J-Rod Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Blame Sigmund Fraud for this one... Some cars can get unfortunate rep for no good reason (E.g. Megane Mk1s = dole queue, BMW 330i = drug dealer and so on). So, with that in mind, post up cars that have unwarranted reps... And a reason why we should try and find one for about 500 notes and drive it proudly... Ignorin tha h9trs 😉 Vince70, Junkman and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-SUZUKI-X-90-2WD-RED-t-bone-roof-classic-retro-orginal-/201403555833 Am I a closet woman or gay man for liking this? Probably. brickwall, Junkman, Vince70 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hairdresser/homosexual etc. Vince70, Junkman and alf892 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Everyone I know with an mx-5 is heterosexual and a 'driving enthusiast' gordonbennet, Six-cylinder, Coprolalia and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Kia Shuma mk1. Once had to go to Glasgow for a meeting. Had my suit jacket hanging up in the back. It was warm and the window was down, i was wating in a jam to get into some multi carpark. Some local who was on the 50% volume cans shouted to me "you must be a shit salesman if thats what they give you". Made my day catsinthewelder, Junkman, Vince70 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nothing says "small-time criminal" more than a £500 P38 with a personalised plate and £2K of blingy tat bolted on. Why buy one ? The pre-facelift P38 still looks classy, is a competent off-roader, and is far cheaper to buy than its "classic" predecessors due to its undeserved* reputation of being a moneypit. brickwall, RayMK, Vince70 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Yeah, but the tax bill and mileage will sap you. For a rep-mobile I found the Onda Accord a fine choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Cortinas. They always stank of sweaty salesmen and stale tobacco. It is my only reason for not liking them. Odd really, because I've got a Hyundai Stellar, to most people the conveyance of choice of drunks who wish to display their last meal. J-Rod, mat_the_cat, Junkman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Primera-1-6-16v-Si-/261983318428?nav=SEARCH Nissan Primera mini cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Škoda Octavia. It's a minàcab to most folk but if you get one in the right spec, they're a bloody good car. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I'm really struggling to think of something that either doesn't deserve its rep, or you should buy regardless of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Game over TRW, mercrocker, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nothing more depressing than a black Vectra C with a Cab Direct Scottish registration number. Junkman and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I find it interesting how different models or even Marques change their reputation , for good or bad.When I was a teenage biker, Volvo's were the enemy, all the bike mags constantly went on about Volvo drivers and the near miss and war stories amongst the messengers hanging around the sandwich shop at the end of Carnaby St nearly always involved "an old twat in a Volvo"Now they're just an inoffensive,sensible car for people too posh to drive a Kia. Jags have always been seen as a bit louche,slightly dodgy. I can't remember who described them as - A Wardour St Bentley. Meaning ideas above their station and the Great Train Robbers,Krays, Arthur Daley thing stayed with them right up until Range Rovers took over in the late 90's. Now a Jag driver is either a senior rep in 2.2td XF or a Govenment Minister in a LWB XJ( so still some villains then) The biggest turnaround has to be Audi, once a car for Doctors and Dentists who thought an ignition switch by the gear lever was a bit too avant garde. Right up until the A4 launch with its famous 'Nah it's not for me...Taxi!!' TV ad. They were still seen as a sensible sober choice- Procon10 for example,who the fuck would chose a car on the basis it had a cable round the engine?Now a byword for chavs and wankers, although Top Gear presumably is to blame for this. The media coverage of things like the Essex Range Rover murders and the death of Princess Diana shape popular perceptions too. When was the last time someone bought a Merc because it was safe and solid? No,they buy them because they've got lots of bling on them. J-Rod, Sudsprint, Shep Shepherd and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Nothing more depressing than a black Vectra C with a Cab Direct Scottish registration number.I get the point you're making here but Cab Direct never sold any Vauxhalls, the company I work for rent space off them (well their parent company Allied Vehicles) who's taxis are mostly all Peugeot Expert mpvs converted to taxi spec and renamed E7s or Eurotaxis, they also build them and Partners for wheelchair accessible vehicles, I don't think the Taxi Centre, another Scottish based taxi sales firm sold any Vauxhalls either, it was mainly Octavias, Superbs and Fiat Doblos, Arnie Clark on the other hand sold shedloads of ex daily rental 6 month old Vectra base models to taxi drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Mitsubishi L200s have now gained the rep of the choice of the 'steak and kidney lock opener', but lately I've seen the local lot