COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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P5BNij said:
It's only been there fifty one years... 
I met the bloke who bought the DB4 Convertible - that actually didn't go over the cliff - from the film company. New windscreen and windscreen frame and all was well. I think he said he sold it for three thousand. It was a left hand drive Lancia that took the fall. /freeze frame? moi?
DickyC said:
P5BNij said:
It's only been there fifty one years...
I met the bloke who bought the DB4 Convertible - that actually didn't go over the cliff - from the film company. New windscreen and windscreen frame and all was well. I think he said he sold it for three thousand. It was a left hand drive Lancia that took the fall. /freeze frame? moi?
LotusOmega375D said:
I don’t think nondescript mid-range 11 year-old BMWs have a thread, do they?
I'm not sure I'd describe an E86 Z4 coupe as "nondescript":nondescript
adjective
adjective: nondescript; adjective: non-descript
lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics
It's one of only 350 3.0 si Coupe's on the road still (making it a lot rarer than the Z4M version, of which there are 830 still on the road), and the coupe was an interesting variation styling variation, based on the Z4 roadster.
At the time of it's launch, it looked like no other manufacturers car - Making it automatically: "distinctive"
Is it a classic? - Technically, not yet, but it will be one day.
Is it cool? - To many, yes it is.
And in my opinion, it's a far more interesting car than some of the cr4p that does supposedly qualify for this thread, purely because they are old now, such as clapped out old Cavaliers, Nova's, Micra's etc., etc., that were sh!t cars when they were new, and are even more sh!t now they're old!
4rephill said:
And in my opinion, it's a far more interesting car than some of the cr4p that does supposedly qualify for this thread, purely because they are old now, such as clapped out old Cavaliers, Nova's, Micra's etc., etc., that were sh!t cars when they were new, and are even more sh!t now they're old!
Herein lies my problem with self-proclaimed 'car enthusiasts' for whom anything old has no merit. The Cavaliers, Novas and Micras you list (even without Grocer's apostrophes) are not "Even more s
t now they're old". They are exactly as st now that they're old as they were when they were new. And that's the point. Technology moves the goalposts, but the old cars remain valid. You may not desire them (I don't want a Cavlier, a Nova or a Micra either), but they aren't any worse today than they were when new.LotusOmega375D said:
I don’t think nondescript mid-range 11 year-old BMWs have a thread, do they?
What on earth happened to "Love Old Classics" who used to periodically post pics of immaculate cars from this decade driving around East Sussex with a caption saying something like "spotted this lovely 2010 Mondeo 2.0 Titanium in Battle on Saturday"?Edited by Dapster on Friday 22 November 20:23
Mr Tidy said:
Well an E86 is a "future classic" in any advert!
Maybe they will be, maybe they won't - I don't really care all the time I am enjoying mine.
But in terms of numbers the UK only got about 600 M Coupes, but around 1,600 3.0Si manual Coupes.
I almost bought one of the last brand new 3.0Si that was sitting in a dealer back in 2009........ Maybe they will be, maybe they won't - I don't really care all the time I am enjoying mine.
But in terms of numbers the UK only got about 600 M Coupes, but around 1,600 3.0Si manual Coupes.
TR4man said:
T-195 said:
I have one of these as my daily driver. As much as I love it, even I would struggle to accept it as a classic (yet).It is difficult to define what a classic car is, or when a car becomes "classic". Distinctiveness and desirability push a vehicle into the category earlier than ubiquity. So a 2000 Audi TT is probably on the cusp of classic status, if it isn't there already, but a 2000 Vauxhall Zafira has a long way to go. But if you attend classic car shows you will know that things like a Viva HC attract a lot of interest and affection so the Zafira will get there. Some clever chap/lady somewhere needs to create a mathematical formula to test for Classic status.
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