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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 04-29-2006, 06:48 AM

The car brands I would most like to test drive are Maybach, Lambo, Bugatti and Ferrari.

Some of the brands I have not driven, and I am not going to remember them all and therefore I'll list the ones I do remember:

All the real expensive ones: Lambo, Ferrari, Maybach, Bentley, RR, Pagani, Aston Martin, Maserati, Bugatti

Of the mainstream cars these come to mind:

Lexus
Infiniti
Acura
Seat
Skoda
Kia
Hyundai
Fiat
Citroen
Daihatsu
Proton
Perodua
Tata

And of the older great ones that would be nice to have back and try them out:

Packard
Studebaker
Duesenberg

Another couple of "smooth rides" that I remember as Taxis long ago:

Volga
Pobeda

And not such smooth rides, but would be nice to see them again:

IFA
Moskvitch

Edit: Forgot a couple of important brands that I'd like to see back: Horch, Wanderer, and maybe also DKW (even though in more recent history DKW just changed it's name to Audi in the 60s ) to live alongside with Audi

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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 04:07 AM

Update: Ok, so scratch Porsche off that list as I've just driven a 2004 Boxster S Anniversary over the weekend.
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 04:08 AM

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Update: Ok, so scratch Porsche off that list as I've just driven a 2004 Boxster S Anniversary over the weekend.
of course I want driving impressions
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 04:38 AM

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of course I want driving impressions
Wanna create thread about it?
Wasn't really going to, but ok, if you insist!
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 04:40 AM

Hmm, looking at the lists here it seems I'm just about the only one here to have driven a Seat, Skoda, Kia, Hyundai, Fiat and Citroen.
Add Volkswagen, Opel, Volvo, Nissan, Audi, Subaru, Chrysler, BMW, Ford, Honda, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Rover and Saab and that should be a just about accurate list of what I have driven. As for what I would like to drive - just about every other brand in the world, with of course the more exclusive ones at the top of the list.
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 10:29 AM

Driven

Mercedes-Benz
Mitsubishi
Kia
Chrysler
Opel
Daewoo
Renault
Ssangyong
Alfa Romeo
Hyundai
Nissan
Toyota
Volkswagen
Fiat
Audi

Not Driven
Porsche
BMW
Ferrari
Maserati
Saab
Volvo
Lada
Suzuki
Honda
Mazda
Lamborghini
any GM product
Ford
Lancia
Peugeot
Citroen
Proton


Wow, I've driven all the Korean brands!
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 10:38 AM

Hang on a minute... the mighty Wimmer hasn't driven a BMW? Impossible. C'mon, Christian say it ain't so!
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 10:53 AM

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Hang on a minute... the mighty Wimmer hasn't driven a BMW? Impossible. C'mon, Christian say it ain't so!
Nope. I've ridden in them, but I've never driven a BMW. It's crazy, I know, but it is so. Even my driving school didn't have a BMW, they used VW's and their most expensive driving school car was an R32 used for Autobahn training (no lie!). <-- I've driven that.









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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 12:06 PM

The MKIV R32 is most definately one of my favorite cars.
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Re: Are there any carbrands you haven't driven? - 05-02-2006, 12:58 PM

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Hang on a minute... the mighty Wimmer hasn't driven a BMW? Impossible. C'mon, Christian say it ain't so!
its a shame really. He is writting wonderful MB reports and I would love to see him write about BMW. Its always fun to read his testdrives.
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