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

Never as good as air con.

Driving up through Italy in the summer, I drove at night as it was nicer and cloth seats were nicer than didn't get as hot as vinyl.

The type r 850 cooling system got hot enough to turn the rad fans on as soon as the ignition keys was turned on. Caused the ECU to throw many faults.

I was squashed in the back of a ford capri with fabric seats and a sunroof, then various Volvos all with fabric seats ..

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Am jealous, child years of pain seared by vinyl seats

I feel your pain. I was in the back of one of these getting a lift to school in the late 70s (no seat belts) when it got t boned at a junction and i went flying. My dad shouted at me for crying. Those were the days!

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Blimey!

So glad our 2006 XC70 2.5T is a month within the safe side of the whopper tax threshold…

Am sorry to hear that, the 70s and parents..hey.

Just to show you, and see how shit catholic schools, I was kicked in the face playing rugby. Got to write four pages of lines I should not scream... Fractured eye socket (found a couple of decades later)and deformed eye ball later these injuries have lasted all my life.

But getting shouted at and berated by a nun and teachers that my screaming in pain and fear...as I couldn't see

I love these, underrated machines!

Finally got around to advertising my R53 and do really need to shift it as I now have it's replacement and I don't really have anywhere to store it. I reckon it's got to be about as much fun as you can get for around £2k (it's up for 2.5 but I'm realistic, prices are low, forum discount etc). Good spec standard car and with some nice upgrades/mods - Milltek exhaust, Scorpion stainless manifold/sports cat, new Michelin PS5's all round, intake/K&N, Ultragauge, BlackVue dashcam etc. Just got a new MOT.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335403789999

Such a fun car, GLWS

Someone should get this. Bidding closes at 5 to 7. https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1996-peugeot-205-mi16-restomod-gOpkGn I had a stock one BITD. Every journey delicious.

Didn't realise bmw copied the 205 wing mirrors.

Well spotted, the ad says they're from a M4

Yeah it’s really fun, and I think I’ll probably regret selling it tbh esp at the prices they are fetching at the mo. I really wanted my brother to hang onto it for a while but he blew me out, all he had to pay was insurance and petrol! I had to act quickly though while I had the chance to get a 996. Picked it up last week and I’m loving it, the 3.4 with a sports exhaust is quite a noise.

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How much ?

A fair chunk less than the starting price of the lovely Pug - my mate had a 309 1.9 GTI bitd and at the time I had a Golk Mk2 1.8 16v 3 door ‘92 big bumper loved it.

My camper doesn't have aircon (very much an oversight) - just about survived 35C in the Alsace last year. Wet flannel over the back of the neck does wonders!

A fair chunk less than the starting price of the lovely Pug

Not bad for your grail! What's the mileage?

Had a few 205, all of them ropey and cheap. The GTi were expensive insurance as they were nicked a lot.

I liked to 1.4xs and the diesels...as cheap insurance and better on fuel...

I feel this belongs here as much as the meme thread, especially in light of recent forumite purchases

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7EFOFZtBLG/?igsh=eTRxeHBpdGRuZDlq

Yes price of entry is reasonable but 🤞 for the bills that can follow (hopefully a lot of the big stuff has been covered already, it’s had £15k spent on it the last few years 😅). It’s a 2001 C4 on 97k

Hope you lots of joy in the car.

RIP headphone users.

Anyone with a Mk6 golf want to upgrade head unit and reversing camera? I've got the below, £150 worth of kit from Aliexpress, would take £40 or wine/beer at this point.

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PM'd

C4 has just informed me refuelling an EV is similar cost per mile to petrol. I'd assumed that charging is dirt cheap.