Our Cars (dream or actual)

[Matt]

Have to go car shopping tonight. Middle of last week the car started acting funny at the beach. Jumped from 1st to 2nd. It got worse and on Saturday for the 3 hour drive home it wouldn’t go more than 40 mph and couldn’t have the ac on. No acceleration whatsoever. It was awful. But hey, new car.

[AdamJ]

@Matt what are you in the market for?

[goosehd]

Porsche 911. Just a suggestion

[Matt]

Subaru. I’ll let you know more later. Got my eyes on something.

[Alex]

@Matt

[louisbosco]

@Matt better be a 22b

[Matt]

I would love a WRX actually but I’m afraid our sights may be set a little lower.

[Brian]

Manthey gt3 rs

Job done

[NickD]

@Alex Comes with a built in picnic table. Practical.

[Giles]

So does the Manthey

[Brian]

Can also be used as a stand up work desk

[Giles]

Hahahahaha

[louisbosco]

@Matt levorg

[Cymro]

@Giles said in Our Cars (dream or actual):

So does the Manthey

And the Manthey would have a built in heat source underneath the picnic bench to keep the pizza warm!

[deanclean]

Well I’m now a proud owner of a 1979 VW T3 air cooled Transporter. It’s in Poland currently so now the journey begins for it to get to me in Canada. I’m pretty excited. These things really don’t exist here, especially in this good of shape. I had someone go inspect it and so far everything checks out. Hopefully I get it in a month or so.

[endo]

very nice

[deanclean]

Thanks @endo it looks good and was inspected but it doesn’t make me any less nervous. I’ve always loved these. My wife doesn’t share the same enthusiasm but is happy for me so I guess that’s all that matters.

[endo]

I hope it all works out well. Such a beautiful car! They were very common here in Germany in the past. I drove one for a couple of years in the 90s (but the Kombi, Typ 253).
How do you get it from Poland to Canada, and what does that cost?

[deanclean]

Well the price of the truck itself was very reasonable. There is nothing for sale in this shape in all of Canada from what I could find. I found one that was pretty good and they wanted more than what this cost. I think since they are sort of rare that everyone thinks they have a pot of gold. I think in the end though I will end up paying more. Shipping is a killer, then duty, then I have to pay tax, get a safety, etc. the shipping alone is about $4500 CAD. With all that other stuff on top.

[Matt]

Appears to be in great shape. Very cool. I saw the my first electric VW bus in the neighborhood yesterday. I think those are pretty cool.