Videokarma.org TV - Video - Vintage Television & Radio Forums

Videokarma.org TV - Video - Vintage Television & Radio Forums (http://www.videokarma.org/index.php)
-   Things with Motors (http://www.videokarma.org/forumdisplay.php?f=186)
-   -   The "What Do you drive?" thread.... (http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=258252)

Kamakiri 05-22-2013 07:09 PM

The "What Do you drive?" thread....
 
4 Attachment(s)
Thought it'd be neat for us all to share what we own, car wise :)

Here's mine:

1. 1985 Chevy G20 conversion van - I've had Patches for almost 10 years. She's got me through hell and back, and I pretty much owe my whole life as it is to this old gal. Still has the original "computerized" Quadrajet carb and air tubes, and it all still works.....

2. 2007 Cadillac DTS - A big paradigm change from the van :) . Just bought it two weeks ago. LOVE the car!

3. 2006 VW Beetle - The wife's car. Gotta love the license plate, huh? It was my idea. We keep getting people coming up to it snapping pics with their smart phones :D

4. 1958 Plymouth Savoy Club Coupe - She ain't too pretty, she's an oldie but a goodie :) . A work in progress....

truetone36 05-22-2013 09:24 PM

Where's the Buick?

Kamakiri 05-22-2013 09:35 PM

Traded the Buick for the Plymouth. Liked the Buick, but the Plymouth was my dream car :)

Tony V 05-22-2013 09:54 PM

1. 2004 Ford Focus SE

2. 1985 Mercedes 300D Turbo diesel

3. 1986 Mercury Gran Marquis

4. 1955 Plymouth Plaza 4dr

5. 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4dr

ggregg 05-22-2013 09:58 PM

1986 F-250 Diesel, just won't die so I'll keep driving it.
2003 Monte Carlo GT, wife's car.
1976 GL-1000 Gold Wing, my toy.

Used to have lots more 4 and 2 wheelers, but this is all right now.

bgadow 05-22-2013 10:08 PM

2 Attachment(s)
Not wanting to offend anybody, I own a Chevy, a Ford, a Dodge and an International...and my wife has a Corolla.

Here is the 51 Ford, that I've posted before. You can see my 67 Impala in the background. The Chevy was my first car, just today I found some receipts where some work was done to get it through state inspection back in December '87, weeks before my 16th birthday. It's a 283/Powerglide and has been beige, black, maroon, red and now aquamarine. (I decided I was old enough, finally, to have it the color I really wanted!) As for the Fordor, I picked it up in December and have been having a ball with it. Flat 6/3 on the tree, runs great, just a fantastic car.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ecember210.jpg
I also posted photos of the 2 pickups: my 74 IH that I rescued from the crusher a few years ago, AMC 258/3 on the tree, a reliable old beast...and my daily driver, a 96 Dakota (V6/AT)that I bought in 97. Just turned 250k not long ago. Great TV hauler!

markdi 05-22-2013 10:57 PM

Neat 51 ford

Dangler 05-22-2013 11:29 PM

'98 Chevy Lumina. 174,000 miles. 120,000 of those I've put on since I've owned it.

'94 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup, 4 wheel drive. Used mostly for going to the dump and getting around in the snow, when we have any.

lnx64 05-22-2013 11:50 PM

1994 Chevrolet Caprice.. LT1 engine modified to a 383ci stroker.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/th_capss.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...h_IMG_0149.jpg

Adam 05-23-2013 12:13 AM

The 03 Merc is my driver, the 72 Buick is still stashed away back there in CA in hopes that someday I'll eventually get to restoring it.

mstaton 05-23-2013 12:58 AM

1996 Volvo 850 sedan 5 speed(car just wont die:) 180K miles
1992 Ford F-150 straight 6 5 speed-This will last forever and bulletproof(IMHO, the BEST engine ford ever made as far as reliability and durability) 180K miles
1964 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 special ( a work in progress) 114K when parked and soon to be 0 again

Love the Fordor! I know someone who has a '53 with the flathead 8, that is the quietest engine I ever heard.

egrand 05-23-2013 06:43 PM

2 Attachment(s)
08 Chevy Impala LT
99 Chevy Silverado 3-door with 197,000 miles (it's getting a party when it hits 200,000)

77 Chrysler Cordoba

Sandy G 05-23-2013 07:49 PM

Y2K Ford Excursion 4X4 V-10, AKA "The Mighty Valdez"...2009 VW Touareg V-6 TDI, 1997 Toyota Camry, 1967 Lincoln Pervertible Sedan, 1973 Caddy Fleetwood Brougham.. In Stasis- 1969 Lincoln Continental Sedan, last of the Suicide Door Lincolns...1965 Lincoln Lehmann-Petersen Limousine, 1951 Chevy 3800 ton Panel Wagon..

