Pensioner Chic

[Lester H]

CDP said:

Round here the Micras seem to have diminished a bit.

Nothing quite says pensioner like a VW Golf - conveniently located at the head of a queue of traffic.

This can only apply to the lower powered ones, but I agree in general, as this group of buyers remember when cars rusted like mad, but VW didn't for a while as their cavities were injected with tar which bought time. Now however they are around 20% overpriced but old buyers will still stomp up the premium. Same demographic were driving new Protons 20 years ago, and, before that, Ladas. ( The latter rather better than their reputation, incidentally).The Golf also engenders a totally unjustified feeling of smugness ( don't mention Seat or Skoda!!)

Edited by Lester H on Saturday 12th November 22:35

[duckwhistle]

Anyone still got a Brexton picnic set?

[Lester H]

CDP said:

Round here the Micras seem to have diminished a bit.

Nothing quite says pensioner like a VW Golf - conveniently located at the head of a queue of traffic.

Micras were better built than average so the K11 acquired a bombproof reputation, but then the inevitable rust began and they are disappearing quickly

[ABC 123]

Garvin said:

I read this post and depression started to set in as I read the list and realised that I qualified for quite a number of the items on it:

A beaded seat cover No
A Tartan rug on the back seat Not quite, the tartan rug is in the boot
A box of tissues on the parcel shelf They're in the glove box
A walking stick Not yet, but do have two massive brolleys in the boot that could do the job
Travel sweets In the glove box
An obsolete atlas Yes
An obsolete National Trust Handbook Yes

Oh dear

No, tissues always on the rear parcel shelf.
Add an "it's the limit, not the target" sticker on the back

[jayemm89]

New POD said:

I dispute that this is a pensioners car.

It's not a JAZz

Bit late but funny story. Years ago I helped shoot a promo film for a Honda dealer. They brought in a previous customer, old couple. Interview was along the lines of

"We wanted a new car, so we bought a JAZZ. Then, a few years later, we decided we needed a change. So we bought another JAZZ. Then some of our friends were looking for a car, we sent them here. They bought a JAZZ."

[Lester H]

jayemm89 said:

New POD said:

I dispute that this is a pensioners car.

It's not a JAZz

Bit late but funny story. Years ago I helped shoot a promo film for a Honda dealer. They brought in a previous customer, old couple. Interview was along the lines of

"We wanted a new car, so we bought a JAZZ. Then, a few years later, we decided we needed a change. So we bought another JAZZ. Then some of our friends were looking for a car, we sent them here. They bought a JAZZ."

Visited a large garden centre today, actually saw a tartan rug on back shelf of newish Jazz

[anonymous-user]

I did have a chuckle at this.



Back on topic:

[AlexRS2782]

I was given an S reg Rover 600 as a loan car for the past few days after dropping my mums ZR off for some work to be done at a local Rover specialist. It had just been p/x'd a couple of days ago, against a newer ZT, and had just 1 "elderly gent" owner from new.

There were a couple of pensioner chic options ticked including "walnut" trim inserts, bronze paintwork with chrome inserts and this 3rd rear brake light



The gent had also stuck a couple of small circular self adhesive green dots on the speedo plastic to mark the mid point of the temp gauge and 2 points of reference on the speedo. Although those may have been due to him taking the car to France, based on the maps / paperwork in the car, so probably marking the relevant km/h markers.

Otherwise it was a wafty auto barge that had done 129k and he'd definitely looked after it. I will happily admit though that it was a very nice car to drive and very comfortable too tbh

[dbdb]

sleepera6 said:

Back on topic:

Yes!!