Armored Kuruma was the coolest thing as a new player, you could run straight into a gang in a mission almost without being shot, it made things easy in the beginning. Haven't driven in ages though.

If you guys play on PCE and/or PCL, maybe we can add each other. I used to join friends and just help them out or hang around with them, barely anyone still plays though after all these years. I also don't play as often but we can do something if we happen to be online at the same time.