Old people and hot hatches
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V8 FOU said:
yonex said:
Jesus...what's wrong with PH currently.
Worried about image, worried about a fking M badge, worried about others doing 50mph on the motorway!!?
Get a fking grip, life's too short!
This ^.Worried about image, worried about a fking M badge, worried about others doing 50mph on the motorway!!?
Get a fking grip, life's too short!
I blame Brexit myself.
62 and driving Mustang, Alfa147, etc
I'm 40 with a MINI GP1. My dad is 80 with a Mk5 Golf GTi. Down with this sort of thing! (Careful now)
IanH755 said:
At 40 I'm not sure I could pull off a Lime Green Focus RS but something the Megane RS I could happily see myself in.
You need to get rid of that old Audi, it'll do nothing for your street cred! Edited by Leins on Tuesday 5th July 18:03
Lots of timeless hot hatches here, a bit different with new blinged up stuff. I must admit at last change for our urban runabout when it came down to Fiesta ST vs Mini Cooper S, at the age of 49, I thought I'd look a bit of a dick in the ST whereas the Mini still has everyman appeal.
Edited by Speed 3 on Tuesday 5th July 18:31
Anybody who thinks being 60 - or 70 plus means teetering along at 45 in the slow lane could spend an instructive hour watching such as Jackie Oliver racing his BMW 1800 Ti(and I guarantee that nobody in this thread would see which way he went). Or John Cleland , Patrick Watts, Richard Attwood , Willie Green, Derek Bell, Brian Redman , Vic Elford ... (continues on page 34)
My Dad is 87 and when the sun is out he gets his Mk3 Toyota MR2 roadster out , pulls the roof down ,
shades & baseball cap on and goes for a blat.!
Sometimes Mum ( 85 ) joins him .
He would still be driving his Gtr R33 skyline ( 400!hp ) but the insurers got funny with him when he
turned 80 .
Age is simply a number , if you enjoy it and are capable of doing it , then go for it .
shades & baseball cap on and goes for a blat.!
Sometimes Mum ( 85 ) joins him .
He would still be driving his Gtr R33 skyline ( 400!hp ) but the insurers got funny with him when he
turned 80 .
Age is simply a number , if you enjoy it and are capable of doing it , then go for it .
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