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

I have seen this being driven round Knightsbridge - the owner and his pasanger were wearing full KTM liveried races suits and matching matt carbon full face helmets, looked so stupid stuck in traffic on Sloane St

But they don't give a shit what they look like. If they did they wouldn't have bought one of those.

Oh yes yes yes.

Recently I've been mostly wanting a 914.

This'd do nicely.

Yep, they are cool little cars:

I drove one of those KTMs once. Great car, but you do feel like a total bell in town. I'd still much rather have a Caterham - R500 with the sequential box and, for me at least, a proper windscreen.

Or one of these:

With Honda S2000 running gear. Could probably build it for less than half the KTM cost.

Recently I've been mostly wanting a 914.

This'd do nicely.

It's a volkswagen ;) With a strange back ground.

Had a couple of the later 4 cyclinders vw engined one us imports. Bodywork faded and dented and the mechanicals past their best. Things like worn shocks, engine need re ringing and bottom end. As a youngster, no one really knew it was a porsche so quickly replaced with a marathon beetle.

Or one of these:

With Honda S2000 running gear. Could probably build it for less than half the KTM cost.

ace little cars.

i went to look at one of them with a zetec and a 5 speed. i couldn't get in the drivers side, even with half a tub of vaseline. it went like stink.

It lives! Drove back 80 whole miles from Andover without a hitch then spent a couple of hours cruising around in traffic to let the EFI tune itself a bit.

....One small hitch. 100squid in superunleaded today. Now skint.

This pleases me immensely. We on for Ace end of this month then?

Should be - which day?

A toyota which looks like a volvo...

good one though....

http://images.cdn.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/mclaren-p1-1.jpg

What is it with these outdated designs?

It's like they had no where to go after facets but back to ellipses.

:o$

i'd rather take this one....

nick named the bathtub porche I believe

That was the 356 wasn't it.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maphg86lPR1r2wb63o1_1280.jpg

The F Type is here and it is lovely:

Ne bad.

It's got a clueless pretty look.

Bit S2000?

Mind you this picture

has been nagging at me all day. It reminds me of something.
What could it be?

Ahh yes, Nono:

Looks like an artist's impression of the Mercedes SLS Concept.

derriere...

http://images.cdn.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/mclaren-p1-1.jpg

What is it with these outdated designs?

It's like they had no where to go after facets but back to ellipses.

:o$

i don't like it, but at least it isn't another evora/ascari/koenig/noble-alike, like the mp4-12c. they were all stating to look the same. the arse is not what i would call outdated at all.

i think the 458 knocks spots off it.

The F Type is here and it is lovely:

beautiful. i hope these are worth fuck-all in 12 years time, like the rest of the big cats, so i can put it on 'the list'

derriere...

that's hot, too.