Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

bear1

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Yes I have 3 currently, the e60 which I'm trying to sell, the truck and the heap of **** carina!
When I sell the BM I'm thinking either something like an RX8, an older v12 bm/jag, or maybe another american v8 - but a big block 454/455 this time.

Like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oldsmobile-Eighty-Eight-Holiday-1967-oldsmobile-cutlass-delta-88-2-door-fast-back-big-block-425-/281249649040?forcerrptr=true&hash=item417bc91190&item=281249649040&pt=US_Cars_Trucks#ht_253wt_1027

Out of curiosity, how much would all that cost? If you went for the American V8.
Travel, freight costs etc? Would sourcing it in the EU not make more sense?

MetzgerMeister

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

the heap of **** carina!

A while ago it was the best thing on 4 wheels and you were praising the bejaysus out of it. Now it's a heap of ****

yop wrote: »

I'm wondering if she gets up close and personal with that gear stick........

I'd say it was a guy who owned it beforehand :pac:

Cleveland Hot Pocket

bear1 wrote: »

Out of curiosity, how much would all that cost? If you went for the American V8.
Travel, freight costs etc? Would sourcing it in the EU not make more sense?

It would make sense but US stuff inside the EU is a hell of a lot more expensive.
I'm looking at this now for instance http://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-F-350-DIESEL-CREWCAB-DUALLY-/261376253913?&pt=US_Cars_Trucks&maxbid=2500&autorefresh=true#ht_82wt_1027

which would cost easily triple that here/uk.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

A while ago it was the best thing on 4 wheels and you were praising the bejaysus out of it. Now it's a heap of ****

I still love it though, it's a loveable dependable rustbucket piece of ****.

bear1

I was looking at mobile.de at American cars, most notably a (I think) '68 GTO - a good one seems to be going for 10k min.
But classic tax/insurance and NCT exempt is a good reason to buy one
Lovely drive back home then

Donnelly117

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-F-350-DIESEL-CREWCAB-DUALLY-/261376253913?&pt=US_Cars_Trucks&maxbid=2500&autorefresh=true#ht_82wt_1027

Mother of Christ...the F****** size of it!!!

jimgoose

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Mother of Christ...the F****** size of it!!!

445-inch Powerstroke. HELL yeah. That'd pull the Cork-Dublin Intercity. :cool:

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Mother of Christ...the F****** size of it!!!

Yeah, I was looking at one in Ireland before, but it can't be driven on a car license here so I had to abandon the deal.

Now I'm in the process of getting a C license.:D

eringobragh

Haven't taken photos of the car in a long long time - so I thought I'd take a few in unfamiliar surroundings...and a chance to dick around with a DSLR

rizzee

Seen a lovely twincam tonight, Fairly sure it was an 86 reg, orange and black in colour in the gorey/courtown harbour area, anyone know it?

kirving

Bought my first car on Saturday. I've got to wait a week for it to go through the NCT before I can pick it up though. 2008 1.8F SE Lux model, which will be a bit thirsty, but I wouldn't see diesel savings for at least two years.

advertsfox

Well wear sir, very nice first car indeed and fair play seeing past the daysel craze (if you don't need it) My dad had an S40 before, very comfy and lots of buttons!

rizzee

Spent about an hour on the car this morning. First clean up since Christmas

Noccy_Mondy

Now that is a step up from the Vectra!!

Bpmull

I love the newer shape alfas they just look so class and really stand out. well wear. I'd imagine you can't wait to collect it

power pants

very nice car!

kirving

advertsfox wrote: »

Well wear sir, very nice first car indeed and fair play seeing past the daysel craze (if you don't need it) My dad had an S40 before, very comfy and lots of buttons!

Thanks! I waited long enough to be able to afford it, so I thought I'd get something decent. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know, but it's really comfortable and has plenty of extras. Bluetooth would have been nice, but I think I can modify an 3.5mm cable so that my phone will interrupt the radio but the microphone will still work.

Loads of people telling me to get a diesel since "it's cheaper", but no one had any figures to prove me wrong. :pac:

Voodoomelon

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Loads of people telling me to get a diesel since "it's cheaper", but no one had any figures to prove me wrong. :pac:

Your Volvo looks great.
The amount of people whos jaw drops when I tell them I bought a petrol. One chap even told me I was a stupid bastard to my face after a few drinks.

Enjoy your clapped out diesel x-trail buddy, on it's third gearbox to boot.

Ardennes1944

Not as stupid as the insurance guy from Axa who offered me 2k for my 325 at first

Voodoomelon

Woot, must be standard practice to low-ball the hell out of claimants, I take it you got more? How did you argue the case?

power pants

no alfa??

GvidoR

Yea, yea, I know I parked like an ass...

...and no, the car on the left is not mine

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Yea, yea, I know I parked like an ass...

...and no, the car on the left is not mine

*image*

How did that car pass an nct? Not yours the other one.

CianRyan

wotzgoingon wrote: »

How did that car pass an nct? Not yours the other one.

Definitely pre 1980, doesn't need one.

Ded_Zebra

CianRyan wrote: »

Definitely pre 1980, doesn't need one.

Made up to 1989


Where a bouts is that GvidoR?

GvidoR

Carrick-on-Shannon

colm_mcm

You should give those wiper arms a shot of matte black. Would really freshen it up

CianRyan

colm_mcm wrote: »

You should give those wiper arms a shot of matte black. Would really freshen it up

+1

Took years off the front of my Almera.

GvidoR

colm_mcm wrote: »

You should give those wiper arms a shot of matte black. Would really freshen it up

It was on my to-do list already.

bear1

Dafuq is that car??? Old Toyota?

ba_barabus

bear1 wrote: »

Dafuq is that car??? Old Toyota?

Fiat X1/9