What do you drive? **PICS**

InFecTed

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My bike:)

I used to have a Honda CRX VTEC but it got stoled. Now I'll have to buy some car for the winter.
 

Brutuskend

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I have 3 cars!!

And they are ALL P.O.S. ;)

But I'm able to work on all of them myself.

Two of them aren't really worth much, but this one may be worth some $$ when I get done restoring it!
 

zippy

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Originally posted by: Carbonyl
8000 lbs. and gets 22 mpg.!!Text
Seriously? That's actually pretty impressive! I mean, still not great numbers, but I've seen 4-bangers weighing in at 2000 lbs. that hardly do better than that. How does it do that well?
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: zippy
Originally posted by: Carbonyl
8000 lbs. and gets 22 mpg.!!Text
Seriously? That's actually pretty impressive! I mean, still not great numbers, but I've seen 4-bangers weighing in at 2000 lbs. that hardly do better than that. How does it do that well?

The engineering of turbo diesel. Do a search, diesels are far more expensive and complex than gas motors and will last at last 3x as long. My friend has a 86 with 400K miles and still gets mid 15's.

Smae reason the golf TDI gets 53 mpg while the gas golf gets around 35.
 

zippy

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Originally posted by: Carbonyl
Originally posted by: zippy
Originally posted by: Carbonyl
8000 lbs. and gets 22 mpg.!!Text
Seriously? That's actually pretty impressive! I mean, still not great numbers, but I've seen 4-bangers weighing in at 2000 lbs. that hardly do better than that. How does it do that well?

The engineering of turbo diesel. Do a search, diesels are far more expensive and complex than gas motors and will last at last 3x as long. My friend has a 86 with 400K miles and still gets mid 15's.

Smae reason the golf TDI gets 53 mpg while the gas golf gets around 35.
Oh, nice. I didn't realize that his truck used diesel. :) I'm not much of a car buff...but fuel efficiency and whatnot intrigue me.

 

Brutuskend

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I have one of these, one of these (the lower one), and one of these (this one will be worth some $$$ when I get done restoring it!)

The VW hauls BUTT since I have about $3000 into the engine, the Plymouth in my daily driver.

I know, They are ALL P.O.S.! ;)

But I like owning cars I can keep running myself!!!