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FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 1:31 AM

What is your car ?
 
Show us some pictures of your actual car.

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In St-Joseph-du-lac, Qc.
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8314/img0742mf.jpg
Somewhere in Vermont, USA
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2929/46214365.jpg
In Quebec city
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3531/img0222hb.jpg
Hawkesbury, Ontario
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9258/img1335wd.jpg
On île d'Orléans with the Laurentians
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8273/dsc00026pe.jpg
In Salaberry-de-valleyfield, Qc.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2061/img3298p.jpg
Mont-royal, Montreal.
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3087/img3206v.jpg
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7118/img2992jo.jpg
Downtown Laval, Qc
Scroll =>
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3...illelaval2.jpg

lio45 Mar 2, 2013 2:08 AM

At the moment, one beater Corolla of which I don't have pics, and my two work trucks. I happen to have a certain number of pics handy for each of them, here's a quick selection.

For the Ford, in order,

1) at a customer's in Bécancour industrial park
2) around Amarillo TX (with a bit of snow)
3) under snow in my Sherbrooke driveway
4) at a random I-80 rest area outside Omaha NE
5) at a customer's on Mtl south shore

For the Chevy, in order,

1) towing a 8x8 cooling tower at a customer's in QC
2) in my driveway (and proving to freeweed it has a bumper Rebel flag)
3) on my street in Sherbrooke
4) somewhere in NC, towing back cooling tower parts to QC


Those are the vehicles I happen to own at the moment... because I figure that's what the thread is about. I used to be a big car guy (I'm still one, but I was a bigger one then) and have owned a few more interesting cars over the years, but at the moment it's not the case.

(FWIW -- I have no fresh pics of that system, but the Chevy has been running on WVO for over a year now.)


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_6416.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_6141.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_2900.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_6131.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_6410.jpg



http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...IMG_3035-1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_2945.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...IMG_3036-1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...5/IMG_4044.jpg

lio45 Mar 2, 2013 2:12 AM

P.S. I forecast that not many skyscraper geeks will have plenty of car pics ready to be posted... that's if they even own a car ;)

(Still, interesting thread idea IMO)

FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 2:13 AM

Thanks.

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By the way, it's allowed to find a similar picture of your car on internet. Or you might just tell us what you drive aswell.

FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 2:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lio45 (Post 6035208)
P.S. I forecast that not many skyscraper geeks will have plenty of car pics ready to be posted... that's if they even own a car ;)

(Still, interesting thread idea IMO)

Blah... maybe, but they're not all living in a condo tower in downtown Toronto :D ... we'll see.

vid Mar 2, 2013 2:18 AM

I don't have a car but I am learning to drive in a 2010 Hyundai Sonata.

I just have to put my foot near the pedal and we're in a ditch, it's awesome! :tup:

This is my current personal transport:

https://www.gcsurplus.ca/lotImages/237329.JPEG

:rock:

When I do get a vehicle it'll probably be a pickup truck. Cheap insurance and I always seem to have a lot of junk I need to get rid of.

SignalHillHiker Mar 2, 2013 2:21 AM

You're adorable, Franks. :) Great pictures as well - I love the panorama, although that parkade doesn't look very safe.

Here are a few of my car - the second-cheapest Honda I could get, ha! I bought it in Winnipeg in 2010.

Here it is boarding the truck to come to Newfoundland:

http://i.imgur.com/rlLIpVD.jpg

A picture my parents took and sent to me as a joke once it arrived:

http://i.imgur.com/01QzcGz.jpg

While I was living with my parents when I first moved home:

http://i.imgur.com/VnSAAKx.jpg

Later on, the storm got worse:

http://i.imgur.com/gyQNbz7h.jpg

Gower Street:

http://i.imgur.com/FGEvi0k.jpg

My default parking space:

http://i.imgur.com/VND4GCm.jpg

Finally got rid of those Manitoba plates, and replaced it with my single Newfoundland one:

http://i.imgur.com/iva6ukx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/34lutD5.jpg

And on top of my namesake, Signal Hill:

http://i.imgur.com/DSZJeGv.jpg

lio45 Mar 2, 2013 2:23 AM

What, you don't hike up that hill? You drive there?!? :P

Tony Mar 2, 2013 2:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lio45 (Post 6035208)
P.S. I forecast that not many skyscraper geeks will have plenty of car pics ready to be posted... that's if they even own a car ;)

(Still, interesting thread idea IMO)

I'm more wondering why you have a Confederacy Battle Flag on your one truck. :shrug:

FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 2:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lio45 (Post 6035223)
What, you don't hike up that hill? You drive there?!? :P

ahahah ! :D ...hands up SignalHillHiker you're unmasked! :haha:

SignalHillDriver? ;)

SignalHillHiker Mar 2, 2013 2:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lio45 (Post 6035223)
What, you don't hike up that hill? You drive there?!? :P

:haha: Both - I sometimes park at the bottom or the top. The trail forms a loop.

Dying laughing here. ;)

lio45 Mar 2, 2013 2:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid (Post 6035218)
When I do get a vehicle it'll probably be a pickup truck. Cheap insurance and I always seem to have a lot of junk I need to get rid of.

FYI, it's probably going to be WAY cheaper (in total ownership costs) to get a car and a little trailer... that should be more than enough for your junk-hauling needs unless you actually want to do serious towing (which I suppose you don't).



Quote:

Originally Posted by FrAnKs (Post 6035214)
Blah... maybe, but they're not all living in a condo tower in downtown Toronto :D ... we'll see.

Sure, but "normal" people usually don't happen to have a selection of pics of their car on their computer... I think :)

lio45 Mar 2, 2013 2:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony (Post 6035225)
I'm more wondering why you have a Confederacy Battle Flag on your one truck. :shrug:

Why? ... Why not? :P

Innsertnamehere Mar 2, 2013 2:41 AM

because it represents racism..

PhilippeMtl Mar 2, 2013 2:42 AM

I will let you guess:

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...24607536_n.jpg

MTLskyline Mar 2, 2013 2:45 AM

Back 6-7 years ago, I used to drive my dad's 1991 Buick Regal Custom when I first got my license. The brakes were horrible the steering was not extremely responsive, and the ride was floaty, but I really liked it. The interior was blue and it had very comfortable seats. This is the car I remember riding in as a kid. My friends used to think that my dad had the coolest car. It had character, unlike a lot of the cars today.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...BuickRegal.jpg
(my photo - 2007 - I took this photo soon before he sold it for scrap :()

After that I mostly drove his 2001 Chevrolet Malibu. I don't have any pictures of it, but he still owns it so I might snap one at some point.

I never owned a car, as I hardly ever drive. I spend most of my time downtown, and take public transit to get there. If I were to buy a car, I would want something that had character. I would definitely buy used, as a depreciating asset like a car isn't really a great investment.

FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 2:45 AM

@PhilippeMtl

mmh ... Mazda 3 hatchback ?

MTLskyline Mar 2, 2013 2:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilippeMtl (Post 6035249)

Mazda 3 hatch.

Edit: Franks beet me to it.

PhilippeMtl Mar 2, 2013 2:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrAnKs (Post 6035251)
@PhilippeMtl

mmh ... Mazda 3 hatchback ?

bingo.

FrAnKs Mar 2, 2013 2:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTLskyline (Post 6035250)
a car isn't really a great investment.

Aside the fact that I love my car and love driving, this is sadly true...


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