What car do you drive your camera around in and is it a he or a she?

What car do you drive your camera around in and is it a he or a she?

  • Him

    Votes: 15 13.3%

  • Her

    Votes: 22 19.5%

  • Hermaphrodite

    Votes: 6 5.3%

  • It

    Votes: 70 61.9%
  • Total voters
    113
  • Poll closed .
dark red BMW 328 (2010) for zippy trips.

But the usual mode when the trip is several thousand miles, much of it vertical and/or unpaved, it's the 2006 Toyota 4Runner, also dark red. The Runner has saved my a$$ on more than one occasion.
The 3 series BMW is a great car and I respect it.
But I love my Runner.
 
2010 Renault Megane 250 RS with Cup Chassis
1989 mk2 Golf GTI 16v 'run out model'
2004 Fiat Panada 4x4

I love cars and would change everyday if I could!

Best car I've ever owned / driven...1986 Peugeot 205 GTI. Proper car. (better handling than any of the cars worth £000'000 I've driven (but not owned))
 
Originally Posted by bigeye
Interesting how many jeeps (in US) and LRs (in UK).

Roger Hicks said:
Well, yes. It's a RANGEFINDER forum. Not a computer-mapped does-it-all-for-you autofocus-cruise-control forum.

Cheers,

R.
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Yeah...multiple break downs, endearingly unreliable, good if you like to tinker, but those who just want to 'point and shoot' go with Toyota, Subaru et al.
 
scarletfawth said:
2010 Renault Megane 250 RS with Cup Chassis
1989 mk2 Golf GTI 16v 'run out model'
2004 Fiat Panada 4x4

I love cars and would change everyday if I could!

Best car I've ever owned / driven...1986 Peugeot 205 GTI. Proper car. (better handling than any of the cars worth £000'000 I've driven (but not owned))
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Peugeots are much underrated. I really liked my 504 estate. But for power and handling... 1984 Jaguar XJ12 HE. For handling without much power: early 50s to early 60s TR2/3/4. Then again, with almost no power, you don't need much handling: 1936 MG TA. And for the perfect combination of luxury and handling: Rover P5.

Cheers,

R.
 
scarletfawth said:
Originally Posted by bigeye
Interesting how many jeeps (in US) and LRs (in UK).

Yeah...multiple break downs, endearingly unreliable, good if you like to tinker, but those who just want to 'point and shoot' go with Toyota, Subaru et al.
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Yes, but if you want to be able to fix the breakdown when it happens (and they all break down sooner or later, under sufficiently harsh conditions) then Series Land Rovers suddenly spring to the fore again.

I HATE tinkering. But then, I understand the value of (a) regular maintenance and (b) knowing what you're doing. I don't know how many miles my 1972 88 inch station wagon had on it when I bought it in 2002, but I've put 100,000 on it since, and been stranded once (gearbox failure), 15 miles from home.

Likewise I've only been stranded once in well over 100,000 miles in 29 years on my BMW R100RS. I just like simple, reliable (when maintained),reparable engineering.

Cheers,

R.
 
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With tears in my eyes I just sold my beloved '98 Toyota 4Runner. When I passed the keys to the new owners it had made it almost to 400,000 miles - 393, 452, to be exact. I hated to part with it, but I do lots of long-distance trips (or I used to, at least) and thought maybe "The Dream" (my wife named it when we bought it) needed a rest. I have new 2010 4Runner, but for economy and fun my Cooper S holds all the gear I need, and saves me $$$ in petrol.

Still miss The Dream, tho. She was a great, solid, reliable steed!

Mark
 
Ezzie said:
Hahaha. I once rented a Corolla in Namibia. Everyone drove Bakkies (pick-up trucks). But it got us wherever we wanted to go, even out to Soussus-Vlei. The underside was polished clean, but I never heard from the hire-car company.
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In Namibia in 2009
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/
everywhere we went, "4wd only" or not, when we got there, in the car park there would inevitably be at least one Toyota Yaris, although usually several.

We drive a Hyundai i30 diesel - I have to afford the film and chemistry somehow. It is called "June Day" after an hilarious interaction with a Panamanian where we tried to explain what our car back home was.

Marty
 
I´m usually driving a never named Ford Escort ´93 owned by my GF.
It only drives me there when shooting.
Plans are for buying after my retirement a 4WD Ford F 100 XLT with long cabin. This one is to do more or less what Ansel Adams did with his Travelall many years ago but in my contry.
Cheers
Ernesto
 
Blackie - AMG CLK55 cab
Katie - Jaguar xk coupe silver( the XK was designed using Kate Winslet as the designers inspiration. No BS)
Yamaha V-star
 
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Ezzie said:
Hahaha. I once rented a Corolla in Namibia. Everyone drove Bakkies (pick-up trucks). But it got us wherever we wanted to go, even out to Soussus-Vlei. The underside was polished clean, but I never heard from the hire-car company.
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I rented a city golf in Namibia and it got us everywhere but up a volcano - didn't have the clearance or approch angle to climb over 18 inch steps🙂

Landed in campsite as the only 2wd car there and enjoyed the camping


My daily drive is currently a BMW 130i that I've got as a company pool car🙂
 
Mark A. Fisher said:
With tears in my eyes I just sold my beloved '98 Toyota 4Runner. When I passed the keys to the new owners it had made it almost to 400,000 miles - 393, 452, to be exact. I hated to part with it, but I do lots of long-distance trips (or I used to, at least) and thought maybe "The Dream" (my wife named it when we bought it) needed a rest. I have new 2010 4Runner, but for economy and fun my Cooper S holds all the gear I need, and saves me $$$ in petrol.

Still miss The Dream, tho. She was a great, solid, reliable steed!

Mark
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Dear Mark,

The real one, or the BMW parody?

Old Mins were great. The new ones.... aaargh! Though at least it's a more honest design than the modern pseudo-Beetle.

Cheers,

R.
 
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