Blake's Den Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hello all I've been looking for my old MR2 for a few months now after discovering that it is has a MoT after a number of years. Today I found it on ebay and it has changed somewhat! I wasn't perfect when I sold it but at least you didn't need a bag over your head to drive it. I've posted the ebay add in the ebay tat thread and it was well received. Which got my thinking - do we need for a thread where we can discuss and berate the mods made by new owners of shite that you have owned? stripped fred, The Moog, Aston Martin and 14 others 1 8 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 oh dear how can I put this delicately ? that is shit. why the fuck does he have an inclinometer on the steering column ? bizarre Shirley Knott, somewhatfoolish, Low Horatio gearbox and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I think what it really needs is a FEW MORE FERRARI BADGES. Edit - why does the bonnet scoop face backwards? Low Horatio gearbox and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 The badges, the mirrors.. what a pile of tepid poo. Shame it was a nice MR2 before, just goes to prove just because you can doesn mean you should. Garythesnail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Look at the back end: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184684681377 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake's Den Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Stanky said: I think what it really needs is a FEW MORE FERRARI BADGES. Edit - why does the bonnet scoop face backwards? I believe it is to make it look like an E-type jag, even through its also supposed to be a Ferrari. Nobody must have told him that the engine is behind the seats...... Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 That’s pretty bad for you to see. I sold my immaculate mk1 mx5 to an 18 year old (with their dad to be fair), and I’m deliberately avoiding all the places I might see a picture of what’s happened to it. I could be completely wrong of course. HMC, Low Horatio gearbox, mk2_craig and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cento16v Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, DavidB said: Look at the back end: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184684681377 What the fuck 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 somewhatfoolish, Coprolalia and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cento16v Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 'Professional on the most part is a bit of a worry 😂 St.Jude, Low Horatio gearbox, stripped fred and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Dreadful Cento16v 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I wonder what the keypad thing is in the slot where the air vent used to be (on the dash beside the drivers door) Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cento16v Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 It looks like a handheld phone keypad from the 90s, I wonder if it does anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I wonder if it’s a piece to depict ideological inner turmoil at Ferrari In the early 60s where they were facing up to the engine behind the driver revolution whilst doggedly sticking with front engines. Hence our power bulge where the bonnet would be whilst Another engineer has hidden The engine at the back. A mess but there’s a story there. Maybe. timolloyd and Shite Ron 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 To be fair, if he's had to deal with trying to unscrew bolts then he's obviously suffering from PTSD and has done all that to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I guess when you sell a car it’s up to the new owner what he does with it in a way but sometimes you can’t help but think what a fucking mess they’ve made. First picture looks a really tidy car, probably appreciate in value over time. Last few pictures it just looks a pile of shit. It’ll ride about like that for a few months with the big exhaust annoying the neighbours then it’ll be sat on a driveway for god knows how long until it’s carted away to the scrapyard. Ive often thought car accessories are like bad tattoos, products of boredom. ‘Will probably need odds and ends doing’ - like weighing the cunt in. Datsuncog, Split_Pin, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 There’s a nod to ageing the car with the silver on black plates, silver painted wiper arms etc I’m struggling to see the gearstick, presumably it’s got an aggressive short shift kit which now means it’s 5cm high and quite difficult to select gear with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 What’s the badge above the Ferrari badge on the front end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, HMC said: What’s the badge above the Ferrari badge on the front end? V8 I wonder if he drove round with the idea people thought it was a Ferrari? There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just a little bit deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 When selling cars, you have to assume that the next/successive owners will ruin it/run it into the ground/never service it/drive it into stationary objects. I always raise a wry smile when I read ads where it stipulates 'Uncle Derek's pride and joy must go to a good home'. The second your car disappears down the road with someone else's arse on the driver's seat, you have zero control over what will happen to it. That's why I just can't bring myself to sell my own MR2 - values haven't picked up yet, so I'm 99.99% certain it would end up dead within a couple of years as its 'just an old car '. Split_Pin, RayMK and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 If you zoom in ther are further bonus prancing horses to be found. Instrument cluster bottom left (visible within / behind the Steering wheel) presumably some minor instrumentation is obscured but there’s an extra caravillio rampante to peel away to check your fuel level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 If only barryboys was still alive adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I looked after my Astra Coupe for 13 years. It was tastefully modified with OEM accessories. I sold it in mint condition to someone who claimed it was their forever car. Instead they fitted shit footwell neon lights, blacked out the windows, painted the calipers blue, got bored of it and sold it to a girl who gave up on it after a simple running issue surfaced. Immediately bought by someone who broke it for parts and scrapped it. I know once a car is sold it's as good as gone but still. Knobheads. Datsuncog and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Personally, I’m a huge Ferrari fan in every sense. Despite, or perhaps because of this I own no branded leisurewear, and would never dream of modding a car like that. Each to their own- I get the passion but not the outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I can’t un-see this. stripped fred, SRi05, Cord Fourteener and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 It seems to be asking a predictable question ProgRocker and mat_the_cat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: When selling cars, you have to assume that the next/successive owners will ruin it/run it into the ground/never service it/drive it into stationary objects. I always raise a wry smile when I read ads where it stipulates 'Uncle Derek's pride and joy must go to a good home'. The second your car disappears down the road with someone else's arse on the driver's seat, you have zero control over what will happen to it. That's why I just can't bring myself to sell my own MR2 - values haven't picked up yet, so I'm 99.99% certain it would end up dead within a couple of years as its 'just an old car '. Absolutely correct and why I have so many cars. Advert says owner selling as he is in his seventies, wisdom does not always come with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Why would someone in their 70s do this? I fear we can never really plumb the depths of the human psyche. DavidB, Shite Ron, HMC and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Once I sell a car the new owner can do whatever they like with it as long as they don't try and bring it back. Cheerio tae fuck and thank you for your business...... tooSavvy, juular and somewhatfoolish 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, DavidB said: V8 I wonder if he drove round with the idea people thought it was a Ferrari? There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just a little bit deluded. Perhaps hung around in discos and told young girls he had a Ferrari parked outside ? Shite Ron and CaptainBoom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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