TheSamba.com :: View topic - What car(s) are you rollin' in besides the Vdub(s)???

Fri May 21, 2004 5:29 pm

What kind of car or cars is everybody drivin' around in when not cruisin the VW's? I just sold my Diesel F-350 Crewcab to fund my 2 projects:
1. 1967 Nova SS, WAS: 650hp 454ci with Turbo 350 :twisted: . Getting: a Transplant all aluminum LS1 motor with 6 speed trans from a 2000 SS Camaro and Vintage Air :shock: .
2. 1957 Oval/Ragtop Getting restored as we speak!
Only thing is all the money going to the 2 cars, gonna have to look for a beater for now. After that it'll be a rotation of the two to work etc! :D
Anybody else???

Fri May 21, 2004 5:52 pm

dang man ... that nova sounds fast .. i used to want a 68 - 72 chevelle.. any ways.. i dont have any thing but Vw's im only 16 tho
#1 1954 oval- semaphored .. needs restoration tho
#2 1973 bus

Fri May 21, 2004 5:54 pm

Our other Car is a 1999 Mitsubishi Galant.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:01 pm

1984 Honda Accord.

It's got 210,000 miles and I travel 27,000 miles a year. It still gets 34mpg.

It's a "Driving Appliance"

Fri May 21, 2004 6:04 pm

Main Transportation:

2001 Jeep Cherokee

Fri May 21, 2004 6:18 pm

my other vehicles are VW split-window busses. they get driven year-round, for work and pleasure.
appliances are for the kitchen.
and even though i live in a moderate climate now, when i didn't, my other vehicles were still air-cooled VW's.
ALL 9 vehicles in our household are vintage air cooled Volkswagens.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:19 pm

1996 Ford Contour which translates to POS! Actually, it wasn't THAT bad until it was hit in four separate hit and runs. :roll:

Fri May 21, 2004 6:24 pm

hazetguy wrote: they get driven year-round, for work and pleasure.
appliances are for the kitchen.

I drove my 74 daily for 23 years, 450,000 miles and 3 cross country trips.

Let me know when you get close to that.

And appliances do a job and when they break... you thow them away and get another.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:32 pm

well, since i've only been driving for 18 years, i think i'm doing ok. i used to average about 45k a year when i was living in and travelling from new mexico. did that for at least 4 years, and even now i still average about 20k a year. i used to make more than 3 cross country trips in a summer, what's your point?
don't get all high and mighty about driving 450k. it's not that big a deal.
when my vw's break (which isn't very often) i fix them, not replace them.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:35 pm

1996 Ford F 350 Super Cab Diesel Dually
1980 GMC Shortbed 4x4, lift kit and snow plow. Kidney crusher.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:36 pm

hazetguy wrote: don't get all high and mighty about driving 450k. it's not that big a deal.

I know... everyone drive the same car for 30 years.

No big deal. :roll:

So... if you drive something other than a ACVW all the time, you're not a true VW person?

Is that your point?

Fri May 21, 2004 6:39 pm

Quote: So... if you drive something other than a ACVW all the time, you're not a true VW person?

Is that your point?

not at all. the question was who other cars you "roll", so i answered. since i only have vw's, that's all i can say.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:41 pm

1991 civic I bought in 94, 244,000 miles and neverdid one thing to it other than regular maintenance, well, besides 1 cv axle. My honda is my commuter.

1953 Ford F100, 350 chevrolet(only way to go).

Fri May 21, 2004 6:43 pm

I guess i over reacted about the

hazetguy wrote: appliances are for the kitchen.

So I didn't mean to say it--
But I meant what I said.
comment.

I need a beer....

Fri May 21, 2004 6:45 pm

it wasn't directed at you. i just see that "excuse" used alot around here.
Glenn, are you going to litchfield?

Fri May 21, 2004 6:46 pm

hazetguy wrote: it wasn't directed at you.
I've been hanging out in the Rants too long.

I'll be there. We'll have to have a "Samba" meeting place... say noon at the registration table?

We'll have to post it when it gets closer.

Fri May 21, 2004 6:48 pm

hmm, registration table, is that in the swap area? :lol:
let's take this to the shows/camping section in the litchfield thread, and let this thread get back to them "other" cars........

Fri May 21, 2004 7:39 pm

88 toyota pickup, 230,000 miles.
72 chevy pickup with a GM performance crate engine, about 10 miles to the gallon.
and a pos chevy blazer for the wife.

Fri May 21, 2004 8:09 pm

'95 318ti. Bought it for $5500 with only 92k. I drive it about once a week when I want to listen to some tunes...soon I'll have them in the bus and the ti will sit.

Fri May 21, 2004 8:14 pm

2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, bought it in Alaska drove the Alcan all the way to St Louis and then to Oregon.

2003 Yamaha R6, my commuter these days, fast and 45+mpg

1961 Beetle Vert