Come and pick your ride.

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We have some fancy ones and some very fast ones. Oh, and also some luxury ones.
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What? An old London taxi in the Cape Province of South Africa?

A beautiful old Austin in perfect condition and you can see that this is a loved old coach that was kept and pampered over the years. Now in all fairness, we are all different and we also have different likes and dislikes. But you will see in this post, that I tried my best to be fair.
So come and have a look and pick your favorite.

Maybe you would prefer to travel around in a fast Shelby?
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I am admittedly biased as I prefer this old Austin wagon.
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Chauffeured around town by this impeccably dressed lovely lady.
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Now, here are some choices for the fast bloods amongst us here on Hive.
A Mustang or a Mercedes?
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Side view of the Mustang.
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Finally, sure luxury for the politicians amongst us?
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We chanced upon one of those year-end matriculation farewell parties. I was fortunate to watch the rides that some of the children hired to arrive in at the party. The place was crowded, with girls in fancy dresses and young men in suits, collars, and ties. So we didn't hang around, although I had a short chat with the lady driver and owner of that London taxi. I am sure that there is a great story behind that taxi, as for instance I would love to hear why and how it arrived in South Africa, and I am sure that it transported many famous people.

So if you travel to the Western Cape province of South Africa, you are welcome to contact the lady with the taxi for your transport needs or any of the others featured here.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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As a Car Lover Myself...
Yep, I would have the lady in the Austin drive me around all day! 👍🏼😁👍🏼
But as a owner...
The Mustang wins!
Can't beat the sound and I think the next generation is the last as we know it..
Get it while it's hot!

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My problem with those cars is the prices of spare parts. They cost the price of a house and it is certainly a rich man's game. So I will never own one, but nothing wrong with admiring them !LOL

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True, true and I can see My Dream being a older one that needs repair! 😅😆😅
But Ya never know....

Here, in Texas if you can live with a little less 'Stang....
You can get a New one with the twin turbo 4 cylinder (325hp) for $24,000
That is "thousands less" than I paid for my Turbo Fiat...🤔
Good last car... He he he!

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If ever I have to get a Stang, it will have to be an 8 cylinder job and the older the better. One of those that I can cut a square out on the hood with chrome pipes sticking out above the motor. Typical Mad Max style !LOLZ

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You sound like a '68 kind of guy to me!
👍🏼😉👍🏼
But I myself would only buy a turbo 4 new, or a unbelievably good deal on a low mileage used one. Funny after our last conversation I looked at some prices!
Yeaowww! 😲 Well they are not a joke for sure and prices just went up with the new 2023 redesign...
Even wilder though was used ones costing more than new ones?!?!

Anyways... Keep Your eyes peeled! 👀
With people buy EV's and Young guys buying them and then having families and getting rid of them...
There could be some outrageously good deals in about 2 years or less! 😉😊😎

Happy Friday!

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Hahaha, I am a 54 model mate and yes, the 60s and 70s were my best years !LOL

That is certainly a strange thing as over here the used car prices are also more than the new cars.
Now who would buy a used car if the same new model is cheaper? Doesn't make sense!

Oh I do keep mt eyes peeled, but for something totally different. We live in a rural area and the dirt roads are plentiful here. In some instances, we cannot get to places as our little car does not have any 4x4 abilities. So I am looking out for a used Pajero 3 Door car that is also a 4x4, but they are scarce and high priced when they come onto the market.
Let's see what the future holds in stock for us.

A Happy Friday also to you.

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Ha ha ha!
I'm a '64 model (born in '58) so I get Ya!
Yeah it is an "unbelievable thing"! I am looking at used Mustangs and a new one is thousands cheaper than used ones with the same configuration!
Wow!🤯
It can only be for people who the bank won't finance on a new one for some reason?🤔
But if that was the case I would not buy any because it's "iffy"...
However I may have that problem because...
If I wasn't jumping into "new"...
I would want either a 2006 5.0 manual,
Cheap and plentiful...
Or.. a 2012 5.0...
Now these cars are unbelievable!
I looked at a 5.0 (online)..
It was same as a 4cyl twin turbo..
Auch!
And although I have had a bunch of '60s cars, good ones are untouchable price wise now...

A Pajaro - good choice! 👍🏼
If it's been reasonably maintained they are solid as a rock! And I am sure difficult to find, but I wish You luck! 🤞🏻🍀🚙🍀🤞🏻

Have an Amazing Sunday!
🙋🏻‍♀️✨🌄✨🙋🏻‍♀️

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Hahaha, so I am 4 years older than you 😉

The reason for the increase in prices of used cars over here is because they have become more popular to buy than new cars. Now who can believe that? I just think that they are jumping on the rampant price increases bandwagon, because everything else has seen huge price increases after the covid lockdowns.

