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"90% complete MX5" not too far away, I wonder what's missing? £500 Hmmm, maybe not

That rang a bell in the old grey cells - haven't seen one of those in years - had a look at HowManyLeft - maybe that's why - 49,000 back in 1994, 104 today

Define 'old' young person ? Physical age or state of mind I'm 61 - I was in Glasgow at the weekend for a wedding and felt rejuvenated after seeing masses of (much younger) people barely able to walk around their own circumference without getting out of breath. And, as for boogie stamina? Meh. The grump: went to the venue in a pre-booked cab (rather nice Skoda thing). The guy goes all around the houses to get from West to East end of town. Eventually, I realise that he's getting directed by a satnav talking to him in his earbud thingy and he's no real idea of where he is at. He then clinches the deal by turning to me and asking "It's Glasgow Green, isn't it? Whereabouts?" "How the fuck should I know? Last time I was on Glasgow Green was 1986 and you were a glint in your father's eye" I bit that back (my child bride dislikes public swearing) just bared my gritted teeth and pointed at the bridal car - "that way". We walked back to the hotel......

I liked this one quietly photo-bombing the Land Cruiser

There's a second example being repurposed bottom right of the picture? (Can I quietly say that I actually like the look of that Corsa?)

My wallet smiled changed from around a 30 mpg Montego estate to a 50 mpg BX - 150 miles a day, five days a week. Even at 1995 prices I was happy. (But yeah - unrefined diesel by today's standards. Changed jobs and swapped it for a V8 Range Rover. Which leads us to the next fact opinion: Land Rover: The Best 4x4 By Far (best said in a plummy accent for full effect)

My dad's first car (down near Stranraer) dissolved in about two years (I think) grit and the sea air got to everything. They grit here a lot and it's plain when you a get a 'city' owned car and compare the subframes/disc brake shields. 75 has replaced the Ovlov 940 and I'm liking the upgrade - more comfy - I do miss the badermatic but the Keeper of The Purse Strings is happy as it's way, way more economical - almost into Bini country which means I'm excused pouring the two of us and all the holiday clobber into a wee car

Aye - you'd lose that on the bump in the middle of our single track council road here (Bini scrapes the air dam going downhill on it). For a LHD is is selling well UK Spec one - eBay ends today too, BIN £10,500 and if I were Topol - 2007 model, currently £8K

Did better than me then - just been in Glasgow for the first time in 22 years. Stayed on the edge of the CAZ over at the SECC and we saw very, very little of anything older than a 2010 plate. Even with the CAZ nearby it was a bit naff (plenty of big, FO, modern cars of all sorts, they look a million dollars but the never-never would, wouldn't it?). Ditto motorway - couple of Volvo 940/960, a 1999 Corolla and a 51 plated Almeira who did a wee bit of a 'Rubber Duck' convoy with us for a laugh. We did have a good time - won the 'oldest car in the hotel car park prize' - all three nights Also a variation on six steps to Kevin Bacon - six steps to Arnold Clark. Players take turns to clock the motors driving past in batches of six. If you get a yellow, Arnold Clark sticker in your six cars then play passes to the next player. If you don't get a yellow AC sticker then you have to buy the next round. There's a lot of AC stickered cars in Glasgow. Car stuff? Took the Rover 75 diseasel - very nice place to be. Reckon mpg was in the high forties and it was v.nice to get out of a car after 7 hours driving and finding myself able to stand upright and walk without any swearing.

Ahhh - the infamous Which? magazine. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but, knowing that lot, I'd not be too surprised if they were tipped off, paid off, whatever..........

There was a guy in the village I grew up in that had one of the these (I think it was white and a nagging feeling it may have been an estate). This would be around 1976 - no idea if it was RHD - he was a Glasgow guy and would be up and down the road to there (so I think the dealer would have been up that way). The robust* machine did not fare well with our seaside air and the salt on the roads - it was replaced by a Lada which fared similarly well*

Glasgow this morning - thought it was a kit car. Quick GoogleFoo - for sale apparently a JDM Nissan Pao.

Central Glasgow, just outside their LEZ, very much an absence of much decent other than:

Welsh rain my friend. Combined with the horizontal breezes it’s like Karcher on steroids. I’m dying to checkout the upper body and head apparel needed for this oddessey?

Isn't that one of Blake's Seven?

I think we had this on a different thread but how about a Sierra Pezz Turbo?

Only cars I can remember having a 5* petrol sticker were the Rover P6 (particularly the V8 but that's because a local giffer had one) - there were probably more but any there were really not that many cars around - I'd guess less than 50% of households had one in our village and two? Two! Luxury, lad. Converting 5* to 4* was just a case of retarding the timing and moaning about the poor performance. LPG has a higher octane rating but less energy than unleaded (my last LPG/pezz car was ~10% down on LPG - 10mpg instead of 11mpg )

I used to half inch 2 star from the greenkeeper/groundsman job I had to put in my dad's Triumph Herald for when we went out on the (improbable) pull. It pinked like crazy on long uphills and my poor old dad was driven batty by the 'problem'. I never did confess.

Better quality cars (and coffee) back then - Starfucks now

What's the car with the dented wing behind the dud on the BMW bike? I'm stuck with a wedge but don't think the bonnet/wing line is right?

An awful lot of cars come without that little aide-memoire (looking at you Mr. Bini) so you never know it's running cool unless you plug in a reader. It has a 'bong' if it goes over but just a secret smile if it runs under.

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It's a 96 minus 3? My late uncle ran a 96 for a time which he would delight in demonstrating the freewheel clutch to us kids on the long downhill section of the (then) new Ayr bypass. Meant nothing to us sprogs