for about 3 years straight

OK, this sounds awesome!

I totaled a saab 900 hatchback (manual transmission) with a sunroof. Such a sweet car but cost me more in repairs than it was worth.

^^ noize

http://v8cressida.com/

^^ super noize

We had 1993 Saab 900 Turbo with Sunroof. I wish my dad had taken better care of that car because that shit would have been awesome car for starting off as a yuppie. So much cooler than a beemer.

high school car:

http://www.dodgeforum.com/models/aries/images/Dodge-Aries.jpg

if i had some money to burn i'd totally get a '71 volvo p1800. great looking cars.

http://volvo1800pictures.com/E/71_102_id_254.jpg

my high school car: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/

high school truck, only w/ longer bed and a big dent in the door where I kicked it after finding out my CD player had been stolen

http://dmccars.com.c1.previewmysite.com/image.php?id=9676337

no heat, no air, but a 5L V8 and zero weight over the rearend

cars I wanted in high school because they seemed vaguely attainable -

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~rdsweb/240sx/Pics/240sx800.jpg

I think these are still worth almost as much as they were in 1998
http://www.aceleras.net/data/media/22/Bmw-325is-e30-04.jpg

Avanti! A proper Studebaker one w/round headlamps. Listen to the engine! Thrilling shit!

somebody in my old neighborhood had one of these when I was car-obsessed 12 year old, used to ride my bike past when it was parked on the street and DROOL -- cooler than a corvette, even, maybe.

yesterday I heard this loud THRUUUUM emerge from traffic on upper Broadway and it was a Maserati.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/08/0824_uglycars/index_01.htm

max and I are high school minivan-drivin' bros

i drove a suburu legacy station wagon in highschool

i drove a 1985 plymouth horizon in high school. it was red on the outside and red on the inside.

burgundy 88 plymouth sunbird w/fucked up front bumper whats up

fucked up front bumper

^HOLLA

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9388/61398respekknucklescn8.gif

also cigarette burn in driver's seat after unsuccessful clove->cracked window flick

635 CSis are rad. the BMW team that raced them here in the 1980s were sponsored by phillip morris and had the black and gold JPS branding like those old lotus F1 cars, srsly the most beautiful race car i have seen in the flesh. (can't find decent pic on google images unfortunately.)

ONE LESS CAR

respeck knuckles are awes

firebird only

http://www.westol.com/~blcars/images/sale2943a.jpg

http://pontiac.cz/graphics/gallery/full/1977-Pontiac-Firebird.001.jpg

i feel like if i had a 70s firebird my feelings for the car might make people uncomfortable

cars my dad has had

early 90shttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/89olds.jpg/800px-89olds.jpg
mid 90shttp://www.sheffieldsautosales.com/whtcorsica.JPG
late 90shttp://www.autofairct.com/01luminawhite1.jpg
early 00s
mid 00s

http://i13.tinypic.com/822a6a8.jpg
http://i2.tinypic.com/6lln4zp.jpg

my parents used to have this 1977 Chrysler Cordoba that I loved with all my heart and soul.

http://www.californiaclassics.nl/images/chrysler/cordoba-1977-01-01.jpg

a little known fact about the Chrysler Cordoba is that no matter what kind of camera you take a picture of it with, the photo will appear with vignette finishing, every time.

max and I are high school minivan-drivin' bros

-- El Tomboto, Monday, December 10, 2007 3:12 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link

this was simultaneously awesome (so much room for making out) and totally lame ("hey dude, can you drive 8 of us to the party tonight?")

Pashmina, you reminded me of a very bad joke from my childhood, which is..

Q: Why didn't the British ever specialize in manufacturing computers?
A: Because they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil.

We had a Triumph TR-6 for a while in my childhood. No, wait, actually we had two: one went on blocks in the back yard for parts.