YankCarwimb

[Pat Vegas]

If you hypothetically lived in North America which car would you buy?

And how much will it cost me?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/VIEWLINER/0806/CC03.jpg

[Classic Jorge]

As I often say, I grew up wanting to be Fletch, then I graduated to wanting to be Ty Webb but then I realised that I'm basically, at best, Clark Griswold.

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[Rich]

Really, if you're talking US cars, a '60 AC Cobra

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1960+AC+Cobra&client=f irefox-a&hs=uks&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&s ource=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIp9 SR0IzOxgIVyTo-Ch2XEQBQ&biw=922&bih=339#imgrc=p6Z3HX3 Pz8VjsM%3A (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1960+AC+Cobra&client=firefox-a&hs=uks&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIp9SR0IzOxgIVyTo-Ch2XEQBQ&biw=922&bih=339#imgrc=p6Z3HX3Pz8VjsM%3A)

Or a '67 Mustang GT500

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1967+GT500+mustang&cli ent=firefox-a&hs=5QD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official& amp;source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVC hMI1PvU54zOxgIVwXs-Ch0E3gdS&biw=922&bih=339#imgrc=8F xbrSobF0GXqM%3A (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1967+GT500+mustang&client=firefox-a&hs=5QD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI1PvU54zOxgIVwXs-Ch0E3gdS&biw=922&bih=339#imgrc=8FxbrSobF0GXqM%3A)

[Hendon Gooner (Only Easy Day Was Yesterday))]

With the optional Gun-rack and hidden weapons drawer. :jackbauer:

:watson:

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[7evens]

I'm no expert but I though his only had the single headlamps.
Cream it was, with red leather upholstery.

[Pat Vegas]

it seems its not compulsory to have a plate on the front of the car.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You'll find that is a Mercedes Benz.

[Classic Jorge]

[Jake]

http://gas2.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2015-cadillac-escalade.jpg

[Pat Vegas]

reflective surface.

[Classic Jorge]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

On this or indeed any subject he broaches.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

How much do I earn / have to spend? Do I have kids? Is it the only car I own?

Chances are I would still get me one of those station wagons.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I see a pattern developing.

[Jake]

They're f**king her-yuge inside as well.

I think more likely something like this. I don't cars but they're cool.

http://usercontent2.hubimg.com/1687581_f520.jpg

[Rich]

can only buy American cars in the US. I would have my Merc in the UK or the US.

Sheesh.

[Classic Jorge]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/giqzsi5fjzblfri7zsh3.jpg

[Pat Vegas]

they have all sorts of different brands. Not gonna find a Fiat Panda over there for example. But a 500 yes strangely.

[Classic Jorge]

The escalade, obviously

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

If I said I had a pain in my elbow, you'd look at my arse, wouldn't you?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

But for the record the question is void as quite simply I would not live in America.

Bad enough the fat f**kers all piling into town every summer.

Sorry.

p.s. Probably some kind of Land Rover jobbie. Or a Mini.

[Rich]

I drive a BMW now and was thinking about the car I intend to purchase in the near future. This is my explanation.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

http://www.carinsurancecalculatoronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/two-lane-blacktop1.jpg

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

http://clicktempus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Steve-McQueen-Tag-Heuer-Monaco.jpg

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I often wonder that when people refer to older cars and it is something I have seen creeping into this discussion.

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and a Hurst on the floor.

[redgunamo]

http://www.themustangsource.com/timeline/67-68/68/bullitt/bullitt-04.jpg

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I beg your pardon?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

On his day off. Waiting outside Tescos. In Croydon.

[Jake]

http://rabiscorascunhado.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/pussy_wagon.jpg

[Berni]

http://cdn.kingston.ac.uk/includes/img/cms/uploads/kingston-university-caec752-steve-mcqueen-close-up-with-osc.jpg

[Luis Anaconda]

[redgunamo]

Racial discrimination gone mad, you see.

[Jake]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I got a '69 Chevy
With a 396
Fuelly heads
And a Hurst on the floor

The odd thing is there is a great debate amongst Springsteen fans because the '69 Chevy Camaro wasn't available with a 396 cubic inch block. Some say that this is a mistake by Bruce, others contend that the character has retro-fitted this engine; however, it's very difficult to mate the 396 block with the Hurst manual gearbox, so it gets more unlikely.

I think Bruce just liked the way it sounded. The lyric, not the 396.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

stuff about this? http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Pat Vegas]

He looks like a right badass

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[Classic Jorge]

It's the car from Vanishing Point, the singluar best car movie there is

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and trying to make cars go faster. :shrug: That's what boys who are about to become men do.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

What I did not expect was for him to go all Top Gear on my ass.

[Classic Jorge]

Is berni James or Richard?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Are you suggesting we are surrounded by semi-men?

[redgunamo]

Are you new here :-)

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

You see how I'm a bleeding-heart, left-wing sub russell brand man, yes? I still know my car ****.

I dont drive a Ford Granada Van den Plas either

[Berni]

Two activities which, if not quite mutually exclusive, are pretty damn close to it. :hehe:

[redgunamo]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Of course we're all different so each to their own.

I sometimes play 'car' top trumps with my son which to be honest is f**king tedious because I simply could not give one single **** if a Bugatti Veyron is faster than a Porsche something.

I have an acquaintance also who is big into his cars, holidays in Italy and visits Ferrari things. He once started showing me photos of cars on his phone. It was mortifying as I genuinely have nothing to add to the social encounter.

http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I bet not one of them could change a clutch.

[Classic Jorge]

I was always won for the bodywork, me

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The chap you describe is clearly a sex offender.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

[redgunamo]

[Pat Vegas]

when hearing certain car engines.

I must find it it was actually quite interesting.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

A 17 year old chick has the choice between chap a), proud owner of a battered Ford Capri, or chap b), holder of a bus pass.

:shrug:

[Berni]

The sort of person who lovingly thumbs through Autocar or Top Gear magazine with their mouth slightly agape is very much the key 'knowing about cars' demographic, I'd have thought.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I get in, I press the button and by a combination of hand and foot movements we propel from point A to point B.

What happens underneath the metal is of zero interest to me.

My seat does warm my bottom in the winter mind you.

[redgunamo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

A chap is naturally drawn to understanding the motor car as the most important part of gaining his freedom.

[Berni]

It is mostly a desire for the ghastly racket to cease.:shrug:

[Berni]

[redgunamo]

You make fair points.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's unbecoming in a man of your age.

Still enjoying the bus every day, are you?

[Berni]

Although it took me a while to get used to the odd impression of having wet myself, I must admit.

[redgunamo]

The sound of an ordinary engine makes their ears hurt and their souls bleed.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Berni]

These reductive defnitions of what a 'man' is or isn't are so wearying, aren't they?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

It was a warm day and of course the windows were slightly open. I was totally lost as to why I was in fact getting warmer.

How we laughed.

Then the kids found out that our seats were heated and their's were not and the atmosphere changed dramatically.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

How rude.

[Berni]

no chance of being caught speeding, no traffic jams, no accidents. It'll be ace. And why? Because all that inefficient human agency will have been taken out of the process and we can just sit back and trust the machines. :bow:

[redgunamo]

The alternatives are ... well, "alternative".

[redgunamo]

Sober when I made that quip, I mean, of course.

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

Love that engine sound. (Probably fake :) )

[Classic Jorge]

...I always imagine this chap driving one.

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