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

The Chelsea tractor for the zombie apocalypse! That's how to beat the queues for the petrol pumps in recent weeks, though the MPG on that I imagine is laughably low.

Repost, but on the boxy 4x4 aesthetic can't beat the old school Land Cruiser imo.

Those are very cool.

Such a beaut.
https://youtu.be/DloMkje1JFY

Beautiful, equal fave with the Troopy for me... Electric conversion on one of those would be magnificent...

Love those. I know they're agricultural and not even the best for touring/off roading but get one in metallic brown with white/yellow/orange vinyl graphics.... Yes

I took a pic of that when I saw it in Northampton. So good.

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How crazy is that?!?

I’m a massive sucker for a 70s stripe job. My second car was a metallic poo brown 1303 with the GTV stripe kit on it. Like this but much less nice.

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Love it, I did my apprenticeship at VW/Audi

I smoked around in a 1.6GT M11 JPS Capri for ten years, evolved in to a 2.0 stage 3 GT ;)

Yes! JPS FTW.

Fitting a car seat for impending new born - can I just get any top rated seat protector from Amazon which works for isofix? Or are there particularly rated brands?

Looking @Soul maybe 🙂

I have this one. It’s saved the white Tesla seats so far….

Shout if you want car seat recommendations too. It’s a minefield!

The ultimate DraymanMobile!

Ah I should’ve come for that sooner. We went for a maxi-cosy 360 something or other in the end!

Fair enough. Took us ages to decide. Went for the Cybex range in the end because it also connected to the buggy.

So much to choose from.

Cybex ftw

Big thanks to @Turkish today for a smooth transaction buying his C70.
Admittedly it’s not the most efficient ulez compliant runaround we could have bought but fuck me it’s a shit load of fun.

Top forum trader :)

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awesome. love a forum pass on. and that one is pretty epic. can picture the allotment tools lobbed in the back seat. and maximum lols up in front

Fuck yes!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5641806,-0.1328518,3a,75y,92.93h,66.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbPm9dT6cscc7XJiazpDhJA!2e0!5s20170501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-GB

i used to walk by this regularly.
Up-to-date streetview doesn't have it anymore, so its either been moved on, or it is actually used.

edit:
2018, different spot
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5639749,-0.1331826,3a,75y,300.86h,51.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suVBq_AnAsLGw9m4NgQZZWw!2e0!5s20180401T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-GB

Ignore. Reading fail.

Advice please!

So, I’m seriously considering chucking a bid or two in on this 94 Nissan Patrol. Can anyone advise on what availability of parts would be for ongoing maintenance moving forward? I’ve never owned a car this old, or with anywhere near this kind of mileage. so not sure how available parts will be when they inevitably need replacing.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1994-nissan-patrol-gr-slx-d

Must be an owners forum for these? In my experience manufacturers vary wildly- Porsche make stuff to keep 60’s cars on the road, Mercedes tells you to get fucked for cars that are ten years old. You need to find out where Nissan is on that spectrum

isnt that the one Radavist Prolly has? You can be influenced so easily!

No idea. I follow very few bike related people on social media.

I thought all the MTB ‘bros’ in California/Utah drove old Land Cruisers?