LostCommand Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I drive one of those fully loaded '98 Mazda B2500 multivalve diesel pickups, the last model to come out before Ford came up with the Ranger series. Modified the suspension settings, alignment and the engine calibration a bit to suit my taste (all engineers just love to tinker), and now its just so sweet zooming up and down Edsa at the dead of night, right over the big bumps, overtaking everyone on sight without a second thought, at 120km/h...while sipping cheap diesel fuel. Dang, so much bang for buck. For offroad and long distance trips to North Luzon, Sagada, Bontoc, Balweg, Baler, the likes, I rely on a tough and battered 1996 4X4 Kia Ceres, with heavily modifed tires, suspensions, shocks, and rims. Stock engine, but it comes equipped with a snorkel for the really deepwater stuff, and very powerful brakes so handy in gut wrenchingly steep slopes. With a load limit of 2500 lbs, it is just right for those remote expeditions. It is not much to look at (though also loaded with a decent aircon and sounds), it won't get me the girls (except the crazy types). But it gets me anywhere, as in anywhere. 45 degree slopes. 7000 foot mountains. Watermelon sized rocks along the trail. Two feet deep mud. Hip deep rivers. Edsa potholes... Dream Cars: An E-class Mercedes, preferrably the turbo diesel version. Top speed in excess of 240 km/h...on the same diesel you load into the humble keepney. 50,000 Km mileage, and it aint even broken in. 500,000 km life between major maintenance. This is detail engineering at its finest. And the Land Rover Discovery, the same stuff you see in National Geographic adventures and in many armies. Just half the price of most 4X4s, so tough it runs double the life of most other 4X4's, so rugged you can do a bit of cooking on the metal floor, performs so unbreakably well that the only modification soldiers do before going to war on it is to add a resting piece for their rifles. rgds, LC Quote Link to comment
wolfpak Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 my dream car is a 67' ford mustang shelby gt 500 fully restored Quote Link to comment
sinabon Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 am driving a 2003 Subaru Forester... well, i think i'm driving my dream car now bec i used to drive a 1998 isuzu crosswind... wouldn't mind driving a new isuzu trooper though! Quote Link to comment
muttley Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Current car:The "Mean Machine"http://www.memorabletv.com/images/dick.gif Attainable dream cars:MB E-class, Volvo XC90, BMW 6-series Quote Link to comment
nickDOG Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 nissan patrol :evil: walang lubak..... :cool: Quote Link to comment
RUSH Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 im driving a bmw now...it 'was' my dream car....its my (own) gift for myself when i turned 26...(hard-earned money for being masipag in my business "forever/FLP". my dream car? 3yrs from now...2dr benz or my favorite brand "bmw"[/B] Quote Link to comment
thomasilo Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 thanks whitecity for the feedback. i was thinking accord pero i typed honda pero you connected on what i was thinking-galing! the new accord has come out already here. dont worry about the honda guys, a honda guy told me that their cars undergo major design changes after 4 yrs. the 2003 accord and civic have the upgrades. i was curious about the altima-maganda kasi feedback ng altima as it can out run BMWs on the freeway. also, competitive naman raw prices ng altima vs. an accord. Can't outrun my 2003 BMW Z4 (the shark) Quote Link to comment
Chi-Chi Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 hihi im gonna buy my rav4 next month actually my sister's and MY rav4.. hati kami sa pera... paid in cash ha.. IM PROUD DAHIL IPON NAMINNNNN Quote Link to comment
dacock Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I'm still using my 95 lancer GLXi, my car since college. kahit luma na e ok pa din,hindi pa ko napapahiya nito, lalo na ngayong may mga modifications na kong nagawa!!! am thinking of changing the engine, yung pang-evolution na engine,sana meron ngang available. every now and then i use the family van or my dad's nissan patrol. If i get some money i'm thinking of buying the new mitsibishi pajero, mukhang maganda performance and comfort na ino-offer nya e! Quote Link to comment
mkepweng2002 Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I drive a Honda Accord... plenty of room for a nice quick wham bam thank you ma'am! Quote Link to comment
Maginoongpilyo Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I'm happy with my Honda Civic(s).. Quote Link to comment
TintedWindows Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 My own personal toy...95 Corolla...with Sport Suspension. Quote Link to comment
sinnerman Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 2001 ford lynx ghia - ayos pag ford dala mo nakakapasok ka sa subdivision ng di sinisita - me face value daw hehehe but I want this car below Quote Link to comment
cookie_monster Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 work place ----- jeepney at taxi may driver pa hehe hometown ---- '97 mitsubishi lancer Hi to all! Im new here Quote Link to comment
taken Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 2001 toyota rav4 po... my dream car would be the mazda rx8... Quote Link to comment
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