"Long Live the Longdoor" (victoryred08)
12/24/2016 at 12:27 • Filed to: Car Types, Ariel Nomad, Camp Fires
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"Long Live the Longdoor" (victoryred08)
12/24/2016 at 12:27 • Filed to: Car Types, Ariel Nomad, Camp Fires | 1
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Musings pondered on a Christmas Eve 2016
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This should be reasonably efficient, have a low cost of ownership and of all things, be comfortable and not get in the way of your commute (read: no shitty transmissions or breakdowns). Less money spent here allows for the cars bought below.
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The object of your affection. If you’re spending money on something that isn’t your daily, you’re freed from those silly parameters of efficiency and reliability. Buy the V8, if the mood strikes you right, buy something Italian; stop looking at spec sheets and drive something that puts a goddamn smile on your face.
It even comes in fire extinguisher red!
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When you’re not piloting to work or seeking enlightenment in curvaceous roadwork, chances are you’re gardening, renoing, towing, picking up the herd at school or exploring your dreams of life sized cargo tetris during the Chistmas season.
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Because who doesn’t want a Morgan 3 wheeler, an Ariel Nomad or motorized unicycle? Maybe I’m just an Oddball.
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We all put so much pressure on our cars to fit into a couple or all of these types but given lots of currency, I think we would all buy something from each of these. While it’s convenient that your Fun Car is also your Daily, when you pay for the fuel bill or it catches fire, it’s less than awesome. While it’d be awesome to drive an Ariel Nomad through a snowbank to work everyday, it’d be…. who am I kidding, that’d be fucking awesome; frostbitten testicles aside.
The harsh reality is that we often don’t have the funds to buy each car type for our arsenal and we need to blend our Types together. Time to crunch the numbers, compare the spec sheets and contemplate whether it’s more important to pay my mortgage or figure out whether to park the Nomad in the driveway or on the front lawn.
Phatboyphil
> Long Live the Longdoor
12/24/2016 at 12:49 |
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I know. I’ve recently decided I NEED a panther body (preferably town car) for driving in downtown Houston. The MT torqueless Integra is such a pain in the ass.
Wobbles the Mind
> Long Live the Longdoor
12/24/2016 at 12:51 |
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Premium, 2-row CUVs making around 320 hp are where it’s at!
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Long Live the Longdoor
> Phatboyphil
12/24/2016 at 13:04 |
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My mom had a 2000(ish) Town Car Cartier when we were growing up; the thing was a couch on wheels. Reasonably quick too. I kinda wish I kept it when she got rid of it 6 years ago and dailyed it for a while.
I had a fun experience changing the rear tire with the air ride suspension in the rain, I jacked the damn thing up a foot and a half before it left the ground lol.
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Phatboyphil
> Wobbles the Mind
12/24/2016 at 13:14 |
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Smh
So basic
/jk
BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
> Long Live the Longdoor
12/24/2016 at 14:42 |
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Did you turn the air springs off first?
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Long Live the Longdoor
> BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
12/24/2016 at 14:53 |
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You can turn them off? I was like 18 at the time, had no clue about cars and had no internets; so no lol.
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BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
> Long Live the Longdoor
12/24/2016 at 15:18 |
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LOL Been there for sure. Yes there’s an air suspension off switch inside the trunk on the left.