Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2
Discussion
Doofus said:
Riley Blue said:
Maybe it's your photography skills but something about that looks AI generated.Got it! The windows are sparkly clean.
This is the original:
or maybe it was this one:
or perhaps this one:
To remove any doubt perhaps I ought to delete the images that were digitally enhanced though it should be blindingly obvious which they are I would have thought.
They're the first and third of the trio.
The other two I posted, one straight from my Pixel 10's camera and the other cropped, are most definitely not AI generated. Here's another view of the Anglia from a few years ago next to my A8:
I felt you'd appreciate something clearer than Google's 'spy in the sky' so I stopped momentarily on my way to do some shopping yesterday afternoon and took a quick snap for you.
HTH
They're the first and third of the trio.
The other two I posted, one straight from my Pixel 10's camera and the other cropped, are most definitely not AI generated. Here's another view of the Anglia from a few years ago next to my A8:
I felt you'd appreciate something clearer than Google's 'spy in the sky' so I stopped momentarily on my way to do some shopping yesterday afternoon and took a quick snap for you.
HTH
Edited by Riley Blue on Sunday 19th April 19:54
Riley Blue said:
To remove any doubt perhaps I ought to delete the images that were digitally enhanced though it should be blindingly obvious which they are I would have thought.
Why do it in the first place? It's a photo of a car covered in lichen on a thread filled with badly focussed, grainy, poor composition pictures of rusty old cars apparently recorded using a potato, it didn't need enhancing and there's already far too much AI rubbish clogging up the internet without adding to the pile.Riley Blue said:
To remove any doubt perhaps I ought to delete the images that were digitally enhanced though it should be blindingly obvious which they are I would have thought.
They're the first and third of the trio.
The other two I posted, one straight from my Pixel 10's camera and the other cropped, are most definitely not AI generated. Here's another view of the Anglia from a few years ago next to my A8:
I felt you'd appreciate something clearer than Google's 'spy in the sky' so I stopped momentarily on my way to do some shopping yesterday afternoon and took a quick snap for you.
HTH
Is that a screen capture from 'Bland Theft Auto'? They're the first and third of the trio.
The other two I posted, one straight from my Pixel 10's camera and the other cropped, are most definitely not AI generated. Here's another view of the Anglia from a few years ago next to my A8:
I felt you'd appreciate something clearer than Google's 'spy in the sky' so I stopped momentarily on my way to do some shopping yesterday afternoon and took a quick snap for you.
HTH
Edited by Riley Blue on Sunday 19th April 19:54
The combination of the K series and a not terribly accessible engine compartment didn't help when the HGF appeared, but dynamically they did well enough with Moulton's fancypants suspension absorbing crappy british potholes better than most of the competition. Reverting to steel springs for the MGTF was a terrible idea presumably driven by cost engineers and twerps obsessed with lap times.
MichaelDelaney said:
I've never owned an MGF but I always liked the idea of a relatively inexpensive mid-engine two seater sports car . It seemed conceptually sound at the time. However they seem to have been unloved from the beginning. Here's one that actually looks a lot worse than in the photo.
My memory is of the MGF developing a somewhat naff image further to being a poor relation to the MR2 and Lotus Elise. The Toyota, especially the Mark II, was the thing to be seen in at the end of the nineties, whereas the Lotus gained immediate credibility as the car for the serious driver. Unfortunately, the MGF also didn't appeal to those who just wanted a stylish convertible -- the market was full of them at that time and most, being based on saloons or hatchbacks, offered more seats and room for luggage.
The market was, then, saturated and just didn't need the MGF. I've known a few people who have had them, and none were that bothered about the cars. It's possible their dislike came from being non-enthusiasts who, unwittingly, came into possession of an enthusiast's car; they weren't the sort who'd consider an Elise as a viable proposition, for example. Elise owners, being enthusiasts, were generally more willing to compromise and seem to like their cars!
Perhaps their time will come, as classics. It's hardly as if the MGB is 'good', objectively speaking, and people love those.
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