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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:...man having something modern feels nice, i love my sw20 and all but it sure does feel like a 30+ year old car. In the last week I have finally called time on driving cars from the 20th century on a daily basis (having only ever daily-ed cars from the 1970s-1990s since I started driving nearly 20 years ago). I just have less of the time, energy and inclination to keep up with the maintenance/fixing of an ageing car, and am tempted by the siren call of modern convenience/comfort features. The tipping point was when my 27-year old car failed its annual inspection with a patch of rust in a difficult and expensive place, after a year's build-up of nigging age-related faults with the electrics. So I've gone from this:  1996 Citroen Xantia 1.9TD Break to this:    2020 Skoda Superb 2.0TDI Combi It has: Leather seats! Heated leather seats! Cruise Control! Adaptive Cruise Control! Air conditioning that actually conditions the air! Automatic gearbox (the first I've owned)! Sat nav! Digital radio! An ice scraper that slots into the inside of the fuel filler flap! It's twice as powerful as the Citroen (which was already the most powerful car I've ever owned), does more miles to the gallon and has more interior space. For a modern car it also rides beautifully, although it's not as good as the Citroen. But comparing a de-contented VW Passat beloved of minicab drivers with anything with hydropneumatic suspension isn't a fair comparison. As you said, it's just so nice and unstressful to have something modern to use for the tedious 'functional' driving. I've got old, fun stuff as a hobby, and this thing is a far better tool for getting around in than a Citroen with 175,000 miles on it.
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BalloonFish posted:An ice scraper that slots into the inside of the fuel filler flap! Do what now? Thing looks sweet though
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i just bought a 2014 jetta sportwagen/golf variant, specifically because i wanted a car with a hatch and a manual transmission so i could finally retire my mr2 into the role of nice weather car while also having something actually useful for once. i initially wanted an impreza, but since all the imprezas i looked at had twice as many miles and cost twice as much, i went with this instead. These are cool and really torquey. One of the more common problems is the vacuum pump that ends up leaking oil like crazy. Not too much trouble to change though.
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Dec 17, 2023 23:30
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Sab669 posted:Do what now?  It has a scraper edge and is also formed so it acts as a magnifying glass, for reasons I can't fathom. Sab669 posted:Thing looks sweet though Thanks 
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Dec 18, 2023 13:05
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BalloonFish posted:
"Look, we got the umbrella in the door, what's the logical next step?" Superbs are so nice, if I ever were to buy a VAG product a Superb would be my first choice!
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Dec 18, 2023 22:01
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Is the blue thing the handle and then the clear piece clips on to it? That's really neat, I hate having to open my doors when the car is covered in snow to get my scraper out.
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Sab669 posted:Is the blue thing the handle and then the clear piece clips on to it? That's really neat, I hate having to open my doors when the car is covered in snow to get my scraper out. The blue thing if the cap for the DEF tank. Diesel - you can't have a diesel that just uses one liquid any more.
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Dec 18, 2023 22:13
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The blue cap for the Adblue / Diesel Exhaust Fluid reservoir? edit: beaten
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evobatman posted:"Look, we got the umbrella in the door, what's the logical next step?" I am fully embracing my middle age by not only buying a diesel wagon with automatic gearbox but being most delighted by all the thoughtful practical featured Skoda put on it: - Umbrella in the door - Ice scraper in the filler flap - Load bay light that unplugs for use as a flashlight. - Drinks holder textured to engage the shape of the bottom of water bottles so you can open them one-handed - The little clip on the A-pillar for holding car park tickets/passes I originally went shopping for an Octavia but Superbs depreciate more so you can get a bigger car with a better spec for the same money. And Octavias are nice and all, but look and feel like the pared-back VW Golf/Audi A3 that they are. The Superb may be below the Passat on the VAG ladder but doesn't blatantly feel like it. You just have to put up with a little more wind, engine and suspension noise...and everyone thinking you're a minicabber. And yeah, the blue fillet cap is for AdBlue. Strange that I've gone from a car with a diesel engine with all-mechanical injection and no emissions gear at all (in fact it has a cold start device that basically pours more diesel in until the thing fired) to a Euro 6 engine with common rail, DEF, two catalytic converters etc.
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Oh so you just hold on to the little scraper card? Well that's a bit less nice, but still a neat idea.
