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

Porsche want:
Investment 993 rs clubsport
Nostalgia 964 c2
Design 1970 T
Daily 991 T

Born 1980 so no idea what young people would buy in 5 years.

I have a chub for that Daimler.

@Dammit
91' baby
+1 964

Not needed for the MOT on pre 78 I think.

that Daimler is perfect

I used to work around the back of Victoria, used to see two of those daimlers around the big sainsburys on Wilton road, one of them had bonnet pins.

That is Pimlico, Sir!! Lovely cars, as usual... I grew up around there, always loads of great cars on my street... Much later I moved to Chelsea, oh boy...

I know this would still be fun to drive.

It's just not fun to watch.

Especially in that iconic internal combustion form.

I have seen this, which has taken my fancy and is quite rare:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/98-PEUGEOT-806-SRDT-1-9-8-SEATS-2-OWNERS-MOT-7-12-20-147K-RARE-DIESEL-MPV-VAN/153863534309

However there is lots of stuff about corrosion on the mot history. What kind of a mess would I be taking on if I got it? Advisable if I don’t do my own work?

Fukin around in these dank times...

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amazing.

Probably not the time to be buying usable classics... but @jonny check out the 1971 Audi 100 coupe on Auto Trader 😲😎

Here it is on eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223933355773

1985

Air cooled, because 993 GT2 > 930 flatnose > 964 turbo

@Dammit, for the sake of it - early 80's here. The 964 is exactly what a 911 should look like, especially if targa.

They're great, but that one seems like it was welded to the bare minimum to scrape an MOT pass and then punted on whilst it still has some MOT left.

It's sad how rare they are now.

yeah that is really special dude. love the 100 coupe - but could never own a red car, and anyway that is out of any kind of budget I could rustle up.

was admiring my brothers red Audi at the weekend. a much more modern beast though.

am definitely watching the classic market though to see how this economic downturn is gonna play out

You would need to go and see what the repair work was like, if you were looking at a keeper.

I was born in the early 80s, and the 964 was the Porsche I remember as a kid, so I guess that's the one I really lust after from an aesthetic and nostalgic perspective.

I moved to LA last year and bought a 2000 996.1 C2 which is a hell of a car, not just for the money - I tried out an early 70s 911s, a 996 Turbo, and a 991.2 GTS in the Canyons around here - all amazing cars in their own right - the 996 was slap bang in the middle of the two - with the right balance of refinement and raw enjoyment, with the Gundo hack it sounds amazing, black/natural brown leather looks amazing, I love the silhouette, and the GT1 headlights (This was the current Porsche when I was learning to drive) - I'd still love a 964 one day, but I feel I might be a bit disappointed with it.

Thanks for your help

How is it rare? Never NOT seen a diesel one.
Go to Republic/NI, millions of them.
TBF they are pretty good, I don't think in 20 years 'proper' MPV's have moved on much, there are lots that look like an MPV but are barely functional. Went into local VW dealer a few months back, tiguan/t-roc and whatever the other two are called, none of them the seats come out of, or fold flat, whereas the Fiat/Renault/Citroen/Peugeot competitors do all the useful folding/flat/tool free removal things or a being massively thick?

Also looked at a new passat estate (facelift 'r line' with 240ps diesel and a dsg gearbox sounded useful and not fully boring), back seats didn't even fold flat! WTF. How in 2020 can a diesel estate car not have folding flat back seats!!!!

Back on topic, for under a grand, buy it, one of my mates family has continuously had at least one 806 since about 1995 (I guess when they came out?) and apart from random central locking issues and maybe one blown turbo, not had any big issues

Looks great, wheels bit to "stanced "for me but rumours are that Lambo going to plundre their back catalogue, so a new muira with 700bhp + on it's way soon...for the select few :( But tbh how many proper miuras were actually made???

Born early 70s..
This looks good!

If it's a genuine 3.8 RS then it's definitely nice-but-pricey.

To stress, not mine.

Image pinched from pistonheads and i believe it's real.

@Dammit re: fillet vs TIG