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Old 12-30-2008, 10:38 PM   #51 (permalink)
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The Astra was a solid little vehicle, and it sounds like yours is especially so! And it's red so itis most likely faster (following my theory that all red cars go faster.... unscientific, I know...)

In Australia I owned (and technically still own a 1991 Nissan Pulsar - damn that was solid little vehicle... I only ever replaced one major part on it, the alternator, which didn't fully give up anyways, it was just showing warning indicators on the dashboard and at the shop... so I preventatively replaced it before it left me high and dry.

I drove the hell out of that car too... on long stints to our family beach house some 300km away, up and down hilly freeways, and it was my companion on my daily commute. It swallowed everything I gave it and then some, and I reutnred the favour by giving it a good polishing once a year, keeping it well serviced and tuned, and generally being a loving owner...

But anyways here in the states I own a Pontiac sunfire sedan - look I know these aren't highly regarded cars by car nuts over here, but it serves its purpose absolutely fantastically, uses hardly any gas and runs like a dream... I can deal with the fact that it's no BMW, because as much as I'd love to own one of those - my kids would ruin it anyways!

But anyways, when I was buying it I was doing some background research, and found out it is a very, very distant relative of my Nissan - in Australia Nissan had a product sharing deal with Holden (the local arm of GM) whereby Holden supplied engines for Pulsars - it turns out the engine in the Sunfire is a significantly upgraded version of the engine in the Pulsar I had - and its fairly obvious in driving it too.... very similar power delivery characteristics - the engine felt "homely" right away because its dynamics were so similar to the one I had driven all those kilometres back in Australia... it also suffers the same noise, vibration and harshness issues though...hmmmm...
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Old 12-31-2008, 02:46 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Old 12-31-2008, 10:28 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Just bought a car that's unsafe at any speed.

A 1962 Chev Corvair Monza Coupe
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Old 12-31-2008, 10:40 PM   #54 (permalink)
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Just bought a car that's unsafe at any speed.

A 1962 Chev Corvair Monza Coupe
I had to google that one. Pretty sharp lookin ride..how many years did they make of that model? Im not familiar at all with it. Mind you, those years are a fair bit behind me as well hah.
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Old 01-06-2009, 02:40 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Old 01-06-2009, 08:42 PM   #56 (permalink)
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I have a 98 toyota carola >>
but it works so thats always good.
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Old 01-06-2009, 09:44 PM   #57 (permalink)
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As unsexy as the Corolla is, its a solid little car, and its built pretty tough, so you know you're going to get some miles out of it... solid little beasties, they are.
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Old 01-09-2009, 01:46 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Does a Provisional Driving Licence count


I have a car.... but I'm still learning to drive

I don't even know the year of my car
All I know is that it's a white Renault Clio 1.2 and that it has Shaun the Sheep stuck on the back window and it's my baby!
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Old 01-09-2009, 07:37 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:59 AM   #60 (permalink)
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dude have you been to north carolina? it gets ****in cold
I live there, it barely gets cold enough for a winter jacket. In fact, when I was younger I used to just wear sweatshirts to get through the winter.
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