# What does your ride look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955 "2008-02-17T03:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/81 "2008-02-22T15:08:43Z")
The only pic I have online is with all the toys attached. [Here](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/rbp2/a143c9c0.jpg) is an old pic in front of the house, prior to a winter waterskiing trip. Normally I just drive the front part. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/82 "2008-02-22T21:04:55Z")
I have a terribly boring '92 Corolla. Itā€™s so bland that today in a parking lot, I almost got into someone elseā€™s Mazda 626, until I noticed that it had chrome door handles. **Morbo** : I like to rescue old car magazines from the recycle bin, and one of the ones I have is a 1968 Road & Track with a review of a Sonett V-4. I know itā€™s not the same design as yours, but hereā€™s part of their first paragraph:_Every_ single detail of the Sonettā€™s bodyā€“and I could name 80 of them just walking around the carā€“says that the carā€™s designer was naive, insensitive, unimaginative and incapable of carrying out an integrated design. Every detail is either stuck on, screwed on, bolted on, blobbed on or cut into the existing form. They do say, however, that ā€œitā€™s a tremendous lot of fun to driveā€. One of my teachers in junior high school drove one of the later ones, like yours. Bright orange. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/83 "2008-02-23T13:08:34Z")
My [Land Rover](http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i49/2006_Kotick/?action=view¤t=isprinsesse.jpg) one early frosty morningā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/84 "2008-02-23T17:26:22Z")
[QUOTE=svrider] Here is mine: 2006 Suzuki SV1000S [http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/44528/2000760923815715481\_rs.jpg](http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/44528/2000760923815715481_rs.jpg) [/QUOTE] Nice bike! Looks a lot like my [Kawasaki ZZR1200](http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Kawasaki%20ZZR1200%20%205.jpg). Iā€™m pretty sure my buddy has one just like it. Those donā€™t look like stock cans on it, what type are they? ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/85 "2008-02-24T03:31:56Z")
[This](http://images.cars.com/main/DMI/177185/00236.jpg) would be my Jeepā€™s Twin. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/86 "2008-02-24T21:12:35Z")
Okay, hereā€™s my ride: [350hp, 6 speed automatic.](http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8137/dscn0025go9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/87 "2008-02-25T20:34:06Z")
šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![svrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@svrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svrider)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/88 "2008-02-25T21:24:37Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Nice bike! Looks a lot like my [Kawasaki ZZR1200](http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Kawasaki%20ZZR1200%20%205.jpg). Iā€™m pretty sure my buddy has one just like it. Those donā€™t look like stock cans on it, what type are they? [/QUOTE] Not stock nope. They are oval LeoVince SBK Evo II Carbon, makes for a nice rumble from the 996ccm V2 šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/89 "2008-02-25T21:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] [My $400 ride](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/400.jpg) [My $1,200 ride](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/1200.jpg) [My dream ride](http://gallery.jessicaalba.net/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=2&pos=1) [/QUOTE] Sorry dude, [your dream ride](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165722,00.html) got ridden. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/90 "2008-02-25T21:40:48Z")
I have someone to do the driving for me. And my ride is a [diesel-electric hybrid](http://www.urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?t=8217). šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/91 "2008-02-25T21:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Tool of the Conspiracy] **Morbo** : I like to rescue old car magazines from the recycle bin, and one of the ones I have is a 1968 Road & Track with a review of a Sonett V-4. I know itā€™s not the same design as yours, but hereā€™s part of their first paragraph:_Every_ single detail of the Sonettā€™s bodyā€“and I could name 80 of them just walking around the carā€“says that the carā€™s designer was naive, insensitive, unimaginative and incapable of carrying out an integrated design. Every detail is either stuck on, screwed on, bolted on, blobbed on or cut into the existing form. They do say, however, that ā€œitā€™s a tremendous lot of fun to driveā€. [/QUOTE] Thanks for that. The '68 is pretty much a different car, but thatā€™s accurate for the '74 as well. Iā€™d disagree with unimaginative, but the rest Iā€™d agree with. Iā€™ve always said itā€™s the bastard child of two completely different cars. One of my favorite repairs was discovering that one of the four bolts that attached the water pump was behind a motor mount that was machined on to the chassis. So I had to remove the engine completely to replace the water pump. Stƶr! ---
**Author:** ![MissTskTsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MissTskTsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTskTsk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/92 "2008-02-26T04:52:21Z")
I havenā€™t had a chance to take a picture of mine yet, I just bought it a week ago after my Audi A4 blew its engine. This one is identical to my new carā€¦ my fifth one like it. Iā€™m gonna be a 90 year old granny some day and Iā€™ll still be drivinā€™ a convertible V8. LOL. [Exactly like my ride](http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mustangtuning/2002-laser-red-gt-2000r.jpg) Cept mine does have the cool guy full bra. LOL. Gives it that ā€œnose clipā€ look. ---
**Author:** ![MissTskTsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MissTskTsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTskTsk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/93 "2008-02-26T04:55:49Z")
And, this is my dream carā€¦ and if I had 140K to throw away on a car, I probably still wouldnā€™t buy it. LOL. But I love it. [Ooooo Panoz](http://www.riversidepanoz.com/panoz_esperante_jrd_specs.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/94 "2008-02-26T05:03:43Z")
I just upgraded in December. My previous ride was a 2000 VW Passat GLX 4Motion. The new (to me) one is a 2006 Audi A6, 3.2 V6. I didnā€™t take a pic of it when I got it, and right now itā€™s all covered with grime (thank you, Minnesota winterā€¦). But this is what it looks like: [http://images.getauto.com/vehicles/WAUD/WAUDG74F96N030210-1.jpg](http://images.getauto.com/vehicles/WAUD/WAUDG74F96N030210-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955/95 "2008-02-26T05:26:49Z")
Currently: [97 Talon TSI AWD](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n252/mrs-johnson/DSC00407_800x600.jpg) - my daily driver [93 RX-7 R1](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n252/mrs-johnson/RF_800x600_800x600.jpg) - Mr Johnsonā€™s beloved car. This is the other woman. At least she hasnā€™t been around the block [too many times](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n252/mrs-johnson/P3110009.jpg). šŸ˜‰ Those and another awd Talon. Weā€™ve had a few DSMs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-ride-look-like/437955.md?page=4)