Youtube moments

[Yoss]

5 hours ago, Idriveaclassic said:

I was surprised! I've only heard bad things about Skoda, so I turned up with an open mind and didn't just slag it off like some of these softboi's seem to when they're confronted with anything less than a supercar (which really annoys me). 

To be honest, it's definitely not my era of car (I'm 70s or before), but I thought it was great VFM motoring and really underrated. 

Sorry I didn't mention the Felicia tailpipe - I wasn't aware

 

Cheers,

Steph 

 

Don't worry, I wasn't expecting anybody else to notice the Felicia tailpipe. I only notice as I have one of each. The Felicia has an oval end, the Favorit is round. Mine is a mk1 which is even more 80s than the one you drove with its brown interior and vinyl covered cardboard door trims. 

I do 1960s as well with a 1969 Triumph 1300TC. In some ways the Favorit feels closer to the Triumph than it does to Felicia. Despite the the Felly being based on the Favorit it feels much more modern. 

Anyway thanks for a favourable review, I enjoyed it. 

[LoftyvRS]

I worked for Skoda when Favorit became Felicia then subsequently the new Fabia, and even as late as 2004/5 if we had a nice low mile Favorit in it would go up for sale and be sold within days. The following of them from the older Estelle/Rapid customers was tremendous. Much nicer seats in the Favorit compared to Felicia I always thought.

[Yoss]

There's two types of Favorit seat. The base models look like Felicia seats with different material, though probably are much softer. The higher spec cars have the nice squarer seats with the extra thigh and bolster support like in the video above, mine are like that but in two shades of brown. What more could you want? 

[St.Jude]

Murica's top YouTubing automotive talent* in this year's RCR christmas song. 

 

* Car Wizard's not in it, probably because he's still paying off the damage he did to Hoovies Merc.

[bunglebus]

 

[bunglebus]

 

 

[bunglebus]

Queue for the Festival of the Unexceptional or the M25 in the 90s?

 

[LoftyvRS]

54 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Queue for the Festival of the Unexceptional or the M25 in the 90s?

 

Lovely that was, look at the volume of "normal" company cars pounding the motorway,  Ford Sierras, Escorts, Granada's and Orions, also Vauxhall's Cavaliers and Astras. All you'd see nowadays is Euro Executive mobiles such as BMW, Audis & Mercs, all with DRL's glaring away with a whiff of Hugo Boss inside and big watches galore

[mitsisigma01]

Amazing isn't it how people used to use their fkin eyes and manage to fkin see other fkin vehicles in broad fkin daylight without the fkin need for fkin blinding day fkin time running lights and fkin twats not knowing how to fkin use a fkin headlight switch and having front fkin fog fkin lights on all the fkin time..... Ooops wrong fkin thread, should of been in the "grumpy" thread

[LoftyvRS]

3 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Amazing isn't it how people used to use their fkin eyes and manage to fkin see other fkin vehicles in broad fkin daylight without the fkin need for fkin blinding day fkin time running lights and fkin twats not knowing how to fkin use a fkin headlight switch and having front fkin fog fkin lights on all the fkin time..... Ooops wrong fkin thread, should of been in the "grumpy" thread

True though! It's daft that when you see a car without two death stars on display during the day time that THEY are the ones that stand out nowadays

[Austat]

This looks good, just started watching this. Comes with English subtitles too:

 

[egg]

I like these a lot.

 

[Remspoor]

 

 

Blue Peter Jag S type, with fake plate.

[Remspoor]

 

Citroen C6 - Sales and After Sales video presentation.

[ProgRocker]

Quite a few decent vids appeared over the weekend...

Amercan car brochures: 1972 AMC range, DeLorean, Bricklin, Lincoln Continental mark 5 and last but not least, Chevrolet Citation (& Chevette).

Some more hot AMC action and the Japanese invasion:

 

[Jerzy Woking]

On 12/11/2020 at 11:00 AM, mitsisigma01 said:

Amazing isn't it how people used to use their fkin eyes and manage to fkin see other fkin vehicles in broad fkin daylight without the fkin need for fkin blinding day fkin time running lights and fkin twats not knowing how to fkin use a fkin headlight switch and having front fkin fog fkin lights on all the fkin time..... Ooops wrong fkin thread, should of been in the "grumpy" thread

There was a great 1970's film (that I saw on Talking Pictures) that was about increasing the apperance of motorcycles to make them more conspicuous to cars. The solution was an elasticated hi-viz cover that fitted over your (switched off) headlight. I remember them because I bought one for my Goldwing.

Why no one thought that running with the bikes headlight on was a better solution.

I feel daft for running round with no lights on, but a bit of orangey yellow 7 inch disc over the headlight to ensure I was seen.

[FakeConcern]

Anyone else still watching the Flexus (Focus Mk1 with Lexus twin turbo) build?

 

 

[egg]

ULEZ compliant?

 

[cort16]

I know hoonigan isn't very autoshite and some of their stuff is painful to watch (bro). However this is quite a good watch (Ken Block always comes over a bit of a grumpy dick) but Rob Dahms enthusiasm and self destructing car is great. Also he ripped off the mustangs suspension design by screen shotting youtube videos.

There's no way I'd get in it though. 

 

[Remspoor]

I love trucking.

 

[Agila]

10 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I love trucking.

 

I thought the video was going to be this.

 

[Austat]

More about the chaps here: http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2018/02/bev-design-collective-colourful-characters.html

Neither the Buick nor the AC Cobra (GYK 768C) come up on the DVLA database.

[egg]

It is kind of amazing that even in 2021 in the US of A they are still sticking massive V8 (sub 15 mpg) engines in aging designs. Doug getting all excited about it, but it's pretty basic stuff. It's fascinating that America has the great disrupter in Tesla and good old Dodge clinging on to 20th Century ways. They won't sell many of these in Norway!

 

[Remspoor]

A Sweeney set up

 

[egg]

This Malaysian man loves his Proton Saga.

 

[Fat_Pirate]

From the days when you had PROPER things to be worried about:

Truck shite too - Saviems?

[Vantman]

1 hour ago, Fat_Pirate said:

From the days when you had PROPER things to be worried about:

Truck shite too - Saviems?

Scammell Crusaders---

[FakeConcern]

Nice series starting for V70 fans...

TR Hamza always comes across as such a nice bloke...

[Austat]

I must build one of these in my lifetime:

 

[Remspoor]

19 hours ago, Fat_Pirate said:

From the days when you had PROPER things to be worried about:

Truck shite too - Saviems?

I was working in the area when the camp of the great unwashed was outside The Common.

The roadworks in Whitchurch was my responsibility! I was told about the convoy when I  was on site . I missed the excitement.

The woods where the convoy hid in is called   Harewood Forest.