Let's Talk about sweet cars

[Richie Allen]

I want this...and the Boston Terrier inside it. Currently for sale on FBM for $15,000. 1983 Land Rover defender 90.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

Well, I pulled the trigger on the V9 Bobber. Great bike, and the style is fantastic.

Now the bad news.

[SHOW]

I made the foolish decision to ride it back home from the dealer yesterday, rather than returning at a later time to pick it up since it is about 1.5 hours away. It was a foolish decision since I knew rain was coming in, but I thought I could beat it back.

Nope. The rain came in early, and I started running into it about 30 minutes into the trip back. No turning back now - just be extra careful and push through it. About 30 miles from home, it intensifies to a steady, soaking rain. OK, I'm on a 2 lane highway with no great place to pull off - just corn fields around - so I still just have to push through it and get home.

About 20 miles away, there's an angled railroad crossing with the steel plates between the rails. I see a big gap right in front of me between the plate and the rail and think "oh [expletive], I'm going to catch my front wheel in that gap!" I tap the brakes and make a slight move to try to miss it - wrong move. Bike spins out from under me, I go skidding down the (thankfully very wet) pavement at about 50 mph. Thank god I had all my protective gear on, and other than a few abrasions on my knee and hand where my glove wore through, I'm no worse for the wear. The bike? Well it was still operable and I got it home, but I'm already going to have to replace several parts that are all scraped up. Thankfully the tank didn't get scratched at all - the raised eagle logo on the one side somehow took the brunt of it, which I think I can just pop off and replace.

All in all, not a fun day. However I'm happy to say I'm in one piece - it could have been a LOT worse.

This is all a lie. In my carefully curated universe motorbikes never go down.

[IMADreamer]

I want a bike, but there are just too many deer, stupid drivers, and other things around here that is scares the crap out of me.

[GeddyWrox]

Damn Popeye!! I'm sorry man. Such a bummer. I hope she's good as new soon!!

[IMADreamer]

My wife is a bit of a Honda Civic fanboy. I think she has owned 6 of them in her life. lol As you may remember a good while ago her previous Civic was totaled when a semi driver lost consciousness and plowed through a parking lot at highway speed totaling her car and several others. Sadly the driver passed. In the meantime my wife went and bought a 2016 Expedition which was possibly the last thing I would have expected her to buy, but it's actually pretty nice and she got it stupid cheap. Somewhere between her old car and the Expedition she placed a deposit on a new Civic Type R which we were not sure she would ever actually get because car industry reasons. Well word is her new Civic will be in this week. Assuming I get to drive it I'm excited to try it. I hear the Type Rs are pretty good fun to drive so we will see.

[IMADreamer]

I just need someone to vent to, and I'm sure I'll sound like a big dick doing so. One of the problems I'm having is weakness in my right arm and hand and it is making shifting a manual transmission a chore. Three times last week I did a 1-4 shift while driving because my hand just didn't go where it should have. I alluded earlier in the thread that I was looking at another car that would be an automatic but I've yet to really settle. I've been thinking of selling my Viper but my wife says keep it. She's not wrong in that it's value is sure to only increase. She is also pretty optimistic about my strength returning but there is just a good of a chance it won't and I'm less optimistic as I haven't seen improvement for a while now. I tried a Supra not long ago. Man I love the car, but it's a difficult ingress and egress for someone my size and condition. Not to mention the door opening is low and it seems like people hitting their heads is a common complaint. I just kind of want one more nasty fast car incase this thing gets worse and in the not to distant future I can't hand that or drive at all.

My current short list is.

C7 Z06 Vette
Lexus RC-F
Final Generation CTS-V since the CT5-Blackwings are still pretty high priced.

[Popeye_Card]

I’m biased, but maybe test drive an F-Type R or SVR and see if it is for you. They do have a fairly tight cockpit though, maybe a smidge shorter than a Vette.

[ThatGuy]

I just need someone to vent to, and I'm sure I'll sound like a big dick doing so. One of the problems I'm having is weakness in my right arm and hand and it is making shifting a manual transmission a chore. Three times last week I did a 1-4 shift while driving because my hand just didn't go where it should have. I alluded earlier in the thread that I was looking at another car that would be an automatic but I've yet to really settle. I've been thinking of selling my Viper but my wife says keep it. She's not wrong in that it's value is sure to only increase. She is also pretty optimistic about my strength returning but there is just a good of a chance it won't and I'm less optimistic as I haven't seen improvement for a while now. I tried a Supra not long ago. Man I love the car, but it's a difficult ingress and egress for someone my size and condition. Not to mention the door opening is low and it seems like people hitting their heads is a common complaint. I just kind of want one more nasty fast car incase this thing gets worse and in the not to distant future I can't hand that or drive at all.

My current short list is.

C7 Z06 Vette
Lexus RC-F
Final Generation CTS-V since the CT5-Blackwings are still pretty high priced.

It sounds like you're targeting V-8s, but I've heard glowing things about the CT4-V Blackwing as well.

[Radbird]

I know trucks have gotten a lot bigger over the years.

My old truck was an ‘83 High Sierra. It fit in my garage. Today, I doubt even a Colorado or Tacoma would fit.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

And there is a real chance the bed of the older one is bigger than the new one! I hate what they've done to trucks. I was just telling a son I'm looking for a 90's vintage model as a replacement to our current 2nd vehicle.