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[asiafish]

I like my dad's chevy truck - keeps going, and does everything my friend's sports cars can do (lots of fun in the snow) .

Trucks are designed to haul stuff, and sports cars to be nimble and quick. The two usually don't go together and you must always compromise one to get the other.

I love driving my Mercedes C300 Sport on twisty mountain roads and my Ford F-150 is a fabulous hauler, but the two are polar opposites in their capabilities, though they do overlap in the "daily driving" middle.

[A31]

we have a 1996 Rover Mini Equinox SPi model and it's well good fun on the twsity roads!! not so much fun in the snow and rain!! picture here: http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww30 ... 030573.jpg (spent March - September 2009 restoring/rebuilding it, purchased the car in November 2008)
Why are we talking about cars on this particular topic thoguh??

[asiafish]

Cool car! Looks like a blast to drive, but I would venture that it would fare poorly towing a trailer.

[A31]

Cool car!

Cheers!!

Looks like a blast to drive,

Yeah, always look forward to drive in the Mini!!

but I would venture that it would fare poorly towing a trailer.

I think you're right!! Put it this way - it doesn't have a towbar on the back of the car to pull trailers but it has one on the front of the car so that it can be towed - can't think why!!
We have a 2007 Renault Scenic 2.0 for this job anyway, it's company car and we're getting a new one this year, thinking of a Citreon C3... funky car.

[emeraldgirl08]

A31. I love that car! How much would something like that cost in US dollars???

Oh and since we mentioned a Chevy....

http://yfrog.com/iysmileysnowblazerj

This Blazer has almost 300,000 miles on it. It's still going strong.

[A31]

A31. I love that car! How much would something like that cost in US dollars???

Well, you can look here http://motors.shop.ebay.com/Cars-Trucks ... w=1&_rdc=1 and look for Austin Minis (ours is a Rover), we got ours for £2,000 off eBay ($3,100) and we spent about £5,000 rebuilding it ($7,900), don;t be alarmed though, most of that cost was spent on imperial tools!! Sadly for you though, emerald (and any other American users), as hardly any classic Minis were improted into the USA due to safety legeslation and BMC not bothering to comply with those legeslations, there are far more Minis for sale on here http://motors.shop.ebay.co.uk/Classic-C ... 86.c0.m282

You can see the restoration progress here http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/ww30 ... /?start=20, there also some pictures of my ThinkPads in there and some pictures from Santa Pod drag strip...
It is very hard to get a Classic Mini that needs nothing at all doing to it, we had to replace fllors, wings, front ends, you name it!!

I'm glad you all like the car!