I wish they still made.....

[willswitchengage]

Decent music.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

They are, just not often used FOR that porpoise.

 

There are better off roaders, there are much better on roaders with 95% of the Defender's off road ability.

 

I think my bitterness stems from not being able to fit in them at all, particularly single cabs.

[anonymous user]

There are better off roaders, there are much better on roaders with 95% of the Defender's off road ability.

 

I think my bitterness stems from not being able to fit in them at all, particularly single cabs.

I am the wrong size/shape for a truck-cab Land Rover, I make myself fit, admittedly that usually means having the driver's window open all the time, so there is somewhere for my right arm to go, but sometimes you have to suffer for style.

 

Having driven a few different modern things recently, I wish they still did proper nice big numbers on the mileometer displays, instead of lcd/led things so I could read them without having to put my reading glasses on. Although perhaps this is a sign that I wish I could see like I used to.

[jonathan_dyane]

Mind these are bloody lovely: http://www.saipacorp.com/en/allproducts/Zamyad/zamyadvanetz24

 

Don't suppose it's easy to import a new vehicle from Iran however...

[eddyramrod]

[danthecapriman]

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If new cars looked like that I'd rush out now and buy one.

[Zantimisfit]

Amazed that nobody has said Austin Metro - preferably in "S" trim, in Applejack with matching colour coded side stripe.

 

Also the proper Mini. BUT, and this is important, only if they have wheels with little tin hubcaps that dont require massive arch extensions, no injection, airbags, stupid seats out of a Daimler DS420 (or Sebastian Loebs WRC car) or any of that other crap that afflicts these poor little cars. And they should be Almond green 

 

Fiat 2300S Coupe cos they are goooooorgeous 

 

Ford Consul Classic cos I have a mental illness when it comes to Ford Consul Classics

 

1960 Impalas and Galaxies because I find it somehow depressing that in the US everybody now drives a Kia or a ridiculous monster truck. Americans should drive American cars...and they should be huge and have big fins. That should be the law! Actually, more practically, Ford should at least bring back the last Crown Victoria so at least the police and taxi drivers have proper cars to lumber round in.

 

....and Saabs

 

 

 

[Zantimisfit]

...and good call on the Renault 4 above

 

[eddyramrod]

Zanti, there aren't enough Like buttons for that post!

[bigstraight6]

Renault 4, the most simplistic and practical car of all time, nothing else comes close. The huge numbers made over such a long time speak volumes, I wish I could buy a brand new one right now instead of any of the dreadful rubbish Renault now churn out.....

[captain_70s]

Triumph Dolomites, a shit ton of shabby 8-12 year old examples in scrap yards would make my hunts for spares far cheaper and easier...

[Cavcraft]

[cros]

Eldro dum dum, orig formulation Redex, orig form Hammerite.

Why did they stop making dum dum? I'm not a user myself, but the car resto guys miss it and I just like the name.

[cros]

I like them, but they are shit, uncomfortable and not fit for purpose.

They are, just not often used FOR that porpoise.

You're both right. This vehicle has lost its way in a retail outlet car park.

[Asimo]

.......gorgeous, spacious interiors like this Buick (see Lukas' Buick Cowboys thread)

 

[Felly Magic]

Looking through that Iranian product list, several flavours of warmed up Kia pride, and the original Iveco Daily with a mutilated front. Shite tastic

[For Fiats Sake]

Matra Rancho

 

that is all.

 

Oh and Lancia Y10 in RHD 4x4 spec.

 

Not forgetting Talbot Samba of course.

[chodweaver]

+1 for gauges that are connected to sensors. I've just discovered Mrs CW's Christ! le-GrandVoyager has a fuel gauge that is 'calculated' from the odometer. So it goes down even when running on Lpg. Then it 'reassesses the situation' when the ignition goes off and on again. Meaning there actually is a sensor in the tank.

Wtf?

 

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[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Cars with a proper engine - a six in line or a V8. It's virtually impossible to buy anything other than a nasty 4 cylinder turbo in anything that isn't drastically expensive unless its old.

[doobietoo]

Allegro front valance.... inner and outer......preferably for less than I paid for the rest of the car !!!

[motormatt]

Sharknose Beemers, Lotus esprit, TVR cerbera and 1980s hot hatchbacks. And cars with pop up headlights.

[Junkman]

Renault 4

 

This is probably more to the point than most people realise.

 

Despite being a strong seller to the end, the R4 was ditched for two reasons.

 

- Marketing (nuff said)

- Anticipated regulations by the Brussels Soviet Politburo

 

The R4 wasn't killed by popular demand. It was killed by bureaucrats.

Like the rest of the world.

[harvestman]

Saturns.

[Split_Pin]

Easy to understand trim levels. Nothing (base), L,GL, GLS, then one luxury and one sport option, the name of which can be at the manufacturer's discretion.

 

It was a perfectly acceptable and passive way of distinguishing your place on life's ladder.

 

And it was also acceptable for a husband to buy the wife the economy base model, which is not acceptable now!

[Lukas]

 

I wish they still made the HDPIC Hyundai Galloper II: Great car, big demand, cheap and nice to drive. Killed by bureaucrats (EU-emission-laws), like said above. 

[LC Torana]

Any car with:

 

The correct engine - a normally-aspirated straight 6.

Correct-wheel-drive.

Headlights NOT smeared back to the A-pillars.

The option of NO central locking or electric windows.

A foot-operated dipswitch (this should of course be mandatory for every car on the road)

Gauges that are directly connected to sensors and are direct-reading.  All of them, which must include Ammeter, Voltmeter, tacho, temperature gauge, oil-pressure gauge.

Proper cable-operated handbrake.

High-profile tyres, nothing less than 75-section is acceptable

Decent ride comfort.

Everything that contains fluid must be fully accessible to the owner-driver, with easy means of checking levels.

All metal surfaces, joints and creases to be finished off, so you can shove your hand in without getting cut.

 

I think I've described a Rover P5 or Humber Super Snipe, come to think of it.

[cms206]

Perhaps a bit left field for the SVM, but the Mk3 Cavalier. If GM were still churning those out I'd be right behind Cavcraft at my local Vauxhall dealer to spend £280/month on a brand spanking new CDX or SRi.

 

Princesses.  It'd make spares finding a fucktonne easier.

Leylands in general. I've got a 1992 Leyland Tiger in my workshop in a million bits awaiting MOT. Currently looking at a six week wait for a drag link end, brake pins appear to be made of unobtainium and no-one seems to know what a castellated nut is any more. Air tank straps are completely unavailable to the point we're looking at having to change the air tanks to Volvo items to get them to fit. It has a Volvo engine so service parts are, thankfully, very easy to get.

Quote of the day so far -

"Whats the registration?"
"K984 JNV"
"Doesn't exist."
"Try WXI 4408"
"Ahh that shows... Volvo B10M?"
"No, Leyland Tiger"
"Do you have the chassis number?"
"TR01140"
"I need the last eight"
"It only has a seven digit chassis number. TR01140"
"Doesn't exist"

*explodes*

[Split_Pin]

I feel your pain!!

[cort1977]

A good strong car from a 'non-premium' manufacturer.   So basically a Rover SD1, Granada or Carlton, rear drive, reasonable ride, fast enough without being OMG handles on railz M8.  

 

About as popular as anal cysts these days sadly.

[pshome]