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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2018 16:35:02 GMT
^^^
It didn't look large enough, maybe a new sub-mini sized city car?
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Post by Martin on Dec 10, 2018 10:16:04 GMT
My neighbour has a new toy. He used to have an X5 40d, which he replaced with a C43 cab which he still has. Not a weekend toy as he commuted in it most days last week, but may just be the novelty. Hopefully the revving when cold and before he puts it back in the garage is too. Must have the sports exhaust because it does sound good.  |
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Post by michael on Dec 10, 2018 10:52:36 GMT
Does the front door of that house really open onto a car park?
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Post by Boxer6 on Dec 10, 2018 11:32:49 GMT
Does the front door of that house really open onto a car park? Certainly appears that way! |
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Post by Martin on Dec 10, 2018 11:49:33 GMT
Does the front door of that house really open onto a car park? It really does, no way I would have bought it. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 10, 2018 20:26:51 GMT
Does the front door of that house really open onto a car park? Such is the way with many new build estates, cramming a couple more houses into odd corners of the build. Yuk. |
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Post by rodge on Dec 11, 2018 6:04:36 GMT
Black Anentador giving it full beans onto a highway.
Man that thing sounded good!
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Post by michael on Dec 11, 2018 17:52:53 GMT
Does the front door of that house really open onto a car park? It really does, no way I would have bought it. That's remarkable. I could maybe understand if it was an apartment block but they're clearly tried to make that to be a nice house, not my style but you can see where they're trying to pitch it, so why stick it in a field of tarmac? You'd think they'd have at least tried to make it mews-ish with cobbled bricks or somesuch? |
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Post by ChrisM on Dec 11, 2018 18:09:17 GMT
^
I suppose one marketing trick would be to say that it has a no-maintenance front garden, for those who have little time or inclination to look after grass or plants
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Post by Martin on Dec 11, 2018 19:27:14 GMT
It really does, no way I would have bought it. That's remarkable. I could maybe understand if it was an apartment block but they're clearly tried to make that to be a nice house, not my style but you can see where they're trying to pitch it, so why stick it in a field of tarmac? You'd think they'd have at least tried to make it mews-ish with cobbled bricks or somesuch? They have with some houses in a similar position, but not that one for some reason. Most of the people with a parking space in that area stick the car on the road outside the front of the house, but his cars (Ewok and 2 Series) are always there as is the Mustang, which only goes out when it’s dry and warm. |
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Post by Roadrunner on Dec 14, 2018 13:25:57 GMT
However bad the layout of some of the frontages, that area certainly appears to be a magnet for those who like a decent car.
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Post by Andy C on Dec 15, 2018 16:48:21 GMT
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Post by michael on Dec 16, 2018 10:49:39 GMT
That looks good. Gets rid of a lot of the fussiness that makes the regular F Pace look quite dated. They should offer that bodykit on the regular car to try to sell a few more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 12:33:03 GMT
Agreed, much nicer imho.
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Post by Boxer6 on Dec 16, 2018 23:53:46 GMT
Heard rather than saw, just now. No idea what car it was, but the sound was so like a 70's BDA rally engine on full chat it was a little bit surreal. IK'll be on YouTube in a bit looking for Roger Clark vids I expect!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2018 0:12:39 GMT
Well, saturday, I saw a BMW M6 being overtaken by a yellow VW.
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Post by Tim on Dec 20, 2018 11:21:54 GMT
I've seen a few unusual motors recently.
A Bond Bug last weekend being driven by a young guy.
There's a house on my commute that used to have a variety of '80s motors kicking around in various states of restoration, they went ages ago but recently I've seen a Volvo 460 in pensioner gold, a cornflower blue Triumph 2000 and today, most excitingly, a Cavalier GSI.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 16:59:46 GMT
...and today, most excitingly, a Cavalier GSI. Have you ever driven one? I drove new one years ago after driving an Astra GTE 16V (as I thought it would be more "sensible"), it was terrible. View fondly from afar young man... |
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Post by grampa on Dec 20, 2018 20:40:42 GMT
I liked the Cavalier GSI (the Mk3 16V) I thought the engine was a cracker. It would be interesting to drive one today to see if impressions are the same almost 30 years later.
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Post by Tim on Dec 21, 2018 10:23:57 GMT
...and today, most excitingly, a Cavalier GSI. Have you ever driven one? I drove new one years ago after driving an Astra GTE 16V (as I thought it would be more "sensible"), it was terrible. View fondly from afar young man...
I haven't driven one, no. Exciting from afar it is then.
Anyway this morning I saw a Mk1 (pre-facelift) Fiat Multipla.
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Post by michael on Dec 21, 2018 19:01:17 GMT
Saw a US spec Volvo XC60 on Swedish plates with Test Vehicle written on the back as I drove alone the M62 yesterday and a camouflaged Nissan Leaf on the A1m today.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 15:09:56 GMT
1971 911 2.4S. White.
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Post by grampa on Dec 28, 2018 17:05:32 GMT
A nicely kept older Audi S4 - am I the only one who opens a window when I see a car with a V8? - it had to cross me at a mini roundabout so I could get the full effect of the soundtrack - sounded a bit louder than a standard car too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 22:09:26 GMT
A nicely kept older Audi S4 - am I the only one who opens a window when I see a car with a V8? - it had to cross me at a mini roundabout so I could get the full effect of the soundtrack - sounded a bit louder than a standard car too. No, I do that too... What are we going to do when the world goes EV only? Someone will surely have to devise the automotive equivalent of putting playing cards in the spokes of your bike! |
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Post by LandieMark on Dec 28, 2018 22:42:00 GMT
A nicely kept older Audi S4 - am I the only one who opens a window when I see a car with a V8? - it had to cross me at a mini roundabout so I could get the full effect of the soundtrack - sounded a bit louder than a standard car too. No, I do that too... What are we going to do when the world goes EV only? Someone will surely have to devise the automotive equivalent of putting playing cards in the spokes of your bike! I see an opening for appearances of classic V8s which may explain me acquiring them rather randomly. |
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Post by Martin on Dec 28, 2018 22:51:23 GMT
A nicely kept older Audi S4 - am I the only one who opens a window when I see a car with a V8? - it had to cross me at a mini roundabout so I could get the full effect of the soundtrack - sounded a bit louder than a standard car too. Not the only one and 7 months in I still start the engine before I close the door to hear it fire up with the exhaust valves open. |
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Post by michael on Dec 31, 2018 17:21:16 GMT
Saw a new Discovery with SVO badges on front and back. I didn’t hear it so don’t know if it was a V8 or not but interesting nonetheless.
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Post by Martin on Dec 31, 2018 17:29:14 GMT
Saw a new Discovery with SVO badges on front and back. I didn’t hear it so don’t know if it was a V8 or not but interesting nonetheless. New SVX? |
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Post by michael on Dec 31, 2018 17:32:21 GMT
That’s what I was thinking. I’m seeing a hell of a lot of prototypes around here these days, it’s good territory and we weren’t far from the buttertubbs pass at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 18:10:08 GMT
The other day I noticed that my sister in law's MINI Cooper was from Cooper MINI!
(it's in Reading, I think)
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