I have the original key to my '89 244 (210k) but the '92 745Ti (211k, unknown mileage on the engine) came with a hardware-store key. Ah, well, the keys suit each car's character.
Exactly! I've never driven anything that'd count as a true 'sports car', but a few sport compacts have given me a bit of comparison to my daily-driver - a 20-year-old Volvo 745T that, for its first year in my care, was driven without boost.
It's stupid fun to drive a station wagon with surprisingly good handling at 7 or 8/10ths on a public road, especially without having significant fear for one's license. I did manage a speeding ticket once, a fact of which I'm still irrationally proud.
It's stupid fun to drive a station wagon with surprisingly good handling at 7 or 8/10ths on a public road, especially without having significant fear for one's license. I did manage a speeding ticket once, a fact of which I'm still irrationally proud.
Even if a Subaru with STI badging and an untouched powerplant is heresy, that thing is damned pretty. Especially for, y'know, a Subaru.
Hopefully so. If this supplants the tC and has an out-the-door price, for a base stick-shift example, around $20k, I'll contemplate selling organs...
Keep in mind that the AE-86 GT-S, optionless, was apparently around 2200 lbs and 112 HP - this car's 2,662 lbs with 197 HP. 13.5 pounds per pony compared with 19.6. Maybe it's heavy compared to the old car (a given with today's crash-test standards and padded options lists), but it shouldn't be slow.
Of course, I have fairly charitable standards of slowness. My old Volvo 244 is slow, as is a slushbox Civic LX; a Saab 9-3 or Mk4 1.8T with a stick shift is fairly quick. This Toyota would fall in the latter category, and since I'd be in the market for a fun, reliable three-season commuter with aftermarket potential rather than a mad tyte dorifto car or a track slut, that's just fine with me.
I do hope they offer a 'hotter' model, though, later on...
Of course, I have fairly charitable standards of slowness. My old Volvo 244 is slow, as is a slushbox Civic LX; a Saab 9-3 or Mk4 1.8T with a stick shift is fairly quick. This Toyota would fall in the latter category, and since I'd be in the market for a fun, reliable three-season commuter with aftermarket potential rather than a mad tyte dorifto car or a track slut, that's just fine with me.
I do hope they offer a 'hotter' model, though, later on...
'Reaming' is an awfully violent verb.
Wait, you... you're heartclicked? Christ, man. Takes a dickhead to know one.
Good man, MrSam. Good man.
I scrapped my parts car today ('89 244 with the rockers/trunk floor half-gone and everything dried out from sitting) and wished I could have given it the same sort of sendoff. I did the next best thing, though - took everything usable out of it before it left. It'll help my other '89 244 and my '92 745Ti live on.
I'm in exactly the same situation. Probably best that I not suggest an Audi to any of my friends, though.
Agreed - at which point they could lower their prices (however little), accordingly, bringing in more traffic. Imagine a Giving-Your-Parking-Fines-Back-To-You Sale!
Are you, by chance, a Turbobricker? I feel as though I already know, and have forgotten, the answer.
Being from New England and not acting like a total cock (most of the time), I was mistaken for Canadian last time I was in Scotland, for what that's worth. I was oddly proud of myself.
If that 626 had the CD4E automatic, that would be the worst part of the story. Well, unless the impact totalled it.
The dead man? This is Houston, not Newark.
Agreed. I don't believe I've ever more than doubled the speed limit of any road (my speedometer needle won't turn past 90) - but everywhere I've done more than 70 MPH has been, at least, a wide two-lane with good visibility and few entrances, and only when traffic permits. If I miscalculate or part of my car fails, I could deal with the personal consequences or even with roadside property damage, but not with seriously injuring or killing someone else.
Admittedly, neither of my cars has even 200 horsepower, but there's stupidity and there's flagrant stupidity. 100+ MPH on a limited-access, low-traffic, four-plus-lane divided highway? Understandable. 100+ past driveways and side streets, where visibility is limited? Forget it.
Admittedly, neither of my cars has even 200 horsepower, but there's stupidity and there's flagrant stupidity. 100+ MPH on a limited-access, low-traffic, four-plus-lane divided highway? Understandable. 100+ past driveways and side streets, where visibility is limited? Forget it.
But still no - make it a Range/Land Rover. Not as though those have never had two doors.
They did manage, if I recall correctly, to make the all-wheel-drive model punt most of its torque to the rear wheels - that makes a cramped engine bay and half-shafts less unappealing.
You can generally tell the dangerous Volvos, like Subaru Outbacks and old, unmodified pickup trucks and Buicks, by the quantity and topic of bumper stickers. Politically-charged slogans (left-wing on Volvos or Subarus, right-wing on trucks and Buicks) are especially likely to indicate incompetence.
The only sticker on either of my Volvos (240 sedan, 740 wagon) is the Swedish-delivery oval-S that the 244 came with 22 years ago. I'm generally among the fastest traffic on the highway - I won't be in your way, and I'll move over when I can if I happen to be. Fear not.
The only sticker on either of my Volvos (240 sedan, 740 wagon) is the Swedish-delivery oval-S that the 244 came with 22 years ago. I'm generally among the fastest traffic on the highway - I won't be in your way, and I'll move over when I can if I happen to be. Fear not.
This is why you're heart-clicked, Flicky.
