Who else is into cars? What do you drive?

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The plan was to buy a manual car so my son can learn to drive next year. It somehow went very wrong (for our son) and my wife drove away with this P400 Defender. She is in love with it but I struggle with the matching wheels...

 
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The colour matched wheels look better with steels on the older models.

 
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I dunno about looking better, those old buggers are butt ugly, though with them it wasn’t about style it was form followed function which is as it should be for a workhorse, that’s what makes them way cool.
 
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The plan was to buy a manual car so my son can learn to drive next year. It somehow went very wrong (for our son) and my wife drove away with this P400 Defender. She is in love with it but I struggle with the matching wheels...


I like the matching wheels. Who's to decide that wheels must be grey or black?
 
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I like the matching wheels. Who's to decide that wheels must be grey or black?
Funny, I was going to reply that the wheels are hideous and would look better with gunmetal or black wheels. 😀
 
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Funny, I was going to reply that the wheels are hideous and would look better with gunmetal or black wheels. 😀
Black wheels are the worst. Gunmetal OTOH often looks cool 😎
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I like the matching wheels. Who's to decide that wheels must be grey or black?
The wheel colour police of course
 
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There should be a wheel thread similar to the strap one. Obviously silver is the only allowed choice. Apart from the occasional gold. And white.
 
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Faz Faz
The H6 was a silky smooth mile gobbler on the highway. The build quality was the best of all the cars I’ve owned and that includes a plethora of BMWs. I’ll never go back to 2 WD. All wheel drive is it for me. Traded my Legacy for another Subaru. 2020 Outback XT Outdoor edition. Only 31,000 kms (20K miles).
The 2.4L turbocharged engine is quite impressive. I’m still amazed at the build quality. Rock solid! Zero rattles! This is the one that’ll bring me into retirement in a few years.

Loved my 2005 Forester XT and now my 2017 Outback 3.6 Touring. The Foz was like a Sherman tank in a slingshot and the Outback is like the Enterprise entering a warp field.

 
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I like the matching wheels. Who's to decide that wheels must be grey or black?
We received black for the winter wheels which I prefer. The garage swapped them before delivery as it’s summer and removed all decals (I don’t do free garage advertising).

The green wheels are part of the 75th anniversary package. I applaud my wife’s courage as I would have picked a black defender like 99% of them out there.

 
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Loved my 2005 Forester XT and now my 2017 Outback 3.6 Touring. The Foz was like a Sherman tank in a slingshot and the Outback is like the Enterprise entering a warp field.


Best Subaru ad I have seen! 👍
 
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........and removed all decals (I don’t do free garage advertising)...........]

Same here.
I'm not getting paid to advertise them so every new car I get I remove the number plate surrounds/rear window stickers/boot or hatch emblems.
 
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And it shits me when a big dealer sticker on the rear window interferes with the rear wiper and the blade gets chewed out.
That's probably what started me on my "de-dealerfication" crusade.
 
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If I had a white car I would do dark blue TE37's
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Same here.
I'm not getting paid to advertise them so every new car I get I remove the number plate surrounds/rear window stickers/boot or hatch emblems.
I am such a nightmare that the only clothing I accept is black tee-shirts and standard Levi’s.
 
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And it shits me when a big dealer sticker on the rear window interferes with the rear wiper and the blade gets chewed out.
That's probably what started me on my "de-dealerfication" crusade.
Here in Luxembourg there is an option on most car configurator that allow you to de-badge the car. My VW T6 usually says CALIFORNIA 2.0 TDI 4Motion but I selected the de-badge option so there is only the VW logo on the trunk.
 
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Nothing a hair-dryer and some fishing line (or credit card) and goo-gone can't fix...