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BalloonFish posted:
Looks like a cross between some Lincoln/Buick and an Golf Alltrack. Really nice. Welcome to the Green Gang!
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BalloonFish posted:I am fully embracing my middle age by not only buying a diesel wagon with automatic gearbox but being most delighted by all the thoughtful practical featured Skoda put on it: I'm a fan of all that! Or would be if such things were available in the third world nation of Amerika. Chevy trucks in the late '80s/early '90s had a neat trouble light under the hood that could be pulled out to get the light closer to where you needed it. Cabled, so you had a little winder to wind the cable back in, and incandescent, so hot and kind of meh light, but was a neat idea.
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Darchangel posted:I'm a fan of all that! Or would be if such things were available in the third world nation of Amerika. I missed one feature out: little plastic slats that unclip from the sides of the load bay and velcro down onto the boot/trunk carpet to serve as dividers or to stop small items rolling around. I've got one pair set up to hold my work backpack. I used to be rather envious of a lot of the interesting, cool and just plain different cars you got in North America but it seems to now mainly be 1) pick up trucks 2) things that look like pick up trucks but aren't 3) crossovers 4) Subarus 5) Honda Civic. TenaciousTomato posted:Looks like a cross between some Lincoln/Buick and an Golf Alltrack. Really nice. Welcome to the Green Gang! Thanks. Made me realise this is the first green car I've owned, although my last two work cars were green. My car colour journey goes: Beige, Red, White/Red, Light Blue, Grey, Orange, Dark Blue and now Skoda 'Emerald Green'.
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BalloonFish posted:My car colour journey goes: Teal, black gold (brown with lots of metallic flake), red, red with black roof, white, black, green, silver, black, black, blue, charcoal grey, green, silver, white, charcoal grey. I hope to never own a black or teal car again. I would really like a nice copper or orange car at some point. That is a nice green car you have though.
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Blue, black, black, black, orange, gray, silver, black [wrapped green]Suburban Dad posted:I hope to never own a black or teal car again. I would really like a nice copper or orange car at some point.  I really liked my Molten Orange FiST, although the Orange Spice color they came out with later is superior -- minus the fact that they kept the molten orange interior instead of color matching it. Loved Le Mans Sunset Metallic for the 350Z but couldn't find one that wasn't riced out / automatic at the time. Never want a black car again
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Green car best car.
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Suburban Dad posted:I never thought about it this way, it's an interesting thought. For me: Black cars look amazing for the 10 minutes after you detail them and then it's down a rabbithole of self loathing.
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The only problem with the Superb is cops use them here.
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Listing the colors of all my owned cars would take considerable mental energy and my fingers might go numb from typing.
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I have a handy dandy google sheet for my car history that is color coded So Harvest gold, Midnight blue pearl, Bright silver metallic, Cyber Grey, Corsa Blue, Snow White Pearl, Soul Red metallic, Caribbean Blue metallic, British Racing Green, Black Sapphire Metallic, San Remo Green, Nanuq white w/red multitone roof, Black Sapphire Metallic now try and guess the cars
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I do know the 'actual' color names for all my cars, although refuse to go look up the names of the blacks I owned (phrasing? 😬) out of lack of respect for the color  I know the Z was Magnetic Black though because I had to order a paint pen to clean up some scratches
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I don't really care which color it is as long as it's not another silver metallic car. I got three cars and they're all silver metallic. I don't even like it that much, just happened.
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I guess I’ll just mention the current fleet because my history is approaching three digits. I’m good at doing cool cars in boring colors. Black 911 Black MX5 Silver S2000 Silver S60R White FiST White Acty Gray Z4 Pewter V70 Red Del Sol Black Escape
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I guess I’ll just mention the current fleet because my history is approaching three digits. I’m good at doing cool cars in boring colors. are we listing all the cars we CURRENTLY own? In chronological order: 1951 plymouth cambridge -- blue 1966 plymouth valient -- white 1983 chevy K30 -- blue 1984 mercedes 300td -- silver 1987 maserati biturbo -- blue 1989 subaru GL -- red 1994 toyota corolla -- red 1994 vw golf -- red 1998 subaru legacy -- white 1998 vw jetta -- black 2000 chevy metro -- silver 2002 vw beetle -- red 2002 toyota sequoia -- green 2023 mazda cx5 -- red (have to buy the wife a reliable car...) I had to edit the list twice to add cars I forgot, I think that's all of them... edited to make it clear i currently own all this garbage. the list of what i have owned would break the tables. chrisgt fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Dec 21, 2023 |
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Previous Cars in order of ownership: 1986 Chevy Celebrity: That blue color that all blue chevy's turned into after 15 years. 1989 Buick Lesabre: Maroon 2003 Subaru Legacy: Mystic Blue Pearl (first new car) 1997 Ford F150: Black 2008 Subaru Legacy GT: Diamond Grey Metallic 2015 Subaru BRZ: World Rally Blue :Still have 1999 Ford Ranger: White: Still Have, my son is learning to drive on it 2014 Ford F150: Sterling Grey Metallic, Daily Driver, work truck.
