Why You Drive What You Own/Wish to Own...

[Gao Bohan]

And a Honda Ridgeline is a top of the line truck? What kind of redneck are you? I don't think it even qualifies as a truck at all -- more like a car with a pickup truck styling.

Whatever. I like its technical features, the extra storage space, and the smooth ride. I don't need to haul mobile homes.

[sulavaca]

I've always wanted one of these:

http://www.wolseleyworld.com/oddities-gyrocar.php

I'm working on it.

That's brilliant! I'd never heard of such a car. You've made my day.

[Ducked]

I've always wanted one of these:

http://www.wolseleyworld.com/oddities-gyrocar.php

I'm working on it.

That's brilliant! I'd never heard of such a car. You've made my day.

Ahem! You saw it here first (if you were paying attention).

Photo seems to have gone though. I'll have a quick look at restoring it.

viewtopic.php?f=75&t=82190&p=1047969&hilit=Wolsley#p1047958

[smellybumlove]

why Not? What happened to the subies?

Nothing...SOT is still here, but they don't have the WRX in their lineup since selling out the 26 2008-'09 WRXs they brought in. They still sell the Forester, Legacy and WRX STI.

Thats the problem, the legacy has god awful suspension and a slushbox, great boot though.
The forester is not as good as the old one, but its priced well, problem is its got a 4 speed slushbox.

The only sub that made sense was the 1 million WRX hatchback, now its just the overpriced posers STI without the hatch or the mediocre models mentioned above

I bought a MK6 gti btw, its the only car in the 1.4 mill price range that can get increase your heartrate

[MJB]

I love my ride....Impractical, impossible to park, and gets a whopping 430km off of a 100liter tank of gas on a good days city driving. If you drive a Prius...I'm the reason you have to

[finley]

I've always wanted one of these:

http://www.wolseleyworld.com/oddities-gyrocar.php

I'm working on it.

That's brilliant! I'd never heard of such a car. You've made my day.

Ahem! You saw it here first (if you were paying attention).

Photo seems to have gone though. I'll have a quick look at restoring it.

viewtopic.php?f=75&t=82190&p=1047969&hilit=Wolsley#p1047958

Damn ... I can't believe someone else has actually heard of this thing.

I'm working on a modern version of this (eight-inch prototype stands up, but that's all so far). I think those early pioneers misunderstood bicycle dynamics, and modern control systems theory has moved on a lot since then. Basically, I think it's impossible to manually steer such a vehicle - it must be drive-by-wire. The nice thing is, inertial reference platforms are dirt-cheap these days; likewise with computing power. Bizarrely, the only thing that's still difficult is running a gyroscope at high speed under vacuum. Bearing technology hasn't moved on that much.

[tommy525]

Honestly I think my RSX would be a great car for the wan, cept Id get an automatic one for the endless taipei traffic jams. My stick shift has a really heavy clutch that would wear my foot out if I was in taipei traffic with it.

Its got great room for two 177cm people plus great room for two 160cm like people in the back. And still room for two large suitcases. Looks real nice and drives very sportily. Not hugely fast but BMW 325i fast.

PLus I get bout 45 km per 3.8Liter which would keep the fuel costs low, plus it only needs 92 not 95 or 98.

http://www.edmunds.com/acura/rsx/2003/

[tommy525]

Honestly I think my RSX would be a great car for the wan, cept Id get an automatic one for the endless taipei traffic jams. My stick shift has a really heavy clutch that would wear my foot out if I was in taipei traffic with it.

Its got great room for two 177cm people plus great room for two 160cm like people in the back. And still room for two large suitcases. Looks real nice and drives very sportily. Not hugely fast but BMW 325i fast.

PLus I get bout 45 km per 3.8Liter which would keep the fuel costs low, plus it only needs 92 not 95 or 98.

http://www.edmunds.com/acura/rsx/2003/

Still own that car? Great, could you tell us more about it because in over 25 threads that you posted about it, I am not sure we got enough information.
Where is Red Wagon when you need him.

Actually I don't think iv mentioned it more then a few times. But hell yeah im gonna drive this thing till 300,000 miles as most survive that long. Mines only got 100,000 miles on it. Hey give me your email, I will give you pages and pages and pages of more info. I know you want it !!

Now bugger off ya little *&*&*&*& carrunt.
wait you are in the USA? come on over, have a brewski on me.

And we can talk bout my car ! Maybe i will handcuff you to the steering wheel until you swear you like it (just kidding, but I will give you a ride down Marin street in it).

[tommy525]

Hey lets have a brewski if and when im in town and you can tell me all bout it.

[tommy525]

YOu got some cool rides. Iv driven Jeeps here (but only one the road as the car belongs to the dealer and they wont let me go offroad) and I like the FJ cruiser.

Which was also a dealer car on a demo. NO offroading

Somehow the FJ feels like u are driving a pretty large vehicle when actually you are not. And iv seen one tow a pretty large boat too.

I should drive my friends. He drives his when he is not driving his Gallardo (seriously).