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

This old Tony (YouTube channel) did an episode on TIG brazing, which is quite fun. He got good results ultimately.

That's David Kirk's - formerly of Serotta - work for his own racing car.

Well they rotiform which currently hotter than BBS right about now.

Tried to avoid JDM camber but they are big.

Thanks. 😎

So car history.. Don't think this has been done yet?

1991 - Talbot Alpine 1.3 in metallic blue. Utterly rubbish and rusted away
1994 - Volvo 360 GLT in red. Understeer then oversteer. Rusted away.
1999 - Ford Orion 1.3L in red. Immaculate bar the hole in the fuel tank. Ponderously slow.. Timed at 30 seconds to 70. Weighed in.
2001 - Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7D in Blue. Stupidly fuel efficient. Rear ended at 199k miles.
2005 - Honda Civic 1.4 auto. Handled beautifully, bit slow. Another child meant a new car.
2010 - Volvo S60 2.0t in metallic grey. Comfy and thirsty.
2016 - Nissan Leaf in black- Electric! Now a two car family.
2017 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce in white. First new car!
2019 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce in red. No real alternatives to the Alfa.

1997 - Fiat 126 0.6 litre inline twin, sold as I didn't use it
2008 - Volvo 850R estate, 2.3l turbo inline five, sold to a forum member in 2018 (?)
2017 - Porsche 911, 3.4 (at the moment) flat six, still got it
2018 - C55 AMG estate, 5.4l V8, still got it

Bedford HA van
Ford Escort MK2 van
Austin Meastro van
Mini metro
Fiat, can't rember the model right now, similar to strada but a saloon. Nice car. Put a proper kenwood audio rig in it. Electrics went to shit.
Fiat Tipo
Another mini metro
MK2 Mondeo
TVR S3 V6
Bugeye Impreza WRX STI
Peugeot 406 2l petrol
BMW mini cooper (MK1)
MK4 Mondeo estate (2 l TCDi)
Passat saloon 2l oil burner
Skoda Superb Estate 220PS TSI

May have forgotten one or two.

2019 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce in red. No real alternatives to the Alfa.

Approaching the golf club door with this one

Out of that lot, the cars which I quite enjoyed were the Fiat, the Peugeot 406, the BMW mini and the MK4 Mondeo.

The Skoda is also a really nice car.

The Peugeot broke down a lot.

Only Kraut mobiles are welcome in GC car parks..

Stand by comment..

Alternatives..

BMW 3 series - Macpherson struts
Mercedes C class - Dull with 20 inch wheels
Audi A4 - Understeer
Ford Mondeo - Crap auto
Vauxhall Insignia - where does one start
Lexus - Too slow. I have an electric car
Kia Stinger - Too big

That leaves the hot hatches..
I like saloons. Lock the boot.

I forget to come on here for a year or two, pop back in because lockdown and you’re going on about 964s.

I should never have left.

Here’s mine:

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Hello!

After my wittering about compact saloons this thread is now on point.. Yellow lens!

Oh that's a nice 964.

I really regret not buying a purple 964 RS 10 years ago. Yes, a real RS. It was super high miles and less than what a 997 costs today. I'm sure it needed a fortune spending on it but it remains the one that got away (that and my brother NOT buying a Delta Integrale in Japan last year for an insanely low price - again needed some work but nothing he couldn't do himself).

Ford Fiesta 1.1
Peugeot 205 gti (nicked)
Peugeot 205 gti beautiful dark green special edition
MX5 1.6. Pop up headlight version. Favourite ever car.
Alfa 156 sport wagon (pretend I don't need an estate)
Volvo v70 (nicked)
Volvo v70 (knackered)
Ford s-max

{sigh} would quite like to reverse that list.

Hai @Dammit

@number21 A purple RS? Any pics? Not sure I’ve ever seen one. Must have been paint to sample.

High miles or not that would have been a proper thing to have.

I think it was the same colour as this one, had a gaudy interior so was probably a special order:

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/porsche/911-964-carrera-rs/1992/748091

Chap I’m making the 996 engines with has decided he’s not busy enough and is also rebuilding a 996.2 Mezger to 4 litres and putting it in a C4S that’s converted to RWD.

00 Honda Civic 1.4 Tropica
98 Peugeot 306 GTi-6
95 Eunos Roadster S-Special Type ii (1.8)
01 Subaru Outback 3L H6

99 VW Polo
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@Hef-T

I've tried to trace the RS - there aren't many so it wasn't hard to pick up a reference to it. It was ex-Germany, LHD, converted to RHD. God knows where it is now. I remember it being LHD but seems it was RHD by 2013. This was in NZ by the way.

Ha, I'm the third owner of my 911 since the engine has not been in the car.

And been to small claims court too.

That’s Amethyst, it was a standard colour, would have had 3 different pinks on the seat centres.

Still lush.

But it’s mos def pink, not purple.

I stand corrected then - looked purple to me, but yes there was definitely pink on the inside, very 90s!

Lilac metallic grey?

Whut?

Putting a £30k motor in the worst handling 911 ever made?

Daftness level = pro. Good on him.