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Let's see here, got my license in 1991 and drove $500-2000 cars for a long time. 1981 Pontiac Bonneville - brown 1985 Buick Regal - silver 1986 Toyota Corolla (manual) - white 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme - tan 1978 Mercury Cougar - silver 1985 VW Rabbit (manual) - tan 1981 Mazda RX-7 (manual) - red 1996 Ford Contour (manual) - blue 1991 Mazda B2000 (manual) - black 1999 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ - white 2005 Nissan 350Z (manual) - silver 1985 Chevrolet C10 - black 1994 Chevrolet Blazer - brown 2011 Toyota 4Runner - black 2004 Honda Accord - silver 2005 Nissan Sentra SE-R (manual) - yellow 2020 VW GTI SE (manual) - white silver metallic
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kill me now posted:I have a handy dandy google sheet for my car history that is color coded I love spreadsheets. I have one for my car history, and why didn't I think to add a color column? His Divine Shadow posted:I don't really care which color it is as long as it's not another silver metallic car. I got three cars and they're all silver metallic. I don't even like it that much, just happened. I'm with you there, when I totaled my C70 and ended up with an identical silver replacement I just kind of sighed. Silver was my last choice of acceptable colors and I've now been stuck with it for 16 years. I've been planning a vinyl wrap or repaint ever since I got it and just can't quite justify spending the money.
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Yeah I've been thinking of that too for my classic 900 T16 but then again it's sorta a crime I feel to repaint a classic car from it's factory color. Won't help the value, no matter how nicely, or that's how I reason anyway.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Yeah I've been thinking of that too for my classic 900 T16 but then again it's sorta a crime I feel to repaint a classic car from it's factory color. Won't help the value, no matter how nicely, or that's how I reason anyway. Color chat owns. 2001 Nissan Altima - Silver (metallic) 2007 Subaru Legacy - Grey (metallic) 2018 Subaru Legacy - Blue (Navy metallic) 2017 Audi A4 - Gotland Green Metallic 2018 Audi S4 - Gotland Green Metallic
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Color chat: 1972 Nova: Sequoia Green 1997 Thunderbird: Pacific Green 2000 Mustang: Black *1971 Nova: Lime Green *2015 Mazda6: Liquid Silver T-bird and the current Nova both had green interiors as well. I didn't even think I liked green that much...
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I might as well do the full info list as well, plus I realised I'd managed to miss out three cars from my original list...one of which was green (in my defence I only owned it for six weeks). And it's an excuse to get into the old hard drives and Post My Rides! In order of ownership: 1982 Land Rover Series III 88 Station Wagon - Limestone  1983 Land Rover Series III 109 HDGS ex-British Army - Brunswick Green + the rear end of a 1988 Volkswagen Golf Mk2 1.6CL - Cashmere White  1990 Land Rover Ninety 2.5TD County Station Wagon - Arrow Red  1988 Citroen 2CV6 Dolly - Vallelunga Red + Swan White (can we take a moment to appreciate the sense of humour for naming colours on a 2CV after a racing circuit and a famously beautiful bird)  1987 Austin Metro 1.3L - Lipari Blue  1968 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller - Smoke Grey (not sure how I managed to forget this one, as I think it ended up being about one-third my blood, tears and sweat by curb weight).  1960 Austin Seven - Farina Grey (the worst colour ever applied to a car. Just a dreary, austere, uninteresting, flat, lifeless colour the shade of dirty dishwashing water).  1977 MG Midget 1500 - Vermillion  1996 Citroen Xantia 1.9TD SX Break - which as far as I can tell the colour is just Dark Blue  and then the afore-posted Skoda in Emerald Green
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I've owned mostly boring colour cars because they've all been second hand. 1987 Mazda Familia - white 1990 Honda Integra - maroon 1999 Nissan Avenir - pearl white 2002 Nissan Skyline - silver 2008 Mazda 3 - bluish grey 2016 Mazda 3 - pearl white (this one was nearly new and one of only a handful of manuals sold here so colour was a low priority) 2012 Nissan Leaf - silver 2015 Hyundai Sonata - black (never again, trying to keep that car looking acceptable drove me nuts) 2017 Hyundai Ioniq - blue metallic As boring as it is I think the pearl white cars were my favourites, although the blue Ioniq also looks pretty good.
