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Re: What car do you drive?

November 9th, 2017, 7:59 pm

One of our cars is a 1996 V70 Volvo (350K km) that we use for transporting alpacas, drum kits and trees.

NOT DIESEL.
We test drove one of those. It made me feel ill. So we got the ubiquitous (around these parts) Discovery instead. Used for children, domestic pets, xmas trees and clothing and toys for charity shops.
Is it easier to burn the trees?

In IRL, we have to be careful (EI helicopters and gendaremari circling around) and in NL neighbours go bananas if they see us lighting fires.

UK more relaxed?
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 12th, 2017, 10:24 pm

dodge demon
Dodge is touting the mega-muscle car as the industry’s first street-legal production drag car. The National Hot Rod Association has certified it as the world’s fastest quarter-mile production vehicle.
(snip)
During tests the Demon covered a quarter-mile in 9.65 seconds at 140 miles per hour, and it accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 12th, 2017, 10:56 pm

I used to drive an early version of this until I crashed it on the Autobahn.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 16th, 2017, 10:37 pm

dodge demon
Dodge is touting the mega-muscle car as the industry’s first street-legal production drag car. The National Hot Rod Association has certified it as the world’s fastest quarter-mile production vehicle.
(snip)
During tests the Demon covered a quarter-mile in 9.65 seconds at 140 miles per hour, and it accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds.
2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS: not as fast as the dodge demon
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 17th, 2017, 4:32 pm

dodge demon
Dodge is touting the mega-muscle car as the industry’s first street-legal production drag car. The National Hot Rod Association has certified it as the world’s fastest quarter-mile production vehicle.
(snip)
During tests the Demon covered a quarter-mile in 9.65 seconds at 140 miles per hour, and it accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.3 seconds.
2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS: not as fast as the dodge demon
tesla roadster
musk is claiming this is faster still,
0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds
a quarter mile in 8.9 seconds

musk has a lot of promises outstanding, and he needs to deliver on some of those soon
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 17th, 2017, 9:03 pm

Imagine owning thus car (esp the merchandise)

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/motors/201 ... arked-car/
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 25th, 2017, 8:09 pm

musk has a lot of promises outstanding, and he needs to deliver on some of those soon
Tesla’s Newest Promises Break the Laws of Batteries
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 25th, 2017, 9:09 pm

 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 27th, 2017, 8:22 pm

Mercedes According to police, Relay boxes are capable of receiving signals through ..
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

December 1st, 2017, 11:53 am

Mrs. Cuchulainn is a volunteer for the elderly folk. She now brings them around in a maxie cab. 
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Re: What car do you drive?

December 9th, 2017, 9:34 pm

Something for Paul
(elderly folk could probably fit in too)
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

December 9th, 2017, 9:51 pm

2017/3/1? Shouldn’t it be 2017/4/1?
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

December 9th, 2017, 10:21 pm

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Re: What car do you drive?

December 27th, 2017, 4:17 pm

Maybe this? ppauper, interested? (only had 1 owner, only driven on Sundays).

Mercedes used by Adolf Hitler to be auctioned in US

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1227/92979 ... -mercedes/
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

December 27th, 2017, 4:36 pm

cuch, I'm not going to buy your car
I'm happy with my hummer