Holiday spots

September 13, 2017

Rural France is magnificent for tat - though its big Northern cities are dreadful and bland. I particularly like the fact that you can tell when the cars last changed ownership off the plates - great to see proper long-term ownership is still a thing.

22,902 · September 13, 2017

Not all the of the shite in France is home made.

And again to prove it's a runner.

**The Corsa also has non-matching wheels.

22,902 · September 13, 2017

Weird khaki pickup thing.

Weird khaki pickup things.

22,902 · September 13, 2017

22,902 · September 13, 2017

UMMs are common

Big barges less so

School run

Not all plod cars here are Dusters, but they are all Dacias.

Front yard

Spares stock

9,235 · September 13, 2017

Brilliant photos. Very heartening to see all that stuff still in use.

22,902 · September 13, 2017

Red 5s

22,902 · September 13, 2017

A few 21s about, but all escaped me except this butchers Savannah.

Twingo galore.

Trailers are common.

Mysteries too.

22,902 · September 17, 2017

Not in France, but still in holiday mood, so to Severn Valley Railway.

Why don't they still make these?

Very base and very beige.

Completely matt paint. Utterly shine free but very clean.

Not even an "L" badge, 4 speed so presumably a 1300.

4,140 · September 20, 2017

Great thread! Your pictures paint a great image of France that wasn't mirrored by my visit to Dinan last month.

22,902 · March 15, 2019

Dartmouth today. "R" reg. Paint looks even flatter than in this photo.

22,902 · September 6, 2021

Been in Dorset in the sun, lots of landrovers and Jeeps without a roof, endless '70s VW vans and these :

The 205 had "Inca" badges.

Triking. Not Moto Guzzi powered 😕.

And there was this, nearer home a few weeks ago

The best colour for an Insight: "Electric cystitis green"

22,902 · May 26, 2022

After too long, back in France.

Citroens. Fade to gray: it used to be black (see posts above)

Still a common sight

Several Xantias about but I didn't see any other hydraulic Citroens. Early 650 Visa.

AX not common anymore, but they are all as battered as this one.

Still very plentiful, at the core of the rural economy.

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Some Peugeots. 205s are very common.

Weird van version

Amazing to think 205s have been around for 40 years.

309s are perhaps even more common. Petrol and XUD power.

Commercials too

I borrowed this for the week, a Peugeot 2008. I was grateful for the loan, but what a horrible little car. 0 / 10 for effort Peugeot.

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Not many Renault pictures. I saw plenty of R4s, but only one got papped.

No pics of Express vans either although they are plentiful as ar the old Master vans. Traders love their Trafics

and their 21s

Twingos are everywhere.

This was a nice surprise

And so was this 17!

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Lancias

Niva. XUD power?

Forward control!

Brexit motors

A8 was a manual Diesel. Presumably the 5 cylinder engine as it was still in use. Not a single straight panel.

Mercury?

There were plenty that escaped my photography: a Renault 5 semi-convertible (rag top behind the B pillar), a Fiat Chroma TD (steel wheels, cloth seats, immaculate), Peugeot 504 coupe, many Mk1 Pandas...

55,205 · May 26, 2022

Great spotting. Top threading. Happy travelling.

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Cheers Jim.

Mehari.

These have now got to be so valuable it is a surprise to see one still in use. Modern quad bike based pickups are now doing the same sort of work but with more noise and less charm.

22,276 · May 26, 2022

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

Mercury?

1951 Ford Victoria, custom.

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Sounded right for a sidevalve Ford. Reversed with some skill into tiny garage from tiny street. Manual box with floor-change.

Next door is a great bar / restaurant which often features quality Jazz acts. With this view of Canigou.

22,902 · May 26, 2022

Piaggio Avanti ambulance. The only interesting thing about a 4 hour delay at Perpignan.

22,902 · July 20, 2023

Another year, another week away, another country: Scotland / Arnold Clark land.

This years thing seems to be European tough-boy campers. 4wd Sprinters, massively extended G-Wagens, morbidly over-bodied Hilux.

And this pair. A long way from home at Hadrian's wall.

Never before encountered one of these.

Or one of these. My wife was very quick to tell me she didn't like it's looks as much as the Alpine I once had. I suspect that was a pre-emptive comment, in case I fancied getting one.

This Dutch rechargeable had made it to Oban.

This must have been the full-strength version: made a sound like a Nascar racer, possibly the yellowest yellow car I've ever seen.

And that was it for a whole week, very dissappointing! The only "one that got away" was a Bedford CA camper, labouring up an A road hill, driver living the deam and waving everyone past, sliding doors wide open.