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Re: Introductions

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 1:43 pm
by TerryG
Threads merged :)

Re: Introductions

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:38 pm
by eddypeck
Hi, just joined. I just posted a big long intro post before spotting this one. :oops:

I know not everyone will consider my cars classics, 1986 Mk2 Golf GTI, 1988 Mk2 Golf GTI 'Campaign' and a 1993 BMW e30 Touring.

Re: Introductions

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:16 pm
by JPB
Welcome, Eddy. In my humble opinion, there's nowt wrong with the last of the traditional (BMW-shaped) 3 series, a very fine range of cars indeed and one that everybody should add to their driving bucket list if they're not there already.

:thumbs:

Re: Introductions

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:25 am
by suffolkpete
Don't let's start a "What is a classic?" thread. ;) All your cars are ones rapidly disappearing from the roads and as such should be preserved.

Re: Introductions

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:15 pm
by eddypeck
suffolkpete wrote:Don't let's start a "What is a classic?" thread. ;)
Thanks, I used to have a TR7 and always had the.... "It's not a real TR" speech, so I'm used to sitting on the outskirts. Although now I think it qualifies, so time will tell with my 80's bunch.

Anyway, they're all still made of metal and they all need love, care and attention so someone's tips on how to control rust on a 60 year old Jag will be just as valuable to anyone. I guess I can skip the posts about how to restore walnut dashes.
suffolkpete wrote:All your cars are ones rapidly disappearing from the roads and as such should be preserved.
Quite, and that's my goal.

One of my Mk2 Golfs is a limited edition "one in ten million" campaign model to celebrate the production of 10 million Golfs. It featured a unique interior, forged alloy wheels and came in a limited selection of metallic colours.

I contacted VW History dept in Germany to get a bit more info, details are a bit sketchy but they only produced 16500, 8000 remained inland (was the term they used) so I'm not sure if that means just in Germany or across the European Continent. The other 8500 went for export and no idea how many of those cam into the UK. I've contacted VW UK and am awaiting any kind of answer.

So meanwhile... there was a choice of 3dr or 5dr although not sure if it wasn't an equal split for the benefit of this I will assume near enough. So, 4250 of each, out of that either 8v or 16v engine, so 2125 and the car was only issued in 3 colours, So that's 708.333 (Ok so not totally equal split) of each variant. So even if we were to guess the UK took a third of them, that's only 236 in of this particular car in the UK and that was back in 1988.

So loose a few to accidents, mot failures and then the scrappage scheme :evil: I can imagine the numbers on that particular spec vehicle are very low. Oh and I nearly forgot... take away all the ones that have been modified to within an inch of their lives.... makes this one possibly the last remaining example in the UK.

Surprisingly also, and I know there's always debate about how accurate it is, the How Many Left website reports only 52 of the BMW for that year and engine configuration.

Re: Introductions

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:21 am
by kingjoseph
Haha TR7 is a proper TR... a proper bad one lol, we had one, white with a tartan/leather interior. could get the back end out a treat on roundabouts but car cancer took over... parked it up in the garden to do later and 1 winter later it had turned to dust :( it was off road 11 months and when the scrap guy came to pick it up onto his truck it had to be scraped up. it was that moment i decided any work needed doing was to be done there and then!!

Re: Introductions

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:30 pm
by Euroclassics12
Hello all, longtime lurker first time poster.

Driving a 5 series at the moment and just moved to Europe for work.

Joined to get a take on what European car you would buy with an extra €3000 laying around.

I'll start a new thread :)

Re: Introductions

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:21 am
by kstrutt1
It will depend where in Europe you are, local tax regimes number of vehicles sold etc etc make significant differences from country to country.

Kevin.

Re: Introductions

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:29 am
by JPB
^^^ True that, but 3000 yoyos would buy a very nice, late '80s Nissan Bluebird with history and in very tidy order. :drool:
Washington is in Europe so it qualifies, IMHO.

Re: Introductions

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:52 am
by rich.
€3000 buys my lovely renault clio :lol: