What do you drive? How much attention?
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idealstandard said:
Absolutely love these. Got to admit i keep looking at them on ebay. 
I am lucky to have quite a few cars to drive around in my little fleet, and the difference in looks/attention/positive/negative comments is quite funny.
Citroen DS19 Pallas - i get overwhelmingly positive interactions with this car. People will stop you in the street, or at the petrol station and tell you their stories and reminisce about times gone by and absent friends. I had one woman come up to me in my local Shell and tell me she was born in the back of a DS!
Yeti. I live in the country so every fourth or fifth car around here is a 4x4 Yeti. Noone bats an eyelid, and you are let out of junctions.
B7 RS4 - to almost everyone it just looks like a normal audi estate, no real feelings either way from anyone on this car.
599 - I get the most negative attention in this car, have been called every rude word either verbally or in sign language - was even approached by a guy in a Waitrose car park who had just got out of a 69 plate Range Rover to address me on my attitudes towards global warming. Glass houses and all that?
You get the odd bit of positive feedback - I've even met a guy who has become a good close friend in a Shell garage talking about this car. The keen car enthuiasts also look inside and see that I've converted it to manual and that usually sparks a techy car nerd chat.
Overall though - negative for the most part.
993 Turbo - whilst you don't get let out of junctions apart from by keen motoring enthusiasts and PHers, people don't really care either way or see it as anything other than just another 911. So a good smoker if you wanted a daily without the attention
Vantage - people seem to appreciate britishness / Aston Martin and you get let out of junctions a lot - flashes of headlights and waves (I am assuming not warning me of radar vans but in a friendly sense). Only had one negative comment "flash
" as I was driving through a town a few years ago. I have also met another chap who has become a good friend in a Shell garage talking about this car. Common theme emerging here or do I only make friends at shell garages?
Mrs Ideal Standard's daily driver - you will not get let out of junctions in this. Not sure why. Also the alfa romeo waves that I used to get in my 159 years ago don't seem to apply to this model. Strange.
We also have a diesel Fiesta on a 12 plate as a country runaround which was previously my Dad's car until ULEZ... you will always be let go out of junctions in that.
Great post. I am lucky to have quite a few cars to drive around in my little fleet, and the difference in looks/attention/positive/negative comments is quite funny.
Citroen DS19 Pallas - i get overwhelmingly positive interactions with this car. People will stop you in the street, or at the petrol station and tell you their stories and reminisce about times gone by and absent friends. I had one woman come up to me in my local Shell and tell me she was born in the back of a DS!
Yeti. I live in the country so every fourth or fifth car around here is a 4x4 Yeti. Noone bats an eyelid, and you are let out of junctions.
B7 RS4 - to almost everyone it just looks like a normal audi estate, no real feelings either way from anyone on this car.
599 - I get the most negative attention in this car, have been called every rude word either verbally or in sign language - was even approached by a guy in a Waitrose car park who had just got out of a 69 plate Range Rover to address me on my attitudes towards global warming. Glass houses and all that?
You get the odd bit of positive feedback - I've even met a guy who has become a good close friend in a Shell garage talking about this car. The keen car enthuiasts also look inside and see that I've converted it to manual and that usually sparks a techy car nerd chat.
Overall though - negative for the most part.
993 Turbo - whilst you don't get let out of junctions apart from by keen motoring enthusiasts and PHers, people don't really care either way or see it as anything other than just another 911. So a good smoker if you wanted a daily without the attention
Vantage - people seem to appreciate britishness / Aston Martin and you get let out of junctions a lot - flashes of headlights and waves (I am assuming not warning me of radar vans but in a friendly sense). Only had one negative comment "flash
" as I was driving through a town a few years ago. I have also met another chap who has become a good friend in a Shell garage talking about this car. Common theme emerging here or do I only make friends at shell garages?Mrs Ideal Standard's daily driver - you will not get let out of junctions in this. Not sure why. Also the alfa romeo waves that I used to get in my 159 years ago don't seem to apply to this model. Strange.
We also have a diesel Fiesta on a 12 plate as a country runaround which was previously my Dad's car until ULEZ... you will always be let go out of junctions in that.
At my UK cottage I have a 981 Cayman S. it got more attention when it was wrapped in carmine red. Mostly positive, but a ‘to be expected’ element from a certain few. Now it’s back to black, it is largely unnoticed except by pedestrians as it’s not especially quiet.
In Dubai, I have a dark blue Macan S. doesn’t get noticed in any way. Although where I am in Dubai, nothing this side of a 918 or McLaren P1 gets noticed.
