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

Oh not made it to France, fucking car sprung a selective water leak....

Tomorrow I'll see what the water leak is doing to be selective.

Steve McQueen wasn't so keen on the Garner movie (is a massive understatement).

If you missed this documentary it showed on BBC 4 the other night :-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gg35

Then of course take some time to watch Le Mans and compare and contrast Grand Prix in that light.

Just picked up the GTV from the specialist I use and Jeremy Clarksons Alfetta GTV6 was parked outside awaiting some work.

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Did you key it? "A cyclist says hi"

I didn't. It was too lovely , stupidly didn't take a picture .

" You don't do it. It's just against the rules."

Driven a few hundred miles in the 530 now and it’s so good, totally shrinks around you on a B-road, the auto box in sport mode doesn’t leave you feeling short changed at all, I’ve never driven a well matched engine and auto box, the merc was hopeless, but this is a totally different deal. Cruising I just feel really posh in it and pushing on on a motorway or dual carriageway it’s got all the power you could want, proper shove in the back at ‘only’ 220bhp.

Got a massive service (oil, filters, plugs, gearbox, diff, coolant, brake fluid, belts, battery) done during which they discovered a leaking oil filter housing gasket. went to an indie and they were fine this time. £2k worth but I’m hoping to never buy another family car.

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Lovely. Best colour too.

Randomly discovered an Australian Racing brand the other day modelled on the alfetta...

£2k worth but I’m hoping to never buy another family car.

this is what I love to hear. and it's a great looking car too

Also, still looks amazing to this day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsJ8aYc7AHM

And Francoise Hardy

Looks like a Sud sprint with a wing .

Oh very much so.

Garner was supposed to have been a quite good driver too.

Is she the character who says she doesn't drink or dance, gets asked what she does do, and answers by just looking rather sultry?

Fuck yes.

Looks pretty damned sultry. I'll take that as a yes.

The Giocattolo - An Alfasud Sprint bodyshell with a mid-mounted engine - originally the Alfa 'Busso' V6, then later the Holden V8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giocattolo

It was the Monaco GP that Moss drove and won with the side body panels removed

What a name, a child's toy.

This looks great. Would ditch my Audi in a second if I could find a decent 530i near me.

I was listening to her in the car only yesterday... And her old man today, what a family...

Proof that anything can be Hip Hop.