Classic car shows and motoring museums

[GarfieldLeChat]

That Citroen you've shot there has been to loads of classic shows recently.

 

[Griff]

He was pretty cool that bloke who drove the SM.

As were the blokes in the black DB6 & the blue DBS.

 

[DownwardDog]

very simply put if you turn what some of us do as a sport and for fun into a speculative commodity then you tend to corrupt the very nature of it. That and it increases unnecessarily the cost to all, benefiting only those who are interested in the item as an investment and not for it's purpose.

Unlike other sports motor sport cannot be done anywhere it has to be done on some sort of motor sport arena so increasing the cost because of speculative investment adds nothing to the sport but increased cost to all...

so no it's not stiff. it's an ethic which has to some extent limited the level of speculation and kept the costs down to those of us who don't want to be or presently need to be multi millionaires to enjoy our sport...

Speculating in cars is a different matter from not racing them - which was your original objection. It costs less money to keep a car in a garage than it does to race it...

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Speculating in cars is a different matter from not racing them - which was your original objection. It costs less money to keep a car in a garage than it does to race it...

I suggest you read my first post again.

I've expanded on why I hold this belief and suffice to say this is sufficient as it's my opinion and the reasons for me holding that opinion, I'm really not sure what else you expect me to say. However wtf does keeping it in a garage have to do with my opinion?

Seriously...

 

[hash tag]

I thin the only museums worth their salt are Beaulieu and Brooklands both of which have a positive outlook on the use of the cars and insist all their models are in working and usable order (and are taken out at least once a year). The rest are a bit more well like grave yards for old vehicles.

More true now than ever. Before, many cars are bought and sold for investment. There is a dealer nearby who often offers cars with a few miles on the clock which is perfect for your portfolio.
I like to see motors run but looked after. I saw a bus yesterday that was a concourse winner a few years ago now looking very sad, which is a great shame, it is nice to see them looked after.


The Haynes Museum is good and many of the cars are regularly driven. The Collection
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Loved this place. All are running, not all concourse, owned and managed by an almost, who, true to form, could bore you to death https://www.classiccarsmalta.com/#!