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1985-1995- I love fuel injection, turbo and electric windows. don't like: ABS, Traction control and ECUs that have a finger in every pie late 90s up over styling.
Maybe a poll, vote for your fav decade?
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luckyseven
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I like them all. Except the late eighties-early nineties. I blame the Sierra. I'm happy to say I no longer own a vehicle with an ECU and feel I'm letting myself down rather by having electric windows on one of them
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Later cars really don't interest me - In a country that retains more CCTV, number plate recognition cameras, speed cameras, average speed cameras than any other country add to that road restrictions & road works means you can only go so fast before it goes pear shaped with plod after you - there is plenty of safe / practical / usable motors from the 70's & 80's that it's become pointless in owning a mega horsepower trick pony on wheels of the 1990's onwards - one of the reasons for owning my 74 Rover P6 3500 - is that it's quick & safe enough for todays traffic - fab V8 burble and a nice period saloon design from the 60's - what's not to like - it's a great compromise of several decades has far has I am concerned
Anything else I own is from the 50's or older - Great head turning style - always puts a smile on peoples faces and I have has much fun going slow in my old stuff has what I have in a 150 MPH supercar track day - but that could just be me getting quite old & grumpy!
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andyborris
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Later cars really don't interest me - In a country that retains more CCTV, number plate recognition cameras, speed cameras, average speed cameras than any other country add to that road restrictions & road works means you can only go so fast before it goes pear shaped with plod after you - there is plenty of safe / practical / usable motors from the 70's & 80's that it's become pointless in owning a mega horsepower trick pony on wheels of the 1990's onwards - one of the reasons for owning my 74 Rover P6 3500 - is that it's quick & safe enough for todays traffic - fab V8 burble and a nice period saloon design from the 60's - what's not to like - it's a great compromise of several decades has far has I am concerned Anything else I own is from the 50's or older - Great head turning style - always puts a smile a peoples faces and I have has much fun going slow in my old stuff has what I have in a 150 MPH supercar track day - but that could just be me getting quite old & grumpy! Totally agree with you and I'm not even Northern!
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I grew up in the 80's and 90's going to classic car shows, mostly in 70's cars, but always was drawn to cars from the 60's, which I would put down to their styling and presence. I never took any notice of what was on the road at that time because i prefered what id be seeing at the weekend. Passed my test in 97. When my mates passed they all had newish cars, no older than mabie 5 years old. I had a 79 mini clubman estate. I really was the odd one out but I wouldnt have it any other way, i just didnt see anything i wanted in their cars. Later on i worked at a garage dealing with brand new rovers, mg, chryslers, hondas and all manner of older stuff. Over the years ive had the oppertunity to drive most types of cars, but driving an Austin Cambridge was my highlight. It was a car i wanted to drive since i was about 6 and i loved it. So enjoyable. Not the fastest or nicest car ive ever driven, but just a cool cruiser, thats how it felt anyways.
So based on looks}1960's Based on driving experience probably easier to say} 1965-1975
Authough now i have a 2002 reliability-box and wouldnt have it any other way unless I could afford a second car.
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It's a difficult one this. But if I have pick a decade it's the 80's cars for me. Then again the most reliable cars I've found were from the 90's especially J stuff. So, I'll pick 1985-95. That should cover a multitude of very capable and interesting motors.
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ivangt6
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Grew up in the 90's. Mostly saw 60's/70's stuff at car shows.I like the looks and sounds they make but they tend to be quite expensive these days. 90's stuff doesn't interest me but Dad always had Cortina's growing up so I tend to veer towards 80's stuff. A lot of British stuff from the 80's tends to be 60's/70's designs anyway, just without the price tag.
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Darkspeed
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I have added my vote to the 65/75 period as thats the period that covers the G15 G27 (Derived from the G4) and the Stratos's I have in various stages of build - Any dream garage of mine would be filled with cars of that period.
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Not much before the 70's that I have any interest in to be honest, with the exception of hot rods and low riders. Few others but not as many as the later stuff.