In Dubai, I have a dark blue Macan S. doesn’t get noticed in any way. Although where I am in Dubai, nothing this side of a 918 or McLaren P1 gets noticed.
I've had this Giulia Quadrifoglio as my main family car for 8 months or so and my god it gets a ridiculous amount of positive attention considering how attainable the car is. People (especially older women!) compliment the colour all the time, you can see people nudging their mates and craning their neck as you go past. I always get let out of junctions, and it sounds good but not excessively loud. It gives me such a warm feeling driving a car that not only I love but others do too. I can't think of a daily family car that would get more positive attention!
My Honda S2000 gets a lot of good attention too, mostly from people in sporty Japanese cars. No one really tries to race me, again people tell me they never see one in yellow and they like it. It gets more thumbs ups generally when driving about. People like to tell me that they're going up in value and they're not wrong!
My other car is a 2007 Lexus RX which is literally the most invisible car known to man. See the picture for evidence of this
I mainly drive anonymous cars now, except our T25 gets some attention. The demographic is kids, older women (especially in France) and ex-owners.
We had a new Mini in 2001, a newish Smart Roadster coupe in 2005 and a VX220 in 2003 which always got attention. But with kids, I can't afford such things......
We had a new Mini in 2001, a newish Smart Roadster coupe in 2005 and a VX220 in 2003 which always got attention. But with kids, I can't afford such things......
Well, after a 5-yr gap in the thread I guess attitudes would have changed. If I was seen driving this one then people wanted to chat. Last autumn I took it to a "classic car show" and saw loads of modern Corvettes and Porkers but not one person looked at my car. Maybe the definition of a classic car has changed in the intervening period?. Not that it bothers me, because I tired of telling them that it wasn't an E-type.
bergxu said:
My next import will most likely be a Vauxhall Lotus Carlton, speaking of “Lotus”..
Anyone know the whereabouts of 40 RA?
The first one (to wear that plate) - that was found at the bottom of a canal? Anyone know the whereabouts of 40 RA?
The second one (to wear that plate) I have a feeling was up for sale without the plate
lowdrag said:
Well, after a 5-yr gap in the thread I guess attitudes would have changed. If I was seen driving this one then people wanted to chat. Last autumn I took it to a "classic car show" and saw loads of modern Corvettes and Porkers but not one person looked at my car. Maybe the definition of a classic car has changed in the intervening period?. Not that it bothers me, because I tired of telling them that it wasn't an E-type.
God, that's lovelylowdrag said:
Well, after a 5-yr gap in the thread I guess attitudes would have changed. If I was seen driving this one then people wanted to chat. Last autumn I took it to a "classic car show" and saw loads of modern Corvettes and Porkers but not one person looked at my car. Maybe the definition of a classic car has changed in the intervening period?. Not that it bothers me, because I tired of telling them that it wasn't an E-type.
What is it then? It does look a bit like an old e-type to me.Notso said:
What is it then? It does look a bit like an old e-type to me.
Lowdrag > 
(I think it's a D type, but could be wrong and just annoy low drag even more)
I'm practically invisible in the shed Ka, which can be a problem at times if I have right of way.
My wife's C Class is old enough now that I don't think it's viewed as anything flash, so it's relatively innocuous too, though don't tend to get let out of side roads often.It'll be interesting to see how things have changed in the 25 years or so since I last drove my Mk2 RS2000 as I used to get waves, other cars flashing their lights and people chat to me at petrol stations when it was around 20 years old. Now it's over 40 and things have moved on a bit.
Back last time it was on the road:
SimonTheSailor said:
Entry level Audi TT roadster - people give me camp waves and ask for haircuts.
11 years ago I bought my first (and so far only) roadster, a BMW Z3 3.0 and that joke was tired even back then. Funny thing is that most of the hairdressers/barbers that I do know seem to either drive fairly normal hatchbacks or current one has an SUV. Notso said:
lowdrag said:
Well, after a 5-yr gap in the thread I guess attitudes would have changed. If I was seen driving this one then people wanted to chat. Last autumn I took it to a "classic car show" and saw loads of modern Corvettes and Porkers but not one person looked at my car. Maybe the definition of a classic car has changed in the intervening period?. Not that it bothers me, because I tired of telling them that it wasn't an E-type.
What is it then? It does look a bit like an old e-type to me.
It's an XKSS, or at least a replica of one. Roadgoing D-type, and originals are fabulous rare (and expensive). Limited numbers as I believe the factory burned down after just a few were built. Steve McQueen had one.
