What kind of vehicle do you drive?

[marbleheadmaui]

A 2008 BMW X5 for me and a 2003 Ford F-150 for the mastiffs.

BMW makes beautiful vehicles, the only thing is they're a little to pricey for me. Mastiffs, aren't they those huge dogs that look like great Danes? So they ride in the back of the Ford Pickup eh...

That must be a sight to see on Maui.

Yup. These two get receptions like rock stars here. As gentle, dumb and loving as dogs come...as long as they know you.

[Andre]

I got this van in this exact color with no windows just like this photo/. diesel turbo auto.its a dream work van.

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[Andre]

You boys have some serious machines there!

My other car is a Ford Fairlane long wheel based thing, full leather, teak dash inlays, auto again, Tickford 6 cyl , its on liquid gas (which you guys havent got) so its cheap to run, a real family long distance cruiser, with a custom aluminum fitted bull bar into the spoilerand roof racks.

[No Contest]

92 ford Taurus , dont be jealous. I wanna get one of those Titan pickups too, but its too expensive right now, or maybe one of those mini coopers, because of the easy parking, and good gas mileage. Those big pickups must be raping you guys wallets on the gas.

[Conrad]

I'm well into my cars, probably owned 30+ over the years. I was always into Jap sports cars, my favourite being my Toyota Supra Twin Turbo.

Me and the missus are about to move into our first house soon so we recently sold our cars (mine a Nissan 350Z) and pooled our money together to buy a car to share. It's a diesel sadly but my missus does a lot of miles so 60mpg was appealing. Damn you know you're getting old when MPG takes preference over performance!

Anyways we bought a BMW 3 series coupe M Sport in white. Same as below.



I'm a builder by trade and for work I have a Nissan Cabstar Tipper and a Mitsubishi L200 Animal. Not as beefy as the V8 pickups you can get Stateside but we don't have the silly $4 a gallon gas prices you get. My Animal is like the one below, again it's a diesel.


I'd love a V8 pickup like the Dodge Ram but sadly they're quite rare over here therefore very expensive at £30k ($45k). If and when the construction industry picks up over here and I can afford it, I'm seriously gonna look into importing one over. I've gotta have an American V8 at some point. Be it the Corvette Z06, Ram pickup or a Mustang! My dream car is the BMW M3 which has a V8, but being German I'm pretty sure it'll be all refined and sound nowhere near as good as a US V8.

[Mark TKO]

Audi R8

[Master]

ford S Max 7 seater when it has to be.

[X]

1969 Corvette Stingray.

[katfight]

A green seven seater ...... Its a nissan zafira it enables me to take the kids out and I love it

[Nameless]

I am riding subways, trains and bus as I don't need vehicules for the moment and the day I'll do, I might lean for a Volkswagen or a Toyota, the first one for the quality and the "relatively correct price" and Toyota because quality/price wise, it's quite hard to beat.

[Mars_ax]

I got this van in this exact color with no windows just like this photo/. diesel turbo auto.its a dream work van.

iLoad Introduction - Hyundai Motor Company Australia

I didn't know Hyundai made a Van that nice, those turbo diesel engines last forever, I bet that would be great for riding in those wide open spaces in the Australian outback.

[Mars_ax]

A 2008 BMW X5 for me and a 2003 Ford F-150 for the mastiffs.

BMW makes beautiful vehicles, the only thing is they're a little to pricey for me. Mastiffs, aren't they those huge dogs that look like great Danes? So they ride in the back of the Ford Pickup eh...

That must be a sight to see on Maui.

Yup. These two get receptions like rock stars here. As gentle, dumb and loving as dogs come...as long as they know you.

It might be good idea to bribe them with a doggy biscuit.

[Mars_ax]

92 ford Taurus , dont be jealous. I wanna get one of those Titan pickups too, but its too expensive right now, or maybe one of those mini coopers, because of the easy parking, and good gas mileage. Those big pickups must be raping you guys wallets on the gas.

I get somewhere around 20 MPG on the Hwy on my truck's 390 HP Hemi engine. I use my truck for business more than anything, so my company pays for most of my gas, and my travel expenses are pretty much a tax write off.

Funny thing, I also own a 2009 Jeep Wrangler with a 3.8 liter 6 cyl, that gets about the same MPG as my truck's Hemi. So the gas milage on the truck isn't really all that bad.

My Jeep looks just like this one:

[Mars_ax]

I'm well into my cars, probably owned 30+ over the years. I was always into Jap sports cars, my favourite being my Toyota Supra Twin Turbo.

Me and the missus are about to move into our first house soon so we recently sold our cars (mine a Nissan 350Z) and pooled our money together to buy a car to share. It's a diesel sadly but my missus does a lot of miles so 60mpg was appealing. Damn you know you're getting old when MPG takes preference over performance!

I'm a builder by trade and for work I have a Nissan Cabstar Tipper and a Mitsubishi L200 Animal. Not as beefy as the V8 pickups you can get Stateside but we don't have the silly $4 a gallon gas prices you get.

I'd love a V8 pickup like the Dodge Ram but sadly they're quite rare over here therefore very expensive at £30k ($45k). If and when the construction industry picks up over here and I can afford it, I'm seriously gonna look into importing one over. I've gotta have an American V8 at some point. Be it the Corvette Z06, Ram pickup or a Mustang! My dream car is the BMW M3 which has a V8, but being German I'm pretty sure it'll be all refined and sound nowhere near as good as a US V8.

Those 350 Z's are also a great value in a sports car, with tons of power in the HP 6 cyl. engine, and the 370Z is just bad ass. I'd love to own one of those but it isn't a practical for me to use as a business vehicle, and it would probably just set in my garage most of the time.

I got a great deal here in Texas on my regular cab 2010 Dodge R/T pickup, the sticker price was something like $33,000 American, but I got around $9,000 in rebates and dealer discounts, $15,000 for my trade in, and a break on sales tax.
I always look for great deals on vehicles before I buy them, i'm not the dummy I used to be when I first started buying cars/trucks 40 + years ago.

cheers

[Conrad]

Mars,

What's that tax that you have to pay in the States when you register the vehicle on the road. It's like 5% or something?

I did a little research a few years back wen thinking about (or day dreaming about) getting a Shelby Mustang and apparently if I buy a car from a dealer to export to the UK, I don't have to pay this tax.

The sad thing is I would have to pay for the shipping (£2k), then I'd have to pay 10% import tax in the UK and then 20% VAT (sales tax) on top of all that. It's a lot of tax but it still works out cheaper than buying from a US car importer.