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Sorry, no Jeep. I had a 2002 s-10 zr2 until december when some @ss ran a stop sign in the snow and totaled me. Now I drive a 2001 BMW 330i.

My fun ride is this-my 1977 MG Midget
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I use to have a Toyota Land Cruiser when I lived in Kentucky, great areas up there. Now I just have my therapist:
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SwAMi75 said:
Kevin.....is that a 5.0 or a 4.6? Either way, it should boogie!

It's a 5.0 shortblock from an 87 Crown Vic, Mustang heads (ported), cam, upper intake & throttle body, headers etc. Basically a mildly tweaked mustang motor.

Should be fun. :)
 
Very cool, Blighty! Bet you don't see too many of those over there.

Nice Road King, too, flhrpi. You'd never know it was a police bike! There's a pic of my little Harley on the first page, but it appears that the link died.....


Here we go:

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This was the day I brought it home a couple years ago.
 
El Pistolero said:
Nice ride Swami...how my GPM you figure on getting? :p

Well, it's probably got enough torque to take off in overdrive. The money that would save me on gas might justify replacing the clutch every other month.....
 
SwAMi75 said:
Very cool, Blighty! Bet you don't see too many of those over there.

Nice Road King, too, flhrpi. You'd never know it was a police bike! There's a pic of my little Harley on the first page, but it appears that the link died.....


Here we go:

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This was the day I brought it home a couple years ago.

We have absolutely thousands of Harley's over here, they're becoming quite popular - especially in the Southampton area on account of this place: www.dg20hd.com

I see like me, you also have a 100th anniversary bike. Very cool. I like the sportsters.
 
Hey Blighty how much riding time do you get over there? I can't imagine that you can't get in too much seat time. I just turned over 60,000 on mine, between brewing and riding there is not much time for other things....
 
Right on Truble. I owned a couple '79 MG Midgets in my life. One when I was in college, and another one a couple years ago. Someday, when I have a three car garage, I'll be getting another MG. For the time being, I'm going to stick to driving the Z. Funny thing, the MG is more fun to drive than any other car I've ever owned... including the Z. But the Z has the benefit of being a little bit lower maintaniance than the MG. ;)
 
Here's my current work ride. I hate the duallys, they float and squirm on anything but dry pavement. I do love that turbo-diesel though, pulls a load hard, way into federal offence land...

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Chairman Cheyco said:
Hey Truble, that's a cool roto-tiller attachment for your MG! :)

Ha! yeah, and almost as many horsepower!. That was taken the spring that I moved into the new house, and there was much yardwork going on.
 
andre the giant said:
Right on Truble. I owned a couple '79 MG Midgets in my life. One when I was in college, and another one a couple years ago. Someday, when I have a three car garage, I'll be getting another MG. For the time being, I'm going to stick to driving the Z. Funny thing, the MG is more fun to drive than any other car I've ever owned... including the Z. But the Z has the benefit of being a little bit lower maintaniance than the MG. ;)

yeah. I spend a lot of time on "maintenance". It definitely fun, though-corners great, has a ton of torque relative to overall weight and engine size. Not a highway car, as it winds out in the 70-78MPH range, but it is great on the winding old roads around my town.
 
flhrpi said:
Hey Blighty how much riding time do you get over there? I can't imagine that you can't get in too much seat time. I just turned over 60,000 on mine, between brewing and riding there is not much time for other things....

Not enough. The weather is pretty crap, and since it is such a PITA to clean, I have become a fair weather rider. Also, they salt the roads during the winter, so that's a definite cruise killer!

I also own a Buell Lightning, which I use for the commute to work...in all weathers!
 
No pics - but they wouldn't be worth posting anyway. I drive a moderately beat-up '95 Ford F-150. Almost 200,000 miles. Plenty of dents/dings/scratches etc. Dirty inside and out - I only wash it about once a year.

The beauty of it is that it's been paid off for years and the only money I've put into it are tires, oil changes, and a pan gasket replacement. (I did have to cut out the catlytic converter, but I did that work myself so it was free. :p ) I've come close to replacing it lots of times but then I look at it think about what a good truck it's been and how I don't have a car payment. I'll probably just run her into the ground . . .
 
At 200,000 miles, sounds to me you are well on your way to running it into the ground! You're right not to get rid of it, sounds like a good dependable truck.
 
olllllo said:
Sweet!
I love my 03 Rubi.

I already wanna lift it. I think I'm going to forego the Budget Boost this time and do an OME spring lift--that way I can keep close to the stock ride. This baby rides much better than my old X. Night and day.
 

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