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Chris Tanz Wrote:If gas prices keep up, I'm gonna make good on my vow to purchase a Smart car.
I see lots of these cars around lately, Ive never driven one, but I have some concerns about them.
-How good could they possibly be in any type of accident or crash, very dangerous looking to me. When I buy a car I consider lots of things and safety is right up there, it seems like a risky vehicle. Accidents do happen!
-And what about winter? These things are short very light and have tiny tires, it looks like you'd have trouble just getting it out of your driveway after a bad snowfall.
Like I said I dont know much about them, but those two things right there are enough to put me off, that and I'd feel like a knob driving it.. :oops:
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Hey AryanTwang.
Thanks for the kudos on the car. I love the thing. I get really good gas mileage on it too. It's costing me around $40 to fill up and I get close to 500 km's per thank. It's got some good kick to it too.
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1986 Plymouth Horizon (Best Car I ever had)
1991 Honda Civic SI (This one was stolen, I want to find another one in good condition)
1993 Mazda 323 (Shit car)
1996 GMC Sonoma
Next Car, probably another Honda, my truck is getting expensive to drive.
I need 2 Kingston Tickets, please help.
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School Bus for 12 years of my life(school in PEI)
OC Transpo bus for the past 4(Ottawa)
I've never owned a vehicle
but I've driven my parents' vehicles if that counts, hehe
1992 Dodge Caravan (that one's seen a lot in her days-gone now though)
1996(I think) Sunfire
1999 Grandam
2004 Honda Accord
Dad had enough of the Pontiacs, realized they sucked
Oh, and we had a Chevette for a few years too, just in time for when I got my license, makes for good stories driving a little car like that,hehe
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1978(?) Ford Pinto station wagon (Dad's) - car I learned to drive on)
1970 VW Beetle (sister's) - the entire family still wishes we had that car!
1980 Honda Civic hatchback (mine) - died at 120,000 miles
1993 Honda Civic (mine) - first car bought new
2004 Toyota Corolla (mine)
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1987(?) Pontiac 6000 - my Mom's car, first car I ever drove.
1989 Mazda Protege & 1991 Honda Civic - parents' later cars... I worked with my Dad when he ran a pizza franchise some years ago, we'd often work together, and I'd drive whichever car we had access to for deliveries. Other people at work would joke "Oh, if Jason's driving the Mazda he can only take one order at the time, but if he's got the Honda, send him on triple runs!"
1985 Oldsmobile... something or other and 1986 Buick Century - parents' cars again (family had to cut back for a little while), otherwise known as "Old Gold" and "Green Piece of Sh*t"... OK, I made the last one up. :lol:
1991(?) Pontiac Grand Am - first car I ever bought. It was OK for a while until the driver's seat broke (seriously) and the transmission gave way. Plus even when it worked right it had some sort of problems with the window seals or something, because in the winter I had to use the scraper on the inside of the car... how messed up is that?
1998 Saturn SC2 Coupe - sweeeeeet ride this was, beautiful fire engine red... except I leased it when I should have bought it, so I when the lease was up I traded in for...
2001 Saturn SC1 Coupe - basically same as the last except not quite as many options and slightly less kick in the engine's horsepower (and it's silver, not red). Still, it's served me well, and as of October 20 of this year it will be fully paid off! :thumb:
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74 Pontiac Astre, like a Vega but Pontiac. 4 Cyl with 2 burned out, plus a hot lime green racing stripe.
71 Chevelle 4 door. Used as much oil as it did gas.
74 Mercury Capri, quick little car you couldn't get parts for.
74 Chevelle Laguna. First decent car, was sort of a muscle car
77 Jeep CJ7. Was amazing till I rolled it. Got it back on the road but it was never the same
81 Chev Blazer. First car from the 80s!(keep in mind I started driving in 87)
78 Grand Prix, back to the 70s, but it was free.
88 Honda Prelude. Huge Jump in newness, but had over 300k by the time I got it
81 Jeep CJ7 My summer vehicle, Chev 350, big wheels...sweet
90 Acura Integra Finally into the 90s, quick great on gas and not ugly, I'd love this car if it had better heat in the winter
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1979 Ford Thunderbird--6.5 litre engine
1984 Reliant K
1989 Chevette (the 'vette makes 'em wet)
1990 Volks Jetta (but the jetta makes em wetta)
Present -- Go Train
Best Car: 89 Chevette (by far)
Most Trunk Space: Go Train
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1991 Olds Cutlass Supreme
87 BMW 325
95 Subaru Impreza (Best car ever in spite of being hideously ugly)
01 Jeep Wrangler (Sucked!)
03 Mazda Protege 5 (Awsome. Great mileage, solid utility, all around A+)
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1992 Buick Regal - which basically fell apart, no highway kms on it when it was given to me. The car was 12 years old and only had 85 000 kms.
1994 - Dodge Spirit - So far this car has been great to me. (touches wood)
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74' Plymouth Fury
83' Ford Escort
85' Buick Somerset
89' Ford Cougar
93' Saturn SC1
All mine, All lemons
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77 ford ltd
94 grand am(current)
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87 Honda Accord (mom's)
93 Honda Civic (mom's)
94 Honda Prelude (dad's)
92 Nissan Sentra (first car)
95 Acura Integra GS-R (still own)
98 Land Rover Range Rover (still own)
01 Land Rover Discovery (still own, off-road vehicle)
04 Nissan 350Z (still own, great summer car)
