What's your favourite "normal" car?

Cars that aren't typical "boy racer" or young people cars...

I have been enjoying driving my dad's auto A31 Cefiro (2.5l 6). A great cruiser and a life saver in the ridiculous traffic I encounter on the northern after work Had to give it back today though.

Others?

My dads Honda Accord V6 Mugen 3L V6 auto, needs the tinted windows, the bling wheels and a good lowering and it'd be the shiz lol but nice car to drive

Hmm that's a pretty big grey area

The only other car I really drive apart from mine is our work Corolla wagon, and well, it doesn't really do it for me. My parents have a Toyota Windom, which I HATE. It feels like you're manoveuring a boat. I drove their old 1.6L automatic Corolla sedan for years before I got my own car, and I really enjoyed it. Totally understand what you mean about having the automatic in traffic, though. Can't be beat!

I've got a 2003 Corolla Auto for work, handles not too shabby, brakes good, just lacks a whole lotta power, the thing is death to drive on long trips (like too Taupo which I do every couple of months) you can get as friendly as ya like with the go pedal but it just doesn't go.....

Used to love driving my mum's bemma

89 BMW 525i with a 3.5L engine, auto transmission. 17" alloys, lowered, charcoal gray, fully debadged except for the BMW logo on the front and back

I'm ashamed to say it, but I found my mum's Rav-4 a lot of fun to drive after the subbie wagon. It's smaller and sort of zippier, but I guess not as comfortable.

yeah they suck au
my mate has one and i thought it would drive similar to my diamante but it felt like the old chrysler limo i had only no 360 V8 and no cool points

You mum changed the engine in her BMW Trance_ra?

Ya think that qualifys in the 'normal' category? hehe

My cars a pretty normal car.. I'll go for that.. but last night I realised how much I miss manual

Nothing like being able to select the gear you want at the time you want it!

How do you rate your Diamante, cheet? I'm thinking of getting one but I think they might be a bit big?

The mazda 6 and honda accord euros both look pretty good. Haven't seen any boy racers in either.

Not boy racer cars, too expensive and front wheel drive, my mums got a Accord Euro, won car of the year, nice car to drive 2.4L just not fast enough for my liking.

I've been trying to get my work to take back my Corolla and give me a mazda 6 for ages! no luck as yet...

I wouldn't mind the 04 Accord Euro R (CL7) 2.0 225hp

Id rather have a honda civic type R and turbo it 400BHP

Yeah well wouldn't we all, though it would be bitch to drive. A guy on the NZhondas board has just picked up the EP3 and is supercharging it

Beyond Performance have a Civic with a B18C with 600HP!! not bad for a 1.8L

Wouldn't be a bitch to drive at all, just have to get used to understeer

A guy off the nzhonda boards is selling his 98 civic, has a B18CR with a full top fuel turbo kit. Makes a good 500hp would be my buy if i had $40,000 to spend on a car

My grandads merc is nice as. 2004 cl600. 6l V12 Twin Turbo. around 500bhp..... very luxery car and weighs about 4 tonne hahah gota 4" screen with a DVD player. In cabin adjustible suspension

hehe ever heard of what top gear think of Mercedes handling??

Nice, love the Top Fuel stuff, they really know their shit, especially when it comes to turbo Hondas.

For $40,000 Id buy a Series 6 RX7 and get a Dyson Race prepped 13B turbo motor (have it at 500BHP) the Honda will be eaten.

i'd quite like a toyota echo, but that comes second to the getz

I like to drive my mum's Charriot, it makes me feel like i am in a spaceship

you quite like old clarkson dont ya

any toyota corolla. cheap, easy parts availability, and toyota reliability. can you ask for much more?

Clarkson is a crack up, you need to take most things he says with a grain of salt but at least hes real and honest, I don't go on just what hes said lol thats crazy, but watching the stig throw some of those big mercs round the track you can see the boat like handling from a mile away.

I was driving one of work's 2004 nissan pulsars (the sedan ones) when I was in wellington, nice to drive around town and had enough guts on the motorway to be comfy, don't think it would do a great long trip though.

When my dad had a nissan sx (200 or 300?) a few years ago i liked driving that. he's only got a hilux ute right now (shame to drive ...) as he's deciding what to buy next and my sister stole his other car. i think he wants the new 3-series, not quite sure (i was going for a nice merc )

i liked driving those new (well not really anymore) subarus, the ones that are about $60-65K?) went for a test drive. that tiptronic shit confuses me though.

Is that the push forward to change up etc? Thats confused the hell outta me until I got the hang of it, makes much more sense to pull back to change up, some cars are that way some are the other way, nice and confusing for everyone..

My mum had a galant V6-24 which had the tiptronic shift, was quite fun once ya got the hang of it, it also changes down for u just not up crazy huh

The engine was changed but not by us, it was swapped over with an engine from a 535, by the guy we bought it off. There was a problem with the block on the old one. So its pretty much same as a standard 535i