Nah, it was my (then) girlfriend's mother's old shitbox, and we fixed it up just enough to have a decently running vehicle. If there's one thing Corollas are, it's tough. And it was pretty cool to not have to even pay attention to backing up. Just put it in reverse and stop when you hear a crunch.

Sweet ride Mosh!

Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

This is what it replaced:

Nice, but the steering wheel is on the wrong side. 

seconded.

I don't think I could drive a stick on the wrong side, being a lefty and all, I have trained myself to adapt the other way already.

I dunno the actual history or anything, but I suspect thats why the US put the wheel on the left, because the right arm is usually the strong one, and way back when, I imagine transmissions required a fair bit of force to change gears, before syncromeshing. When I had my Triumph 2000 in the 1980's, I really wished I'd gotten an automatic, because as a manual, that thing was a bitch to change gears with my left hand. And the clutch needed all the strength in my left leg to push.

Lots of people think its because the Brits put the wheel on the right, just to be different, the US put it on the left.

Like I said, I dont actually know the real reason.

I can't guarantee the authenticity of this link and, frankly, it seems like bullshit without any references.  but here it is:

http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm

there's a nice map on it, demonstrating that this is mostly an oceania thing, these days.

Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

Man, that sounds like a GREAT time! Just like the old days. *sigh*

Yeah, I know...

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/634/why-do-the-british-drive-on-the-left

Danke. Come out, we'll cruise the Esplanade in St Kilda, pick up street walkers, spit roast them, and bury them in St Kilda beach.

Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...

Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.

Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...

that's hot.

Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.

Well, I call bullshit, because his link says the same thing as mine.

Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...

that's hot.

Hey Luke!! Heads or tails???

I call heads.

Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.

Have a browse around that site, then. Cecil Adams is hilarious and rarely very far off the truth. He is to bizarre questions what Snopes if to urban legends.

Good job Si! I love learning stuff like that.

Well, I call bullshit, because his link says the same thing as mine.

I didn't see yours.

Neither did I, actually.

 :'(

Lots of people think its because the Brits put the wheel on the right, just to be different, the US put it on the left.

C'mon, it's always about the British. Next you'll be telling me they took the U out of 'honour' because it saved ink.

Maybe they did, but it also makes it easier to spell.

Anyways... how about the rest of you post some pix of your wheels...

Nothing like a good ole fashioned spit roast. Ahh the memories...

that's hot.

Hey Luke!! Heads or tails???

I call front bum.

Anyways... how about the rest of you post some pix of your wheels...

My supercharged Bonneville at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Excuse the dirt... I don't have her licked down because I was on a trip.

nice set of wheels... whats the specs?

zoom zoom.

Mazda 3?

I was driving a 3 around for a week or two before I got the Calais. Nice car, but I didnt like how high I sat in it. They be great if you're not 6'2".

Although I hardly drive 'er anymore. More of a toy.

Here's my daily wheels:



(Not actually a picture of my truck, but one just like it. Except mine has no hood scoop, cuz it's gas VVTi instead of the turbo diesel in the pic)

Si, I forgot you have an Integra. I also forgot that it's not an "Acura" Integra. Lovely car. I had a 4 door some years back.

hip - I love the 3s. Both my step-dad and his wife have 3s. I'd love a 2010 Mazdaspeed Mazda 3. http://mazda3revolution.com/mazda3-guide/2010-mazda-3-hatchback-official-photos/

nice set of wheels... whats the specs?

It's 3.8L supercharged v6. They say about 240hp stock.

She'll do a burnout from hell even without a bunch of mods. If I had the extra tires I'd try for one like this.... (just like mine only black..)

Bonneville ssei on LSD

OK, get ready to get crushed EXTREME!!!

Meet Lucille:



5.2L V8
4sp Auto
4 Wheel drive
AM/FM/Cassette/CD/DVD/MP3
4 New Goodrich commercial knobbies
New rear axle
Pulls what's behind her at highway speed without breathing heavy
Takes 33 degree deer paths like they were an interstate
Cruises easily to Ft Worth and back at 77MPH
Respectable 22MPG
Seats me,  eitje  and a 17' canoe comfortably

She climbed this:



she'd better, I'm building a house up there...

Seats me,  eitje  and a 17' canoe comfortably

No euphemisms here!