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Bedford Rascal... Stopped making in 93 in the UK, so to be expected no longer with us.
Cars You Never See Anymore
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
They weren't totally awful. My ex used to have one, paid pennies for it and it was pretty new at the time. It kept on going with no problems and could easily fit all the work tools in it plus crew - could get a cement mixer on the back seat, plus a passenger. The stearing and comfort left a bit to be desirered and the breaking wasn't all that, but it never went that fast so no worries.
An old school mate crashed his. The Rover he hit crumpled like tin foil, The Lada barely had a dented bumper
An old school mate crashed his. The Rover he hit crumpled like tin foil, The Lada barely had a dented bumper
Zack Murray
get up in the mornin, slaving for bread sir
i never see those classic 90s Chevy Impalas driving around. or how about a Dodge Intrepid?
Almost the same here. A mate of mine in sixth form crashed his dad's Lada into someone's Vauxhall Cavalier. The Cav was going nowhere, whereas he drove the Lada home.
Neither of them was sold on this side of the Pond, so tbh I wouldn't recognise one if it ran me over!
Yup, loads of Lada taxis round here too until about twenty years ago. At least one minicab firm didn't use anything else.
Nivag
Well-Known Member
Have a look at the stock list of this independent BMW dealer, some real treats to buy.
BMW E9 3.0 CSL
www.munichlegends.co.uk
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Work had two of those at one of our field stations, plus a couple of “donor wrecks“ that helped one of the staff keep them going, which he did lovingly for many years until around eight or nine years ago when the focus of their work changed to more high-tech stuff and work adopted a new policy, involving some kind of leasing deal that put an end to individual projects/sites having their own vehicles.
Their relatively light weight and four wheel drive made them ideal for getting about the sandy/muddy estuary conditions where almost all other off-road vehicles would struggle - including the “official” work landies, which were regularly embarrassed by having to call-in the Ladas to help pull them out!
The other thing was that despite spending their entire lives in a salt/brackish water environment, corrosion-wise they held up really, really well, although the vehicle officer was punctilious about hosing them down at the end of every day.
When eventually they were put-up for sale, it was a feeding-frenzy of collectors bidding for them and they both went for well above expected price.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
East of England does ring a bell, yes - the Ural motorcycle importer was somewhere that way too for a while.
There's a bloke near me has a 2002 Turbo. Lovely thing. He's evidently minted, judging from the brand new Porsche Cayenne and the fact he has a bit of a collection of old Beemers lurking behind a roller shutter on a quiet Hull street...
dessiato
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My sister used to live near the Hull Golf Club. There was a lot of interesting stuff tucked away there.
You mean the one at Springhead? If so, I bet there are. Affluent part of the city...
dessiato
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Kirk Ella
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
They were. Every single VAZ-2101 and its many hideous offspring were garbage. A poorly built copy of a Fiat 124 using worse materials and less attention to detail.
Leafster
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I'm sure I've mentioned before but I had an '02 Touring which I bought from the forerunner of Munich Legends. I loved it. The only reason I sold it was that I could only afford to run one car and I was putting too many miles on it.Have a look at the stock list of this independent BMW dealer, some real treats to buy.
BMW E9 3.0 CSL
nogojones
spelling is overrated
I've seen some of your cars. I think we may have differing standards to what an acceptable motoring experience is.
dessiato
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I was going to “like” but that feels a bit boastful.Ah, the even posher one!
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Not exactly a car you never see any more, but at least a car which is becoming fairly rare is the Peugeot 309. When I was a kid our family had one, and much later I bought one of my own when it was already an old banger category of car. I remember the non power steering being a right work out and the manual choke needing some finesse in colder weather.
It’s not the kind of car which will ever have classic status I suppose, but I have an affection for them. There’s one for sale near me (not the pic below) with under 100k miles and I’m tempted, but they want £2k which is silly money. But is this age of car likely to go up in value from now on, or is that a pipe dream?
It’s not the kind of car which will ever have classic status I suppose, but I have an affection for them. There’s one for sale near me (not the pic below) with under 100k miles and I’m tempted, but they want £2k which is silly money. But is this age of car likely to go up in value from now on, or is that a pipe dream?
dessiato
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The GTi version was like a fast, larger 205GTi. It was always under appreciated.
Nivag
Well-Known Member
The Mi16 engine was the one everyone wanted in their 205.
dessiato
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They renamed the Mi16 (didn't they do a 4x4 version?) Le Mans. It was a sleeper. It looked so much like any other boring 405 but was so much better.
Nivag
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Yup a 4x4 as well.
I've been in a 205 with a Cosworth 4x4 engine and drive train... It was completely mental lol
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Mi16x4
not-bono-ever
meh
the 309 gti was a practical rocketship and totes ignored by most people. less than a hundred slopping about- likely mostly untarted up as well - one for the future
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
But they were shit.
not-bono-ever
meh
nah. french, tinny and flimsy. but not that shit. poor quality electricals though - my mother had a cooking 309 where the back screen literally blew up due to a minute of malfunction madness with the rear defrosting electrics