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I don’t have money for exciting cars. 1996 Chevy Beretta- Purple - This was my brother’s car and he did a poor job caring for it so I only had it for like 6 months before everything fell apart. 1995 Ford Escort- White - I drove this until the underside and the exhaust system rusted out. It was serviceable until that point. 2003 Rio Cinco- Red - Very mediocre but also very reliable. The biggest repair outside of routine maintenance was the cooling fan. 2010 Nissan Versa- White -It was pretty good until everything on the underside started to rust and fall apart. 2013 Subaru Crosstrek- Orange - AWD was nice and all but the engine and CVT were very slow. Trying to pass with the AC on in the summer was fun. 2021 Toyota Corolla Hatchback- Galactic Aqua Mica - I liked the color at first but I have a really hard time keeping it clean.
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86 Cherokee wagonneer - beige & wood veneer 95 civic ex - champion white 93 Fleetwood - slate green metallic 01 MR2 spyder - solar yellow 07 4runner - black 23 gr corolla - black my color game really fell off a a cliff, but getting a white civic instead of a turquoise is my greatest sin
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BalloonFish posted:I might as well do the full info list as well, plus I realised I'd managed to miss out three cars from my original list...one of which was green (in my defence I only owned it for six weeks). There is enough British Leyland here to have you sectioned.
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Theophany posted:There is enough British Leyland here to have you sectioned. I've got better, I promise! No BL stuff in my life now, just the Mini (made a decade before BL) to keep the madness in check. Now it's French cars, which is much better... Honours go to the red Land Rover, which I owned for 12 years and was metronomically reliable - seriously would have done credit to a Toyota Hilux - and the Metro, which I ran about in for 2 years, including a trip to Stuttgart, before it was stolen and crashed into a ditch. It never missed a beat. Whether buying a 25-year old Austin Metro, however good an example it may be, is intrinsically an act of madness I will leave to others to decide. Edit: The Morris Minor was technically a BL product and that was a nightmare. But it had been recently restored to very 'odd' standards by someone who put a huge amount of time, effort, care and money into the bodywork and interior and then done all the mechanical, hydraulic and electrical bits with the nastiest, cheapest, roughest, thrown-together parts known to man. Very odd ownership experience - a car with a cosmetic finish like a Rolls-Royce and which ran and drove beautifully...a mile at a time. BalloonFish fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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BalloonFish posted:My car colour journey goes: This is a fun exercise! 1985 Toyota MR2 Super Red 1997 Toyota Camry Super White 1994 Pontiac Bonneville Emerald Green 2008 Toyota Tacoma Super White 2011 Toyota Tacoma Super White (traded in for a manual) 2007 Toyota Prius Super White 2007 Toyota 4Runner Galactic Grey Mica (wife’s car) 2000 Toyota 4Runner Imperial Jade Mica 2016 Toyota Tacoma Black I miss the super red and jade mica the most, but I do like a white car. Edited for year/make/model LeeMajors fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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85 Ford Ranger - Blue 94 Ford Ranger - Blue 08 Acura TL type s - Green 08 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Green (wife's car) 09 Nissan Pathfinder - White 13 Acura TSX - Black 16 VW GTI - Grey 18 Jag XF Wagon - Blue 20 Jeep Compass - Silver (Wife's car, only new car on this list) 22 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Silver (Wife's car but Imma count it) Huh only one black car that I can remember. Edit: poo poo I forgot the trucks goddamnit 1954 International R100 - Red 1955 International R110 - Green (I think, it was rust when I got it) 1976 International Scout II Traveler - originally Beige, now turquoise Mustache Ride fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Dec 26, 2023 |
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LeeMajors posted:This is a fun exercise! One of these is not like the others, lol
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