Post: #1326

(01-02-2019 08:15 PM)DJ-Matt Wrote:  Chatted with a guy in my Jeep club who went to military surplus auctions and actually bought an HMMV and said it was road-legal, not sure how he did that. That's the only one of those I'd want to own anyway since they've got diesel engines, but really poor mileage and lacking a lot of features. HMMVs also don't use a key ignition so you'd want to modify that or it might disappear.

(01-03-2019 12:29 AM)ShotgunUppercuts Wrote:  Hmmvs look good but they are slow.

If i had one id swap in a moderately modify cummings engine (hold the rolling coal mods) ,upgrade the a/c and some interior touches and call it a day.

The one to buy would be the civilian-version (H1's) - they have all the bells and whistles and utility of the HMMV but with civilian comfort and sensibilities. Also a lot of the later year H1's have diesel engines. The best one by far is the last model year, the 2006 H1 Alpha - has the 6.6L Duramax and the 5-speed Allison transmission.

The HMMV's and the older H1's mostly came standard with just 5.7L Chevy engines and were dog slow with like 200 HP. The HMMV's sold to civilians have turn signals and all the things needed to make them road legal (.50 cal turrets removed sadly haha).

If I were to own one I'd definitely prefer to get my hands on a later-model H1, or buy and oldie and clone it to be like the later models. You can get late 80's/early 90's ones for like $15k.

Post: #1327

The H1s look good but are so big they are impractical.

A friend has a H3. He bought it used. He likes it but says he had to sink $4500 to rebuild the engine and other repairs shortly after buying it.

Post: #1328

I really wish the h3 wasn’t the last vehicle hummer went out with .think they shared that giant 4 cylinder (or was it a 6?) with the trailblazer.

Id be curious to what they’d release today for a modern version of the h1.


Well we have the jeep gladiator so eh.

Post: #1329

(01-03-2019 03:07 PM)ShotgunUppercuts Wrote:  I really wish the h3 wasn’t the last vehicle hummer went out with .think they shared that giant 4 cylinder (or was it a 6?) with the trailblazer.

They came with the inline 5, the same engine they put in the Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon. H3's were gay, but H2's were gayer...

Post: #1330

(12-22-2018 10:15 PM)fktax Wrote:  

(12-22-2018 01:27 PM)Saweeep Wrote:  What the fuck is that white thing?

@dicknixon72 is correct it's a NM35 Nissan Stagea. Runs a 2.5 liter turbo VQ25DET engine and ATTESA 4WD system (aka Nissan GTR).

I like that thing what's the inside like?

Post: #1331

(01-03-2019 12:44 AM)ShotgunUppercuts Wrote:  Got my eyes set on this next year.
635csi

Not worth the trouble trust me on this.

Post: #1332

Trust me i did the research on these.timing chain has to be changed every 100,000miles .i dont mind doing that myself since i used to wrench alot a few years. Other than that the engines (m88/m90) are alright.

Suspension id just get some fancy coilovers and call it a day.

Post: #1333

Im moving to Wyoming in a couple of months and ill need a truck. Gonna find one of these,preferably a manual too.

My uncle had an orange short bed with a 350 in it. Built right they can be really neat.

Post: #1334

Best 4x4 and bang for your buck that is out there. It completely shits on your Western gas guzzlers.



I give you......the Lada Niva

Post: #1335

Da, comrade.

Tractor production is also up this year, correct?

Post: #1336

Is that a niva with leather seats ?
What the hell .. ?

Anyway, it's not sold here anymore, because of the CO2 taxes.
IIRC new price was 15 grand, CO2 tax was an additional 10, that killed it completely.

I think the jimny is also out this year for the same reason.

Post: #1337

I get my new car, a Mercedes C 220D. It's the AMG version by the looks, its a Diesel with 194 PS. All kind of electronic gadgets, driving assistant systems, digital display. The manual is thick like a science book.

   
   

Post: #1338

(01-04-2019 10:41 AM)Parzival Wrote:  I get my new car, a Mercedes C 220D. It's the AMG version by the looks, its a Diesel with 194 PS. All kind of electronic gadgets, driving assistant systems, digital display. The manual is thick like a science book.

Ugh! The made it even uglier.

Post: #1339

(01-03-2019 04:25 PM)ShotgunUppercuts Wrote:  Trust me i did the research on these.timing chain has to be changed every 100,000miles .i dont mind doing that myself since i used to wrench alot a few years. Other than that the engines (m88/m90) are alright.

Suspension id just get some fancy coilovers and call it a day.

No they don't who told you that?

Post: #1340

(01-03-2019 04:30 PM)ShotgunUppercuts Wrote:  Im moving to Wyoming in a couple of months and ill need a truck. Gonna find one of these,preferably a manual too.

My uncle had an orange short bed with a 350 in it. Built right they can be really neat.

As a second vehicle maybe. They look cool but ride like shit with those big tires even more like shit then add the stick shift even more shit.

Post: #1341

(01-04-2019 03:43 AM)Batka Wrote:  Best 4x4 and bang for your buck that is out there. It completely shits on your Western gas guzzlers.



I give you......the Lada Niva

In Soviet Russia you don't guzzle gas, gas guzzle you!

Post: #1342

(01-04-2019 05:27 AM)Oberrheiner Wrote:  Is that a niva with leather seats ?
What the hell .. ?

It is cheap vinyl that cracks at first sign of frost.

Post: #1343

@elmechanico

Owners of the vehicle and two forums dedicated to this car,few YouTube videos too.

As far as the truck im not get THAT big of tires but i wouldnt put it on skinnies either .manual can always be upgraded.

Post: #1344

(01-04-2019 05:27 AM)Oberrheiner Wrote:  Is that a niva with leather seats ?
What the hell .. ?

Anyway, it's not sold here anymore, because of the CO2 taxes.
IIRC new price was 15 grand, CO2 tax was an additional 10, that killed it completely.

I think the jimny is also out this year for the same reason.

I was offered one a while back for 2k, fully serviced but declined due to lack of space and I have no desire to drive in Belarus at the moment. A neighbour of mine was also selling his 1977 Volga Gaz-24 with a V8 engine. It was fully serviced and in great nick. It was a taxi back in the day. To give you an idea what it looks like, this is a similar looking car of what was on offer.

Post: #1345

Batka, you know full well that any self respecting communist dictator or their lackey propagandists such as yourself would not be caught dead in anything less than Chaika.
Or maybe they would?

Post: #1346

An uncle of mine had a niva, with an LPG kit installed, I loved this car.
He kept it many years, eventually he grew tired of having to fix it all the time

But the fixing was always easy and cheap - now he drives a prado, it almost never breaks down but when it does you could usually buy a couple of nivas for the money the garage wants for the fix.

Post: #1347

Daily is a mini John Cooper works hatch
Weekend toy is a bmw m3 csl

Post: #1348

Gay

Anorak/Beardy car

Post: #1349

Summer ride, mine is significantly modded, but this is the stock look.

Post: #1350

(01-02-2019 07:20 PM)Alltimegreat Wrote:  1998 Buick Century (black)