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

Now that is an enticing idea. Proper 6 cylinder motor, shabby enough to enjoy and customiseable.
I'd lose the cookie cutters and find some Fuchs or teledials, replace the brown vinyl with 80s high backs in black leather, put euro headlights on it and the drive the absolute tits off the thing.

Now I am going to make you all jealous, I have two yes two new to me cars I picked up this weekend. The two cars share a model name....as a hint.

Both low mileage and both from Senior citizens...so shall we start the guessing?

Citroen C5 and Sinclair C5.
Triumph Toledo and Seat Toledo
Maserati Bora and VW Bora
Rover 75 and Rover 75
Rover 100 and Rover 100
Mini and MINI
Fiat 500 and Fiat 500

No where near...

TVR S and Merc S class?

Just when I thought you couldn't get further away.

Will tell all tomorrow, but another hint, one is rear wheel drive and the other if front wheel drive.

Volvo/BMW 850

Fiat/ferrari dino

skoda felica old and new

250 GT California and a campaign 1 Golf GTI...

chevy nova and vauxhall nova

My friend bought that. I'll post his collection so far later. Bare in mind he only started 12 months ago.

carrera gt and golf gt

Not pictured:

996 C4s
964 C2
997 C4S

997 Turbo pictured above shat it's g'box so is currently sitting doing nothing. I don't think it enjoyed repeated 50-150 runs.

http://www.4starclassics.com/vw-corrado-vr/

some nice cars on sale at that place
those old 6 series beemers are decently priced ?

low mileage 996 turbo http://www.4starclassics.com/porsche-996-turbo/ at low mileage price but an investment possibility gives the prices of 993's below that ad

Hmm E39 M5s seem to be appreciating. I'm aiming for one in about 4 years?

Last hint, you will marvel how you never got it. It may make you cry sir.

I really want a VW Type 4 Squareback.
I really wish I had a garage to keep one in.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-912-1967-LHD-SWB-/231335111916?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35dca5acec

@Dammit

what is it about the 912 that you admire so much?

Possibly (probably) just an idle fancy really.

However, I really like this era of Porsche - it's (for me) when the design was at its most coherent - small, light, simple.

The later versions got bigger and heavier, and whilst I like the red-braces era blistered arches/whale-tail/sniffing the white lines off the tarmac style of the Turbo etc they're just too over the top for me.

The 912 has a 1.6 litre boxer 4, it's got very little power - about 25% of what my Volvo estate has, and that's the appeal in some ways, it's a car that you'd have to drive with a great degree of delicacy to make good progress, rather than relying on the AP's to get rid of speed and then then hard into boost to regain it.

I don't have a spare 20k kicking around, so it's pretty much academic really.

Although:

Also the 912 is very underappreciated compared to it's larger engined sibling. Why not try a fulvia? lovely thin wooden stering wheel that you can steer with your finger tips as the steering is so light, pedals position perfectly for healing and toeing. The 1.3 has twin solex 40's that sound amazing and a free reving close angle V4 engine. Amazing handling even with standard suspension rods, worn shocks and michellin x tyres. Even better with the slightly longer HF bottom wish bones..