Do I Sell The T6 And Re-live My Youth
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Mate of my son is into 2000 ish Volvos, big problem he is finding is that lots of the bits need to be reprogrammed if you change them, dealer only and expensive.
A car to buy at the moment as a long term investment might be a good late land Rover Defender, not what I would want but lots love them.
I keep seeing BMW Z4s another very nice car with some style, could be worth a punt. My monument in my garage is a 1983 911SC in bits and needing some time, its not original and is in bits, wouldn't suit the purists but I am aiming for the look that I like. They are going up in value but if I have got one I want to drive it and enjoy it.
Baz
A car to buy at the moment as a long term investment might be a good late land Rover Defender, not what I would want but lots love them.
I keep seeing BMW Z4s another very nice car with some style, could be worth a punt. My monument in my garage is a 1983 911SC in bits and needing some time, its not original and is in bits, wouldn't suit the purists but I am aiming for the look that I like. They are going up in value but if I have got one I want to drive it and enjoy it.
Baz
Defenders and original style minis will definatly be really good keepers in terms of easy and cheap to maintain and going up in value
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my 16yr old lad wants a classic mini....not sure I like the thought of him with no safety features ....but I can't convince him to look at anything else
That's easy, just let him drive one, and see if he want's one as a daily driver after that.
tell me about it, tried to find another.
There was a list of cars I longed for as a teenager. And that BMW E30 M3 was one of them. Only managed a 1/43 minichamps model of one, blue tacked on my dash. Audi Ur Quattro Turbo. Peugeot 205 T16. Nearly went for a used M3 once. But 8 grand seemed like a lot of money back then. However looking back at what I've owned, I reckon there's scope for some to be future classics.
1987 MkII Golf GTI 8v (wee bumper, big heart).
1990 Corrado 16v (underrated great handling beastie).
1993 Audi Coupe S2 20v turbo. (Rare M3 catcher with a torsen for the snow and a great Q car.)
1997 MkIII Golf GTI colour concept (Jazz Blue. Loud and proud).
Wish I still had them all.
1987 MkII Golf GTI 8v (wee bumper, big heart).
1990 Corrado 16v (underrated great handling beastie).
1993 Audi Coupe S2 20v turbo. (Rare M3 catcher with a torsen for the snow and a great Q car.)
1997 MkIII Golf GTI colour concept (Jazz Blue. Loud and proud).
Wish I still had them all.
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Sadly, I don't think mines moth balled @Dava lar. No trace of it when I put it's VRM through the Gov.uk MOT check. Expect the Chinese have remodelled it's galvanised panels into baked bean tins.
Had the Procon Ten safety system, that car. Reckon Audi was barking up the right tree with that idea. Even with airbags, the steering wheels a killer. Having it pulled away from you in a frontal impact was the right concept in my view.
Had the Procon Ten safety system, that car. Reckon Audi was barking up the right tree with that idea. Even with airbags, the steering wheels a killer. Having it pulled away from you in a frontal impact was the right concept in my view.
My guess is on godzilla's and scoobies as the next classics, try finding unmolested ones
Emojis should work fine
Here’s a list of the inbuilt ones or you are free to cut and paste others
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Wish i had kept all my old school fords 3 series 1 rs turbo 4 series 2 rst a 1600i fiesta rst a saphire 4x4 cos x2 escort cosworths which i still got the one.
I could retire if still had all of these
These are my old Sokol!
So tempted to sell the T6 today...and go back to old skool
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Ohh yes 2300 16v twin cam, even better if Bill Bydenstein (RIP) had breathed on it.
My chevette like most was a lowly 1300 but hand built engine, big valve flowed head, 28/36 DCD and 4-2-1 big exhaust could do well over a ton, off the line was pretty good back in the day, although your average euro box is faster these days....progress I guess!
Although prob more about now than they ever actually built....
