I love cars.
I love them. I like working on them, I like driving them, I like owning them. I particularly like older cars. What I don't like, however, is having to pay 400 pounds to get the car through a 50 quid MOT.

Raped up the arse, I was.

Tell me about your love/hate relationships about cars or anything else.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:37, 19 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I drive an 11 year old mondeo
It looks a bit shabby but it is cheap to run and repair. It is also the most comfortable car I have ever been in.

I could afford a newer flasher car but what's the point? If it runs well why change it?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:50, Reply)

I drive a Honda Accord.
It doesn't even need petrol, I power it entirely on KARATE and JUSTICE.
( Cawl, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:51, Reply)

I thought it ran on the BLOOD of CRACK addicts?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:52, Reply)

I love 80s/early 90s cars with an unnatural passion.
And shit cars. I like them too.

When my car dies, which it will as it's shit and early 90s, I should probably get something sensible and non-shit, but I won't be buying a new one.

Ideal cars:
classic Saab 900
lwb Land Rover Defender
Mk2 Polo
K10 Micra
A roomy estate that can fit in loads of camping gear and a wheelbarrow, maybe a Volvo or a Mondeo Estate
Mk1 Golf
Mk2 Escort

A DeLorean would be awesome as an everyday car. Yes, I know they're shit. But it'd be awesome going to the big Tesco in it. I am also tempted by a Honda Accord purely due to justice-deliverance factors. I'd go dogging in it.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Me too! Me too!
I've had a '94 Fiesta Si, a '90 Golf Gti and now '94 Celica.

I intend to get a barn and keep a fleet of old knackers.
( Kroney, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 17:23, Reply)

Not really a fan of cars.
I tend to think most cars are pretty ugly.

But motorbikes? Now that's a different story. I love them - especially Ducatis. I could happily go the rest of life without learning to drive a car. But a motorbike licence is definitely on my to-do list.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 17:00, Reply)

Ducati Motorbikes = Made of Win
I'm currently lusting after an 848, or a Monster. Yum.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 18:50, Reply)

It's just a shame that Casey Stoner rides for their Works team.
He's an arse.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 18:50, Reply)

Thumbs up for the monster.
Sadly, yes he is. But he ishas an adorable arse.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 13 Jul 2009, 21:16, Reply)