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

Giugiaro. :o)

Wid da mk1 crew.

Yep, those videos are great. Doesn't seem to be much in the way of mechanical sympathy but with a cheap-ish car who cares. Don't think ours will be as tough.

@mcmyk - thats a good plan. Maybe try and hunt out some winter tyres too.

I'll just leave this here...

Wedgy. But not as wedgy as

A CDT teachers wet dream?

Aston. V8 twin turbo. Boosty.

Looks like something that was rejected by that dreadful Stallone/Judge Dread film.

It predates that by many, many years. Obviously ahead of its time!

I think it was the spoiler across the rear window that meant many years later I did not think twice when I went to see, (and buy), a 2nd hand Audi 100 Avant.

Audi...

I really dislike the whole lowered car/huge diameter rims angled out/rizzla thin tyres look. Is it an acquired taste? Am I supposed to like it? Just think it looks shit, like all those 'pimp my ride' style shows where they'll take a cool old car with big tyres and turn it into some chavvy crap with big rims & tribal graphics everywhere.

Yes the four cylinder was used in the early LT vans and the early Audi 100 it came out in the early eighties when I was an apprentice.

The T1 still stuffed the T2 in the film though :D

You're right to dislike it.

#DatAudi100

I really dislike the whole lowered car/huge diameter rims angled out/rizzla thin tyres look. Is it an acquired taste? Am I supposed to like it? Just think it looks shit

I agree it looks shit, and while I wouldn't say I really dislike it - I struggle to get that worked up about pretty much anything these days - I can't help but find it ironic that a site called 'Speedhunters' consistently features cars that have been modified in such a way as to make them inevitably much, much slower than the original unmolested cars all in the hunt for some rather odd aesthetic vision.

That is a series 3.
On stupid fucking airbag suspension. Quite why anyone thinks they know better than Lotus of all manufacturers how to suspend a car is beyond me. Why buy an Esprit just to ruin it?

This is a series 1. Much much purer and lovelier.

More Mk2s that were better than the Mk1

BMW E28
Mini
Rover P4
Mercedes W124 is nicer than the W123, if that counts.
986 Boxster facelift was better than the original, if only because you got a glovebox.

This is a series 1. Much much purer and lovelier.

No turbo option though. Boo.

Audi first tho?

Is the mk2 mini is the same ish.

Saw that Diablo again when I was riding home, was crabbing like a motherfucker, wonder if it's a good rep or poor repair.

Clearly u need a grill. #JustSayin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoidh-VmSw