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Nov 15, 2022 17:22:11 GMT
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Autosport International is back on in January after having missed a couple of years. They have been making more and more of the Weekend Performance Car show or whatever it is called. It is the bit of the show that the public get to be a part of and is more directed to tuner culture than race cars, although there is obviously a cross over. As part of that they are now officially arbiters of what makes a good tuned car in the UK and are doing awards and stuff for it. You can go here to vote : www.wishpond.com/lp/2707666/Here are what they've got in the list (I'll include the moderns for completeness)  Stephen Moore's Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI RS (competed at the first Quick60 event at Shelsley)  Perry Rolls Mk1 Cortina with Duratec  Michael Lis' Pandem Kitted E30  Simon Kelly's Vauxhall Astra VXR Mk5  Matthew Thornton's Volkswagen Golf R Mk6  Sam Wells' Ford Focus ST Mk4  Anthony Muskett Volkswagen Golf Mk1  Daniel Rowlands' Nissan Skyline R33  Craig Denham's Nissan 350Z  Andy Devine's Ford Escort Mexico Mk2 Not sure which I'd vote for right now. |
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Nov 15, 2022 18:43:05 GMT
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I’m going with the e30…. For now anyway  |
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Nov 15, 2022 21:09:29 GMT
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E30
MK1 Tina
I think.
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Nov 15, 2022 21:13:48 GMT
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Hard not to really like the Cortina, the wheels alone are ace.
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Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!
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braaap
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Nov 16, 2022 11:00:15 GMT
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Cortina for me, too, but somehow I even like the escort. And I have never been a ford fan.
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2022 6:41:38 GMT by braaap
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Nov 17, 2022 13:03:20 GMT
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That's the best the UK has to offer? Some are ok and clearly a lot of work has gone into them but meh (*). Other than the Cortina, that's lovely. The E30/Mk2 Escort are just too much. *subjective opinion, don't quote me and gripe  |
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Nov 17, 2022 13:24:01 GMT
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That's the best the UK has to offer? Some are ok and clearly a lot of work has gone into them but meh (*). Other than the Cortina, that's lovely. The E30/Mk2 Escort are just too much. *subjective opinion, don't quote me and gripe I'm sort of with you on that. They feel a bit too 'tried and tested' for my tastes. They're all excellent I'm sure*, and far better than anything I've ever built (they're painted for a start ), but if you're talking about 'the UK's top 10 tuned cars' then I was expecting something a little more ambitious. They're not Binky are they... *I'll caveat that with the fact that I don't know much about any of them, so just first impressions. |
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Last Edit: Nov 17, 2022 13:27:16 GMT by biturbo228
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Nov 17, 2022 21:44:12 GMT
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One of those cars stands out because it’s restrained. Tasteful. Balanced.
Building a good car is as much about what you don’t do as what you do.
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Davey
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Resident Tyre Nerd.
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Nov 24, 2022 13:07:07 GMT
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I have had the pleasure of a passenger ride in that Cortina and it is an absolute animal.
I distinctly remember passing a Ferrari 360 on the back straight of Bruntingthorpe and then being told he needed to back off because it was overheating. Good times!
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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MOGGY
Part of things
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Nov 24, 2022 16:28:12 GMT
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That's the best the UK has to offer? Some are ok and clearly a lot of work has gone into them but meh (*). Other than the Cortina, that's lovely. The E30/Mk2 Escort are just too much. *subjective opinion, don't quote me and gripe Spot on with all that comment. I listen to the wrong music to be seen in half those. And at 52 I’d look a knob in most of them. The cortina is awesome less is more to perfection. |
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Total classic car pervert
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Nov 24, 2022 19:11:57 GMT
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Cortina is owned by a fella I know
Built at home and a great honest car
Better than all those others imo
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Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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thebaron
Europe
Over the river, heading out of town
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Nov 24, 2022 20:12:15 GMT
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The information on the cars is very limited. Really just a vote based on aesthetic preference with the given information.
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stealthstylz
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Nov 24, 2022 21:38:09 GMT
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It's a odd but understandable selection, as apart from the Evo they're all fairly good examples of a cross section of the British modified car scene.
I do quite like that the Skyline and 350Z are like a 15 year time warp of "mods to do to your modern Japanese performance car". The Skyline is now old and expensive and therefore they're mainly now fairly subtle, whereas at the age the 350Z is they were cheap and big wangs and all that kit and caboodle were they wet dream mods of choice
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ChasR
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Some interesting cars in there for sure! It would have good to have seen something with a little more of a different formula. pinderwagen’s Golf, for example, is one. Respects the ethos of thr Golf, but hats off to a car which can do almost a 7 minute lap around the Nurburgring. I understand 7:20s are common with it |
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