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

So “Christine “ lightened my wallet by another £ 400 yesterday bringing total spend since purchase to £3200 not including purchase price .
Still now the windscreen is actually attached to the car all the rattles have now stopped and it actually feels like the 40000 mile car she is.
No regrets at all.

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what counts as jdm?

I'll be in Sydney in just over a week, but hadn't planned on buying a car whilst I was there.

I like that a lot @sasmon also has one same colour I think

I saw a very nice deep blue RX7 in a fancy pub car park recently and had forgotten how nice they look.

Shame the engines don't tend to last long.

Because more were imported from Japan than Mazda ever imported themselves official UK cars are pricey now...

Japanese Domestic Market - but it gets misused a lot to mean any Japanese car.

@Dammit if your proposed new car is just for track use and you're not bothered about storage space you should be considering an MR2 MK3.

https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing/citroen/gs/gs-birotor/1973/136747

Expensive, extremely rare, hard to service, no spares available. Interesting, no?

yeah love that dude. been watching it on Car and Classic for some time. too rich for me though. and would opt for a more standard GS. not that there is much that is standard in those lovely old Citoens

cheers mate.

https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/l­isting/citroen/gs/gs-birotor/1973/136747­

Expensive, extremely rare, hard to service, no spares available. Interesting, no?

That is extremely cool.

Worth going to walk round this place if you're staying nearby. I stumbled across it wandering after work when I was there last October. Ending up having a good chat with one of the guys there, mainly about a brown espada they had in.

This one

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That is so cool.
I love Lambo's of that era .

japan dominated the 70s small coupe game. the godzilla-onwards period was cool, but look at the amazing small, rusty cars they coughed up when britain and america were producing dross. even the cheap. cooking spec cars were ace.

i have a bit of a boner

The 2000gt is one of my all time favourite cars.

Stunning

With DSs being so expensive now it coud be a good time to buy a clean GS/CX. Even Méharis seem to go for silly money now.

Is the engine close enough to the NSU to use spares from that?

Anyone clued up about 2001ish Ford rangers / Mazda b2500? Going to check one out on Friday. If all goes to plan it’ll be our camping vehicle for the summer

spot on dude. love a lot of 80s and 90s Japanese stuff too but this era totally kills it. I would even stick Celica's and Datsun 120Y coupes in there too. hard to find the 70s ones these days though

@Colin_the_Bald how is the Z4 healing up? Been looking into them and think one could be a contender if I don't go down the practical route next.

A 3.0si roadster looks like a lot of car for the money... Basically a posher (& faster) version of my MX5.

We need you to build your track day car around one of these please.
https://www.aieuk.com/brochures/

In spite of the fun and games in the hairdressermobile, I am missing the Z4. The assessor is turning up on Monday and hopefully the repairs will get the ok. A new genuine wing and paint is only £1100, so even if they write it off I shall buy it back. You really should drive one, they offer huge bang for the buck. I was looking for an MX5 (but couldn't find a good one for the price asked) when the chance came up to buy the Z4, they are very different cars. The spartan interior is similar, the performance certainly isn't.... MX5s are definitely more chuckable, but the Z4 never seems to run out of grip, it is just less instinctive. The power of the Z4 is just impressive to those of us who can't afford a supercar or a steroid injected Jap. Let us know what you think if you get to test drive a Z4, but I challenge you to operate the windows without looking at the switches!