Disappearing Fast.

[xtriple]

round here there are loads of new cars and about an equal number of the shite mentioned above. Saxo? one a couple of doors up, really tidy and another round the back that is barried to the max (and then some - stickers everywhere, huge rear wing, big wheels, bodykit). MK3 Mondeos> two in the next road. R reg Fiesta just up the road, and they also have a Focus with a bit of barrying, Escort estate in red with alloys (tidy) and so on. Chap comes round quite often with a late Sierra, again nice and tidy.

[For Fiats Sake]

When was the last time you saw a p38 range rover in the wild?

 

Original Yaris seems thin on the ground, until you go to Bradford, where they all go to die apparently.

 

Mitsubishi's and Mazdas in general are rare in West Yorkshire apart from the huge 4x4 electric assisted ones, used to see colts and the 2 & 3's quite regularly in York though.

 

I can only hope that the hideous nissan joke and cashcow will be fashions that fade quickly.

 

I reckon Prius will be gone as soon as the battery packs need replacing.

 

Renault modus must be on the extinction list too by now.

[Kiltox]

Original Yaris will never die

[SiC]

I reckon Prius will be gone as soon as the battery packs need replacing.

Prius are regularly topping 300k+ in the states. The packs can die, but often its only individual cells that die. With the right safety equipment (as high voltages involved), its very easy to DIY replace the dead cells. Toyota dealers want to replace the complete packs though when individual cells die.

 

I've been on the look-out for a cheap, broken Prius 2, however its unfortunately pretty rare thing.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Mk1 Skoda Octavias seem to be vanishing from the roads now, same goes for Fabias and Felicias

 

engage the services of an taxi private hire vehicle in birminghamshire and one will shirley arrive

[Adrian_pt]

Central London remains chod heavy: a Mk 1 Mondeo, for instance, is by no means unusual (including with undamaged bumpers). Sometimes it congregates in very unlikely places: Berkeley Square on Saturday night had a yellow 406 coupe and a doom blue MG ZR. Going on the motorway, however, it's astonishing how rare a sight anything older than about X reg is. 

 

I haven't seen a Daewoo in yonks though. Or a Proton. 

[Guest Hooli]

Prius are regularly topping 300k+ in the states. The packs can die, but often its only individual cells that die. With the right safety equipment (as high voltages involved), its very easy to DIY replace the dead cells. Toyota dealers want to replace the complete packs though when individual cells die.

 

I've been on the look-out for a cheap, broken Prius 2, however its unfortunately pretty rare thing.

Used to have a contractor here who'd done over 250k in his, seem to recall it'd never really broken either.

[spartacus]

Jeep Cherokee, the square shaped one with either the hideous 2.5 td engine or the 4.0 'high output', and I use that term loosely! They used to be everywhere, now getting thin on the ground, another 5 years and they'll mostly be gone, particularly when the first gas converted petrol ones go wrong.

[PiperCub]

Older Mitsi Shogun and the grey import Pajero - used to be everywhere, now only the very occasional really beaten up example round my way. 

 

Cit Xantia's - again, were everywhere, haven't seen one for ages.

[chaseracer]

Original-shape Daewoo Matitz.

 

Or so I thought, until I found myself in Warwick and Leamington Spa this afternoon!  Must be where they all retire, with their owners...

[martc]

 

 

I haven't seen a Daewoo in yonks though. Or a Proton. 

 

Move to E Yorks or N Lincs, the feds still patrol in them (Protons and Daewoos (alright, Vauxhall 4x4 thingys - built in the old Daewoo factory)).

[treehugger]

Central London remains chod heavy: a Mk 1 Mondeo, for instance, is by no means unusual (including with undamaged bumpers). Sometimes it congregates in very unlikely places: Berkeley Square on Saturday night had a yellow 406 coupe and a doom blue MG ZR. Going on the motorway, however, it's astonishing how rare a sight anything older than about X reg is. 

 

I haven't seen a Daewoo in yonks though. Or a Proton. 

Protons are reputedly about as tough as cardboard, so that's not surprising!

[cros]

One ass I'm pleased to see disappearing fast.

[Junkman]

One of those was parked in front of my R16 yesterday.

I quite liked it. There. I said it.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Here in Australia, the Ford Falcon is disappearing. They have been out of production for a year now and the numbers are dropping fast.

Hopefully, when Holden Commodore production ends in 2018, it dose not suffer the same fate.

