Cars you are too young to ever love/understand
Discussion
bobbo89 said:
The Sierra. Put whatever engine you want into it, I just cant get past the fact that they're a bit st looking!
Agreed with that, the earlier ones look like they are missing a vauxhall badge... The 3 door cossies look like someone welded two feet of generic car into a badly mangled escort, kind of a panamera avant la lettre!And nothing to do with age, i just cant conceive of the mind that would like a modern vauxhall
I'm 54 and I don't get the Triumph Stag. I was about 12 when they appeared and I thought they looked crap, with that hideous roll over bar nonsense.
Then of course it came with that rubbish overheating 3.0 Triumph engine, because they were all too proud to pop across the road to the Rover factory and ask to use the thousands of V8 3.5 engines they had lying around.
I could understand if they were collectable in the same way Trabants are, so crap they're fun, but people actually seem to admire them.
Then of course it came with that rubbish overheating 3.0 Triumph engine, because they were all too proud to pop across the road to the Rover factory and ask to use the thousands of V8 3.5 engines they had lying around.
I could understand if they were collectable in the same way Trabants are, so crap they're fun, but people actually seem to admire them.
Puddenchucker said:
VW Beetle (The original air cooled vesion).
I struggle to understand the affection for these as anything other than rudimentary transport.
Good one. I forgot about the beetle. I struggle to understand the affection for these as anything other than rudimentary transport.
The most fking awful, miserable, noisy, uncomfortable, unreliable, slow, st sounding pile of misery I have ever driven. It might actually be a match for the hatefulness of the defender. Maybe.
I am also a big 911 fan. I love them. I cannot see the fascination of buying the older ones though. The 964 is gorgeous I'll give you that but anything earlier for the money they command you could buy a nice 996/997 or even a 991 in some circumstances which are much better looking(subjective I know), much more reliable, more usable and much more capable. Maybe I'm just missing something.
It's Cobras for me. I've never quite understood why there were so many 427 replicas available and why they are so popular. Personally, I prefer the look of the 289, but the original Ace was IMHO the much prettier car. By the time I became aware of cars, AC had entered their state of perpetual financial crises, so didn't really have too much of a presence at that time.
I appreciate that they were one of the fastest cars around in their time, but I think my subconscious might have been influenced by seeing them trounced in race after race by a stock VW Beetle in a certain Disney movie franchise.
Similarly, I don't really get E-Types, although they were much more prominent in my consciousness and I do sort of appreciate them now. Not on my wish list though.
If I were looking for something of that era, it would be a big Healey, I like those!
I appreciate that they were one of the fastest cars around in their time, but I think my subconscious might have been influenced by seeing them trounced in race after race by a stock VW Beetle in a certain Disney movie franchise.
Similarly, I don't really get E-Types, although they were much more prominent in my consciousness and I do sort of appreciate them now. Not on my wish list though.
If I were looking for something of that era, it would be a big Healey, I like those!
I'm a bit older than a lot on this thread so I don't even have the excuse that they were before my time.
Old Escort's - Look crap IMO and rust to buggery. There claim to fame seems to be that they can hang the tail out but I just don't get why they are worth so much now.
Old Land Rover's - Been mentioned by a lot of people but has to be said again. Old farm machinery, I just don't see the appeal at all.
E-Type Jag - Beautiful to many, to me they look like a melted bar of soap.
VW Camper Vans - I don't like new vans so I don't see the appeal at all of an old, noisy, rusty one.
The common denominator seems to be rose tinted specs. There's no doubt that some classic cars are pretty decent to drive or even look nice, none of the above fall into either category IMO and it's just pure nostalgia that means people are willing to pay silly inflated prices for them.
Old Escort's - Look crap IMO and rust to buggery. There claim to fame seems to be that they can hang the tail out but I just don't get why they are worth so much now.
Old Land Rover's - Been mentioned by a lot of people but has to be said again. Old farm machinery, I just don't see the appeal at all.
E-Type Jag - Beautiful to many, to me they look like a melted bar of soap.
VW Camper Vans - I don't like new vans so I don't see the appeal at all of an old, noisy, rusty one.
The common denominator seems to be rose tinted specs. There's no doubt that some classic cars are pretty decent to drive or even look nice, none of the above fall into either category IMO and it's just pure nostalgia that means people are willing to pay silly inflated prices for them.
There's a long list of cars I'm not overly fussed about but a much larger list that I am.
As I meet and work with new people I naturally talk about cars at some stage and its happened recently where a former colleague has restored an e-type which previously has never crossed my radar, however his passion for the car (& all its inherent 'quirks') sent me googling that evening. So I guess I'm pretty open-minded on the subject.
On the other hand....
The older TVRs don't interest me one iota.
As I meet and work with new people I naturally talk about cars at some stage and its happened recently where a former colleague has restored an e-type which previously has never crossed my radar, however his passion for the car (& all its inherent 'quirks') sent me googling that evening. So I guess I'm pretty open-minded on the subject.
On the other hand....
The older TVRs don't interest me one iota.
R8Steve said:
The poverty spec Merc 190 that gets doted on by many on here.
I'm old enough to understand them but certainly not to love them.
You and me both, Steve... Until I had a ride in one recently (taxi in Portugal). It was very, very old, with brown/caramel interior, paint in a fetching shade of beige. Plastic wheel trims, wind-up windows, cloth seats, manual gearbox, the lot.I'm old enough to understand them but certainly not to love them.
I surprised myself by really enjoying the experience.
Dr Jekyll said:
Sycamore said:
I'm 22.
The E-Type is ugly.
the FHC does look a bit out of proportion from certain angles I agree. But what would you consider a good looking car?The E-Type is ugly.
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