RobtWB 05-23-2013 08:59 PM

egrand,
that is a great looking Cordoba !!!

Sandy,
would love to see a pic of that Fleetwood ...

bgadow 05-23-2013 09:29 PM

I find myself liking old cars more and more all the time, especially "oddballs". That is a nice looking Cordoba-what draws my attention to these is that , as a kid in the 70s/80s, hardly anyone we knew had a late model Mopar so I didn't get to know those cars.

Eric H 05-23-2013 11:22 PM

Currently have a 2000 Civic with 207,000 miles and a 1996 Ford Aerostar with 290,000 on the, but only about 8,000 on the engine since I rebuilt it. The Aerostar mostly sits in the garage until I need to haul something big.

maxhifi 05-23-2013 11:28 PM

Some cool stuff on here... I like that 67 impala. I have three cars myself, a '98 Mustang, a '90 Mazda Miata, and a '68 F-250 with a 390 and C6 auto. It's no surprise that people with multiple TVs also have lots of old cars :)

AUdubon5425 05-24-2013 12:24 AM

For about three years my daily driver has been a 1993 Dodge Colt coupe with 89,000 miles now. My wife's car is a 2001 Toyota Roxy Echo with around 160,000 miles. Both get 40-41 mpg on the highway.

I recently sold a '94 Astro van with 248k miles I owned about 10 months. Last summer I sold a '66 Chrysler Newport I owned for 19 years; an older guy in the neighborhood is restoring it and I believe it has been in a couple of movies already. A pickup truck is in the near future.

DavGoodlin 05-24-2013 09:07 AM

1 Attachment(s)
99 Subaru Outback with 158,000 miles that can haul most any console. Built in Lafayette, In. Rebuilt trans at 100K, two sets of head gaskets but runs too good to give up

2006 Tacoma extended cab made in Fremont CA (now the Tesla plant), plenty of room for a console radio - and thats just the inside:thmbsp:

The interesting ones I have safely in the garage, next to TV "shop":D:

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible with 92K, original 400/350hp and M400 trans, and rusted out trunk/quarter panels. It has the speaker in rear seatback, like Bryan's 67 Impala.
1969 Pontiac Grand Prix 90K miles, 1972 rebuilt 455 v8, with Verba-phonic AM/FM (but not stereo) and the troublesome windshield antenna, I rescued it in 1986:yes:Attachment 178798

Chip Chester 05-24-2013 09:44 AM

A fleet of 4WD station wagons...
Subaru Legacy non-Outback
Volvo XC-70 Cross-Country
Suburban 2500 w/Quadrasteer

Plus a '67 Sunbeam Alpine

Chip

Celt 05-24-2013 12:38 PM

2 Attachment(s)
I drive a '10 Focus SE. Got it on closeout, they came down 4k off the sticker, paid for the sales tax and gave me good money for my trade-in, a '95 Chevy S-10 LS. Paid cash for it too! :)

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...1&d=1369417083
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...1&d=1369417083

RobtWB 05-24-2013 04:27 PM

1 Attachment(s)
not mine ... belongs to the girlfriend
1996 Klingon Battle Cruiser, more commonly known as a Cadillac Sedan DeVille
just turned over 100k miles
seriously in need of a visit to the detailing shop for a bath and make up job
a pig in town at about 8 mpg, but a jewel on the highway easily getting 24+ mpg with the Northstar power plant

Sandy G 05-24-2013 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobtWB (Post 3070262)
not mine ... belongs to the girlfriend
1996 Klingon Battle Cruiser, more commonly known as a Cadillac Sedan DeVille
just turned over 100k miles
seriously in need of a visit to the detailing shop for a bath and make up job
a pig in town at about 8 mpg, but a jewel on the highway easily getting 24+ mpg with the Northstar power plant

SOMETHING must be amiss, there SHOULDN'T be so much of a difference between city & hiway mileages as that...Unless you drive it STOMPED everywhere around town...

RobtWB 05-24-2013 09:06 PM

Sandy,
... don't know why that beast has such a difference in city vs highway miles, it runs very well and has been well maintained ... as good as any 17 yr old Northstar
... have a buddy who has a DeVille ~ 10 yrs newer than this one and he has near the same mileage ... but he seldom drives it as it is his wifes daily driver
... one thing is for certain ... it is really tough to beat the comfort of a Deville on the highway ... great road vehicles they are ... the girlfriends aunt has a pristine, garage kept, ludicrously low mileage Lincoln Town Car from about 2005 and it is not nearly the joy to drive that the Cadillac is

Sandy G 05-24-2013 09:13 PM

OK, understood, but THAT big of a difference is Puzzling..My Mighty Valdez-a V-10 4WD 2000 Excursion gets about 8-10 in town & 12-15 on the hiway...And HAS for 165K miles...

