revtothelimit - motorbike forum

Potter wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:21 pm
They literally don't make them like they used to.

In the case of a 1980's Fiat Panda: thank fuck for that.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:40 pm You don't have active noise cancellation?

What a peasant.

Would that feature be available for one's darling spouse?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:40 pm You don't have active noise cancellation?

What a peasant.

It might have. I only found out there are more screens if you swipe the main screen to the left/right the other day!

Has yours got the magic R-R screen which lets the Driver and Passenger see different things?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:56 pm Has yours got the magic R-R screen which lets the Driver and Passenger see different things?

No idea tbh. Didnt even knwo there was such a thing? Actually thinking about it, I suspect not. I'd imagine that would be for the tv package which is one of the few options mine doesnt have?

gremlin wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:32 pm

Potter wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:21 pm
They literally don't make them like they used to.

In the case of a 1980's Fiat Panda: thank fuck for that.

There's a YT vid of some plonker with a Range Rover trying to negotiate what appears to be an alpine hairpin & failing.. & at which point some chap in a 4x4 Panda comes bimbling up the hill & passes the RR, much to the amusement of the people outside the pub on the corner.

Found it:

ZRX61 wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 4:53 pm Found it:

Much less to do with the RR being incapable and much more to do with the owner/driver not having the correct tires on the RR!! Amazing how many people think that 4WD will get you up a snowy mountain road on summer tires

ZRX61 wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 4:53 pm Found it:

The mighty Duster would have pissed it as well

I'm sure tiepin could learn em a thing or two as well.

I posted a photo of my old Clio Williams the other day - I'd sort of like one again....but then again not really.

I've done the cars from the past thing before - the Daihatsu F50 in the background of this photo is one I bought / restored because we had one when I was a kid.

I'm happy with them all being n the past these days.

Potter wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:06 pm hankered after either a white E30 BMW M3

Loved mine, sold it because it was 'getting on a bit'. What an idiot!

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:50 pm I'm sure tiepin could learn em a thing or two as well.

Mine doesn’t come out in bad weather! The wife’s Mini Cooper is brilliant in the snow so no need to risk mine or get it covered in salt!

Not necessarily iconic but I've had some interesting cars, 3000GT Capri, Daimler Double Six, Jag XJ 4.2, Sierra XR4x4, Subaru.
Would I have one again? Would I hell as like, give me modern brakes, good fuel economy etc. any day.

If fuel was no object the 'best' was undoubtedly a Volvo 940 LPT, it did 250k, went everywhere and even my wife couldn't fill that boot.

gremlin wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:24 am My first car was a rusted-to-fuck Fiat Panda, but even thinking back now, driving it was brilliant because it represented....freedom! I don't think you can ever recapture that, but if you could bottle it, it'd sell millions.

Daughter's first car was a Panda. I thought it was a hoot to drive, especially in the snow. Big change from my Ford Galaxy Scorpio, but back to basics is good.

Rover SD1 3.5 Vitesse.
I had the pov spec 2.6 and my mate had a 3.5 which was a bit tail happy. Proven quite successfully when he lost it on a wet roundabout and wrapped it around a lamp post.

wheelnut wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:38 am Possibly the Astra GTE - mark 1. Not sure there are any left though.

- Ah- that was my first ever brand new company car back in 1984 , well not the exact one in the picture but exact same model, I have many many happy memories in that car, and one or two when lady luck was obviously looking down on me too
I put it through a fence into a field at speed on the way home very late one night when, umm, swerving trying to avoid a deer , bounced off a very solid tree on the way through which bent the shell , seriously brusied my ribs and kidneys and meant the drivers door wouldn't open.
It only had approx 10k miles on it at that time, I was sure it would be written off but they did manage to repair it so it lived again, and I got nicked in it not long after for an average speed of 94.6 over a 4.8 mile stretch of the A354 near Blandford at 6ish in the morning
A480ARX where are you now I wonder ....

And I also had one of the later 2.0 GSi models in a sort of gun metal metallic in the early 90s, I thought it was a cool looking car at the time, it was undoubtedly massively superior to my previous one , and R26 Megane aside, possibly my favourite ever hot-hatch, albeit I have no yearning to ever own any of them again!

Mk IV 2.0 Ghia Cortina. In white with a black vinyl roof and Ro-style wheels. I loved that car.

Mark 1 Lotus Cortina, white with a green side stripe. Or a Mini Cooper S.

Neither are going to cut it today.

Cousin Jack wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2024 3:39 pm Mark 1 Lotus Cortina, white with a green side stripe. Or a Mini Cooper S.

Neither are going to cut it today.

I thought you'd be mentioning the 1898 Serpollet steam tricycle