Classics dwarfed by moderns

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JimmyJam

2,323 posts

218 months

Wednesday 14th November 2012
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shoestring7 said:


SS7
Ha, thats great, what is the car though?

LotusOmega375D

7,580 posts

152 months

Wednesday 14th November 2012
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Looks like a Moretti 750 Gran Sport on the right.

Queen Mary on the left.

TVdinneR

240 posts

149 months

Wednesday 14th November 2012
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JimmyJam

2,323 posts

218 months

Wednesday 14th November 2012
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LotusOmega375D said:
Looks like a Moretti 750 Gran Sport on the right.

Queen Mary on the left.
Thanks, just googled it, that is one of the prettiest little cars, gorgeous!

redchina

491 posts

260 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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TVdinneR said:
Wow, I would never have thought the mini was so darned big!!!!

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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LiamB said:
I reckon my Mini could fit inside that Audi..

you think the A3 is big, look how big the golf has grown!!


mikey77

707 posts

187 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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I couldn't figure out if my post on the 'cool' classics thread could be moved, so here it is again.
The car in the foreground is (so they tell me) a Renault Modus supermini and the one behind is some sort of Pug.

CY88

2,808 posts

229 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Perd Hapley

1,750 posts

172 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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mph said:
I don't see any reason why modern cars have to be so large.

The next time you're in your modern car have a look at the amount of space between you and your passenger and between you and the door.

My guess is that almost all cars could be reduced in width by at least six inches without any issues.

Many of our roads were built when cars were much smaller and aren't really suitable now.

And don't get me started on the retards that make 95% of car parking spaces the same dimensions as they were in 1931.
I don't think there's any technical reason why modern cars are so large. It's just consumer demand. If Toyota can make an IQ meet modern safety standards, then Ford could make a Cortina size car today etc.

As to the parking spaces, we should be blaming the size of the vehicles not size of the spaces. Our cars are be growing in size and number, but the land available to park them on is not. The last thing we need is more of the country coated in ugly car parks just because we demand enormous vehicles to go shopping in.

lowdrag

12,869 posts

212 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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No photo but today I came out of the supermarket to see a 190 Merc parked next to my yr 2000 C Class and was amazed at the difference in width. Made the 190 seem tiny!

Wizardskills

243 posts

166 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Chris993C4

655 posts

210 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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lowdrag

12,869 posts

212 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Is this why back roads seem narrower these days (I've lost three wing mirrors in ten years) or is it just me?

LotusOmega375D

7,580 posts

152 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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lowdrag said:
Is this why back roads seem narrower these days (I've lost three wing mirrors in ten years) or is it just me?
No that's due to CO2 emissions.

Apparently wink

a8hex

5,829 posts

222 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Even my "modern" car, an X300, is dwarfed height wise by just about everything on the road these days.

900T-R

20,404 posts

256 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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My MINI is dwarved by just about anything parked next to it - even regular superminis. However compared to my TVR it's a sodding truck...

I once parked my old Saab 900 turbo inbetween a Volvo V50 and a Peugeot 307 in a line alongside the street and was left wondering about the current state of car design. OK, so the Saab was slightly lowered and black, but still compared to the 2000s cars that were both supposed to be from a lower/smaller car segment it could as well have been an Elise...

GadgeS3C

4,516 posts

163 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Really does bring it home how big cars weren't and are now.

No pics but couple of observations.

Was in Rome a couple of years ago. I actually managed to see a Fiat 126 parked next to a real Mini. Book ended those were a modern Mini and a new Fiat 500. Did show how times have changed.

Also once parked my MX-5 next to a GT6. Up until then I thought the MX-5 was small!


kamilb1998

2,220 posts

176 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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Here's one I took a couple of years ago;


LiamB

7,922 posts

142 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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kamilb1998 said:
Here's one I took a couple of years ago;

Terrible parking wink

CubanPete

3,630 posts

187 months

Thursday 15th November 2012
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real4star said:
People are allways suprised when I point out that Dads LWB [109"] Series 2 Land Rover Station Wagon (which I borrow as often as possible) is shorter than a Mondeo estate smile and tiny compared to a LWB Transit.

Mini's are the best example... especially parked next to their BMW built namesakes.

Neal
If I remember correctly the (first) BMW mini had the same track and wheelbase as the original Range Rover.


Neighbour's Micra, was notably larger than my Mk3 golf