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 .
dave lackey said:
I reckon I drove close to a half million miles in MG midgets and MGB's not to mention the MGTD!
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I still have an SCCA (~Touring Car) F-Production Midget. Vizard motor (100hp!). It's the only sports car around that is any fun at pseudo legal speeds and it's as quick as an XJS to 70mph. Nothing new is as much fun to drive under 70-100mph; they're simply too competent.

If I lived in Britain or commonwealth, I'd have a Series LR. But, they don't make much sense in the US. There are so few Series or D90 around that they go for the same cost as new well spec'd jeep and support is simply difficult. With the old LRs, you need some reserve for parts and maintenance.

I don't much care for the bloated JK; I'll maintain the TJ until the next, hopefully more sanely sized jeep iteration. I'm not happy with 4500lbs off road. (I wish even the TJ was 500 lbs lighter... I had the heavy back seat and doors off today, -200lbs/90kg - and the reduction makes a very noticeable difference.)

I'm running the BFG MT KM2s in 255/85-16 (a D90 size) and find them quite a bit better than the BFG AT, GY MTR and Dunlops I used previously. They do everything well, whereas the others had broader strengths and weaknesses.
 

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filmfan said:
I am relieved to see some people own Land Rover Defenders. I have been looking at these vehicles for a while but I cannot afford one.
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I sympathise. NAS versions are were and still are very expensive, much more so than over here. But then again we have had to make to with diesel power. V8 petrol versions are rare, a short run of 90's towards the end of the eighties, and a 50th anniversary model in 1998.
 
bigeye said:
I still have an SCCA (~Touring Car) F-Production Midget. Vizard motor (100hp!). It's the only sports car around that is any fun at pseudo legal speeds and it's as quick as an XJS to 70mph. Nothing new is as much fun to drive under 70-100mph; they're simply too competent.

If I lived in Britain or commonwealth, I'd have a Series LR. The don't make much sense in the US. There are so few Series or D90 around that they go for the same cost as new well spec'd jeep. With the old LRs, you need some reserve for parts and maintenance. I don't much care for the bloated JK; I'll maintain the TJ until the next, hopefully more sanely sized jeep iteration. I'm not happy with 4500lbs off road. (I would like the TJ was 500 lbs lighter... I had the heavy back seat and doors off today, -200lbs/90kg - and the reduction makes a very noticeable difference.)
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VERY true. They're surprisingly expensive in France too. It's a LOT cheaper for me to order parts from the UK. But as a Series driver... What is this 70-100 mph of which you speak?

(Actually my R100RS still tops 200 km/h but motorcycles are supposed to be faster. I think that both vehicles, both lightly modified, have about the same bhp at the crankshaft. If anything, the bike is 10-20% more powerful. Pity about the LR gearbox and transmission and the weight difference.)

Cheers,

R.
 
Michael Markey said:
My first LR was an `84 model still with the Series two/quarter petrol engine.

The one I have now is an `05 model with a two/half diesel.
I need to get some decent rubber for it....been bogged down once or twice this winter.
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There´s a 2 1/4 petrol in my Lucy too. Though slightly modified 😉 Over here you need two sets of tyres. All terrain just won´t do in winter, they are as hard as hockey pucks in the cold.

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Roger Hicks said:
Dear Mike,

Series 3! Incredibly underrated, and with silly-cheap parts, even if you don't buy the rock-bottom-basic knockoffs made of putty in China. I mean, who is going to save 12€ on a brake master cylinder when the 'expensive' one is only 29€?.......
Cheers,

r.
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I´ve used mine for 12 years now, daily drive. Run up 120.000Km and serviced by myself. She never lets me down (properly). 😉
 

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That little engine certainly drinks petrol.
I got about 15 mpg out of it ....dread to think what it would cost me now.
Petrol /diesel is knocking around £1.44 a litre ($2.35) at present.
Most of the series that I see have been converted to gas.
 
Michael Markey said:
That little engine certainly drinks petrol.
I got about 15 mpg out of it ....dread to think what it would cost me now.
Petrol /diesel is knocking around £1.44 a litre ($2.35) at present.
Most of the series that I see have been converted to gas.
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The upside of modern tech - the 130i has 265 hp and and I'm averaging better than 30mpg so far in the real world!
 
Michael Markey said:
That little engine certainly drinks petrol.
I got about 15 mpg out of it ....dread to think what it would cost me now.
Petrol /diesel is knocking around £1.44 a litre ($2.35) at present.
Most of the series that I see have been converted to gas.
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Gas conversions have been all but banned here. The government found out that they were loosing tax income on LPG sales (practically no tax), and to not come over as anti-environmentalist by slapping taxes on a green alternative fuel, they banned all conversions not performed by the manufacturer themselves instead, under the excuse that after market conversions were unsafe. As if there are any such conversions to be had.........
 
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A 1971 Saab 95 estate with a Group N rally-tuned engine, recaro interior and black wide original steel wheels. Was voted the ugliest car in history the year it was released and that was the prime reason i bought it. It just fits so well with my Hasselblad's...
 
That looks a nice motor Eirick.
Two sets of tyres !
I`ve heard about this .
In the UK winter continues to be a surprise every year so we do nothing ...apart from moan about it , slide about and crash into other cars 🙂
 
2000 Volkswagen New Beetle TDI running on 100 percent biodiesel. How does it contribute to my photography? Well, I guess because it gets such great mileage (around 36 mpg) it leaves me with more money to buy film? Really, I bought it to do my bit on cutting down on the Phoenix, Ariz., area's air pollution and to keep my money out of the coffers of those folks over in the Middle East who love us so much.
 
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I have an inherited 1983 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon, 95,000 miles. Good mechanically, body fair with no rust. none zero. Was garage kept since new and not washed much nor driven in the salt/snow.

2004 Buick LeSabre. Honey of a car not driven in the salt/snow.
13,000 miles, been to New York and eastern PA from Chicago with it. Little local driving. Finish is buffed out by me, waxed and a few coats of NuFinish over the wax. Shines like a black diamond. Those little fine scratches you find on every other car that look like cleaning scratches on a lens are not found on my car. They are treated the same, lens and car paint. Do not buy a black car, trust me. Mechanically perfect.

My son got my 1979 Oldsmobile and he still drives it in the winter. 65,000 mi.

1983 and 1979 are not typos. The 2004 Buick, 1979 Oldsmobile were purchased new. The 1983 wagon was purchased new by wife`s parents.
 
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'07 Honda Jazz, been loyal to the marque since the early 90s, owned three Civics prior...efficient and reliable....for fun, an '82 Mini 1000.
 
06 Toyota Corolla which was my first ever brand new car, chosen solely because as a PhD student I had driven around in an antiquated but seemingly indestructible Toyota which had done over 200,000 miles but never failed to start. Corolla is Matilda Jr in honor of the original Matilda that got me through my studies.
 
Jonas Adolfsen said:
A 1971 Saab 95 estate with a Group N rally-tuned engine, recaro interior and black wide original steel wheels. Was voted the ugliest car in history the year it was released and that was the prime reason i bought it. It just fits so well with my Hasselblad's...
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Nice Jonas. Life is too short to drive ordinary cars, and use ordinary cameras!

Like your avatar too. Hope you take this in the best meaning, but you rather look like your dad did 25 years ago, except for the glasses.
 
I also have another Land Rover in which I carry around my old cameras. Its a bit older, more in tune with the age of the cameras I've been using lately. Its a 1954 model 86".



Oh, and its a she.
 
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