Kamakiri 05-24-2013 10:20 PM

Sandy, he's 100% right.

I just came back from a 2 hour ride each way in my 2007 DTS with the Northstar V8, and pulled 25-28 mpg easily cruising at 70 MPH. Around town? Pfft. Maybe 12? It's just the way they are. I think they've got some great highway gearing, but around town is abysmal.

Even though I miss my Scion xB's 32 highway 26 around town, I wouldn't be willing to go back :D

Sandy G 05-24-2013 10:39 PM

Fair enuff. I can ONLY go on MY experiences w/the 6.8L V-10...It has PLENTY of low end grunt, & adequate hiway Scat, too...Plus, it has been Trouble-free from Dec 99 til 2013... 165K miles..

Kamakiri 05-25-2013 10:04 AM

It's really weird. The salesman told me the same thing though.....he said on the highway, it'll rival my Scion as far as fuel mileage, but around town, be really light on the gas because it's going to suck fuel. He said that it's because it's got a lot of power and a tall highway gear, it doesn't take much to keep her going on the highway.

Gotta say, it's nice driving the automotive equivalent of the Santa Fe Super Chief on the highway, as opposed to the buzz of a 4 cylinder :)

Username1 05-25-2013 10:28 AM

Many things account for large engine fuel economy differences. Gearing: is the engine in the sweet-spot of energy output at 60mph? Shape: as speed increases so does drag, Popular science use to publish mph for different speeds of the cars they tested. Lots of 70's cars topped out at 45mph as for peak mpg.

GM has always done better than Fords on highway mpg for their rear wheel drive vehicles. I suspect they have higher gear ratios for final drive. The engine turns slower at 55, but the taller gears means it has to work much harder to get there. So local driving forces down local mpg a lot.

Mostly, mpg is effected by changing speed of the vehicle. I have ridden with many people who think they are good drivers and can't understand why they get poor mpg's. I find that they can't regulate the speed of their cars well, and don't rely on the cruise control, or they un-knowingly decide to race every car that comes up behind them, or next to them.

There were however a few times in history where some large American cars got better mpg than you might have thought. We had a 1979 Mercury (Ford LTD 302V8) wagon with VV carb that got 26 highway really loaded. My Dakota 3.9l Spit injection gets 26 highway 17 city, But out 87 LTD wagon with port injection same configuration, and transmission would not get much more than 21 highway. Same driving conditions/person driving.

In Sandy's case..... I imagine Sandy nailed a wrap around all wood porch to the thing, with maybe a rocking chair or two by the doors, a large flag pole there somewhere... Inside a couch, 25" floor model console tv with remote, Magnavox of course.... A cast iron coal burning stove full height 8" double insulated smoke stack, pull out fully electric wrap around sun awning, custom mud dually rear end, and a 45,000 watt 4 cylinder diesel 3 phase surplus army generator bolted to the roof. And towing behind a 12,000 lb 6 wheel all day fully loaded tail gating supreme 3 steer smoker-barb-Q Auto rotisserie with fold out retail counter, cash registers, and pop up umbrella array so no sale is lost in bad weather....

Dam Sandy! You should be happy with 8 mpg...... ; )

.

Sandy G 05-25-2013 11:06 AM

Hehehehehe...Well, it AIN'T quite THAT bad, Squirrely, but The Mighty Valdez weighs 7500 LBS EMPTY..The V-10, while smaller in displacement than the "RAT" motors of yore, is still 413 cubic inches...I like being able to "Dust" kids in fart-muffler slammed Hondas, OCCASIONALLY, anyway, but the price of all this is lousy mileage. The SOHC V-10 is very docile, one wonders what COULD have been w/a DOHC 4-valve version...

Username1 05-25-2013 11:58 AM

Ha-Ha -- Thought you would get a good laugh out of that posting.... While we have 4 honda's 250K+ miles each, I really dislike the Farting Honda's that kids drive today, And I also call them "Fart-Mobiles" too! I don't know why they think that is cool....

bgk283 05-25-2013 01:45 PM

cars
 
1 Attachment(s)
got a 98 Camry great on gas... and something not so great on gas, even with the practically base 283 motor

compu_85 05-25-2013 02:09 PM

I'm a bit of a watercooled VW / Diesel engine nut. Currently our fleet is down to the 99.5 Jetta TDI w/ 290,000 miles, the 91 Mercedes 350SDL w/ 230,000, an 03 F350 6.0 that doesn't get driven now that it needs headgaskets, and a 12 Passat TDI we picked up just over a year ago... almost 30,000 miles on it already!

The Passat has been flawless ad we really enjoy it... it's as big inside as the MB but gets almost 50 MPG on the highway instead of almost 30. Dad got the 99.5 new and sold it to me on my 21st birthday. The MB is currently all taken apart for an AC rebuild / valve body shift kit install. I hope to get it back on the road tomorrow!!!

