The Liberal Gun Club Forum

judgepacker wrote:

Paladin wrote:Volvo C30 I'm Team Edward.

Wife has a 2002 Saturn Vue

I've been in the sweet Paladinmobile and I didn't even have to put out!

I drive a 2002 Monte Carlo. I inherited it from a dead guy so naturally I call it the Dead Man's Car. I want to ditch it in the next two years and go for something Chevy Voltish or something along those lines.

I thought you would have a clown car.

I spend close to 300+ days a year in this

Other than that its 2004 Ford F-150

whitey wrote:I spend close to 300+ days a year in this

Other than that its 2004 Ford F-150

Mother of god that thing is chromed and clean!

That was after about 3 hours of polishing. Thanks.

I have never had a license to drive a car. City kid.

Get around a bunch with GF in her 2008 purple Honda Fit.

I am currently without a motorcycle, but the last one that ran (not the last one I owned) was a 2001 Honda XR650R with street tires, big brakes and a license plate. That was the best bike I ever owned.

Also had a bevy of CBRs, GSXRs, KZs, KLRs, DTs, YZs, CBs. A Moto Morini 3 1/2, a couple of Harleys and a Puch Maxi.

I mostly take the bus and the train these days. A girl gets tired of always having helmet hair.

DukeNukemIncarnate wrote:

Simmer down wrote:

DukeNukemIncarnate wrote:'95 Honda Civic EX, dark red, 275,000 miles, CZ-USA sticker in the back... It gets around, and can haul a lot of guns and ammo in a trunk. (But i miss my 2005 BMW 325i that I had to sell in 2008... Best car I ever had)

I thought you drove a huge american lead sled at the N Carolina meeting. I saw you & Amir taunting a state trooper in it. You referred to the LEO as a "deeek."

That was rental. I was hoping for Mustang

My wife's car got very familiar with that rental.

1968 VW Beetle (belonged to a friend, but I'll give it honorary mention as my first)
1980 VW Rabbit
1987 Toyota Corolla FX16 (brief lapse in judgement)
1989 VW Jetta
2002 VW Jetta
2008 Chevy Colorado truck (lumber sticking out the windows finally got old)

And on the two wheel side:
1989 Yamaha Radian 600
2009 Yamaha FZ6R

2004 Honda Element AWD
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup
2000 Subaru Outback (yeah, it's green and yes the check engine light is on) it goes to college.

2000 Chevy Impala LS, I'm the third and final owner.

Once its paid off in March we'll get a Jeep Liberty or an S10 for a 2nd car.

2012 black Honda Fit Sport (standard transmission). When I drove it off the lot it had 22 miles on it. This is my first car and I had to bust my hump to get the overtime pay to afford the %20 downpayment. I love it though and I love driving standard! Funny thing is I'm using some leave to go get the thing registered and titled today. Pics will soon follow!

2000 Guzzi Jackal
1999 Guzzi V11ev the wifes.
1999 Audi bought used and has 189,000 miles on it now.
2003 Chevy Silverado 4x4 with 197.000 miles.
Plus I have a 75 Norton commando in storage. Getting that back on the road is one of my first retirement projects for next year.

In reverse order of age
2010 Honda Element
2003 Mini Cooper S
2000 Porsche Boxster S (slightly tuned)
1978 VW Beetle convertible

In order of seniority:

'98 F-150
'02 Camry
'05 Scion (aka "The Toaster")

We make car payments to ourselves then buy clean used cars outright. Driving a new car over the curb just isn't worth the 20% of it's value that vanishes.

I ride shotgun.

I mostly walk, rarely run. Also a major user of public transportation.

Began taking cabs lately when I run out of time and/or can't take a bus/train.

Xela

eelj wrote:Plus I have a 75 Norton commando in storage. Getting that back on the road is one of my first retirement projects for next year.

...and possibly your last.

In all seriousness, just throw away the Amal carbs and get Mikunis. It will actually start and run right. Sudco should have ready to go replacements for your application. British bikes are great, but Amal carbs have been a nightmare since back when they were new and age hasn't improved them.

Fukshot wrote:

eelj wrote:Plus I have a 75 Norton commando in storage. Getting that back on the road is one of my first retirement projects for next year.

...and possibly your last.

In all seriousness, just throw away the Amal carbs and get Mikunis. It will actually start and run right. Sudco should have ready to go replacements for your application. British bikes are great, but Amal carbs have been a nightmare since back when they were new and age hasn't improved them.

I put a single mikuni onit years ago along with a boyer brandson ignition system, I'm very intimate with this bike and the only time I have ever thrown a wrench across the garage hard enough that it stuck in the wall it was a whitworth.

whitey wrote:I spend close to 300+ days a year in this

Other than that its 2004 Ford F-150

My! That's a big one...

