I Love My Car Thread

[BimmerM3]

Or just stick it in the passenger seat and have the end stick out of the roof.

That's how I will be carrying my golf club once I get a roadster.

[Laconian]

Why bother with the upkeep and insurance of an airport car? Just call the towncar service.

[BimmerM3]

Why bother with the upkeep and insurance of an airport car? Just call the towncar service.

If I get a new car, then decide that I'm not using the Accord enough to keep it, I'll sell it.

[ifcar]

As a practical second car to a two-seat roadster, it sounds more reasonable than as a car to take only to the airport long-term lot. I think it was just the term "airport car" that was a little unusual.

[SVT666]

I love minivans. There's nothing out there that are as versatile ON PAVEMENT.

I have to say, my 2004 minivan is a big improvement over our 1999 minivan which ROCKED compared to our 1992minivan.
(Bought in 2009, 2005, and 2004, respectively.)

Make fun if you want but try putting four adults and 3 kids COMFORTABLY in anything else (and luggage for a week) and still get above 25mpg (highway).

If I didn't have an off-road requirement for our car, we would be in a minivan.  Nobody buys them because they're sexy. They buy them because nothing else on the road comes close to being as useful or versatile.

[BimmerM3]

As a practical second car to a two-seat roadster, it sounds more reasonable than as a car to take only to the airport long-term lot. I think it was just the term "airport car" that was a little unusual.

Well, the idea to keep it was born from the thought that I wouldn't want to leave a nicer car at the airport (particularly one with a soft top), and to be honest, I probably wouldn't use it a whole lot other than that (it's not often I have the need for more room than a roadster provides).

There also the chance I might just give it to my step-mom and trade with her when I'm traveling. She's starting to get tired of the insane labor bills to have her Mini worked on (small engine bay FTL).

[hotrodalex]

If I didn't have an off-road requirement for our car, we would be in a minivan.  Nobody buys them because they're sexy. They buy them because nothing else on the road comes close to being as useful or versatile.

[the Teuton]

There was a guy who rented Enterprise cars just so he could take them and leave them at the airport for a week during work.

The idea of an airport car is nothing new.

[BimmerM3]

There was a guy who rented Enterprise cars just so he could take them and leave them at the airport for a week during work.

The idea of an airport car is nothing new.

Thank you.

[ifcar]

There was a guy who rented Enterprise cars just so he could take them and leave them at the airport for a week during work.

The idea of an airport car is nothing new.

Wow. Zillionaire?

[hounddog]

I realized today that my Durango is much less attractive to me with the lingering, and apparently un-removable, odor of Randys sons puke.

Waiting with baited breath for the new ride. 

I would actually have sex with my neighbors wife if I thought it would get it here faster.  Puke smell just aint cuttin' it for me.

[hounddog]

Wow. Zillionaire?

No, I have known people who rent instead of buying. 

Long term renters can negotiate exceptionally good deals.

I think.

[ifcar]

No, I have known people who rent instead of buying. 

Long term renters can negotiate exceptionally good deals.

I think.

Renting a car just to park it at the airport is different from a long-term rental.

[JWC]

I realized today that my Durango is much less attractive to me with the lingering, and apparently un-removable, odor of Randys sons puke.

Waiting with baited breath for the new ride. 

I would actually have sex with my neighbors wife if I thought it would get it here faster.  Puke smell just aint cuttin' it for me.

Brown paper bag, two apples...quartered.  Put apples in the bag and the bag under a seat for a day or so.  I had a customer rid his new Cadillac of the odor of spilled fresh shrimp that way.

[MrH]

Brown paper bag, two apples...quartered.  Put apples in the bag and the bag under a seat for a day or so.  I had a customer rid his new Cadillac of the odor of spilled fresh shrimp that way.

Interesting technique.  Try it out hounddog, let us know how it goes.

[Laconian]

I prefer my technique of pouring a cup of molasses on top of dog feces, then setting the whole thing on fire. Good old fashioned home remedies never fail!

[MrH]

I will say, as frustrating as the suspension and insufferable squeeks and rattles are, I just fall in love with the miata all over again nearly everyday.  Gorgeous day.  Mid 70's, humidity at bearable levels.  I was coming home from practice, exhausted, sun setting.  Had the jams blasting, top down.  Muted the stereo as I hit my favorite on ramp.  It's recessed, as the highway is above the road you're entering from.  So as you accelerate, the exhaust bounces off the concrete walls as you rise in elevation to the highway.

Nothing is better than power sliding up that ramp in 2nd gear, hitting redline and shifting to third, all while the little 2.0 is giving all it's got.  It's a level of enjoyment I don't really find doing anything else.  It's one of the few times where I'm not thinking about anything else, and just really enjoying the moment.  There are few things in life that really make me just sit back and soak in what's going on around me.  That's one of them.  It's something simple that puts a smile on my face every time.  Hell, half the time I laugh to myself as I'm doing it.