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It's usually possible to get to even fairly rural locations using public transport here. Most European countries seem to be set up that way.

I grew up in a community of about 2K people. There's a bus into the nearby town of about 50K every two hours. Not great, but with a little planning, livable. From the town there's trains and buses to places further afield with a pretty decent schedule.

All this does require the political will to subsidise the transport system, of course. Public transport is hard to make profitable if most people with purchasing power have alternatives.

The Genreal Lee was a '69 Dodge Charger, not '68
But then again, they also used Cornets with the parts left over from the Chargers they wrecked.
I can't remember the total - but they only wrecked something like 321 of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_Lee

The most rare of them all is the last one built, - which was given or sold to John Schneider when the show ended.
Someone came along and stole the General Lee and no one has been able to find it since....

only 1 car now. 88 rx7 finishing the turbo swap soon. then i prollly will have to sell it.

I just sold a stage 1 v8 series Land rover,
A series 3 109 single cab,
A series 2a ex Australian army 109 single cab,
A disco v8 mk2 auto
but still have a 101 forward control British army Ambulance,
And a Defender 110 station wagon,
I am trying to kick the life long Landy obsession

^^^^wow wish I had the duckies to indulge my automotive dreams like that.

currently own a 1999 lexus ls400 that i love. i also semi-regularly drive a 1990 toyota camry that was once mine but is now shared with my sister.


when i get the money and garage space i'd love to pick up an old 70s barge, like a cadillac eldorado or lincoln mark IV or V.

those things are boats that won't fit into modern parking spaces, you'll need to take up two. plus they weren't especially comfortable compared to what you are driving now, and I so [nicely] envy you your top lexus

There you go that's the issue: I was buying Landies indulging my (Aspie) passion and it got me in the s**t a bit as i went OTT.
Got a grip on it now but!

the 2 sluggers that i call legs, mainly due to me having low income and little prospect for employment that I will be stuck on welfare or minimum wage jobs for the rest of my life

though if i was rich enough i wouldn't drive because i would just be too afraid to drive, maybe have a prize car just to have but never drive myself, haven't had a driving test yet so I can't say for sure how i'd cope

There are three in my family, one for each person who drives, since they all work in places that are not close to each other and there aren't any convenient bus stops by our house, so there's not much choice but for each of them to drive themselves to work. Me personally, I have zero - no point since I can't drive.

I don't own any. I cant drive cuz my vision is too bad & I couldn't afford the insurance even if I didn't have to pay for the vehicle.

thank

you

i know they are long,,,but looks like s lot of modern trucks are just as long and if they can get by then dammit i can too...in which way were they not very comfortable?

trucks have the advantage of an elevated driving position to better see and maneuver around all the obstructions [other traffic]. and with the exception of the air-suspended 90s Lincoln Towncar [which literally rode like it was on air over the worst bumps] those big ol' A body caddies and 70s/80s big Lincolns had either a superficially soft suspension [relatively stiff springs softened with big absorbent rubber bushings] that filtered out routine road rash but when confronted by a big bump/rut/pothole, would just about jolt your spine up into your sternum unless you crept over the bump/rut/pothole], or [Chrysler Imperial/New Yorker et al] a boat-like super-gooey suspension that was underdamped [on top of low spring rate coils] and sure the big bumps would feel soft enough but you'd be going BOINGBOINGBOING for the next several hundred feet or so, inducing seasickness, going around corners felt just like doing so in a boat on the water. IOW insufficient body control. remember that a suspension's first job is to keep the tires in solid contact with the road, everything else is gravy. these latter cars would have screechy tires going around corners at anything above a crawl, the suspension couldn't keep the rubber in contact with the road so they had the gravy but not the fundamentals. the air-suspended lincolns cost a fortune to maintain those air suspension components, most have in fact had the stuff torn out and replaced with medium-rate springs/struts or shocks, and do not ride spectacularly well compared to a typical older Mercedes sedan, not to mention a Citroen. the caddies and standard suspension older Lincolns also tend to have worn suspension bushings meaning the ride becomes notably stiffer than when new and also rattily over bumps, these must be replaced with equivalents for safety alone in addition to restoring their smooth-road ride. your Lexus rides WORLDS better that that old Detroit pig-iron, and you can take that to the bank!

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One!
2003 silver Volkswagen Beetle called Ramone.

I love the styling and ergonomics of those new beetles, wish I could have driven one.

I actually would like a car though. An old fashioned Landrover, with a border collie in the back.[/quote]

I can atest to the virtues of Landy ownership, but a collie .....surely not