I've also had an 85 Jetta 1.8 gas (best $180 car ever!), a 92 Jetta ECOdiesel (saved it from the junkyard, only 140,000 miles on it!), and a 91 Jetta ECOdiesel. The 91 was my first "tinker car" and ran great, even though it had just under 430,000 miles. Sadly a 17 year old girl driving mom's van totaled it while it was parked... that was the impetus for buying the Passat so I can't say it worked out all bad.

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=253927

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...0/_MG_4647.JPG

Thank goodness for good service manuals!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H.../P40440200.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b.../P60107800.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-z.../P67306103.jpg


-Jason

hi_volt 05-25-2013 07:15 PM

1961 VW Bus

1976 Porsche 911S

2012 Fiat 500

Kamakiri 05-25-2013 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Username1 (Post 3070327)
Ha-Ha -- Thought you would get a good laugh out of that posting.... While we have 4 honda's 250K+ miles each, I really dislike the Farting Honda's that kids drive today, And I also call them "Fart-Mobiles" too! I don't know why they think that is cool....

If you ever need anything for your Hondas, let me know, I'll be glad to MORE than help you....I work for www.oemacuraparts.com :)

Incidentally, I went to Carquest today, and they are now carrying the Acura/Honda DW-1 synthetic transmission fluid in stock, much to my surprise. I think it was $7.99 a quart, which is dirt cheap compared to dealer MSRP.

josephdaniel 05-25-2013 09:23 PM

I have a 1996 dodge ram 1500 4WD club cab that my parent gave me. It has been sitting around for a few years not really being driven after they got new cars. Now to get a license!

bgadow 05-25-2013 09:51 PM

Username, what year is your Dakota? One of these days I'm going to need to replace my 96. I really like the looks of the last models (really, it is the only late model vehicle that I kinda like) but haven't heard what mileage they were getting. Guess they all came with the 3.7. I get a very consistent 22mpg now; worst was 16 during a snowstorm, best was just shy of 25 on a long stretch of flat interstate. Tall gearing.

The Fordor should be getting over 20, according to old road tests from the 50s, but I'm only getting in the 13's. I blame the stuck heat riser for at least part of that; I really need to check the timing and points gap, and rebuild the carb.

Username1 05-26-2013 06:53 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Our daily drivers are our 91 Accord 408,000 miles, currently waiting for me to do a valve job on because of a chipped valve in #4 cylinder. Happened this Feb. on a trip back from the airport. Great car, 34mpg painted her in 2010.

The 86 Prelude was supposed to be the kid's car, but she decided she didn't want to work, and we decided she didn't need to drive, so the little blue car became our backup. Also around 33mpg. 170,000 miles

The Dodge is an 88, factory High Definition model with the larger breaks all around larger wheels, and some other stuff. I found the build sheet under the seat one year. She has 2WD, the first automatic overdrive for that model, spit injection, variable rear break adjustment with load which works really well. She does just under 20 around town, and 27 on the highway, I keep all our cars to 60 tops to keep the mpg up, and the wear down. She has 118K miles, I got her in 93 I believe, she was owned by an electrician, I think she had just got over 97K miles when I got her. So she has an easy life of trips to the gravel pit 5 miles away once every 3 years, a few trips to Home Depot, etc. While I have owned her she was never out in the snow. While the paint is not looking good, there is no underneath rust. The green car got painted first because its the wife's car, and she complained about the rust and faded paint more than the Dodge does.... This year I had to change the radiator, all the hoses, and drive belts, they were all original up to this year. While I love Honda's I would buy this Dodge again.

By the way, Love the 51 Ford! I had a friend in High School who had a 53, we use to sneak into the drive in with 4 in the trunk....!

A 89 Accord 250K miles and a 89 Prelude 248K miles not in the picture are also in the mix, but they didn't wanna be in the picture....

Captain - I'll check them out! I get some parts by dealers online....

dieseljeep 05-27-2013 10:29 AM

Username 1!
I thought I was the only one raised by hard-nosed parents. :D
Secondly: What engine is in your '88 Dakota? The 4 cylinder?
I had a '91 with a 5.2. I don't think, I ever got over 20 mpg, empty.
IIRC, they had the 3.9 out at the time, which is a 5.2, with two less cylinders.
Regarding the newer Dakotas, they use both the 3.7 V6 and 4.7 V8 SOHC, newer design engines. :yes:

bgadow 05-27-2013 09:07 PM

Yep, the 3.9 is a sliced down 318. Not the smoothest running thing, but you can squeeze a ton of miles out of one. I had an 87, a good truck but they had a carb that year and it was always giving me trouble.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:39 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©Copyright 2012 VideoKarma.org, All rights reserved.