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I don't think there's a single insurance company in the UK that'll insure you anything over a 4cylinder anyway.

Insurance for me, third party only (not including fire or theft) at 17 with full pass plus (an extra thing you can do in the uk, teaches you some extra driving skills) on a 1.6l engine would cost ~?3000 a year. Once I've shelled out ?1000 for my lessons, ?1000 for a car that's ?5000 , or $8,700 USD.

It's mental. I don't need a car because public transport where I live happens to be very good, I just want :pe :p

holy **** ^

driver education class:

- @ school = Free (1 semester long)

- outside = ~$100 - $200 (3 days long)

driver training: (under age 18)

- @ school = cheaper ~$100 (sometimes free)

- outside = ~$150 (sometimes cheaper if you get the driver education and training combo)

Driving Test:

- $24 for your license (if you pass)

$400 AT MOST!!

insurance.. two cars, full coverage.. multiple car discount, good driver discount, and good student discount = $1,500/Year

^Nice, here driving lessons are ?20 an hour average. My brother managed to find his for ?18 an hour, but only because he happened to slightly know the guy.

I just took the ?1000 as how I'm going to get mine done, by buying in bulk, so I'm essentially hiring the guy for a week to teach me to drive. It's an intensive course where you learn to drive and take your test all within the week. Tests here cost ?50, I don't know about tax and MOT, I should imagine they add up to about ?400.

I suppose if you really went with the bare minimum you could get the tests down to ?400, grab a car from ebay for ~?300, but insurance would still be ~?2000 once you've payed tax and mot that's ?3000, $5,220 USD.

^ Thanks jax, I was merely guessing by what I'd heard, tried to figure out myself.

Another thing you have to factor in is petrol, in the UK we pay ~97p per litre.

1 litre = 0.22 gallons

10litres = 2.2 gallons

10 litres = ?9.70

10 litres = 16.8810 USD

Just realised, you work in gallons over there. Erm......you can work it out.

^ Thanks jax, I was merely guessing by what I'd heard, tried to figure out myself.

Another thing you have to factor in is petrol, in the UK we pay ~97p per litre.

1 litre = 0.22 gallons

10litres = 2.2 gallons

10 litres = ?9.70

10 litres = 16.8810 USD

Just realised, you work in gallons over there. Erm......you can work it out.

10L = 2.6417205G

10L/9.70 = $16.83 USD

or

6.37 per gallon wow

^otherwise known as the pontiac GTO in the states.. i really dislike that car for some reason, i think its the way the rear side looks.. its so fat and makes the tires real tiny.. just looks weak :/

I 3rd that.

Everywhere you go in Australia now you see these.

I just reckon they are too common and don't have any personality.

I drive a Mitsubishi Outlander VR-X 4WD.

Decided to take a pic of all the cars we own... - and grand prix.

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Yeah.. they are all dirty. Its the middle of winter... and I took it from inside... because its 8F outside. Burr.

The white one is a 95 Chrysler LHS. Good car aside for some transmission problems. Those are getting fixed right now. The LHS has a 3.5L v6 making around 215 HP and 220 lbs of torque. Has some nice passing punch... but its more of an old luxury car than a speed demon. Its got a moonroof, leather, and I completely re did the system. New speakers and subs. It has two 2-way speakers in the front doors.. 3 tweeters in the dash... 2 5-way speakers for 6x9's... and 2 10inch 10w3v2d2 JL subs. Sounds alright... but no sound system is ever perfect and I'm always working on it.

The red car is a 02 Oldsmobile Alero. It's got a 2.2L I4 Ecotec engine... it used to be my car. But my bro got that when I bought the LHS. He's done a couple of mods to it... I don't know the whole list. Most notable is a CAI and new exhaust (not a fart can one... I'd be ****ed if he did that). It does have some nice pep now and sounds pretty cool with the CAI. I do miss that car... Its so much easier to drive then the tank I have now. We took it out to the track awhile back for ****s and giggles and it did the 1/4 in about 15 seconds... was defiantly under 16. I don't have the time slips with me to get the exact number.

And lastly the green thing is our Family van. A 95' Ford Windstar. Also known as the Loser Cruiser. 3.8L v6. Making about 210 HP. The thing sounds pretty sweet for being a van. People say "at least it sounds fast" lol. The thing has 160,000 miles on it.. has been to three trips to Florida... and its starting to have some issues.. but what do you expect for 160,000 miles.

Not in the picture is a 02 Grand Prix GT... black. Great car and have had zero problems with it. 3.8L v6 w/ dual exhaust making 200 HP and 230ish lbs of torque. Exhaust sounds sweet. 41,000 miles. Pretty fast car... with sunroof and leather. Not driven much... usually stays in the garage.

We had an 01 black impala... 3.4L v6 but sold that. That was an ok car... and it was fun to sit on corners or driveways pretending to be a cop. People always tapped their brakes when driving by. Downtown when people saw us they would go hide in the alleys. It was great. lol. Didn't need it... and we got an offer out of no where for it. I guess the guy who bought it noticed it just sat in the drive way... since it collected leafs from fall and never had the snow brushed off it. Asked 10,000 for it. Sold it for 11,000

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the tsx is a nice car, but i think car magazines gave it WAY to much hype.. saying it was better than the 3 series.. first thing i thought to myself was BULL****..

so i drove one.. and its no where near what a bmw drives like.. its a nice car, but you just can't compare it to the 3 series.. and its not that fast either..

Well, if Acura pays the magazine more than BMW and I were a writer, I'd praise the Acura too. :devil:

My car: 2000 Ford Escort ZX2

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^only had 57K miles on it and the factory parts when we bought it (2 yrs ago)

Parents car: 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5S

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^my parents car looks exactly the same, I got my license with it

Dad's truck: 1998 Ford Expedition XLT (4WD, 4.6L)

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took some pics to show the ground clearance of my car for another forum.. might as well share them here..

aint she a beauty :wub:

believe it or not.. 3 hours before these pictures were taken.. it was pouring RAIN.. where else in the world does it rain and then by 2pm you can drive to the beach to enjoy a nice sun and surf?

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I drive a 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE. I am extremely happy for this is my first car I just got it yesterday. Got it used at a tidbit over 67,000 miles. The specs really aren't impressive at all though... 126hp/129ft.lbs of torque, 0-60 @ 9 secs. I'm gonna buy many different mods for it in the future. :D

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