Classic car values

[sierraman]

You take it for what it is I suppose, like that TR7 I mentioned above. Great to tinker about with and have that lovely fumey petrol/oil smell and go on a run out with it. Would I want to drive 30 miles a day in it in February? No. Would I want to run into the back of someone in it? No. 

[Matty]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

You take it for what it is I suppose, like that TR7 I mentioned above. Great to tinker about with and have that lovely fumey petrol/oil smell and go on a run out with it. Would I want to drive 30 miles a day in it in February? No. Would I want to run into the back of someone in it? No. 

Doesn't half focus the mind though. When you operate something old you pay bloody attention to what you're doing and what's going on outside. Possibly a correlation there with the increasingly shite driving standards we see these days ? 

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, Matty said:

Doesn't half focus the mind though. When you operate something old you pay bloody attention to what you're doing and what's going on outside. Possibly a correlation there with the increasingly shite driving standards we see these days ? 

You are probably right, especially people in these fucking Fisher Price looking SUV blob type things. Half the time you’d be fooled for thinking they couldn’t give a fuck if they hit you as the lovely man down at the Nissan garage will just bring them another one. 

[danthecapriman]

27 minutes ago, sierraman said:

You are probably right, especially people in these fucking Fisher Price looking SUV blob type things. Half the time you’d be fooled for thinking they couldn’t give a fuck if they hit you as the lovely man down at the Nissan garage will just bring them another one. 

I was sat in Lidel car park yesterday watching some dozy bint who rocked up in some big fugly Fiat SUV crossover thing. Watching her trying to reverse park it into a standard bay was comical! She was at it a good 10 minutes before it was kind of in the space (but still a shit park job). 
If you can’t drive it - don’t have it!

[HMC]

Having a rover p4 is like joining a rubbish gym.

Entry fee low ( p4 values have never been very high- more so than ever)

Low impact exercise (gear shift)

Resistance training machine (exceptionally heavy steering gives an excellent upper body workout- parking one requires a high protein diet as does pushing it when it breaks down)

Additional facilities-

Sauna (marginal ventillation) 

manicure (constantly feeding the dry leather keeps the hands well moisturised)

yoga (grease points aplenty) 

 

But- really who wants one? i love p4s but theyve survived in decent numbers- and unlike me most dont realise teenage dreams by buying one.  Supply and demand innit

[Matty]

All good fun 

[captain_70s]

Half watching the Morris Leslie auction on YouTube.

Most lots a bit MODREN for me.

[DodgeRover]

On 15/05/2025 at 16:52, danthecapriman said:

I watch old footage on YouTube of London buses and other similar things, mostly recorded in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s. But it’s equally interesting to people watch. How people behave and what they’re doing in those old videos has changed enormously since. 
It’s actually weird to see people walking down the street looking where they’re going or around them, or talking to other people. Now everyone seems to be looking down at their phones screens in silence or yelling at it because they’re in call on speaker!

Is Wales the same Dan? I thought it seemed to be worse down here than up North where talking or looking at random strangers usually isn't taken as a sign you will randomly blow yourself up or similar

On 15/05/2025 at 17:16, jonathan_dyane said:

To further derail the thread, why do people talk into their phone on speaker instead of holding it on their ear?

Deafness in my case it can be a little clearer/ louder on speaker phone when not using my hearing aids but I don't do it in public.

On 16/05/2025 at 11:33, lesapandre said:

The horse powered most human activity up to 1920-ish. Eight million horses, donkeys and mules died in World War I for example.

A horse can go where a car mostly can't - maybe to make a comeback. And so civilisation will come full circle. 😂

A friends grandfather was in WW1, he refused to have any horses on the farm when he returned as the smell would trigger what I guess we would now call PTSD, the only time he was seen on one was when he broke a leg and couldn't move out the house without.

[DodgeRover]

On 16/05/2025 at 13:31, sierraman said:

You take it for what it is I suppose, like that TR7 I mentioned above. Great to tinker about with and have that lovely fumey petrol/oil smell and go on a run out with it. Would I want to drive 30 miles a day in it in February? No. Would I want to run into the back of someone in it? No. 

I would give it a go, it's it for sale cheap?

[sierraman]

28 minutes ago, DodgeRover said:

I would give it a go, it's it for sale cheap?

No, I'm in process of doing the mechanical work for him to get it running again. 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, DodgeRover said:

Is Wales the same Dan? I thought it seemed to be worse down here than up North where talking or looking at random strangers usually isn't taken as a sign you will randomly blow yourself up or similar

It’s not as bad here as when I was down on the south coast. People definitely seem a bit more chilled and relaxed here and a bit less full of themselves. You do still see lots of people around staring at their phone screens or bellowing into a speaker call but it’s just a sign of the times now everywhere.

People talk and interact more here than where I was though without doubt. All our neighbours are nice and chatty and you’ll get random passers by that will say hello or have a quick chat. At the old place we could go months sometimes without speaking to a neighbour! 
I don’t know what it is really, but it seems that south east and London area isn’t the same. People seemed much more busy and engaged in their own life to take much notice of other people. 
When I go to Yorkshire to see family it’s different again. Everyone seems much more talkative and friendly than the south east. Lifestyle’s I guess?

[MJK 24]

That didn’t work out well, all things considered…

 

[Matty]

59 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

That didn’t work out well, all things considered…

 

Genuinely struggling to see how 100k disappeared into the structure of a mk1 Fiesta. I know that the Ford cult (sorry I meant scene) haven't had the foresight to commission heritage shells in the way that the BMC cars are catered for but still, the mechanicals can be rebuilt easily and not massively expensively. So can we say 80k plus into the shell and panels? Are they gold plated?

[lesapandre]

That will be typical auctioneers bull. Remember they are working solely for the vendor - and only need to stay inside the law - and are anyway often working to 'what they have been advised' by the seller regarding work etc.

All hooey - the only important thing is what the actual vehicle is like.

The rest is b/s mostly.