I got my License in a Opel Astra 1.6 diesel which was Slow as ....., Even for a driving school car in the Netherlands. But it had nice seats and a good clutch feeling. But is was slow and heavy and slow and heavy. It was so underpowered/heavy that the first time I drove in a other car, I accelerated way too fast for my liking.
We got the second and third gen explorers here in NZ. I have seen a few in person and they don't look huge. Maybe he is talking about the Ford Excursion .
The new-ish Explorers are barely big enough to call themselves anything but a car, I hesitate to say truck, because they clearly aren't. Now the Excursion is probably the only Ford product newer than 2000 that I've ever really wanted, but they hold their value better than just about any vehicle I've ever seen, You can find some for less than $5K, but more than likely it'll be a 2wd V10 with 300,000 miles. There is a 2002 Excursion for sale in town and it's a 4wd with a 7.3 Diesel and 158,000 miles, and they're asking $25,000 for it. A decent V10 4wd with less than 200,000 miles will sell for around $8K to $12K, That same truck with a diesel usually starts at $16K.
Nah, it was an older explorer. I guess it wasn't huge, but it was kind of intimidating to drive on alabama roads as my first car.
I had to drive a prius for drivers ed... They truly are horrible cars. Agreed, I've always thought an Excursion would be pretty cool, especially one with a diesel. If they weren't so expensive that would probably be our family rig rather than a Land Cruiser.
When I was learning to drive my manual instructor had a Toyota Echo, my auto instructor had a VW Polo & the first car I ever drove was a 1994 Mitsubishi Magna
I gotta say, I would absolutely love to drive the 1.0L EcoBoost. Actually, I wouldn't mind owning one, the Fiesta is a fantastic car. --- Post updated --- And on the subject of learning to drive, the vehicle I learned to drive in was a Ford Expedition. My instructor had a Focus (which I actually loved), and my first car was the famous Toyota Corolla of Doom. From the Doom was my pickup truck (which I still own) and now my Mustang. Oh, there was a Toyota Camry in there somewhere. 5th gen 2011 LE to be specific. Dreadful car. And I once drove my dad's (now sold) F-150. It was too big.
I drifted the Merc a little today while it was pouring. Even with the open diff, the weight transfer is enough to hang the tail out for a decent amount of time.
I drifted successfully a few times previous to and after that today, and I've done it a lot in the past. I'm not exactly sure what happened there, it felt pretty normal until it didn't respond to countersteer at all. Was very clear from early on that I wasn't gonna save that one. Must have had too much momentum heading into it. A friend of mine has a 98 Mercedes e430. The tail end of that thing is really easy to kick out.
Yup, of course that's with the second owner's modifications. It became a Reddit star then. It was just painted when I had it.
Im really curious about the story behind this car, any info on how it came to be painted in such an "interesting" way.
It's pretty, and it's not often I say that about a car, especially a new one. New cars can look cool or handsome or even beautiful, but I honestly can't think of word other than "pretty" to describe that one.
Gather 'round, it's story time. About 5 or so years ago, a neighbor of mine owned a Scion XB. He let his brother borrow it, it came back totaled. He needed another commuter car, as at the time he had a mid-2000's Mercedes S-400 as a weekend car. So, $1500 and a trip to the boonies later, he had come back with a 1996 Toyota Corolla DX. The car was originally "Retirement Community Beige". Here's a pic: After, oh, about the span of 3 or so days, he had painted it chalkboard black. Pic: The car stayed like this for about a year. After a few months he had stenciled it, sold his Mercedes, and bought a Chrysler 300C SRT 8. About a month after that, Doom had been totaled in a rear end collision. Pic: Notice how the entire rear end is tweaked. Let's just say some mild massaging (with a sledge hammer) made it better... But not really "fixed". If you were to look under the car, the entire driver's side frame rail was screwed. After that, the car was painted "Mexican Bean Green". I, sadly, don't have a picture of that. After that, it was painted the famous job we all know and love, and it was totaled once again in yet another rear end collision. Car stayed like that for up until I sold it off. So, it was given to me for the lump some of $1.60. Yes, one dollar and sixty cents. This is how bad it looked after the second crash: So, eventually, it ended up in my hands. Pic: The brakes failed not once, not twice, but THREE times, installed an aftermarket radio, and it went through one battery. I had the car for 3 years, and 7 months ago, the front driver's side suspension collapsed, sending me into oncoming traffic. It was then that I found my 2006 Ford Mustang, bought it, and sold the famed Corolla of Doom for $400. It was then it became famous on /r/Shitty_Car_Mods. I actually miss this car. I miss it a lot. I raced it against a Ferrari (and lost), it almost killed me because the heat sent exhaust fumes into the cabin, I did several handbrake turns in it, and it became a friend. It never left me stranded, it always started up no matter how cold it got, and it was absolutely amazing in the snow. I even took it on a date with a girl... That went well. Yup, fun times indeed... It even went from 0-60. (Yes, the mileage is accurate.) Doom, wherever you are, I miss ya, mate.
That was long & worth every second it took to read. I don't know why, but hearing about the life a car has had is one of my favourite things in the world. Some see a shitbox, others see a living entity that happens to be in the body of a Corolla. Thanks for sharing mate
