do people really buy cars and not have a clue what they are?
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jamiebae said:
My Gran drives an '08 Honda Jazz 
My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
At my age, I would just like some relatives. Cars optional...My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
Tunku said:
jamiebae said:
My Gran drives an '08 Honda Jazz
My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
At my age, I would just like some relatives. Cars optional...My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
iain_thornton said:
there's an old lady round here who I've seen a few times in a red NSX. plate is E3 NSX I think. we've been coming up with theories for ages about it
<3 NSX
Funnily enough I see an old lady driving a red NSX round my area now and again aswell, I even posted about it on here a while ago I think! Don't know the plate though unfortunately. Not in the Teesside area are you by any chance?<3 NSX
I also used to see an old Albert Einstein looking (hair and all) guy driving a bright green gallardo around. I suspect he know what he was buying but it looked quality!
Edited by fraserbottomley on Friday 14th January 23:55
EDLT said:
Tunku said:
jamiebae said:
My Gran drives an '08 Honda Jazz
My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
At my age, I would just like some relatives. Cars optional...My Grandpa has a 56 reg Subaru Forester
Even my Dad has an '09 Golf TDi, my Mum has a Beetle cabrio, step-dad has a top spec Octavia TDi and my step-mum drives a Kia Sedona diesel
I want some relatives with nice cars I can borrow
I was trying to think of a response to bring the tone back up again, no need now
I was on the Isle of Arran a few years ago with my wife on a biking/camping holiday, and we got chatting to an old couple in the pub; they both looked about 80.
In conversation it came out that we were there on a motorcycle.
"Ooh!" coo's the old dear, "George still has a couple of bikes!"
Expecting him to have an Arial Flat Badger 250 or some other such unreliable, oil spewing, British heap I asked him what he had.
"Well, son," he said. "I've still got me old Norton race bike, but I've not used that since the '80s, I bought a Fireblade when they first came out but it's getting on a bit now too.
I fancy one of them GSXR a'thou's tho'"
It turned out he had been a regular at the TT during the 50's and 60's, raced well into his 50's and still rode most weeks.
He wasn't too impressed by my Bandit 12, either;
"No, no, lad. Far too heavy for its own good and the pegs are far too low."
Don't judge a book by it's cover...!
In conversation it came out that we were there on a motorcycle.
"Ooh!" coo's the old dear, "George still has a couple of bikes!"
Expecting him to have an Arial Flat Badger 250 or some other such unreliable, oil spewing, British heap I asked him what he had.
"Well, son," he said. "I've still got me old Norton race bike, but I've not used that since the '80s, I bought a Fireblade when they first came out but it's getting on a bit now too.
I fancy one of them GSXR a'thou's tho'"
It turned out he had been a regular at the TT during the 50's and 60's, raced well into his 50's and still rode most weeks.
He wasn't too impressed by my Bandit 12, either;
"No, no, lad. Far too heavy for its own good and the pegs are far too low."
Don't judge a book by it's cover...!
Can't 'old' people be petrolheads too?
My mum never used to give two hoots what her car was as long as it was cheap and reliable, and now thanks to my influence she'd have an SLS if she could afford one.
Threads like this make me:
a) feel old at all of 30 years old, because they're usually very obviously started by 18year olds who now seem like children,
and b) wonder when someone is going to see someone like Stirling Moss bombing along in something like a McLaren MP4-12C then get on a forum and rattle about the old codger they saw in a sportscar he was clearly sold by an evil salesman who saw him coming a mile off.
My mum never used to give two hoots what her car was as long as it was cheap and reliable, and now thanks to my influence she'd have an SLS if she could afford one.
Threads like this make me:
a) feel old at all of 30 years old, because they're usually very obviously started by 18year olds who now seem like children,
and b) wonder when someone is going to see someone like Stirling Moss bombing along in something like a McLaren MP4-12C then get on a forum and rattle about the old codger they saw in a sportscar he was clearly sold by an evil salesman who saw him coming a mile off.
Apparently only about a third of all RX8 owners know that they have a rotary engine. Sadly this means that they also don't know to check the oil regularly, so many engines get destroyed or near-f
ked.
Also, based on the stupidity of most people, and the snow-related threads on here recently it would appear that a significant number of BMW drivers don't realise that the cars are RWD
ked.Also, based on the stupidity of most people, and the snow-related threads on here recently it would appear that a significant number of BMW drivers don't realise that the cars are RWD
Edited by STW2010 on Saturday 15th January 01:11
Just to echo what the few level headed members on here have said... God there are lot of prejudiced knob ends posting on this thread.
I was at a nice country pub back in the summer and three old dears park up in a W124 E32 coupe. I mention to the lady driving what a nice car she had and how well kept it was, to which she replied "yes, and it goes like st off a shovel"
Just becasue you someone's reached the point where their hair is growing thin and they think that one of those big slippers you put both feet into is a good idea now it doesn't mean they can't pedal a quyick car and enjoy it.
Likewise I remember being shown a clean pair of heels by an old dear in a MK1 Golf GTI in the lake district one. I wasn't exactly hanging about but there was no way I could've stuck with her.
I was at a nice country pub back in the summer and three old dears park up in a W124 E32 coupe. I mention to the lady driving what a nice car she had and how well kept it was, to which she replied "yes, and it goes like s
t off a shovel"Just becasue you someone's reached the point where their hair is growing thin and they think that one of those big slippers you put both feet into is a good idea now it doesn't mean they can't pedal a quyick car and enjoy it.
Likewise I remember being shown a clean pair of heels by an old dear in a MK1 Golf GTI in the lake district one. I wasn't exactly hanging about but there was no way I could've stuck with her.
Edited by rockandrollmark on Saturday 15th January 05:02
EDLT said:
STW2010 said:
Also, based on the stupidity of most people, and the snow-related threads on here recently it would appear that a significant number of BMW drivers don't realise that the cars are RWD
BMW did a survey of 1-series drivers, the majority of them haven't got a clue.maniac0796 said:
Haighermeister said:
Old people buy what they think/ are told is best. Sad but true.
This. They go for the highest spec model, and that generally turns out to be the sports model.
I remember seeing an old boy, must of been 90, driving a brand new focus RS when the latest ones came out in yeovil once.
But somewhere along the line the top spec model has become sporty rather than luxorious. Which given the current drive to economy seems a bit odd really.
I guess a number of these ladies with NSXs knew that Honda were very reliable, and went to the dealer. Honda don't have anything really expensive that's not the NSX, so if they want a plush Honda, it has to be mid engined with a V6.
A few years ago when a mate (made some money) bought a brand new 993 C4.
He had owned it approx. 15 months when he phoned me to say a light had come up on the dashboard which turned out to be low washer fluid so he said "what do l do?".
l explained how to fill it up and to call me back when he had done it.
Amazingly he called back 2 mins later in a panic saying his car didn't have an engine !!!
Yep; he had had it over a year and didn't realise 911 engines were in the back !
Quality.....
He had owned it approx. 15 months when he phoned me to say a light had come up on the dashboard which turned out to be low washer fluid so he said "what do l do?".
l explained how to fill it up and to call me back when he had done it.
Amazingly he called back 2 mins later in a panic saying his car didn't have an engine !!!
Yep; he had had it over a year and didn't realise 911 engines were in the back !
Quality.....
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