Classics dwarfed by moderns

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TCEvo

12,861 posts

204 months

Tuesday 7th May
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MINI, Mini, MINI...


Master Of Puppets

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64 months

Thursday 9th May
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ka90

161 posts

125 months

Thursday 9th May
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Up! GTI vs. classic Mini

paulguitar

24,056 posts

115 months

Friday 10th May
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sidewinder500

1,197 posts

96 months

Friday 10th May
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The difference is even more crass in reality

nismo48

3,857 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th May
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reddiesel

2,102 posts

49 months

Saturday 11th May
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sidewinder500 said:
The difference is even more crass in reality
Is it an age thing but I totally agree with you .

robemcdonald

8,878 posts

198 months

Saturday 11th May
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nismo48 said:
I’m not 100% sure you’ve quite grasped the concept of the thread. There seems to be at least one element missing from your picture.

21st Century Man

41,087 posts

250 months

Saturday 11th May
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The wheelie bins are now bigger?

SpudLink

6,026 posts

194 months

Wednesday 29th May
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From FB.

vetrof

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175 months

Wednesday 29th May
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sidewinder500

1,197 posts

96 months

Yesterday (06:35)
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Turbobanana

6,368 posts

203 months

Yesterday (11:26)
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SpudLink said:


From FB.
Thanks for posting Spud: that's really interesting.

Amusing how in the 20 years between the older cars, not a huge amount changed (in plan view, at least), but in the 14 years to the 2022 car it seems to have turned into one of those huge American pickups. I guess the hybrid powertrain, developments in aerodynamics and driver safety all play a part, but it all appears to be in length and not width (as the Postmistress would tell Shed smile).

sideways man

1,330 posts

139 months

Yesterday (20:26)
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Didn’t quite appreciate the size of my seven, till I took it to work…

GTRene

16,846 posts

226 months

Yesterday (21:22)
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GTRene

16,846 posts

226 months

Yesterday (21:29)
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SpudLink said:


From FB.
-when I look at that picture I think with the small analoge one, I could still be a F1 driver looking at the simple steering.

-when looking at the next I get confused and mixed up a bit... its gonna be very hard even around those days when my mind worked a tiny bit better then it does now.

-looking at the lastest with all buttons and options and and and, forget about it, its way way way out of my league, not even dreaming about it, but more respect for the drivers, you must have a computer head for such

but a great picture as overview how they have grown, but not in a 'good' way for people like me hehe
same a bit with trackdays, long time ago it was pretty simple, have fun and sound? ow sounds great...

but nowadays sound limits, lots of rules an lessons and so on, ok I see of course some good in a lot, but still I miss the old days and ways of lots of things.

PomBstard

6,850 posts

244 months

Yesterday (21:45)
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paulguitar said:
I’ve posted this one on here before, but a big lardy GT car next to a lithe 911 as a reminder of progress…


daqinggregg

1,719 posts

131 months

sideways man said:
Didn’t quite appreciate the size of my seven, till I took it to work…
SM you could’ve parked between the lines, instead of forcing the poor soul driving that ever so subtle BMW over to the right.

Truckosaurus

11,508 posts

286 months

PomBstard said:
.... a big lardy GT car...
Similarly I saw a '90s BMW 8-series recently and it struck me how small it was, when at the time it was derided in the press for being too big.

Strangely Brown

10,197 posts

233 months

sideways man said:
Didn’t quite appreciate the size of my seven, till I took it to work…
Wow! That's quite the collection of extra badging on the X5.