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I took a picture of my cars together over the weekend. It struck me that every car has a roll cage and harnesses in it. In deference to comfort, some do have carpets. Two actually have air conditioning - although it only actually works in one of them. On saying that, i never use it anyway. One of them doesnt actually have any windows that open, but it does have a slider that lets a bit of air in when required and often a lot in when it isnt.
None are comfortable, all of them are noisy and speciffically set up to be waywardly difficult and not in the least bit driver friendly.
I suspect that none of these cars would fit as much as half of the criteria required by the committies that think up new car concepts at Porsche or any other major manufacturer. In fact, they would probably be laughed at.
So, to my question: Who in their right minds would want to own cars like this any more, and am I mad to cosset them?? Do they have a place only in the history of motoring or will they - or rather thier concept, ever form part of our motoring future?
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None are comfortable, all of them are noisy and speciffically set up to be waywardly difficult and not in the least bit driver friendly.
I suspect that none of these cars would fit as much as half of the criteria required by the committies that think up new car concepts at Porsche or any other major manufacturer. In fact, they would probably be laughed at.
So, to my question: Who in their right minds would want to own cars like this any more, and am I mad to cosset them?? Do they have a place only in the history of motoring or will they - or rather thier concept, ever form part of our motoring future?
Please note. Any poster who mentions Brexit will be held in contempt of thread and punished accordingly
Trev450 said:
Lovely collection of real analogue cars that can only be appreciated by true petrol heads.
The truith is that they are all lovely to drive and not that unforgiving providing you make an effort to drive them properly. Such a shame that cars like this may not be made again. Equally that they are so valuable now that they are falling into the hands of collectors rather than lunatics who just like to drive nice cars9e 28 said:
I can't see a 996 RS.
Steve you are mad. You need to add something that will cosset you on long journeys. Nothing expensive - something like this would do the job http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
Thats a nice little thing. Steve you are mad. You need to add something that will cosset you on long journeys. Nothing expensive - something like this would do the job http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
v8ksn said:
Beautiful collection Mr Rance, lovely colours too!
One thing I would ask though is how do you decide which one you fancy taking out?
Life for me is (unfortunately
a lot easier as I have a battered E46 3 series coupe as a daily and the 997.1 GT3 for fun and a BMW X3 for family duties.
The 3 series and GT3 are polar opposites in terms of the way they drive and getting into the 997 GT3 after a week or two in the 3 series is a revelation. If I had the choice of a 996 GT3 RS, a 997.1 GT3 a lotus Elise or a 993 RS/GT2 etc etc I wouldn't know what to do!
Why thank you Dear Boy. The answer to your question is that they all get Rodgered senselessOne thing I would ask though is how do you decide which one you fancy taking out?
Life for me is (unfortunately
a lot easier as I have a battered E46 3 series coupe as a daily and the 997.1 GT3 for fun and a BMW X3 for family duties. The 3 series and GT3 are polar opposites in terms of the way they drive and getting into the 997 GT3 after a week or two in the 3 series is a revelation. If I had the choice of a 996 GT3 RS, a 997.1 GT3 a lotus Elise or a 993 RS/GT2 etc etc I wouldn't know what to do!
Ha! There's a Series 1 Landrover in front of it. The Elise is a special car for me. It's a genuine motorsport 190 (one of 36 made). Only 14k miles. I did some demonstration driving for Lotus when the Elise was launched and I remember driving a 190 when it was first introduced. A lovely thing. You couldn't buy one road registered. It was sold as a racing car. Mine was exported to Ireland, road registered there then brought back into the uk (!). It is also supercharged with 280 bhp. Quite a nippy car and a delight to drive. My other half drives it regularly. She loves it.
I would like a GT4 but am hoping that an RS version comes along. To be Horst. Every car that I own has a special story for me. There are not investments but represent what I consider to be some of my very favourite driving cars. As said earlier, the like of which probably won't be made again. I drive them hard but sympathetically. all of the chassis are fully optimised with the exception of the 997. I'll get that done in the winter. Next year I'm planning to take them all to Silverstone and film a back to back comparison. My personal definitive test. It will be very interesting
I would like a GT4 but am hoping that an RS version comes along. To be Horst. Every car that I own has a special story for me. There are not investments but represent what I consider to be some of my very favourite driving cars. As said earlier, the like of which probably won't be made again. I drive them hard but sympathetically. all of the chassis are fully optimised with the exception of the 997. I'll get that done in the winter. Next year I'm planning to take them all to Silverstone and film a back to back comparison. My personal definitive test. It will be very interesting
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