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Bit of a barge, the A6, but a lovely barge at that! Of the three German premium brands, I've always thought that Aldi makes the nicest estates. Pity the main dealers are such d*ckheads - that said, they're all pretty ghastly.
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04-23-2024, 03:37 PM | #26 | |
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The 8GC has excellent rear legroom, but it’s about 25cm longer (and 3cm wider) than the coupe, losing some of the style of the coupe. |
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04-23-2024, 05:30 PM | #27 |
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8 series, like the F 6 series it replaced is, as someone once said, "a reverse tardis".
I have a secret crush on the F1* M6, especially as they can be had for £25k for a decent one. Sakhir Orange M6 coupe.....yum. I will never own one, though, as it is no use to me whatsoever. So big with so little space. |
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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...sort=relevance Or maybe something a little more subtle https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...sort=relevance |
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I do like the green one ! |
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Was the Brooklands the limited edition version of the 2.8i? Looked at one of them once in metallic brown with a brownish vinyl roof - drove like a dog by modern standards, but I really wanted it. Turned out to be a rust bucket with a dodgy chassis… Last edited by Blacktemplar; 04-25-2024 at 03:33 AM.. |
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04-24-2024, 03:18 PM | #33 | |
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Have been fetching very good money at the likes of Mathewson's until recently. I love the look of the mkIII Capri. Inside was great aswell. They felt quite 'American' and sporty all at the same time IMO. My first car was a 1980 1600GL in glorious beige with coloured coded beige bumpers and mirrors (and knackered suspension). It was 6 years old and cost me £1,500 via a bank loan (underwritten by my Dad). BFC 372V. I even remember the reg number! |
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AOX291T, 1200 quid. White with a red velour interior and rostyle rims with trim rings... |
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04-25-2024, 02:33 AM | #35 | |
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Mine was a white Hillman Imp. Paid £20 as it had been standing in someone's garden and used as spare storage. My Dad was mechanic, so helped me get it running. Decided after a while it was a bit under powered, especially with 7 teens in (and yes, it wasn't a 7 seater....), so splashed out £50 and bought a MK2 Escort. I got through quite a few cars during that period (although nothing on boba-fett scale), and a gold MK1 Cavalier was among them. |
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04-25-2024, 03:31 AM | #36 |
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My Marina was £750 if I remember rightly, paid for myself. It was acquired from a mate of my dads who had some kind of dodgy garage. I had a choice of a mustard Vauxhall Viva or the Marina. I needed it to learn in because my dad had an automatic Rover SD1 and he wouldn’t let me drive it.
It was a total lemon, sills were rusted away to nothing, as was most of the undercarriage and the gearbox needed stripping & rebuilding it was so worn. Bear in mind this was a 6 year old car…. good old British Leyland OHS 380L was the reg. I checked the DVLA records and it was last taxed in 1985 (I sold it for £500 in 1984 when I left Uni & moved to London) so it was probably scrapped/fell apart soon after Nostalgia’s not what it used to be… Anyway, back on topic, and 30 years later I found myself the owner of a nice A6 Avant oil burner. Great family wagon and a decent driver if a tad portly. I’ve always hankered after an S/RS and if money was no object I’d have the RS6 in a flash. |
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Best thing I ever did - it's been epic and love every moment I'm out in it. I like going into the garage occasionally to look at it, I also have a CCTV camera covering it in the garage, so I can check up on it from anywhere. My wife & kids think I'm mad as we they call it my baby monitor! |
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British Leyland caused me blue smoke PTSD. Even to this today I still look in the rear view mirror on overrun and acceleration for smoke. You can't claim to have owned a crap car until you've owned an Allegro. Literally everything else in the world, ever, is better than an Allegro. Apart from Johnny Smith's VTEC turbo restomod one. Favourite Audi has to be my mate's old Audi 90. Back then that thing felt like a budget rocket ship. As nice as an RS6 is, it can never beat 80s Audi velour seats with the metal frame poking through a hole whilst cornering flat out. |
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Have to say it must be a close-run thing between the Allegro, the Marina and the Viva for 'most crap car of the 70's' - even after they renamed it the Ital it was awful |
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The Marina was ok (it was better than taking the bus. Just.) but the All Agro was the biggest pile of poop ever. You could stand 10 feet away from it and literally hear it corroding. |
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05-03-2024, 08:28 AM | #43 | |
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You’re probably right. My dad had a couple of base model 1800s (1975 and 1977 I think) before the (1979) 1700L - these were all ex-fleet cars from his work, offered cheaply to employees. I do have an early childhood memory of being stuck in the middle lane of a busy 3 lane road in Paris while the Princess boiled over. That was probably the 1800… |
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Still it wasn't as bad as the reliant robin the boss bought for a pool car in the height of the '70 fuesl crisis He was surprised that no one drove it and preferred to walk, we all told him it would fall over and would kill you, but he wouldn't have it. He gave it to his son who started with the company, he went over a small B road bridge... he rolled it and turned it into a heap of fibreglass and dust!! Fortunatey he was okay and the bonus was we all got away with not driving it |
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