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

That's good. Think I'd need to try one. Getting in the Q2 is the best thing about it - the seat is situated perfectly.

Not sure how accurate these are;

Can anyone find a Q2 one?

Google seems to think

Min seat edge to ground - driver. 610mm ; Max seat edge to ground - driver. 659mm

Even shit ancient ones treated like a shed/skip combo by my wife are surprisingly comfortable and roomy with excellent visibility.

When I worked for the body repair shop, the owners of every Jazz I had dealings with was an OAP or a granddaughter who inherited one.

Maybe look at the Jazz Crosstar slightly elevated but not mad tall. An ex colleague had one and he seemed to like it.

The latest ones use the same body, wheels and suspension, just have more plastic trim and 'water resistant upholstery' or something

Only a thought the Parker’s long term review was quite complimentary.

'water resistant upholstery'

Probably sensible given the target market

Yes very easy…size of the steering wheel took a while to get used to, but it’s just so practical. Boot is huge and we can get enough luggage plus dog crate in for a week in Cornwall.

road trip time at university. 3 mates had classic cars and we'd do an annual trip up to the yorkshire dales

2.5pi estate in the back. one of the slowest cars i've ever been in, merc diesel, in the middle and 2002ti at the front

I did a banger rally at work and 4 of us drove a series 3 Land Rover to Paris via Luxembourg. As it was my car I then drove it back home..

Longest 3 days of my life and partially deaf, with a sunburnt right arm by the time I got home.

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Love the Merc and BMW…

2nd year we drove to Leipzig and the Poland..

Bought an E320 off eBay for £450..

5 of us dressed in leprechaun outfits piled in and blasted our way through

For £450 that car was amazing…got it up to 155mph on the autobahn..

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Thought it, didn't say it....

2.5pi estate in the back. one of the slowest cars i've ever been in

I had one for a good while, commuted 60mile a day or a while. Definitely not slow and fitted to TR6s not known for being slow.
However, forum passim, they went out of tune real easy, they had to have all 6 butterflies opening and closing together and with high mileages and worn linkages was a regular job.

I drove a diesel one, all the way to Naples... Do you still feel like you are buzzing from the vibrations?

Autobahns for the edge of the seat will the engine explode feeling.

SWB drift in a straight line @ 55mph was buttock clenching

It had 4 mismatched tyres..only 88k on the clock so the engine was the least of my worries…

Land rover wow you got above 50mph. The handling was always interesting, and noisy especially with off road on road agricultural tyres.

As for the merc, the mismatched tyres show how well it was cared for ;) just make sure the interior was cleaned with wet wipes

Or surgical spirit.

Sure it wasn't clocked ;)

Yeah it was a death trap in the wet.

Merc got left in Poland..prob split for parts. It was part of the event, budget of £500 on cars and you donated them to a local charity/ breakers at the end

I had a lucky weekend, start finish line box at Le Mans , unbelievable day out.
100th edition , Ferrari win , rain and sun , sneaked Bromptons in too , it’s a big circuit to get around .
The sound of that NASCAR was amazing .
I think I took over 1000 photos

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NASCAR vehicles are very, very loud. We saw the NASCAR Europe truck series at Brands Hatch a few years ago. Every track event after that was on mute by comparison.

Louder than 60/70 non turbo formula one? No idea as I never heard a NASCAR close up, but guessing short un silenced exhausts and intake roar.

I have no point of reference to that benchmark. If they were lower RPM engines then I imagine that they must sound similar.