The Car thread

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Coll2-8 said:
Finally, someone is bringing up a respectable car here. (y):cool::LOL: I've been following this topic for a while, but since the discussion was only about small cars, I wasn't very motivated to participate the discussion, even though I actually have gasoline in my blood. :ROFL:

Yes, RAMs are very cool, and I would love to drive one someday. (y)


Too bad, but why is that? :unsure:
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Perhaps your gasoline is for bigger litred vehicles :LOL:
..but what car do you have now?

Coll2-8 said:
Too bad, but why is that? :unsure:
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Here RAMs fall under a light weight trucks (kevytkuorma-AUTO), even though my driving licence allows me to drive some of them (based on weight), but RAMs are registered as truck mostly due tax reasons. And no way I am going back to driving "school" to get a "bigger" license.
 
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It's ok, people often get confused between cars and trucks. Now that we have SUVs that are more of a cross between a car and a truck.

The traditional car is likened to the station wagon, back when they had horses. Or a sedan, even earlier where people carried other people on top of poles with a seat on the poles.

A van is short for caravan, a roomy vehicle that can tow other things (or be towed)

A small car with 2 doors is often known as a coupe. Because you are cooped up inside lol

Yea the things you learn about cars, it's a whole 'nother world.

Horse riding, truck driving and other vehicles need their own thread I think.
 
Tazzo said:
Perhaps your gasoline is for bigger litred vehicles :LOL:
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Haha yes thats for sure! :LOL:

Tazzo said:
..but what car do you have now?
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Which one do you mean? I have two ;) (Hmm... or three with the old one)

The old one was a over 30 years old Subaru. It served me well many years. :cry: The new one is something much different. An American Sedan from 2008 in a very good condition. :)

Tazzo said:
Here RAMs fall under a light weight trucks (kevytkuorma-AUTO), even though my driving licence allows me to drive some of them (based on weight), but RAMs are registered as truck mostly due tax reasons. And no way I am going back to driving "school" to get a "bigger" license.
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I expected something like that. Fortunately, that's not the case here, but you pay taxes by weight here. So the taxes for a "truck" like that are probably not that cheap.
 
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Coll2-8 said:
Haha yes thats for sure! :LOL:


Which one do you mean? I have two ;) (Hmm... or three with the old one)

The old one was a over 30 years old Subaru. It served me well many years. :cry: The new one is something much different. An American Sedan from 2008 in a very good condition. :)


I expected something like that. Fortunately, that's not the case here, but you pay taxes by weight here. So the taxes for a "truck" like that are probably not that cheap.
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How are your driving skills?

30 year old Subaru is impressive. How many miles did you clock on that one?

I thought it was Toyotas that never died, not Subaru. But now I think Toyota owns Subaru.
 
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Lanolin said:
How are your driving skills?
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What exactly do you mean or why do you ask? I don't know but I would say not too bad, although I am a rather calm driver. I have also driven longer distances at a stretch. 1000 km (620 miles) with only a few short breaks.

Lanolin said:
30 year old Subaru is impressive. How many miles did you clock on that one?
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Over 306,000 km (190,000 miles). And now it was time for the state inspection, which unfortunately we have here, but it probably wouldn't have passed and I would have had to invest a lot of money.

Lanolin said:
I thought it was Toyotas that never died, not Subaru. But now I think Toyota owns Subaru.
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Toyota has practically disappeared here, you hardly see them anymore, which I think is a shame. Volvos, on the other hand, are considered unbreakable, with up to half a million kilometers or even more. Toyota has a stake in Subaru, but I don't think they have a majority share. Subaru doesn't just build cars, either.
 
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Lanolin said:
Ram isn't a car. It's a truck. Cars are different from trucks. They are both automobiles, but look at the title of this thread...it's about CARS.
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Lanolin said:
This thread isn't attracting as many males as I thought it would....
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Just FYI, where I live you won't pull many guys into a vehicle discussion if you don't include trucks. Pickuptrucks are almost considered a standard of manhood in the countryside.
 
Snackersmom said:
Just FYI, where I live you won't pull many guys into a vehicle discussion if you don't include trucks. Pickuptrucks are almost considered a standard of manhood in the countryside.
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oh start a truck thread then.
Yea cars are common.
But pickup trucks just don't work in the city and they are annoying. And many women don't want to be a farmer's wife. It's too much backbreaking work.
 
Lanolin said:
oh start a truck thread then.
Yea cars are common.
But pickup trucks just don't work in the city and they are annoying. And many women don't want to be a farmer's wife. It's too much backbreaking work.
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I'm not looking to start a truck thread, was just saying how you could attract more dudes to your conversation, since you said that was what you were expecting. 🤓

Farming these days can vary greatly. Some require a lot of manual labor and some not as much. In the USA a lot of farmers wives hold an off-farm job to provide steady income and health insurance.

Where I live is rural and pickups are common but full-time farming isn't. Trucks are useful for other things too, most tradesmen drive them so they can haul tools and supplies.
 
Snackersmom said:
I'm not looking to start a truck thread, was just saying how you could attract more dudes to your conversation, since you said that was what you were expecting. 🤓

Farming these days can vary greatly. Some require a lot of manual labor and some not as much. In the USA a lot of farmers wives hold an off-farm job to provide steady income and health insurance.

Where I live is rural and pickups are common but full-time farming isn't. Trucks are useful for other things too, most tradesmen drive them so they can haul tools and supplies.
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Where I live you ask your friends with trucks to let you borrow it to move furniture and appliances. :sneaky:
 
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Snackersmom said:
I'm not looking to start a truck thread, was just saying how you could attract more dudes to your conversation, since you said that was what you were expecting. 🤓

Farming these days can vary greatly. Some require a lot of manual labor and some not as much. In the USA a lot of farmers wives hold an off-farm job to provide steady income and health insurance.

Where I live is rural and pickups are common but full-time farming isn't. Trucks are useful for other things too, most tradesmen drive them so they can haul tools and supplies.
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We call them utes here.
Vans are more practical in the city, I don't live rurally. While it's true more men drive trucks than women, I've seen some female bus and truck drivers, so ?? I did work as a somewhat female tradie (gardener) and one of my bosses, who was female, drove the pick up. I have driven one - it was an Isuzu ute, but it was too big for me to handle to drive all the time, as I'm petite, so it wouldn't be safe for me.
I chose cars because both men and women drive them, so its one thing we actually have in common!

Yes well farming in NZ is a lot of work, we have dairy farms, sheep (high country) farms, market gardens, orchards..those who live on lifestyle blocks or have 'hobby farms' tend to do it for the lifestyle but they also have help/wwoofers, and child slaves lol
 
Sculpt said:
Where I live you ask your friends with trucks to let you borrow it to move furniture and appliances. :sneaky:
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Here it's vans or minivans - I drive a mini van. So practical. I've moved furniture and appliances. Could fit a fridge in the funcargo. So sad I crashed...
 
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Someone in my street drives a bus, and yesterday a huge double decker coach was parked outside their house, and nearly blocking the entrance to our street. I like riding up the top of the double decker. I don't know what it's like to drive, I'd be scared going under bridges!
 
Manhood lol.
What else is essential for manhood do you think. What would be essential manhood things for those living in an urban environment?
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