Cars You Never See Anymore
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BristolEcho
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Are there many modern cars that are square? The style is very rounded off these days.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
We were at Brooklands NYD too, but missed that.
I find it really fucking weird when people are taking pictures of our car - I'd not even turned the engine off and someone was taking some. It was an unplanned visit, so I'd not even washed it
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
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Actually stopped making them five years ago, but that’s still modern as far as I’m concerned.
Some big range rover type things are very boxy.
not-bono-ever
meh
I havent seen one of these in a couple of decades - the Beta Volumex - supercharged - as a brand, they were fucked with their rust trope, but the beta was a fantastic/ ropy car. I had both a beta and a delta in the 90's- lo fi versions obviously, they cost me about £150 to buy between them- no-one wanted an ageing italina car with duff electrics and cartoon holes in the body. they were fantastic for me tho' - they wanted to be be thashed. Never got round to a VX, as I was trying to buy an alfa montreal at the time i started actually earning a wage. That never happened either/ the VX below is £35K
not-bono-ever
meh
actually,not buying the montreal for 10K in '98 was possibly the shoddiest car decision of my life- and I am usually good with this stuff
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
not-bono-ever
meh
grrrrr
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
A friend of mine had a perfect, concours condition one in his stable. It was carefully cleaned, fired up, and given a short run regularly. His family had been an engineering company supplier parts to Rolls Royce so he had the expertise and access to all he needed.
Unfortunately he died very suddenly. I've no idea what became of the car. I wonder what it would be worth now.
(He also had the only closed coupe Loyd ever built. Its only value was in the aluminium from which it was built so he gave it away along with enough other parts to build another Loyd.)
Griff
Hardly posting anymore
Wow! A 10k Montreal in '98 must have been a heap even then. Must have cost that for an engine rebuild.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I got offered a 996 GT3 and an E36 M3 GT (1 of 356) in a package deal for peanuts by a financially stressed BA pilot in the mid-noughties. I wanted the E36 but he wouldn't split them so I passed on them mainly because I thought everyone hated the 996 and it would never be worth anything...
Also could and should have bought mint Mk.1 and Mk.2 Golf GTIs for pocket change in the 90s.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Yes and as a result of this all modern cars look shit.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Not seen one of them for many years. I believe they were quite underrated.
not-bono-ever
meh
it certainly was. not very common even back in the day. were cheap until a few years ago- but not many around as they they were usually killed off by famers boys in Scotland for rallying
not-bono-ever
meh
it was OK actually. needed some trim tidying, but that alone was going to be a nightmare to source and fix
both cars are incredibleJust about every part on the Esprit was 'borrowed' from another car.
The tail lights were borrowed from a RWD AE86 Toyota Corolla twin cam.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I've owned five of the AE86 Corollas (I wish I'd kept them) and one Lotus Esprit turbo. I used two of the Corollas for rallying, and I turbocharged another. The Corolla was an amazing car (apart from the rot). I had the Esprit for a week before the engine blew up
my brother used to have a bare-bones manual 1984 Corolla sedan. that car was unbelievable . It was so much fun to drive. he abused that thing but it still kept on going and going
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I'd never even heard of them. I guess they lacked the competition pedigree of the Escort Mexico/RS1600/RS2000. This was back when Rally mattered...
dessiato
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They were a bit more powerful than the Escorts. But they were a limited production of, I think, about 200. There were other Avenger variants which were quick but none had the cachet that was associated with the Tiger.
not-bono-ever
meh
most people hadnt, but in the day, they were coveted by youngsters around the scottish borders area for local rallying. i dont think i had ever seen a stock one on the road until some car show a couple of years ago. i think they were cheaper than the RS lot to buy as they didnt have the badge and pedigree of a ford.
not-bono-ever
meh
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I owned one of them in my youth. You couldn't keep it in a straight line, or petrol, or rear tyres.. Great fun though
I always liked the way the Probe looked but it was totally underpowered with that 2.5L V-6 that cranked out around 165hp...
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
The designers should have handed out crayons to children and asked them to draw some tail lamps for it, before sacking the person who did draw them and the person who signed off on it. It would have been a much better looking car.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
A Lloyd. (Not to be confused with a german Lloyd) They are incredibly rare now. Unfortunately the only real value is still in the aluminium.
blairsh
pale knuckle grip on this steering wheel
1967 Toyota 2000GT