My 03 celsior :
Funny enough mostly positive, people like the silliness of it and how often ask how I drive it like that, what it is etc. Very few expect to see a Toyota badge on a car like this so it always surprised people which I find funny. At car shows/meets everyone goes to the back to check the badges.
My 04 Honda s2000
All over the place with this one. Mostly angry looks when I’m driving around because it’s quite loud. But at car meets, stations etc I usually get positive feedback. Had the car for many years so it’s been bone stock and it’s been crazy track looking thing too.
Funny enough mostly positive, people like the silliness of it and how often ask how I drive it like that, what it is etc. Very few expect to see a Toyota badge on a car like this so it always surprised people which I find funny. At car shows/meets everyone goes to the back to check the badges.
My 04 Honda s2000
All over the place with this one. Mostly angry looks when I’m driving around because it’s quite loud. But at car meets, stations etc I usually get positive feedback. Had the car for many years so it’s been bone stock and it’s been crazy track looking thing too.
Megane 275. Have got a the odd 'nice car mate'. Mostly from the Tesco Click and Collect man, tyre fitters, and the forklift driver on my building site (clearly where one finds the true connoisseur).
Sometimes people try to race me. I don't mind as long as I can tell they're not undercover Police, or do something really dangerous.
Conversely the last time I complimented someone on their car, it was a Giulia Quadrifoglio owner in my local petrol station shortly after they came out.
Zarco said:
Megane 275. Have got a the odd 'nice car mate'. Mostly from the Tesco Click and Collect man, tyre fitters, and the forklift driver on my building site (clearly where one finds the true connoisseur).
Sometimes people try to race me. I don't mind as long as I can tell they're not undercover Police, or do something really dangerous.
Conversely the last time I complimented someone on their car, it was a Giulia Quadrifoglio owner in my local petrol station shortly after they came out.
Driving back from the Ring once in the Cup-S the UK Border Force guy at the Chunnel asked me where I had travelled to, so I explained about the Ring and stuff. And he started laughing "what? In that?". I wished him a nice end to his shift. He stopped laughing.
Harry Flashman said:
Hand in your PH card, now
It's an XKSS, or at least a replica of one. Roadgoing D-type, and originals are fabulous rare (and expensive). Limited numbers as I believe the factory burned down after just a few were built. Steve McQueen had one.
Just a small correction. The XKSS model was built using left-over D-type shells, and they aren't that dear really. £12 million will do, although the ex-Steve McQueen one would probably be £25 million. Only 16 were made but after the fire. Mine there is correctly described as a replica, one of only nine built by Lynx, mine in 1989. The comments above showing no knowledge of what it is shows how time is marching on and how Sierras and Escorts are more popular. And sadly mine isn't worth millionsIt's an XKSS, or at least a replica of one. Roadgoing D-type, and originals are fabulous rare (and expensive). Limited numbers as I believe the factory burned down after just a few were built. Steve McQueen had one.
. but one did sell at the Revival for a reasonable sum. Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 26th March 11:46
lowdrag said:
. The comments above showing no knowledge of what it is shows how time is marching on and how Sierras and Escorts are more popular.
Petrolheads (and collectors) tend to lust over the stuff they thought was cool and couldn't afford as teenagers.Stuff like this from my dad's generation doesn't interest me at all, even if he no doubt thinks they're brilliant. I've yet to drive a classic car that I haven't thought was rubbish (beyond the initial novelty), but I'm 'only' 42.
Values and overall desirability will no doubt mirror this sentiment (as they will for the things I like) as time marches on.
Baldchap said:
lowdrag said:
. The comments above showing no knowledge of what it is shows how time is marching on and how Sierras and Escorts are more popular.
Petrolheads (and collectors) tend to lust over the stuff they thought was cool and couldn't afford as teenagers.Stuff like this from my dad's generation doesn't interest me at all, even if he no doubt thinks they're brilliant. I've yet to drive a classic car that I haven't thought was rubbish (beyond the initial novelty), but I'm 'only' 42.
Values and overall desirability will no doubt mirror this sentiment (as they will for the things I like) as time marches on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q_4PCyItN4
andyA700 said:
Baldchap said:
lowdrag said:
. The comments above showing no knowledge of what it is shows how time is marching on and how Sierras and Escorts are more popular.
Petrolheads (and collectors) tend to lust over the stuff they thought was cool and couldn't afford as teenagers.Stuff like this from my dad's generation doesn't interest me at all, even if he no doubt thinks they're brilliant. I've yet to drive a classic car that I haven't thought was rubbish (beyond the initial novelty), but I'm 'only' 42.
Values and overall desirability will no doubt mirror this sentiment (as they will for the things I like) as time marches on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q_4PCyItN4
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