Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Name this car:

I have no idea, spotted it near De Beauvoir yesterday - Reliant? Johnny Cab?

Lamborghini Espada

Mk1 Skoda Octavia VRS estate.

Canta LX?

Some kind of Kai car I would guess

Doesn't look Japanese? Looks far to DIY home made, so must be British.

Ha, squints... sees it.

Looks like a cousin of this thing on gainsford st that I don't think I've ever seen move

^That's a Towns Hustler. No idea about the red thing.

My current garage:
2004 Porsche Boxster S 550 Anniversary
2006 Triumph Thruxton 900
1983 Vespa 125 Primavera ET3

The Porsche is going quite soon. And possibly the Triumph.

No photo for me.

Looked at the list of cars that I own, and figured out the ones I have inherited and the ones I have bought to do something with, be it restore or modify, and the ones I actually run and the ones that I sort of owns.. At least I no longer own a bus.

Lets not forget bits I inherited and other bits that I wanted, wonder how many sets of fiat brake shoes I have, panels of cars that I bought for cars that I want...the plans that I made and now seem a bit pointless as the person I made the plans with is not here.

I have use of a 2014 Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC. It is incrediboring.

Making room for something? ;)

Yep.

Dibs the Porsche.

Actually has it had the IMS bearing upgraded? All the scare stories are putting me off a 996 or 986 at the moment :(

If you actually want to buy it let me know.

The IMS is the original, and appears to be fine. It's done 70k with no problems, which I am told is well beyond the age that IMS problems manifest.

What is annoying is that it needs a new sidelight bulb about a week before the MoT is due and I can't work out how to get the Litronic coil pack off the headlight without breaking it

Now got a full stainless exhaust system, coil-overs, chip, full 'high line' leather interior, various other bits and bobs. But has been sulking mercilessly since picking up the Ghibli.

My current stable:

1971 Mercedes W115
1977 Porsche 924
2009 Fiat Panda 100HP
2015 Skoda Octavia Scout 4x4 Estate

Nice! Great stopping power, i bet it gets shell twist on hard breaking!
I had a 500 abarth replica that would do 105 mot kms either. This i sold last year. Many tuning parts, Lavasa Exhaust, 45/85 cam or something crazy like that, panda 30 head with 2 mm skim, 700 cc pots, disc brakes. Abarth sump, wheels and a weber dcoe to go with it.

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I really rate it. For a big V8 it loves to be revved and above 4,500 revs is when it starts to really impress. Grip is also phenomenal, out of a wet/leafy junction it'll tear off with very little drama. The car sounds brilliant from outside but is surprisingly quiet from the inside.

I suspect mine is down a fair bit on the factory bhp. The rs4 engines have a tendency to build up carbon deposits. Mine is actually going in next week to be carbon cleaned and dyno'd.

1971 Mercedes W115

oooh, what variant, piccies??

1971 Mercedes W115

Yes!

1977 Porsche 924

Yes!

2009 Fiat Panda 100HP

Yes!

2015 Skoda Octavia Scout 4x4 Estate

Oh. Never mind. Thanks for coming.

It's just a 220 petrol. 68,000 miles on the clock. All matching numbers and largely original throughout, but it does like to rust a bit. Its a lovely thing to waft around in though.