You will have to wait it out until a bargain comes along.

Blessings also to you.

!PIZZA

A Pajero with a solid service record is what I am after, but you are right, the used ones are very scarce.

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Well Yep, got me by 4! It happens! 😅

And yeah, it could be that simple - just increase with the world around you...🤔

It's funny, I have classically always been a Mopar - Chrysler fan, then Chevy, Ford - Never!
Well I got this Explorer with a 5.0 (old one) with a lot of miles. This thing is "Great"!👍🏼🚙👍🏼
I would have never believed it, I bought it because it was cheap... He he he! 😉
Bad spark plugs, wires, and mass flow sensor - changed that and it is Amazing!
So it made me a bit of a Ford fan, and interested in a 5.0 manual Strange. Why not? Nothing worse than an old guy in a loud car! 😂🤣😂

The Pajaro thing I wish "You" luck on! 🚙
There was a time when they were all over here. Lots of them, there is a Mitsubishi deer here.. But now - vanished! 👀

Good Luck on Your search as well and have an Amazing Sunday!
👍🏼🍀🤞🏻✨🚙✨🤞🏻🍀👍🏼

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I lost count of the cars that I had over the years. Ford, Chev, Datsun, Nissan, BMW, Toyota and a few more. Nowadays I drive a small VW Polo Maxx Crossover SUV. The best of the lot, but it doesn't have 4x4 all wheel drive.

Strange how a car can turn one's taste around as you were now converted into a Ford fan and it is great that you found one that works for you. Over here they say that if a Ford breaks down on the road, all that one needs is a pliers and wire to fix it and get going again 🤣
But I think that Ford has become a little bit more complicated since then.

Time will tell and yes, I hope to find a Pajero some day.

Cheers and !BEER

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Oh I know what You mean about the Brand thing - I have been through a lot of the same list, with a few others thrown in! 😅😂😅

Well the thing is yeah, honestly if you treat them right the are about bulletproof!
Ford's I mean... I can't say that about the others... Closest would be Oldsmobile, which they no longer make.. I owned 3 Oldsmobile Cutlasses! 🤣🤣🤣

The rest have not been nearly as Rick solid!
BTW...
My first car was a Studebaker - Golden Hawk ... '56 I bought with lawn mowing and paper route cash! 😁😅😁

I hope You do find a Pajero...
BTW...
Have You checked in Japan itself?
I have a website that has cars in Japan people are selling to ship! And some are Very, Very Cheap! 😉
I will find the link and send it to you!

Have an Amazing Mid-Week!
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Yeah, all a bunch of sales talk and focused on pride 😉

Oh man, you mention a couple of cars here that I would gladly have given my left arm to own.
We didn't have so many Oldsmobile cars here and I think that most were imported.
But that Stud I know very well, as a friend had one and yes indeed, nothing that they make nowadays can come close to it. He also had the Studybaker Lark and some other old cars.
Great cars indeed!

Thank you and I will have a look as soon as you send the link 😊

!BEER

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Mostly.. Mostly, but I guess you are supposed to "hype the product"!
😅🤣😅
The Cutlasses.. I had a Convertible, a Couple, and a 4Door - all V-8's
And The Studie! I "WISH" I had that car now! 😟😥😢

But here is what "You" seek and they ship to Durnban (?) South Africa!
mitsuicoltd.com
They have 3 of what You want listed now,
😉🤓😉 I searched!

Have fun and hope You find it there!
Happy Thursday!
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Sadly nowadays with the huge gas prices, it is going to be very expensive to run a V8.
You certainly had some great cars mate.

Thank you kindly for the link and I will be on it for sure. Durban is a coastal city here and we are near the Cape Town harbor. So If I find something, they can easily ship it from Durban to Cape Town.
Let's see!

!BEER

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I Wish You Luck! 🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻
I found 3 Pajeros on that site, and I am sure that they will get more!

Thanks on the cars! My old hobby I guess..
I haven't told you about two others that are also interesting...
I also had an Alfa Romeo GT Junior,
And an Opel Commadore Coupe with the 2, 4 barrel carburators..
That was from my other family of cars I had in Europe, very thankful I am still alive! Honestly! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Good luck once again and Happy Friday!
🙋🏻‍♀️✨🌄✨🙋🏻‍♀️

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I had a look, but the Pajeros are a bit long in the tooth. Maybe they will get some later models.