with Mondeos and Insignias towing foreign spec caravans. I bet driving into fields does those hatchbacks a lot of good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rod Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Angry Parents. I don't know what it is about these but every time I see one coming, I think 'Uhoh,' and expect something to happen to annoy/scare me. Coprolalia, Taff, scdan4 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I don't know what it is about these but every time I see one coming, I think 'Uhoh,' and expect something to happen to annoy/scare me. I think that about anything with the griffin on, they're driven like fuggin dodgems. I think you have to take a (bad) attitude and (lack of) skills test before you're allowed to buy one round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Skoda Yeti, the Stannah stairlift of the automotive world, seem to be all on Mobility, driven by giffers with a pound of spuds on their shoulders J-Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Middle aged kind of woman who dresses and wears the same makeup and hairdo since she was 20: Same as above, but whose Datsun Figaro succumbed to structural rot: TRW, Coprolalia, Taff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I wouldn't be angry driving a Zafira, I'd be fucking livid! Citroen Picasso says to me, sub prime borrowing on it from Carcraft, driven by a sweaty family dressed in some Matalan shorts. Welding on sill done by a 'mate' resembling bird shit, missing hubcap. Essex V6, brickwall and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I have lots of personal "reps" that are based on my own experiences and/or stereotyping.... BMC 1100/1300 - Teacher's cars, usually accompanied by suede shoes, corduroy trousers and jackets with elbow patches. Toyota Previa - Fat, bare-armed mothers, invariably fitted with mis-matching baby chairs and increasingly seen with bin bags taped over broken/leaking windows. Honda Jazz - Barely competent brillo-pad hair oldies that are liable to stop suddenly at some junctions and pull out on BP tankers at the next... Nissan Juke - Oversized-sunglass wearing women phone-prodders who think they own the bloody road/didn't fucking look in the first place (sorry this is a new one instigated by a recent incident) MGB - Recently retired beardie looking to take up a new hobby and is an instant expert on every aspect of the car except the bit about checking if the sills are still there. And one from the past - I always hated Mk1 Escort Estates as they seemed to be driven by people back then who had no interest in driving or cars but took great pains to tell me how shit my own cars were/are. Probably all in Zafiras or C-Maxes by now.... Sigmund Fraud, Felly Magic, Essex V6 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rod Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Just so you're all aware, when I started this post, it wasn't to start bashing Audis, or their drivers because it's all been done to death. Also, it's got to the stage where it's just a bit funny to see the 'Audi-Twerp', driving past with matching his n' hers overpriced mountain bikes upright on the roof. BUT these. I don't know what they do to their drivers but every one I see seems to be trying to intimidate someone to get out of their way. Vince70 and brickwall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rod Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 And just to temper the previous post, so it's not all about 'Them'.. 'I've Got More Dogs Than You Could Ever Afford To Feed' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Early Ovlov SUV's are starting to turn up on council estates now, normally with cock plates, being driven by bints that are more orange than David Dickinson, and have their fake iphone's virtually glued to their ears Vince70 and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Just so you're all aware, when I started this post, it wasn't to start bashing Audis, or their drivers because it's all been done to death. Also, it's got to the stage where it's just a bit funny to see the 'Audi-Twerp', driving past with matching his n' hers overpriced mountain bikes upright on the roof. BUT these. I don't know what they do to their drivers but every one I see seems to be trying to intimidate someone to get out of their way. What is it? Everything they've made post 2001 looks the same to my uninterested eyes. solid61, TRW and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rod Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 What is it? Everything they've made post 2001 looks the same to my uninterested eyes.A5 S-Line thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 God knows what folk think when they see my scenic. It looks like it's been to bloody Syria. Three poundland trims (did have four but lost one somewhere between East Midlands airport and belper) front bumper scuffed both sides,front passenger wing scuffed,drivers rear quarter scraped,more lacquer peel than can shake a shitty stick at and numerous scratches everywhere including the roof and boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 They are probably amazed it's still running, being an old Renner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 To be honest so am I! mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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