simmo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I could just as easily suggest if you so anal about care preservasion you may be on the wrong site yourself.I'm sorry, is this even English? Fair Comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 CUNTS However I have genuinely watched banger racing and smashed a Piano (really, you wouldn't believe how hard it is!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 CUNTS However I have genuinely watched banger racing and smashed a Piano (really, you wouldn't believe how hard it is!!!)At a summer show I have seen an event where the local rugby club smash a piano so small that it fits through a foot square hole, looked like bloody hard work. Not sure if this was a one off or an annual even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Mine was out of tune wedged under the stairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Mine was out of tune wedged under the stairs Wasn't that advert for tea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Decided not to attend this, due to building one engine out of two, to help a 42 year old Land Rover run again. It's by no means a minter, but the owner likes it, and it's going to last another 40 years. I reckon this site is not about preservation, but the celebration of the mediocre and downright plain motor vehicle, and the "anti-establishment" ideals of wasting 400 quid a month on a modern Eurobox that loses more value each month than your bank releases to the hire purchase firm that owns it. Let's be honest, some cars ARE past redemption, and deserve to be crushed to prevent a death, but let's also not forget that pefectly usable and rare vehicles being thrashed to death and crushed is NOT entertainment for anyone with at least HALF a brain. It's an age old argument between users of this site, and the amount of cars that are around now, that were about when I was growing up, are virtually nil. All you see are high end cars, Mercs, BMWs, Rollers etc, that cost a bomb back then, and cost more now. I prefer to see Mk2 Escorts, Marinas, Fiat 131 etc, than all this modern shit. There's no character left any more, and we are throwing away our chance to "preserve" these cars, whether absolute minter Ex Sid n Doris Beige Acclaims, or a barried up Capri with a Zender bodykit, thats been flashed over in Crown plus 2 by a blind man in a sandstorm. I like to see them all, warts and all. I just hate to see waste. Why buy a new car, when a 25 year old banger will do to get you to work 4 miles each way. There's car parks full of loaded luxury motors,, that will be replaced at 2 years old, because the colour is so "last year", and it than gets passed away from the dealer network and becomes unmaintained and unloved, and trashed. I waited 22 years to buy the car of my teenage dreams. A W126 S-class Merecedes in Silver. It was thirsty, difficult to park, and heavy on tyres and brakes. But I loved it. Had it not been "desirable", it would have expired and been crushed long ago. I dread to think what fate will become it as it becomes uneconomical for the current owner to maintain. Death at the hands of a banger racer? Possibly not, as it's injected, and it weighs a lot so is worth more on the 'bridge............. Let's sort this out soon guys, we all love crap/boring/bollocksed cars, most of us prefer to see them alive and kicking, but get a hoot out of seeing them hemmed in by trees and sheds, never to turn a wheel again. Others like to see them dragged out of hedges and coaxed into "pacemaker" style life, and splatted against other vehicles in the name of fun. I see both sides, but I go with preservation, rather than destruction. Just imagine, the Bluebird you race next week, could be the Bugatti Atlantique worth 6 million in 50 years. OK maybe not, but think about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 A good post,contains some very valid points.There was one car there though,which I'm sure no-one would of minded seeing squashed,an early '90s Lincoln stretch Limo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I do enjoy reading the endless war between factions when it comes to banger racing..............personally if its yours, do what you want, but do we have to have an event that openly antagonises the opposition ?? and then have to have them condone their actions by exagerating their innocence?I personally have had cars stolen and bangered as have some of my mates...............if you wish to not be tarred with the same brush, surely you should clean up your "sport" and on the other side, maybe we should remember that if the racers are willing to pay their money then its upto them what they do with it...................even if its a good car desrtoyed. To me the problem will never be solved until there is nothing left to race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Why buy a new car, when a 25 year old banger will do to get you to work 4 miles each way.That's what I've done!.....except my journey is 25 miles each way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappylad Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ^^^ Excellent post with very valid points as already suggested.I see the matter from both sides of the fence too... I'm on the 'I'd rather see an expired car languishing in a garden for ever more side'.One of my cars is returning to nature & I find it fascinating in a weird sort of a way. The fact that it was bought in 1991, reliably drove many miles & was reluctantly taken off the road 10 years ago because of rust, yet it still lives today to tell its story. There's receipts & old tax discs in the glove box, the odd scratch & dent & my recollection of when the bits of damage occured over the years. All these little things would have be wiped out if the car had been scrapped or raced yonks ago. Instead it's like a personal museum piece, causing no harm to anyone, causing no pollution (from the environmental point of view its actually the opposite as I use it as a parts source for one of my other cars). However, the rust is now so advanced everywhere that I'll need to think about letting it go whilst its still able to sit on its four wheels. Thus ending the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappylad Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 B-reg Accord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 C*NTS!Maybe I'm refering to a gathering of the wonderful Brian from Play Away's family...maybe not!Ah the astrix the great get out, w*nker er? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 C*NTS!Maybe I'm refering to a gathering of the wonderful Brian from Play Away's family...maybe not!Ah the astrix the great get out, w*nker er?Cool come back, I can't be bothered to do the whole chocolate factory thing now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Re HMC Not sure if anyone has mentioned but this wasn't a whole meeting of classics. So most of the 100 plus cars were modern tat Mondies etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Are there any good websites to see what was raced? I can't seem to find any decent banger sites anymore, not really a fan but just like to keep tabs on what was raced!m0rris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Are there any good websites to see what was raced? I can't seem to find any decent banger sites anymore, not really a fan but just like to keep tabs on what was raced!m0rrisHi, the below site should have some up in a couple of dayshttp://ac-photos.net/gallery/main.phpI took a quite a few (mixed bag of old and new) I won't post them on here as it not everones cup of tea but if I get a chance I'll stick them on a photo site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 A list (no pics): http://www.standlakearena.co.uk/hmc_2009.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 http://www.matthowes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 http://matthowes.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19438 That's the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 What is/was this? http://matthowes.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=20121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Looks like an FSO polonez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 There's a before photo on the last page of the "fresh cars" album. I was going to say FSO or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Oh yeah, didn't see that... http://matthowes.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19875 Defo a Polonez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 As vile as a Polonez is as an actual means of transport, it's a shame to see one obliterated. I think a Polonez would be pretty high on the 'star car' stakes at the Autoshite Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 can't be more than 5 left on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Theres one of those mental-looking 70's coronas, a 180B Datsun, a B310 Sunny and a RWD Mazda 323 as well! Argh.Its not all bad news though as there is pikey stretch limo in amongst the wreckage, so fair play to folk who destroy those for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Don't forget the Hillmans and Farinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangerbrian Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have seen the state of 'before' FSO and it was in bad state, sat in a garden for years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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