What are you driving?

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FlakeNoir

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Not as good on gas as I had hoped, but there are other advantages.......

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Parking a b1tch?
 

Grandpa

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I have a 2001 Escort ZX2 (it's the street racer version) that I call the Red Beast (Hey, Grandpa! I see you use the same moniker)

Sorry, just now saw this. Yeah, the little Ion is light, handles really well, got the snug Recaro seats, sunroof, five-speed transmission, and is supercharged. All standard. Saturn called the performance feature its "Red Line" cars. I've had it going faster than I care to talk about, and won't do that again because I don't want to get arrested. But it scoots, no doubt.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Only in my dreams I still drive my favorite car ever owned. Sadly, she didn’t survive the drive off the embankment, rolling over times and coming to rest in a stream on its crushed roof.

Police officer looking down over the embankment: “Did the driver survive?”
Me (standing next to him): “Yeah I’m fine… but look at my poor car.”
Police officer: “Not a scratch on you? You’re one lucky guy.”
Me: “Yeah… but look at my poor car.”

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(even the same color)
 
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My first car was a 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis. You could stack bodies three or four deep in there...............

I drive my parent's old 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis. I can only stack bodies two or three deep lol. I will really be sad when we can no longer get replacement parts for the Merc. It's no longer made and I don't have a small fortune to buy a comparable car :( The photo is a stock photo.
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kingricefan

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I drive my parent's old 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis. I can only stack bodies two or three deep lol. I will really be sad when we can no longer get replacement parts for the Merc. It's no longer made and I don't have a small fortune to buy a comparable car :( The photo is a stock photo.
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That's what the junk yards are for- parts.
 

kingricefan

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Only in my dreams I still drive my favorite car ever owned. Sadly, she didn’t survive the drive off the embankment, rolling over times and coming to rest in a stream on its crushed roof.

Police officer looking down over the embankment: “Did the driver survive?”
Me (standing next to him): “Yeah I’m fine… but look at my poor car.”
Police officer: “Not a scratch on you? You’re one lucky guy.”
Me: “Yeah… but look at my poor car.”

th

(even the same color)
My sister owned one of these and it caught on fire and burned up in a laundromat parking lot.
 

kingricefan

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Yeah, they did have a propensity of being a tad temperamental (and burned a quart of oil every week). Sometimes I think Christine had nothing on the '60 Corvair. :)
Was it the Pinto or the Corvair that Ralph Nader was responsible for having it taken off the production line and off of the roads (due to it being a death trap)?