Sold my 'summer' car because of my bike...

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Sold my 'summer' car because of my bike...

#1 Unread post by gsus »

It seems that my bike took a lot of the fun out of my summer car, 91 Toyota MR2... So much so, that I just sold it today- and now I'm in search for a more practical daily driver/bad weather car (thinking of a VW GTI), for when I'm not or cannot be on the bike. Am I alone? Or did some of you find a way to keep both (car & bike) just as fun?
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I'm lucky to have decent public transit for those winter messes that are un-rideable. That being said I do have a car that's shared between me and my bro and I used to have a daily driver Celica but I'm converting it into a street legal Rally car.

I'd rather take the bike, parking is a pain in the butt here which means my bro can have the car 95% of the time. All I ever use it for is late night drive thru...
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I keep an old BMW 316 as my winter car and ride around, driving 30 km on the freeway here takes you an hour and a half its so congested. My KDX is fitted for on road so instead of using the cruisher daily, I use the KDX at least I can mount a pavement which is necessary when or local taxis decide to make a 2 lane a 4 lane road (which is every day) at peak hour tracffic
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#4 Unread post by Gummiente »

CamSA wrote:I keep an old BMW 316 as my winter car
Pardon my ignorance of your country, but... winter?... in South Africa? :dunno:
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They have four seasons down under. Their winter is our summer and so on. It's spring in South Africa.
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#6 Unread post by tymanthius »

Remember, SOUTH Africa moves well away from the equator. It's more akin to Central US than Southern.

Look at a globe & it makes sense. Or an Aussie map of the world (AU is center).

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Edit: I wasn't looking at a globe, so I guessed wrong. Sorry. That, and I'm bad at geography. :)
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#7 Unread post by Gummiente »

Thanks for the lesson, boys, but my remark was made tongue in cheek. Winter to a Canadian means lots of snow and cold, cold weather... winter in South Africa can't possibly mean skiiing and frost bite, yes?
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being the same distance from the equator as south texas, I am thinking not.
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#9 Unread post by RockBottom »

Gummiente wrote:
CamSA wrote:I keep an old BMW 316 as my winter car
Pardon my ignorance of your country, but... winter?... in South Africa? :dunno:
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Gummiente wrote:Thanks for the lesson, boys, but my remark was made tongue in cheek. Winter to a Canadian means lots of snow and cold, cold weather... winter in South Africa can't possibly mean skiiing and frost bite, yes?
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