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

Had a town ace royal lounge till it was nicked.

I'll take the JZ-GTE wagon. Or the later 1UR-FSE bi turbo V8. 573ps & 816Nm!

Turns out the CEO of Toyota rolls a custom GRNM spec Century. I like his style.

https://youtu.be/VP_S6HH15ww?t=00m35s

WANT....

the only place i can find these sort of cars are in the drift forums - EDIT- found some on jap import sites.

sorry for those with car woes at the moment. I will share with you the joy of little green things

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And every sane person will hate you.

I love that car.
I was toying with buying something similar until common sense won over and I bought my GTV.
If buying a 20 year old Alfa can be classed as "common sense"

yeah that's the kind of common sense I applaud. nice work dude

This is my daily “practical” car.
Common sense not that common in my house.

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awesome. I reckon that must be shit loads of fun.

I keep fighting the urge to get something a little quicker in my life.

like a Fiat 124

I nearly bought a 124 about 10 years ago , a GT I recall. It was really cool , again played safe and bought a 35,000 mile Alfa 145 1.6 instead .
A quick ebay search shows no Fiat 124 at all. ( but a very nice looking Twin spark GTV with only 40,000 miles from new, same as mine. And its a bargain)

...in response to buying a 20 year old Alfa..."yeah that's the kind of common sense I applaud. nice work dude"

I LOL'd, classic line!

My dad had 2 red 124 Special T's back in the day, my mum was lucky to walk away from a crash writing one off at 20 mph going round a 90 degree bend in a country lane head on into a logging truck. I think the other one dissolved in the rain. He loved that car. CSB

I saw this today, undoubtedly a money pit to keep on the road, but goddam this is one great looking car.

Saw this original mint Renault Alpine last week too, stunning looking and sounding little car.

there is this one on the bay

but I couldn't own a red car. something like this in blue or silver please

that Renault Alpine is superb

Oh that 124 sport coupe is stunning.
But having found that blue GTV on ebay I have spent the last 45 minutes.......

1. Working out if I could afford to insure and run 2 of these.
   
2. If so how I could get it past mrs ejay2.0
   
3. How I could actually justify it to myself.
   
4. How quickly could I sell my 2005 Omega seamaster 300 to buy it before it goes.( since I got a new one for my birthday I had intended to move this watch on to act as my emergency buffer for my silver GTV)
   
5. Could I live with the regret if it sells.
   
6. Could I live in it if Mrs ejay2.0 throws me out .
   Hmmmmmm................
   

Where this pic taken?

Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.

Time for a V6 Lexus. ULEZ compliant too.

Finally some fun cars. Not so sure about the roll ups however. ;-)

I saw the first pic and thought, Brompton, then I saw the second pic and realised it was the Fulham Road... Am I right? Fifteen years since I was a Chelsea boy...

I loved the sheer volume of ridiculous luxury cars that I'd get to see on my street in Chelsea...

Possibly one of the finest photos on LFGSS!

You're half right, the Alpine is indeed on Fulham Rd, the junction with Edith Grove is the next one along.

The Aston looks like its located in Kensington or similar, but no, its actually south of the river, close to Stockwell.....which is to say the car or wheels may have been half inched already.....

I cycled through some of the posh Chelsea parts yesterday like Hans Place and the like, and though it was plain to see every car was a high value item, BMW's, Mercs, Porsche and Rollers and Bentley's abound, it was startling how all together it was just a sea of bland. Black, blue or silver, and really utterly dull and devoid of any character, I was longing to see a bit of rough amongst the supposed diamonds.

need a meme for the 3 sat at the cafe? my skillz are crap in this area but i'll have a go:

guy1: i wish i had a car like that but i am in this hip cafe group and i can only talk about Audi 0-60 times
girl1: i smoke because something missing in my life, if only i could find a cute car to make it complete.
guy2: i'd ask these 2 if they will do a threesome in the back of a really small cool green car , if only i could find one.......

That photo is what we are all about on here. The fact it doesn't feature a bicycle is irrelevant.
Wish I looked that good stood next any of my Italian menagerie!

The Aston belongs to Joanna Lumley's husband. They live right round the corner from me.
Incredible car.

That's good to know.
We can add it to the list of assets to be possessed as reparations for her part in the
'Garden Bridge' fraud.