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

50 would be heaps! i reckon i have 50 now, in a car that weighs a tonne and that iss enough for circle work in the wet.

URGENT: Anybody here very handy with photoshop? need some stuff done tonight.

Depends. What do you need?

Pm'd

For anyone else willing to give it a go

I need this:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/13548946865_569d3b9582_c.jpg
smashing out of this:
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/london_city/st-pauls-school-n260413-a9.jpg
With as many fireballs and explosions as possible / general epicness.
Yes, I cant use photoshop to save my life

V-L - can you make vinyll number plates? (for a friend, obvs)

It seems like nice E30's are getting more expensive every time I look, what alternatives are there? Been looking at Merc w201, more auto than manual but still a few out there

What other options are there for 80s/90s box-pervs?

citroen bx turbo

Peugeot 405x4 Mi16 vs Citroen BX 2.0 Turbo 4wd - YouTube

@brm can do but in the middle of exams so no time Much cheaper and easier to buy of ebay :/

cool

you can fit two (57cm-ish road) bikes, one with the front wheel off the other in tact, in the back of a corsa b. that's £400 quid tops, and at that price you wouldn't even bother cleaning the mud out the back when you're done. doesn't need to be an estate car to be a suitable bike-transporter, as long as you're not looking to carry more than two people at the same time as all the gear.

(disclosure: finally offloading my corsa in the coming weeks, if someone's mug enough to buy it)

How much? I need a cheap car to get to races and shit.

Not much, but I'm flogging it because the head gasket is on the way out. I'd steer clear of this particular example.

BRM, are you spending all that cash on the B series or putting something else in?
Because if you are planning custom fuel injection anyway there must be any number of rusty cheap Rover 820s with a good strong 16 valve motor that will bolt straight in to the existing gearbox and engine mounts. 140bhp as standard with potential for a lot more. There was a longitudinal version in the Discovery with an inlet manifold facing the right way. (They used the FWD version in the Morgan with a long trunking going round to the front.)

Group buy?
http://www.gizmag.com/jaguar-lightweight-type-e/32053/

Probably cost as much as the eagle thing though.

Buys Eurosquillions

Not much, but I'm flogging it because the head gasket is on the way out. I'd steer clear of this particular example.

Not ideal. If anyone knows of a small, reliable car for under 1k - let me know please. Was thinking Seat Arosa, VW Polo, Honda Jazz or something similar.

We used to have a yaris that seemed massive inside - with the seats folded down we took two bicycles and tetnts etc and toured france in ours.
Very reliable, very frugal, fun throwing it around corners.

This was a 99(T) so the first of the Yaris's.

good work - thanks
i would be buying from him, too.

Have reply from ChrispyG - PM'd you with details.

screw the jag lightweight
any of these would do me just fine

http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/the-aston-martins-of-bonhams

Not much, but I'm flogging it because the head gasket is on the way out. I'd steer clear of this particular example.

Sure the gasket is going?

How far gone?

Not ideal. If anyone knows of a small, reliable car for under 1k - let me know please. Was thinking Seat Arosa, VW Polo, Honda Jazz or something similar.

Micra...but bigger might be cheaper.

citroen bx turbo

Peugeot 405x4 Mi16 vs Citroen BX 2.0 Turbo 4wd - YouTube

Id steer clear of the 4x4 (broke quite alot). GTI 16v ftw

I want one of these.

Lotus carlton?...

Geek - is that the right bonnet badge?

Based on recent postings I'm assuming everyone else frequents Pistonheads as we all just take it in turns to post things from there.

See the guy who bought the Lotus Carlton with no history and managed to buy the history from the previous owner?

No! Sounds great! I've wanted one of those things since I was about 16. Was thinking about it earlier and thought this was the place to discuss it. And you're right - wrong badge!