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garycox Rank: Renault 16

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I love Minis, but I agree that they are awful on motorways, you always arrive shaken and deafened. Mine doesn't even have a radio, so it's mega-boring too.

Pete-M Rank: Isuzu Florian

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I have to say that I really can't see the problem with the mini seller's actions. He wants his daughter to be safe. He doesn't want to lose the £2k that the Scrappage allowance will get him, but nobody will pay him the £2k for the car any other way and now he's getting people telling him to try and negotiate £800 discount.There's virtually no chance of negotiating £800 off a small new car at the moment. Dealers can shift as many small cars as they like through scrappage without giving discount, they're not going to give up £800 just on a whim. No way. Mini's aren't as safe as new cars if you're in a crash in one. Especially at motorway speeds. 50 years ago they were 'adequate' but 50 years ago all the other cars didn't have ABS, ESP, Wall to Wall airbags, crumple zones, seatbelt pretensioners etc so the drivers of those were trying a bit harder not to be killed than they do today.If I had a car on ebay and I had a mail telling me what to do, I'd withdraw the car from the auction and drive it straight to the dealership, taking photos on the way. I'd then scrappage it and publish the photos on t'internet. The bloke knows the score, he's tried to sell the car and nobody will give him close to £2k other than the Gubbermint. At least he's tried to sell it.Sorry, but the fuss about this is just insane. Some good cars get scrapped, but that is always the way. Go to a scrapyard and there is almost always stuff that should be saved, or should have been saved. I used to go ballistic seeing MkIV Cortina Ghias in scrapyards, but I'd still buy the trim from them.

Or rather, why spend X amount on a new car when they could probably get her a one or two year old one for a lot less than the 2k will save off a brand new one. The she can keep her beloved mini for fun too. Or sell it for the 1k or whatever its worth.

Strikes me he wants to buy his daughter a new car for her 21st, not a secondhand one. I can kind of understand that.
mattblack Rank: Citroen Ami

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This is nice, must be the 4th or 5th time its been on though, it sells every time then is back on again a few days later. Private auction too.... DODGY.

 

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170400823718

 

Looks ace with the proper trimz & metric tyres.

Metric tyres on a Maestro ? Either way, looks a tidy mota.
*COUGH* Montego... *COUGH*

 

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Negative Creep Rank: Lancia Gamma

Negative Creep

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This whole "old cars are deathtraps" really annoys me. I imagine 20 years ago people could barely complete a journey without being killed and the roads were littered with mangled wrecks and body parts?Of course modern cars with no steering or brake feel, massive blind spots on the a-pillars and zero rear visibility are so much safer........

FredTransit Rank: Lancia Gamma

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That's what I though Tayne. They want to sell the car, but only want two grand or nothing. Buy this car or I shoot the puppy! Then the seller tried to justify it with all the bullshit about wanting to 'save it from the crusher' and wanting to 'keep his daughter safe'. It's a car. You want money for it. Don't give me a lot of crap trying to get me to pay more for it..... That's my problem. If he wanted to keep his daughter safe, he could buy a 2 year old car (unless of course in that two years a new car will automatically become a death trap) for a fraction of the new one and still keep the mini, or sell it to somebody who really wants it but can't afford two grand!

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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This whole "old cars are deathtraps" really annoys me. I imagine 20 years ago people could barely complete a journey without being killed and the roads were littered with mangled wrecks and body parts?Of course modern cars with no steering or brake feel, massive blind spots on the a-pillars and zero rear visibility are so much safer........

Well said that man! Don't get me wrong - with a Mini and a 2CV on the fleet, you have to drive with a mindset that tells you an accident would be a very, very bad idea but then that makes you a much better driver. You anticipate others like a motorbike rider would. I truly expect pretty much anyone to drive into me and when you drive like that, you can be surprisingly good at avoiding even other people's accidents. Sure, one day it might all go very wrong - something thumped my 2CV up the backend a few years back and I couldn't really do much about that - but driving a car is dangerous and I wish people in new cars would still realise that. (a lot of people still die every year, whether in a new car or not).
FredTransit Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Too right. I find it's better to learn to drive first, before getting into the driver's seat. Driving a classic is just that, driving, as opposed to being present and operating switches.....

brammy777 Rank: Renault 16

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Too right. I find it's better to learn to drive first, before getting into the driver's seat. Driving a classic is just that, driving, as opposed to being present and operating switches.....

