(02-01-2021, 09:26 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Bummer that they just axed the Accord Coupe. I had read an article somewhere recently about "Affordable sleepers", and the V6 Accord coupe was listed.

I remember when the Legend first came out. It was back in my insurance adjuster days, and I went out to look at a new Legend Coupe that had been tapped by one of our insureds. The owner was quite full of himself. I said "Wow, nice car", to which he answered "Yes, nice EXPENSIVE car", and looking at the Ford Taurus company car I had arrived in, told me that I would never be able to work hard enough in my lifetime to be able to afford an Acura Legend.

(02-01-2021, 01:55 PM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I do like Land Cruisers! I’d love one but prices are steep.

Taurus SHO? Yeah, I wish. This was an insurance company car. Base model with plastic hubcaps. Which we cool guys pulled off to make ‘em look more tough for the rougher neighborhoods of early 1990s L.A.

(02-01-2021, 06:34 PM)tod.branko_imp Wrote: Interesting topic this. I agree that car choice has nothing to do with the choice of motorcycle, but I believe that both a car a motorcycle need to serve a purpose. For every single person the purpose is different, and then we all have biases. I don't think that a truck or a van is necessary if one wants to haul bikes around, I solve that with a trailer, and almost any car can tow a single bike on a trailer. I am biased towards estates, so I have a couple of those, any can tow at any given time and as I have a long highway commute I look for cars with bigger understressed engines. I still like a car to drive like a car though, so as much as SUVs or pick-up trucks or vans are appealing, I stick to cars.

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed

(02-01-2021, 11:48 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote:

(02-01-2021, 06:34 PM)tod.branko_imp Wrote: Interesting topic this. I agree that car choice has nothing to do with the choice of motorcycle, but I believe that both a car a motorcycle need to serve a purpose. For every single person the purpose is different, and then we all have biases. I don't think that a truck or a van is necessary if one wants to haul bikes around, I solve that with a trailer, and almost any car can tow a single bike on a trailer. I am biased towards estates, so I have a couple of those, any can tow at any given time and as I have a long highway commute I look for cars with bigger understressed engines. I still like a car to drive like a car though, so as much as SUVs or pick-up trucks or vans are appealing, I stick to cars.

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed

What is an estate?

(02-02-2021, 12:00 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Ferret, an estate is a traditional term for wagon. You know, those things they don’t really sell here in the US any more.