So what car have you been obsessing about today?? (Vol 2)
Discussion
va1o said:
Golf GTI which I like a lot but the fuel costs can get a bit silly! Plan to change in next 6 months however my work mileage dictates whether it goes in exchange for a boring/ sensible diesel or a quicker hot hatch
Fair enough. - I just noticed that you always seem to be posting Golf or Polo-platform cars. What keeps bringing you back to them, if you'd don't mind me asking?Clivey said:
Fair enough. - I just noticed that you always seem to be posting Golf or Polo-platform cars. What keeps bringing you back to them, if you'd don't mind me asking?
Nothing sinister going on, I've had a few of them, the size suits my needs and I'm loyal to the brand. To mix things up a bit a BMW M135i is still on my radar as I posted a few pages back. va1o said:
Nothing sinister going on
Wasn't meaning to suggest there was. I just genuinely don't "get" them.- In the early 2000s, I remember friends having a few high-spec Mk4 Golfs (1.9 TDI PD 150, V5 & V6 4 Motion) and they did actually seem a bit different from Fords, Vauxhalls etc.
These days though...the new cars just seem...generic. I've driven a few to see what all the fuss was about but came away completely indifferent. I just don't know what is it that gets some people obsessing over them?
Alfa Romeo 4c
I found myself near Lamborghini of Manchester this afternoon so it would be rude not to have a quick look at what they had in stock. I was hoping to see the new Huracan but was greeted by this instead. A pearlescent Alfa Romeo 4c - stunning would be an understatement purely based on looks! As I went back to Derbyshire I was guilty of imagining what every apex, corner, camber, crest and straight would feel like in a 4c. The headlights didn't even cross my mind because in my opinion, the critics are making it a bigger issue. They do the job and are not terrible.
I saw a Fiat 8V the other day. It was sublime:
(Rather confusingly it is actually a V8 - Ford had a trademark on the name at the time it seems.)
ETA With you on the Excel too. They're one of those cars that every couple of years I half seriously think about buying. A slice of mini-supercar for sub £5k...
(Rather confusingly it is actually a V8 - Ford had a trademark on the name at the time it seems.)
ETA With you on the Excel too. They're one of those cars that every couple of years I half seriously think about buying. A slice of mini-supercar for sub £5k...
L100NYY said:
There were a couple of lovely early X1/9's at the Silverstone Classic a few weeks ago.....
Although this Frogeye was just perfect;
But it is THIS that I really want.....
a nuclear powered old timer gardener i helped out in summer had one of those mini travellers jobbies, i was 17 and would finish the day buggered, he would be fresh as a daisy. They look absolutely brilliant now, much more practcal than an ordinary Mini, great choice. There really are some cracking classics about, this white MGB GT, not rare, not fast, not appreciating, but just lovely to use and own.Although this Frogeye was just perfect;
But it is THIS that I really want.....
Edited by L100NYY on Thursday 7th August 12:25
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C527598#
Edited by bencollins on Saturday 9th August 11:17
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