The Official UCP Ownership Challenge

[McReis]

Great car! Congrats.

[HuisZi]

these Land Rover's are both of me.. The first is a Discovery/Range Rover(front:Range rover/back: Discovery) an the second is a Range rover classic from 1983

[Timothy (in VA)]

I got around to Eggnogging my new 1974 Mercury Cougar XR7 the other day . I went ahead and did the hood ornament too.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I suppose that's a column shift gearbox then

nice cars, the pair of you.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows

I suppose that's a column shift gearbox then

nice cars, the pair of you.

As far as I know, the Cougar XR7 only came with an auto box with a colum shifter, not a colum shifted manual.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer

Well, I finally got my new car. Within minutes of taking these pictures I park it in the garage and my mom gets into her car and opens her door into the side drivers panel of mine. A small ding but it kinda put me off, if you know what I mean. Ill get an estimate tommorow or something. Well here are some pictures, and the egg-nog.

Wow, that is quite nice. Good purchase.

As the others have said, it looks good in white.

[Timothy (in VA)]

Originally Posted by taz_rocks_miami

As far as I know, the Cougar XR7 only came with an auto box with a colum shifter, not a colum shifted manual.

Yes, it only came with an automatic. However, '74 Cougars with bucket seats could have the shifter in the center console. My car is a little unusual in that even though it has bucket seats and a center console, it was ordered with a column-mounted shifter.

[civic_ferio]

well i finally got round to my Egg Nog test...

even took my shifter off to make the paper look pretty LOL

camera died so i didn't do the hood pic, but who's gonna lie about owning this car... LOL

[h22a]

Thought I might prove ownership. Such a great car for snowtrips.
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[NSXType-R]

You live in Melbourne though...?

[h22a]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

You live in Melbourne though...?

yeah bro

2hours to buller
4hours to hotham - i must admit the buckets get a little uncomfortable after 4 hours but its great drive through the sticks. Has some donk sheer cliffs when you get close to the mountain but its simply not worth pushing your car around that sort of shit. Can very quickly ruin your trip.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by h22a

yeah bro

2hours to buller
4hours to hotham - i must admit the buckets get a little uncomfortable after 4 hours but its great drive through the sticks. Has some donk sheer cliffs when you get close to the mountain but its simply not worth pushing your car around that sort of shit. Can very quickly ruin your trip.

Wow, that's a long ride.

I understand about the cliffs, I've seen some really scary stuff too.

I'm hoping for an Impreza Wagon for my first car as well.

[h22a]

yeah, really impressed with the grip of AWD espicially in the wet. came out of a 2000 VTIR prelude, which is a nice car but such a difference in traction and power delivery. I'd recommend a WRX hatch to anyone who wants a descent sports car with ample space thats relatively cheap to run. ive been averaging around 10L per 100ks which im preety happy about considering i was averaging that in the honda

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by h22a

yeah, really impressed with the grip of AWD espicially in the wet. came out of a 2000 VTIR prelude, which is a nice car but such a difference in traction and power delivery. I'd recommend a WRX hatch to anyone who wants a descent sports car with ample space thats relatively cheap to run. ive been averaging around 10L per 100ks which im preety happy about considering i was averaging that in the honda

Any idea what's that in MPG?

I seriously am thinking about an Impreza. I really like the fact that it's a wagon. That can't be said about many cars here. Wagons are looked down on.

[h22a]

i think it equates to around 25mpg
Space wise, so convieniant - can easily fit 5 blokes with snow gear(roof racks fitted though).
Its quite suprising the overtaking ability at highway speeds with a full car load. i love it. a bit of a handful when she goes sideways in the wet, it requires lots of quick and small steering inputs.