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I just like cars....any cars
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50'S / 60's for me, the retro 80s stuff is pretty cool, but something about a bench seat, column change, thin tyres can't beat it
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Rob M
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I just like cars....any cars This!! It is difficult for me to choose one decade over another, I mean, were the 50s less of a motoring decade for MK1 Zodiacs with Macpherson struts than the 80s with the Go Kart Peugeot GTI? Never! If I have to pick one, and I have, it's the 1960s. Its the decade of the GT and manufacturers that understood that family cars could be sporty and fun too. It was the decade of the E Type, the Cooper S, the Lotus Cortina and, yeah, the Renault 16, a proper family hatchback. Innovative, stylish, aspirational and a decade when design and production bought greater reliability, economy and performance without sacrificing design ( too much)and individuality. It was the last true decade of Ford designing and building cars specifically for the UK, Europe and World markets, ditto GM and others. Then again, I suppose I am a bit biased, I was a child of the 60s and those 60s cars were running well into the late 70s and 80s. Its the era I love the most, always will. The music from the 60s is my favourite too....
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So far the 80's is leading at the moment, probably a fair reflection of the recent boom in values for some 80's cars. Zeb mentioned a likness for music from the same decade as his favourite cars, that strikes true for me. I like music from the 60's and 70's, and some more up to date stuff. I like some music from the 90's, but the 80's is one decade of music that I'm not too fond of at all, authough there are some highlights. But it doesnt matter what decade its from, I like to hear old samples in new tracks, and good remixs of music from any decade. If you apply the same theroy to cars thats pretty much my taste in cars. Everyone likes a good remix.
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For usable, definitely 85-95. The mix of reliability, moderate safety equipment and power makes this the sensible option. I otherwise prefer designs from the 80's, especially in Eastern block, hot hatch and German form. With that said, I would love a good 60's Beetle one day!
Unfortunately I have to own something post 2000 for commuting, especially with emissions zones coming along and stuff like that. I don't mind my Saab to drive, but they're definitely built to last...a few years.
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Difficult to pin my preferences down to one decade but I've voted for '55 - '65 simply because of the diversity of cars that period covers.
I was born in the 70s and passed my test in the 90s so I generally regarded the cars built before I was born as "properly old" and anything from after I got my licence as "modern". As a child I saw lots of 70s and a few 60s cars on the streets so they seemed quite normal to me even though they looked quite different to the contemporary traffic, but the cars from the previous generation were the ones that really stood out to me then. If I'm at a show it's usually cars from that 55 to 65 period that i'll gravitate towards now.
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thebaron
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80's
Group B, F40, 959, 962, Quattro, R32, E30 M3, Yellowbird, Ari, Walter, Michelle, Le Mans, Pike's Peak, Paris Dakar, Box arches, Box arches, Box arches.
Born in 1981 but was into cars really young so what was happening then captured me.
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brachunky
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Born in the early 60's but most love cars from mid 70's to mid 90's.But......when it comes to pick ups,it's the 50's all day long!
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brachunky
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I wonder if our fathers had similar discussions down pub!
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Dez
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Later cars really don't interest me - In a country that retains more CCTV, number plate recognition cameras, speed cameras, average speed cameras than any other country add to that road restrictions & road works means you can only go so fast before it goes pear shaped with plod after you - there is plenty of safe / practical / usable motors from the 70's & 80's that it's become pointless in owning a mega horsepower trick pony on wheels of the 1990's onwards - one of the reasons for owning my 74 Rover P6 3500 - is that it's quick & safe enough for todays traffic - fab V8 burble and a nice period saloon design from the 60's - what's not to like - it's a great compromise of several decades has far has I am concerned Anything else I own is from the 50's or older - Great head turning style - always puts a smile a peoples faces and I have has much fun going slow in my old stuff has what I have in a 150 MPH supercar track day - but that could just be me getting quite old & grumpy! I was daily driving '30s cars on Crossplies and one with cable brakes for a few years! Admittedly they all had newer engines, but when you drive in the sticks miles away from the nearest motorway and everyone does 40mph regardless of speed limit, they're perfectly capable cars.
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Dez
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I was born in 84 so grew up through the 80s and 90s, but I'm firmly for the pre-45 category. No real outside influence to make it that way, I had no experience with cars that age til I went out and bought them myself- no family members had them when I was alive or anything. (I'd actually push it up to about '50 though, when the first postwar designs started emerging. I just know what I like, and I love the Art Deco styling of the 30s and 40s, even after the Great Depression there was a worldwide pre-war optimism of 'we can build the future, here what it's gunna look like'. cars didn't all look the same and all have the same features like later stuff, cos they were designed by men with pencils and drawing boards and big lumps of clay, not CAD packages, and standardisation wasn't much of a thing, even within on marque.
I like 50s and 60s engines though, more power but still built to last with quality over price a strong consideration. Plus incorporating all the technological advancements that were driven by the war effort. That's why build hot rods- pre-war styling, postwar technology.
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