Ive only had driving experiance of one car, a new mini and the steering was so light and vague, i didnt like it. Of course it limits the validity of my opinion,but id rather have a car i could feel my steering input on. Oh and also, when i inevetibally stalled it, you have to depress the clutch and press a button twice, whats wrong with the good old turn of a key?But this is slightly off topic ahaha.
brammy777 Rank: Renault 16

brammy777

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Another near ender with less than 5 minutes to go is this

Someones in for a bargain i suspect

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Pete-M Rank: Isuzu Florian

Pete-M

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Of course modern cars with no steering or brake feel, massive blind spots on the a-pillars and zero rear visibility are so much safer........

Well said that man! Don't get me wrong - with a Mini and a 2CV on the fleet, you have to drive with a mindset that tells you an accident would be a very, very bad idea but then that makes you a much better driver. You anticipate others like a motorbike rider would. I truly expect pretty much anyone to drive into me and when you drive like that, you can be surprisingly good at avoiding even other people's accidents.
I love old cars, if I didn't, I wouldn't own the bloody things. However, I'm not going to say "Well, my driving is good enough to avoid every accident" because it isn't. Nobody is that good a driver. I wouldn't be at all happy commuting on the motorway in an old Mini, or in my P5 for the same reasons. It's the other people who you have to look out for, it's natural to drive old stuff with extra caution, 'like a biker' but if something goes wrong your chances of walking away unscathed are lower in something 50 years old than something 5 years old.I know it would be a lot easier to avoid an accident in my A6 than the P5.
Pete-M Rank: Isuzu Florian

Pete-M

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Looks like a 4 door saloon Chevette. Rally interest is likely to be limited.

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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Go Pog! Drove my first Chevette a couple of months ago and it was fab. Added to the ever-growing wish list...

FredTransit Rank: Lancia Gamma

FredTransit

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Looks like a 4 door saloon Chevette. Rally interest is likely to be limited.

Yeah good point. I never understood why you can get one of these for a few hundred, where as if that was an escort of the same year it would be eleventy billion.....
Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Rally boys do like to buy these then hack the rear suspension out of them as its a bit different to the hatch, better angle on the shock absorbers or something.

brammy777 Rank: Renault 16

brammy777

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Ebay classifieds throws up some interesting cars for an alright price

 

RWD DRIFT YO

£275, but they seem desperate for offers:

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Low miler 405 for £295

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Beat the banger racers for this

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HillmanImp Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

HillmanImp

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This is quality.

 

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GR8 4 HIRST LIMOS

That is sooooo fucking cool. If only i had somewhere to store it.
Father Ted Rank: Renault 16

Father Ted

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Ebay classifieds throws up some interesting cars for an alright price

 

RWD DRIFT YO

£275, but they seem desperate for offers:

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I predict 2 door RWD will be popular with rayyists in 5 - 10 years. Then again maybe not
FredTransit Rank: Lancia Gamma

FredTransit

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Face it, the ickle Vovlo was trading on the Volvo name, it wasn't all that, even the N cap test were poor....

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

Timewaster

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Face it, the ickle Vovlo was trading on the Volvo name, it wasn't all that, even the N cap test were poor....

Its a DAF :D
Father Ted Rank: Renault 16

Father Ted

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Its still RWD 2 door - I would have one.

FredTransit Rank: Lancia Gamma

FredTransit

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Face it, the ickle Vovlo was trading on the Volvo name, it wasn't all that, even the N cap test were poor....

Its a DAF :D
If you mean DAF developed them, it says Volvo on the grille and Volvo are selling them (or were) so it's a Volvo.....
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