For all PH'ERS. Whats your age & daily driver?
Discussion
BrabusMog said:
gregf40 said:
BrabusMog said:
Completely off topic but I just looked at your profile... How did the opportunity to invest in Amazon come about? I presume you were already relatively well connected? Two good car choices, by the way!
Cheers!A family member was involved in online payments back in the 90's and told me about Amazon - I bought after the IPO (sadly not before!) when they were being traded on the NASDAQ in '97.
I still own the majority of the shares now - just sell a few when I fancy changing my cars!
TWPC said:
K50 DEL said:
indi pearl said:
62, retired.
Isuzu Piazza Turbo manual, handling by Lotus.
I'll pick up on this then.... a cool left-field choice of vehicle Sir.Isuzu Piazza Turbo manual, handling by Lotus.
Never actually "met" an owner before... any chance of a bit more info?
In the 1980s my teenage self held the usual militant & car mag-informed (i.e. no actual experience) views that live axled cars couldn't handle properly (the Sierra had replaced the stone age horrors of the Cortina's rear end with wonderfully sophisticated semi-trailing arms...). The Piazza, and of course the Caterham 7, showed how wrong it is to generalise. The Piazza also had wonderfully clean styling...
You do know the Piazza turbo was a General Motors tie-up/raided parts bin horror show don't you? Isuzu didn't have a sports car chassis available at the time so they borrowed one from, wait for it, the Vauxhall Chevette! Which is why it had a live axle. Anyway, they took the Chevette floor and popped a body based around Guigiaro's Ace Of Clubs concept on top. Then bolted in a turbo engine and wondered why the handling was appalling. The Lotus tuned versions were loads better, but the early cars weren't exactly refined. In fact nor were the later ones, which is one reason they never sold many.
I quite like the Piazza, in fact I'd happily own one, but they were right to generalise in that case. I've had live axle cars and they don't handle as well as IRS stuff. Not one bit.
30, Aquanaut, BMW E46 M3 Manual and a 100CC 2 stroke scooter for special occasions...
The love for Alfas here makes me feel all warm inside- previous daily was a 156 V6 that bewitched/brainwashed me into keeping her running against all common sense for many years. Scooter was in fact back up for when one of the bits around that fabulous Busso had broken..... again
The love for Alfas here makes me feel all warm inside- previous daily was a 156 V6 that bewitched/brainwashed me into keeping her running against all common sense for many years. Scooter was in fact back up for when one of the bits around that fabulous Busso had broken..... again
Edited by Rockstar on Thursday 20th November 23:22
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff