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Sethomas Apr 11th, 2008 01:43 PM

People who work for Disney have no imagination.

thebiggameover Apr 11th, 2008 04:59 PM

good lord man, BUY AMERICAN!!! because we need to make our house payments!

but for reals, id go with a hundai. i hear they last forever....

if you dont give a crap about $$$ go with the jag....

Pub Lover Apr 11th, 2008 06:18 PM

I don't think they sell American cars outside of the US.

Evil Robot Apr 12th, 2008 01:40 AM

I have a Porsche that was sold in Kenya in 1983. When I went to get a New York emisions test I foud that the car was manufactured without a catalytic converter and was about 30 times the legal CO2 limit.

AfroSpec bitches.

GADZOOKS Apr 12th, 2008 02:12 AM

no wonder you died in a car crash

Evil Robot Apr 12th, 2008 03:01 AM

Actuallly I have crashed several cars. The crash that "killed" me took place in a Dodge Spirit.

GADZOOKS Apr 12th, 2008 03:08 AM

how poetic, a spirit casted your spirit into the heavens

or hells

Asila Apr 12th, 2008 03:08 AM

Dodge sucks the worst kind of ass.

Fathom Zero Apr 12th, 2008 10:43 PM

I was going over a Cadillac Hearse, $3750 with 50,000 miles.

T-Rex Apr 14th, 2008 06:12 AM

Oh just to clarify, I'm in England.

Yeah, they sell American cars in Europe. To be perfectly honest, I have no idea why. The only people who buy them are super rich jerks. Three reasons why they're jerks:

1. American cars are a lot bigger than European cars. We have loads of roads where two average (european) sized cars can comfortably fit on the road going in opposite directions. Throw a Silverado on that same road and now traffic going the other way is totally blocked. A two way road becomes a one way for the Chevy.

2. A 2.5 litre engine in England is considered a large engine size. The average sized car here runs between a 1.2 - 1.8 litre engine. A Ford Explorer has a whopping 4 litre engine. Consider this, in my area gas costs £1.11 per litre. (There's predictions of us paying £1.50 per litre towards the end of 2008/ first quarter of 2009). Running a 2.5+ litre engine is simply not financially practical. Especially when you consider point no. 1 as well.

3. We have round-abouts! Single, double and even triple sometimes. An average round-about will have two lanes. The inner is used for turning. You change into the outer when you are about to take your exit. I can understand how confusing it must be if you're not used to it. Especially because traffic moves pretty quickly at these sections. They're designed to work perfectly. If your car occupies the inner and half of the outer lane, you obstruct traffic trying to enter and exit the round-about. It's also a lot harder to judge the smaller cars and the smaller roads because:

a) you're a lot higher than everyone else (bear in mind that the roads are smaller and that traffic will be a lot closer to you).

b) you're driving on the left hand side of your car and in England we drive on the left hand side of the road. I don't even want to imagine how awkward that must be.

Yeah, these cars look really cool but it's not practical or considerate to other drivers to have them. Also, not to start a thing but the build quality on most American cars don't stack up against Germany or Japan. There was a Toyota Hilux on Top Gear that was burnt, crashed and even dumped in a lake. After all its abuse, the thing still started up! The average car in England is either from Japan, Germany or France.

executioneer Apr 14th, 2008 06:40 AM

we drive a lot of jap/german cars here, too

T-Rex Apr 14th, 2008 07:24 AM

Yeah, but at least you guys still have an automotive industry. GMC is huge. I think we have TVR, Lotus and Jag left. My uncle works for Mercedes and was telling me that apparently we won't have Jag for much longer, though. Apparently it takes 1/5 of the work force and 1/8 of the price to make a Jag in China than it does in England. Hence, Jaguar won't be British for much longer. Shame, really.

Sethomas Apr 14th, 2008 12:41 PM

Properly speaking, I think Ford still has Jag.

The One and Only... Apr 14th, 2008 11:40 PM

Get a rich lover and bum their shit. Or whatever's easiest to jack.

executioneer Apr 14th, 2008 11:41 PM

how does that even make sense

dude is already pretty well-off

T-Rex Apr 15th, 2008 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by executioneer (Post 549117)
how does that even make sense

dude is already pretty well-off

I wish. I'm just still too young to have acquired any debts yet. My monthly bills:

Cell phone £20
Internet £16
Food £80
Rent £140
Petrol: £40

executioneer Apr 15th, 2008 04:47 AM

whoops i guess i misinterpreted something then

T-Rex Apr 15th, 2008 05:14 AM

My friends all bought really cool new cars like a couple of years ago. If you're young in the UK anybody will give you credit. So my friends all took it and pay their monthlys. I didn't because I really hate having to owe anyone money. So I've been saving all this time and have been driving a Citroen Visa for the past 3 years:



You Better Recognise Bitches!

I've been the joke to my friends with their new cars but whatever, this thing is a badass machine! It reaches speeds of up to 60 mph!! Most people can't even comprehend that kind of speed short of expecting to see a flux capacitor.

Mocking aside, I really like this car. It's like a bad kung-fu movie. You love it because it's so terrible.

edit: Oh, and it cost me £40 at the time. It's value now? I pay the council £120 to take it away. Seriously.


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