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Re: new mini

#11 Post by GHT » Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:57 pm

It's taken me a while to recover, and I still keep the smelling salts beside the computer, just in case. But what a silly billy I have been. There was I, thinking that a classic car was something that could generate excitement, but all the time, all a car has to do to claim classic status, is to dodge the crusher.
This has opened up a whole new world for me. In my new 2016 diary, I have, pencilled in: Watch paint dry. Watch a plank warp. Drive a Chevrolet Lacetti. Oh wow! What a fun filled new year I am going to have.

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Re: new mini

#12 Post by kevin » Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:56 am

GHT wrote:It's taken me a while to recover, and I still keep the smelling salts beside the computer, just in case. But what a silly billy I have been. There was I, thinking that a classic car was something that could generate excitement, but all the time, all a car has to do to claim classic status, is to dodge the crusher.
This has opened up a whole new world for me. In my new 2016 diary, I have, pencilled in: Watch paint dry. Watch a plank warp. Drive a Chevrolet Lacetti. Oh wow! What a fun filled new year I am going to have.
You've missed out 'stare blankly at a wall'


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Re: new mini

#13 Post by JPB » Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:15 pm

Excitement? Oh please :lol: , jalopies are many things, among them charming, loveable, cheap, attractive to the opposite genital group and easy to mend but exciting? Maybe if we allow the Tickford Maestro to be a rebadged Nuffield product for the day. Now there's a sensible, useable car that might - just might - need fewer inches of seat height adjustment than the Daewoo Spaghetti for it to grab my attention.



...Defibrillator to GHT's mansion please, quick as you like! ;)
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Re: new mini

#14 Post by rich. » Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:58 pm

GHT wrote: all a car has to do to claim classic status, is to dodge the crusher.
all of the cars that claim classic status have to do this.. how many mgs etc have i happily scrapped.. :lol: i remember a time when people said escorts or minis etc would never be collectable.. now look at them ;) i like the old lacetti its a cheap & cheerful old bus.. :D

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Re: new mini

#15 Post by JPB » Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:20 pm

rich. wrote:...cheap & cheerful old bus.. :D
:idea:

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:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Re: new mini

#16 Post by TerryG » Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:46 pm

The replacement for your Transit Rich?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: new mini

#17 Post by GHT » Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:09 pm

JPB wrote:Excitement? Oh please :lol:

...Defibrillator to GHT's mansion please, quick as you like! ;)
I was being just a teensie weensie bit facetious.
rich. wrote:
GHT wrote: all of the cars that claim classic status have to do this.. how many mgs etc have i happily scrapped.. :lol: i remember a time when people said escorts or minis etc would never be collectable.. now look at them ;) i like the old lacetti its a cheap & cheerful old bus.. :D
So what you are telling me is that if this Griffin badged Eurobox survives twenty odd years or so, and the Grim Reaper hasn't taken me off to the knackers yard, I am going to suffer the ordeal of having a spotty faced teenager, going all duey eyed over his first classic?
Pass the smelling salts dear.

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Re: new mini

#18 Post by tractorman » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:00 pm

Is this going to end up a "what is a classic" thread?

There are many 20+ cars that I would say aren't classics and, should I list some here, I would get flamed! Who'd have said a Metro or a Fiesta would be desirable in twenty years' time when they were in production?

There again, I'm not dewy-eyed over Moggy Thous (or earlier versions of the Minor!), Capris or early Golfs either! I gather there are people who like those too!!

I'd still like an early Vogue/Minx/Hawk or a nice H120 Rapier and would even consider swapping the Landy for a good AM V8 but I'd want a bit of cash as well ;)

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Re: new mini

#19 Post by rich. » Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:31 am

GHT wrote:[
So what you are telling me is that if this Griffin badged Eurobox survives twenty odd years or so, and the Grim Reaper hasn't taken me off to the knackers yard, I am going to suffer the ordeal of having a spotty faced teenager, going all duey eyed over his first classic?
Pass the smelling salts dear.

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oh yes! there are some strange out there people who like old mgs! :lol:

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Re: new mini

#20 Post by GHT » Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:33 pm

rich. wrote:
GHT wrote:oh yes! there are some strange out there people who like old mgs! :lol:
Tell me about it! There are some even stranger people who actually think that the Octagon badge on their new Chinese car, entitles them to call it an MG. Puh-leaze!

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