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

Richie sent me the link to a lovely DS, he is a Bad Man.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303670964506

Lovely thing, was looking at that a few days ago.

Just offer them a price you're willing to pay less the 'admin fee'. If they say no, move on.

Because I told him he should stop wasting money on impractical fast estate cars and get one about three years ago and its only just sunk in.

I Painted three matching custom steel frames with identical paint jobs for Hugh Grant a few years ago. One for his house in Italy, one for his house in France, and one for his house in the UK.

Pics please.

I cant be fucked to try an find any. It was years ago. They were Saffrons I think.

Or maybe Augusts. I cant remeber.

They were painted in the same colour as his Ferarri tho, that I do rember. Canna Di Fucille.

Same colour as my Qashqai! 😘

The natural upgrade I think?

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That's excellent. I'd do that if I could, and if I had 3 matching frames, and if I had 3 houses in different countries.

Shit colour for a bike imo.

Should have gone Mash Grey. Or Crayon Grey as they bourgeois say.

Black and white pic stolen from a friends FB, yesterday somewhere in north london, apparently the safari was also used as a filming car something to do with the suspension.

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Nice but,

i think that's an ID not a DS due to the non hydraulic brakes..
and it's a 1970 not a 72
lot of work done on it though by the sound of things!

In actual fact, I'd probably never sleep in one as I have a good tent, mat and bag, but the desire for a day van is still very real.

It would be nice to be able to drive to a trail centre with wife and dog, with bikes inside the vehicle, lap trails while wife walks dog, and not be under pressure to leave as soon as they're finished (ie somewhere nice with facilities to make tea and lunch, mobile Internet and a tv), while i finish riding.

My dream of campervans is exactly this. But includes toilet. I'm of that age

My uncle had one of those when I was growing up, with the hydraulics. Amazing looking thing, like a sleek whale. Absolutely loved it.

Bit of a boring question and possibly not the right forum for it (this clearly is much more about car appreciation than advice) but if anyone does have any advice for me I'd greatly appreciate. I've got £6k to spend on a city car - I've not owned a car for a good 15 years, so I don't really know much about modern cars. Don't need anything huge or fast, just something reliable which won't feel completely delicate on the motorway, FSH, 80k miles, decent marque, petrol, some resell value. I don't have kids so a two seater is fine but it'd be nice to take my niece out for trips from time to time.

I've been looking on Autotrader and getting insurance quotes and the range of cars available to me, and insurable, is mental:

• VW Polo, about 8 years old
  
• VW Golf, about 10 years old
  
• Saab 93 convertible, about 10 years old
  
• BMW Z4, about 12 years old
  
  

Any advice? I've got off street parking in front of my window so I can afford to go a bit flash but I wonder if I'm just being a bit mid-life crisis-y about the whole thing. A grey german box would do the job.

Gotta love the hype.

https://twitter.com/007/status/1301475022951776256?s=20

Chucked a Gandini designed Ghibli in cause its cool.

R53 Cooper S would be my choice

EDIT or a Mk5 Golf GTi

That budget and requirements don't really narrow down what you can buy.

It's worth comparing road tax VED costs which can feel steep* if you're not using the car every day. I think all petrol Saabs are in the higher bands, whereas slightly smaller cars can be much lower.

I've found Polos a bit jittery at motorway speeds.

(* although still a bargain)

Fiesta or Focus are better to drive than the VW equivalents. Honda Jazz is probably the best car for your needs (bar golf club rep)..

On campers, double figures vw effort where I am today

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Honda Civic is probably the best car for your needs

ftfy

£2k (max, pref under £1k) banger for commuting at NSL on non-bike days? Needs to be cheap to run/repair and happy sitting unused. Would like boy-racer potential to embarrass mrs hammer/mini hammer!
Thinking golf GTI ~2002...