Alfa I have never had, but I had a Fiat Sport for a few months until my ex-brother in law reversed his Dodge Charger into the little Fiat. We had an Opel Astra Executive for about a year, but traded it in to buy the little VW Polo that we now have.

You of course had all of the great cars that can stir one's soul and speeding senses 😉

A happy weekend to you and yours.

!PIZZA

By grace my friend, by grace that both of us are still alive 🙏

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Thank You and Yes You are right!
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I was a very crazy young guy and besides my "Stateside Crazy", by 17 I had gotten myself to Stuttgart Germany with No Speed Limits! 😳

I think cars come and go on that site, and if I see any anywhere else I will let you know,
Have an Awesome Weekend!
🙋🏻‍♀️✨🌄✨🙋🏻‍♀️

The Alfa did have a design flaw...
(*Which did mine in...)
The fuel pump was located right by the headers with the pipe to the Webber's right there...
Yeah it caught fire and burned faster then a newspaper! 🔥😯🔥

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Sounds like you had a bit of a wild life as a youngster and I am glad that you survived to tell the tale.

Thank you for keeping an eye out for me 👍

Alfa just never did it for me and in all honesty I avoided the offer of an Alfa Spider once.
Obviously, you were not injured when it went up in flames 😊🙏

May your weekend also be going well.

!BEER

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I guess I did, and a good thing too!
And I am Very Glad I survived, got Very, Very Lucky! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Yeah, I was driving and I saw flames go up, over, and down the other side of the hood line, where it closes.
As soon as I stopped the fire then just took off... Lucky I was not hurt!
But..
I lost the car, and in Germany it's not something that just happens and You walk away...
I also paid for a wrecker (normal), then fire extinguishers and the fire department, street cleaning, and finally wastewater pollution.... 🤔

Again, honestly I was not a total stranger to the Esslingen Polizei.😉😅😂
Maybe they were trying to get even!

Have an Amazing Sunday!
🙋🏻‍♀️✨🌄✨🙋🏻‍♀️
And, Yep! Glad I survived and wised up!
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Wow! That was surely a costly exercise and you can certainly get up to some things mate.
A sure time bomb that you were in there and I am sure that you won't go there again to mess their roads up 🤣

May you have a good week!

!PIZZA

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Unfortunately Your probably right, though I do have a lifelong residency permit with no restrictions... But Europe is getting shaky for me, other things as well!

Yeah, I had a few run ins with the law there, I also sailed a 73 Plymouth Roadrunner between two peach trees and into a fence in Germany as well - also Very Costly!
(*I was "insanely drunk")!

You have an Amazing Week,
Stay Safe!
🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏼✨🌄✨👍🏼🙋🏻‍♀️

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So I hope that you don't have the same problems where you are now.

First time that I have ever heard that a person could sail a Plymouth, as I always thought that they were supposed to be made for decent and sober persons driving on the roads. Just goes to show what alcohol can do 🤣 !LOLZ

You also stay safe mate.

!PIZZA

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Thank You, and yeah.. although a Plymouth could be a rocket - that is in a straight line! 😅😂😅 They handle like "crap".

Oh, not to worry.. I am "Alcohol Free" since 2010. Due to some more strange circumstances with a Dodge pickup truck I had.. I quit from one day to the next and haven't looked back. Since I am single I sure do miss the "barfly" scene - but not bad enough to start that again.

Thank You again and have a Amazing Tuesday!
👍🏼✨🌄✨👍🏼

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Hahaha, we had a Ford Galaxy and a Fairlane in the army and they floated like ships. Our cops had the Studebaker Larks.

10 years longer than me, as 1999/ 2000 was my last beer, I can't remember exactly. Bar visits in this case often ended up in fights, as I lived in very tough neighborhood. But those days are long gone and valuable lessons were learned. A spiritual experience changed my life completely.

Glad that you are not considering a return.

Note that I am due in hospital tomorrow and I won't be around for a while.

Cheers and have some !PIZZA

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Another funny story - Ford Galaxies..
My Dad had one (then moved on to Thunderbirds),
A '66..
Funny also my aunt had a Lark, kind of a nicer Chevy II!

Yeah I see no return to alcohol.. Not me anymore.
Good to hear about the Spiritual part though,
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sorry to hear about the Hospital!
I hope all goes well!
Stay Blessed and Get Well!
👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼

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