 

Also, the 2nd generation Toyota Camry is vanishing fast. the 1st gen was never popular but the 2nd gen was huge and remained an extremely popular 2nd hand buy for years, much more popular then the 3rd and 4th gen, but now they are getting thin on the ground.

 

 

I always wanted one, in wagon/estate guise. Guess i'm going to have to move fast!

[sierraman]

I’ve noticed the very first S-T plate Focuses are getting a bit spares. Found myself tremendously excited last week to spot one in town, a three door in that 1990’s purple the first ones came in. Looked really tidy as well, so it’s not only me that perseveres with them.

[AMC Rebel]

I like those Meganes too - they are different.

[AMC Rebel]

I’ve noticed the very first S-T plate Focuses are getting a bit spares. Found myself tremendously excited last week to spot one in town, a three door in that 1990’s purple the first ones came in. Looked really tidy as well, so it’s not only me that perseveres with them.

It’s really easy to forget how much of a change they were from the final Escorts because they are (were) so numerous - but they were a real leap forward in design, ride, handling and reliability.

[John F]

One ass I'm pleased to see disappearing fast.

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Yep, those weird things munt pretty badly. I'm not sorry to see them go either.

[Dirk Diggler]

One ass I'm pleased to see disappearing fast.

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The looks never did it for me, but it did 'feel' ok when new; such a step back from the mk1 in every way. Which had been around since 1988

[cros]

I like those Meganes too - they are different.

 

You'll be alright, there's more derrière where that came from.

[Justin Case]

Having just spent a weekend in and around Tenbury Wells just after reading this thread, I can safely say that many of the alleged endangered species are actually alive and well Things started well, i saw a nightfire Rover 800 within two minutes of leaving home and as I joined the motorway I was passed by no less than a Mark 2 Cavalier saloon in that depressing shade of flat maroon that I had almost forgotten (it was in a 50 limit though!) Getting to Tenbury the first thing I saw was a breeding pair of identical slate grey Picassos, closely followed by amongst others several K11 Micras, Mark 4(?) Fiestas (about X reg)  a Peugeot 205 and one of the older shape Suzuki Swifts, all in  very tidy condition. In fact anything less than 15 years old wasn't even worth noting.

 

Ludlow based shiters seem to have more luck than me, all I saw there yesterday was a bug-eyed Multipla (anyone on here? ) and two of the four Skoda Felicias I saw over the weekend. That was made up for by the classics though, Mark 1 Cortina GT, big Healey, and even a Chain Gang Frazer Nash parked by the castle Best though was this morning at the farmers market at Knightwick, a Subaru pick-up (Brat?) in almost rust-free condtion, I hadn't seen one for so long I thought that they must really be extinct.

 

Hope that this doesn't sound too much like merely a spotting thread but it seems that although a lot of cars are thought to be on the verge of extinction, they are still very much around in little pockets of rural England

[Faker]

I can't recall the last time I spotted a shitron zx or xsara. They've vanished

[Tetleysmooth]

Phase 1 Volvo V70.

Don't see that many around now, particularly in saloon form.

Decent examples seem to be commanding a reasonable price too.

[AMC Rebel]

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You'll be alright, there's more derrière where that came from.

Unsurprisingly, I like those too.

[Supernaut]

I can't remember the last time I saw a Peugeot 306 in person (apart from the ones I owned).

 

Great wee cars, those.

[dougiefourspeed]

Anything that gets bummed by the 2006 £500+ VED rate that is worth less than £1000 and has no real 'enthusiast following' i.e non-ST220 Mondeo, non-VXR Vectra C V6, X-Type 2.5/3.0. All cars I rather enjoy, sadly.

[Daviemck2006]

Anything that gets bummed by the 2006 £500+ VED rate that is worth less than £1000 and has no real 'enthusiast following' i.e non-ST220 Mondeo, non-VXR Vectra C V6, X-Type 2.5/3.0. All cars I rather enjoy, sadly.

The only good thing about me being disabled is the fact that I don’t have to pay the 500+ road tax on my 407 coupe, coupled to the fact that it was cheap to buy for what it is!

 

 

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[Junkman]

The very last Xantia in the area has now been bridged.

Was still a proper sinker, too.

[HH-R]

Seen a couple of mk two facelift Puntos with comedy tide marks recently, then realised that the prefacelifts have just about disappeared completely.

 

K11 Micras seem to be hanging on quite well, considering their love of rusting.