Confessional / The "Is It Wrong To Like..." Thread

[dave j]

Another vote for a Cactus here, preferably in mustard yellow!

[phil_lihp]

Another vote for the Scorpio, it's on my list along with that most desirable of cars, the Seat Marbella.

[Junkman]

Isn't this thread supposed to be about taking guilty pleasure in mega dire cars, rather than "I want a [insert car that is generally regarded as cool/beautiful/fabulous] etc?

 

I have a strange perv on for gopping late 80s American enormosaloons.

 

Look at this POS.  I rented one at Boston Airport in 1989.  It was hilarious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Been there, done that.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a disappointingly good car, utterly comfy, fast, reliable, good on pez, everything.

Hence I ditched it and bought a P6 V8.

[Parky]

Kei Cars.

 

Now it may seem somewhat unmanly but I don't care. I just love these things (plus pretty Japanese girls love them too)

 

It's a Suzuki Lapin! What a great interior

[conkerman]

I was seriously looking at a cactus. But non split rear seats are a real pain for me.

 

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[Mr Bump]

Wrong to like any sort of people carrier. Current fetish is the Grand C Max with all its sliding doors

[Tamworthbay]

I love the cactus, at least I did until I got in one. The dash is quirky but I could live with it. What I couldn't live with was the lack of space. Sadly it's another modern car where a big outside doesn't equate to a big inside. I think my mates Panda has as much space inside. It's a shame as I had been eyeing one up for future purchase as no doubt they will be super cheap in a few years.

[vulgalour]

That Lapin is ace!  I am a fan of Kei cars. I'd quite like a Figaro or a Viewt or a Pao or any number of other odd tiny Japanese things.

[RayMK]

I love the cactus, at least I did until I got in one. The dash is quirky but I could live with it. What I couldn't live with was the lack of space. Sadly it's another modern car where a big outside doesn't equate to a big inside. I think my mates Panda has as much space inside. It's a shame as I had been eyeing one up for future purchase as no doubt they will be super cheap in a few years.

 

This is true.  My son has one on lease from work.  It is comfortable, economical and refined but, like many modern cars, it is dark and gloomy inside, particularly for rear seat passengers - and there's no courtesy light for the back seat.  The rear parking camera is excellent.  Makes parking feel like a video game. His 1993 Tipo easily swallows more luggage (bikes) - in fact, the Cactus has about the same useable luggage space as my 205.

[Slartibartfast]

Ooh, I've thought of another.

 

Ford Probe. Ideally the GT version.

 

[Junkman]

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

I know. I shouldn't really be on this forum.

[Junkman]

And let's not forget these.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John F]

Suzuki X90, and I have no idea why.

 

[AMC Rebel]

Suzuki X90, and I have no idea why.

 

 

 

I think that's the winner so far.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

[Dick Cheeseburger]

[Slartibartfast]

All of you specifying nice desirable cars can get in the sea. If it's not grim, undesirable, underpowered or otherwise miserable, then it doesn't belong in this thread.

 

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[Dick Cheeseburger]

Is that lowlight wearing mk1 Fez bumpers?

[flat4alfa]

Guilt trip starts here

 

 

Nissan's Figaro.  The Twee-er the better.  Now well out of any fashionable period it had, the naffness makes it appeal more

 

 

 

Other 'Retro-Mini' and 'Retro-Kei' cars fall into same desireability, such as the Mitsuoka Ray and family.  You have to visit Japan to understand this sort of thing.  Ideal for UKIP Councillors' wives.

 

 

 

Cadillac CTS.  Good old Wayne Cherry.  He styled the Mk1 Cavalier, doncha know.  A sales bomb over here.  Undesireable

 

 

 

Even more so the Nissan Cube.  Wife detests.

 

 

 

A sportified daft Landcrab with the trouble engine, such as this Morris 2200 Automatic wearing ROstyles.  

 

 

 

Carver One.  Other road users will think you are in mid-crash at all times.

 

 

 

Alfa Arna.  The best Alfasud, ever.  1200 form for grimness.

 

 

 

Sinclair C5.  Miserable, especially on the Romford ringroad, in a storm

 

[AnthonyG]

I'm glad someone's already mentioned the current Jeep Renegade. I assume it's related to the 500 'suv', which I do not like.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Bloke on the Sinclair C5; is that what's known as 'waterboarding'?

[Pete-M]

I had a face-lift Scorpio Ultima 24v, one of the black headlamp jobs. It was a really decent car, went well, sounded good, handled brilliantly, plenty of space and it was reliable. To drive, I reckon it was better than an E39 528i. In black light spec I even quite liked the look of the thing.

 

However, everyone who saw it used to comment about how ugly it was. It got the point where I almost felt sorry for the poor thing. 10 years later and in comparison to a new Avensis the Scorpio doesn't look bad at all.

[Cavcraft]

Good job we're all different, most Sceptic stuff is just absolute rubbish imho.

 

I'm another fan of the Morris 1000, in the past they've had a bit of stick on here, but they're brilliant things.

 

Guilty pleasure pleasures?

Tigra Mk1

Corsa B

More to come...

[Junkman]

All of you specifying nice desirable cars can get in the sea. If it's not grim, undesirable, underpowered or otherwise miserable, then it doesn't belong in this thread.

 

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What belongs in this thread is what you have to confess to like.

Nobody here has to confess to like anything grim, undesirable, underpowered or otherwise miserable.

[Junkman]

Hence:

 

 

The only post 1986 car I actually like.

Not because polar bear friendliness and other pseudo green shits I don't give a toss about, but because of Ludicrous Mode.

For half a century, there was nothing, repeat: nothing, that could beat a septic Muscle Car in straight line performance.

Now King Kong has arrived.

[Negative Creep]

I'd never want to own one, but they do make me smile

 

 

 

 

For a modern I think these look great

 

 

 

 

I do rather like Range Rovers, although not in drug dealer spec like most of them seem to be these day

[Guest Breadvan72]

A bloke in my village has a Tesla, and he hoons it like fook up and down the A40.

 

If I won the lottery, I would consider buying one as my daily.  Perhaps unusually for a petrolhead, I actually do give a shit about polar bears and such, but I realise that electric cars are at best just mitigating the problem and not solving it.  I would still have some pezzer heaps if rich, but for weekends, and the environmental case for running some old cars and not scrapping everything and making new ones seems reasonably legit.  

 

At present, I do my bit by having several cars that are likely all to be broken at the same time.  On this basis, even Junkman is actually an Eco-warrior.   I am glad that diesel is currently getting a kicking, as it has always seemed to me to be the spume of Beelzebub.

[flat4alfa]

It's Astral Traveller, the 1951 289V8 Moggy built in 1974 before Fiestas were invented. A custom car built 43 years ago and it's still around, changed ownership last year.

 

Photo linky

 

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/whatever-happened/unknown-astral-traveller-morris-minor-43372

[overrun]

[flat4alfa]

Subaru REX

 

Power-to-weight ratio right down there with Diesel Granada

 

 

But just look at it

 

Cute and compact with excellent packaging, especially the van one