Who else is getting their Summer cars out?
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Jim H said:
Thank you!
Lovely run out in it this morning, it maybe 44 years old but it’s still an absolute joy to drive. I was grinning from ear to ear.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
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Just my kind of road that too.Lovely run out in it this morning, it maybe 44 years old but it’s still an absolute joy to drive. I was grinning from ear to ear.
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I've got a 1997 Toyota Paseo I bought as a joke, but driving it reminds me just how much of a tactile joy even very ordinary cars used to be. I can well imagine that's a far more delightful thing to punt down a little U road on a sunny day that any modern "sports" hippo.
AmyRichardson said:
Three days, good weather - no excuses.
Sunday; oil and coolant checks, trickle charger off, de-isolate, 10s of fuel pump whir and a couple of pumps of the throttle... Nothing... Crank with no throttle this time and it catches; cunningly sized bit of 2x4 inserted to leave running up to 70° whilst I do the tires (must get new tires, these ones are 1980.)
Yesterday - run out to a NT place about 45min away. No beats missed, tracks well at 60mph, brakes *really* well for a 88yo car (that'll be the asbestos...)
Considering the grief some folk have with cars from the 1990s!
GeniusOfLove said:
Jim H said:
Thank you!
Lovely run out in it this morning, it maybe 44 years old but it’s still an absolute joy to drive. I was grinning from ear to ear.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
![](https://forums-images.pistonheads.com/133323/202405184239202?resize=720)
Just my kind of road that too.Lovely run out in it this morning, it maybe 44 years old but it’s still an absolute joy to drive. I was grinning from ear to ear.
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
I've got a 1997 Toyota Paseo I bought as a joke, but driving it reminds me just how much of a tactile joy even very ordinary cars used to be. I can well imagine that's a far more delightful thing to punt down a little U road on a sunny day that any modern "sports" hippo.
My Elise is non servo assist - and that can be a bit of a worry.
You really realise how much technology has advanced with modern cars. Especially braking. My Mk 3 scirocco stops as soon as I dab the pedal - and it is no doubt seriously more ‘Weighty’ than the MK 1.
But the Storm is a gorgeous helm to occupy. Fizzy 1.6 injected lump. It’s really quick even for today.
It’s beautiful place to be.
I know they were seriously expensive when they came on sale in the early eighties ~ £ 8 K. It’s strange how the Golf GTi became the one to have. To me the Scirocco was so bloody good looking.
LJK Setright knew his stuff. He had one.
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