I drive a 2001 Ford Ranger pickup
My wife drives a 2006 Dodge Caravan
and we also have a 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that belonged to her late Uncle Luigi

eelj wrote:I put a single mikuni onit years ago along with a boyer brandson ignition system, I'm very intimate with this bike and the only time I have ever thrown a wrench across the garage hard enough that it stuck in the wall it was a whitworth.

I've never stuck a wrench in a wall, but I have bounced one 50 feet across the concrete floor of a very big shop, until it stopped by hitting the back of the front counter. The counter guy looked at the customer in front of him and said "That's how much she cares about our customers' bikes being right. It can be frustrating to be a perfectionist." He did a pretty good job of covering for me as long as I didn't scream "Just roll it off a fucking cliff, that'll fix it!" too loudly.

Feel free to bounce diagnostic questions off of me. I was a pretty damn good bike mechanic before I found a job with insurance.

The better half drives a 2011 Corolla and I occasionally drive our 2002 Ranger pickup 4-banger. The pickup is barely broken in with only 52K miles. I put more miles on the motorcycles because they're better on gas than a hybrid (and a hell of a lot more fun). A car to me is nothing more than an appliance.

We drive the '07 Camry XLE for comfort, and when we have our elderly parents on board. It's been a good car, and with that 3.5L engine, it "shits 'n' gits" as my Wife likes to say. We also have an '03 Honda element for every day use. Honestly, the Element is underpowered, but that's the only complaint. It now has 119,000 miles on it, and the only work done on it (besides scheduled maintenance) is replacing a worn strut. Bought it brand new for $20,300 before taxes and fees, and it has proven to be the best, and cheapest car we've ever owned. Too bad Honda has discontinued them. I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

Seriously now

2004 E350 Ford forest green van customized by Sportsmobile.

Pop top with 10 amps of solar panels.
Penthouse bed and convertible couch bed.

Fridge and microwave.
hot and cold water

It can sleep 4 in a pinch
5 seat-belts.

Porta toilet

The amps and guitars load in through the back.

I can go to gig, set up, then go back to the van and change clothes for the gig.

First trip, Florida
then
New Hampshire
Then
Saskatoon with intermittent trips to California.

Also we have a 2006 Tahoe.

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First car
1967 -1952 MGTD Black and silver like a Rolls.
Drunk driver T-Boned me

1968 -1952 Chevy. Blew up on the Hollywood Freeway,
making me late for work at a music store and I was fired -

Leading to a 1953 Chevy Belaire Tan and Brown. Took out the back seat.
put amps and guitars in and drove to Colorado to join a band.

1970 - 1964 Mercury Monterey with the roll-down black window - Green

1972 gave away Belaire.

1973 - 1953 MG TD I had Verbesan and sons put in a 1968 MGB engine, trannie, hydraulic clutch, rear end and front disc brakes. The engine torqued so much it kept breaking upper motor stabilizer so I went to Joe Factor sales -surplus aircraft parts - in Burbank and got a rose joint. It had a left handed thread.

I used to leave the Porsches at the bottom of the Freeway on-ramp.
At aroud 85, the front fenders caused so much lift that it was unsafe. It had Radials too.

Drove to Toronto for a new life and wasn't allowed to sit in - in the clubs because it was the same Musicians Union as the US (AFLCIO) because I owed back dues in LA, which is why I was moving to Toronto.

Driving back, In the middle of the night I hit black ice and spun out in front of a Semi. I crossed the lane in front of the Big Rig, and the right rear petrol tank and fender, slammed into the guardrail.

We didn't have room in the MG so we had tied an old Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner on the right rear bulb where the exposed tank was, somewhat crushing the Electrolux and saving the tank from rupturing.

Drove it to LA and never replaced the fender. The vacuum worked for years.

1970's something - got a 1969 Volvo
Then a 1969 Ford Station Wagon and started driving as a messenger.

1981 Fiesta First new car. Averaged 250 miles per day without leaving LA. Eat my vapors, cabbies.
Killed the car.

1985 Got a 1979 Chevy Love LUV 4WD Pickup. It was stolen and stripped.

1989 Got a 1974 Plymouth Satellite and that car was fast.
Kept it 12 years

2000 1998 Tahoe

2003 1999 Wrangler

Then a 2000 Grand Cherokee that leaked like a sieve.

GuitarsandGuns wrote: First trip, Florida
then
New Hampshire
Then
Saskatoon with intermittent trips to California.
.

I was hoping for a visit sooner than that.

1997 Toyota 4Runner SR5 (My main ride. The most reliable and versatile vehicle I have ever owned)

2001 BMW Z3 Roadster 3.0 (Driven on weekends when the weather is suitable)

Fukshot wrote:

GuitarsandGuns wrote: First trip, Florida
then
New Hampshire
Then
Saskatoon with intermittent trips to California.
.

I was hoping for a visit sooner than that.

That was in 2004 and 2005.