Badly modified cars thread

[HTP99]

Flying Toilet said:

Think it's a 320i...jeez.

Didi he just sit there and let you take a photo?

[Flying Toilet]

He's a very proud man.

[chris watton]

Flying Toilet said:

He's a very proud man.

.....with no love of cars, it seems...

[Flying Toilet]

To be fair I presumed. He didn't chase after me, beep his horn or cry. So I presumed pride.

[DannyScene]

Some idiot put this in the decently modified car thread by accident I can only assume

Just placing it where it belongs

[ManOpener]

The moment I saw that in here I knew it was LOW4LYFE that posted it.
Utter dross. Plus it's a photoshop jobbie.

[Mr SFJ]

If raised that by lets say a few feet (!) and replace the alloys that would be quite nice.

[RoverP6B]

The E30 - oddly, apart from the bonnet-mounted spot-lights, and the 320i badge below them, I actually quite like that... the Testarossa side-strakes are perhaps going a touch too far though.

[Blown2CV]

LordGrover said:

I suspect this may divide opinions... more over taste than workmanship.





Taken from click.

Yea that's kind of why I asked about it in the other thread.

[Escort3500]

RoverP6B said:

The E30 - oddly, apart from the bonnet-mounted spot-lights, and the 320i badge below them, I actually quite like that... the Testarossa side-strakes are perhaps going a touch too far though.

What about that rear wing ?

[B'stard Child]

scubadude said:

AlexRS2782 said:

Anyone fancy a Saxo pickup truck

I doubt the structural integrity has been at all compromised by this minor modification...

I agree - it's a saxo it didn't have much to start with

[AlexRS2782]

scubadude said:

I doubt the structural integrity has been at all compromised by this minor modification...

Based on the Saxo VTS I currently have parked (well broken awaiting repairs to the engine / rusty sill) on my drive I would agree

[ATM]

ambuletz said:

There's one selling for £1000 more that's much worse.





http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

What's going on with the grab handles on the roof - have they been modified with sharp aluminium?

[RoverP6B]

E30 rear wing looks OK. If it generates real downforce, even better - even the lowliest E30s could be VERY tail-happy. In the wet, my 318iT was sideways through every corner.

[HTP99]

RoverP6B said:

E30 rear wing looks OK. If it generates real downforce, even better - even the lowliest E30s could be VERY tail-happy. In the wet, my 318iT was sideways through every corner.

I sincerely doubt that any rear wing would generate any downforce at normal every day conering speed in a run of the mill car, particularly in the wet where one is going slower.

[ATM]

HTP99 said:

RoverP6B said:

E30 rear wing looks OK. If it generates real downforce, even better - even the lowliest E30s could be VERY tail-happy. In the wet, my 318iT was sideways through every corner.

I sincerely doubt that any rear wing would generate any downforce at normal every day conering speed in a run of the mill car, particularly in the wet where one is going slower.

Does anyone remember the Brabham Fan car?

Someone needs to modify a road car with a massive fan. This will give them positive down force if it's big enough.

[yellowjack]

HTP99 said:

Flying Toilet said:

Think it's a 320i...jeez.

Didi he just sit there and let you take a photo?

Hmmmmm

What right would 'he' (presumably you mean the driver of the eyesore) have had to prevent the photo from being taken? There is, thankfully, absolutely no restriction on photography in a public place in this country. (Yet)

If a person has no desire to be photographed, then they have every right to remain within the bounds of their property. Although there is no criminal/legal restriction to photography of private property from a public place. Basically, if you can be seen from a public place, you can be photographed, and there is nothing you can (legally) do about it.

There are times when aggressive action by Police/private security/members of the public may mean that your life is made considerably easier if you don't take pictures, but there is no legal restriction to you taking pictures of pretty much anything you please in a public place. Restrictions on photography at music events, schools, sports venues etc, form part of the contract you enter into when purchasing a ticket, as they are deemed to be fair terms and conditions within the law, but the most that can happen is being thrown out of the venue, for breaking those terms. The only instances I can think of where you commit a criminal act by photographing a person or object, is if you ignore signs at sensitive military establishments, enter private property, or get caught with a hard drive full of cleavage/upskirt pictures.

[Gypsum Fantastic]

[budgie smuggler]

Gypsum Fantastic said:

[dafeller]

Beat me to it! Another view