Recommend a Car

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

My first car was the one your grandad had, it was a heap of shit, wasted £150 on one in the 70s, my nose was stuck in the Haynes manual seemingly on a daily basis.

Mk1 Astra for me, then a '72 Mini Clubman (which I modified to death), then I had a Mk 1 Escort LX 4 door in Sky Blue with a vinyl roof... and it was downhill from there.

 

[idahoblues]

Motorbikes eh? Not potatoes? Ah you always want the Maris pipers

A fine all round spud but Idaho is more enormous Russet Country and near me we concentrate on seed potato production. If they can survive here they’ll do well just about anywhere

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Most important thing about a car in the US is how many cup holders it has. In the rest of the world it’s how fast it can get to 62mph.

Probably the second most important thing in the US is how comfy it is. No one gives a fuck in our pot hole infested roads because you always feel like you’re being interrogated by the KGB be you in a 1982 Metro or a 2024 Merc S class. Our roads are a great social leveller.

The RoW has dream cars you have dream assault rifles.

The reasons for these priority disparities is a lack of paying top trumps as children in the US. Whilst I have absolutely no evidence to back this up it’s the only possible conclusion.

I can only assume you’ve never driven such car candy as a Shelby Mustang, or a Cadillac CTS-V, or a Corvette Z01, or a Performance Tesla, if you think cup holders are the dealbreaker, but they’re all “comfy rockets!

As for the dream assault rifles, they needn’t be a dream! They’re cheap and accessible to almost everyone with a clean psych profile.

Ah, now I see the “dream” part! ;-P

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Most important thing about a car in the US is how many cup holders it has. In the rest of the world it’s how fast it can get to 62mph.

Probably the second most important thing in the US is how comfy it is. No one gives a fuck in our pot hole infested roads because you always feel like you’re being interrogated by the KGB be you in a 1982 Metro or a 2024 Merc S class. Our roads are a great social leveller.

The RoW has dream cars you have dream assault rifles.

The reasons for these priority disparities is a lack of paying top trumps as children in the US. Whilst I have absolutely no evidence to back this up it’s the only possible conclusion.

Because when you’re chugging along at 55mph doing 4mpg in your 5 ton pickup truck, you’re stopping at a lot of “gas” stations.

 

[metalblue]

I can only assume you’ve never driven such car candy as a Shelby Mustang, or a Cadillac CTS-V, or a Corvette Z01, or a Performance Tesla, if you think cup holders are the dealbreaker, but they’re all “comfy rockets!

As for the dream assault rifles, they needn’t be a dream! They’re cheap and accessible to almost everyone with a clean psych profile.

Ah, now I see the “dream” part! ;-P

I lived in the US for a while, had an Audi Q8 which handled like an oil tanker, was comfy though. You don’t see many of the real performance cars when out and about compared to UK IMHO.

You do make some fast cars though.

 

[idahoblues]

Because when you’re chugging along at 55mph doing 4mpg in your 5 ton pickup truck, you’re stopping at a lot of “gas” stations.

Not sure where you get the 55mph from, mileage sounds about right

 

[tweety]

Mk1 Astra for me, then a '72 Mini Clubman (which I modified to death), then I had a Mk 1 Escort LX 4 door in Sky Blue with a vinyl roof... and it was downhill from there.

Had the 1275GT which I loved, did a few mods myself but unfortunately the sills and subframe had more rust than the Titanic so it went to the scrapper. They're worth a mint now, isn't life a bummer!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I lived in the US for a while, had an Audi Q8 which handled like an oil tanker, was comfy though. You don’t see many of the real performance cars when out and about compared to UK IMHO.

You do make some fast cars though.

I think the more cosmopolitan cities have their fair share, but then car culture cities like Miami are dripping with them!

However, 90+% of the country is SUV & Truck country!

 

[idahoblues]

I think the more cosmopolitan cities have their fair share, but then car culture cities like Miami are dripping with them!

However, 90+% of the country is SUV & Truck country!

Not much point in having low
Profile tyres in snow country unless you have multiple vehicles

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Not much point in having low
Profile tyres in snow country unless you have multiple vehicles

Or a Discount Tire, where they’ll put your winter tires & wheels on for free in a 15 minute appointment! ;-)

Contis for summer & Michelins for the winter!