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Apr 28, 2005 13:41:32 GMT
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On the way home last night I stopped to let an E type Jag across the road in front of me and a git in an Audi TT followed him across Got me thinking though, in 40 years time will people (not me though !) still be drooling over the TT design like we do the E type ? BTW, the E type looked absolutely gorgeous even in the rain
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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E typeDavenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Apr 28, 2005 13:45:55 GMT
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Nah, TT will always be ugly ;D The E type looked great when it was new, that's why it looks great now
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E typeBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Apr 28, 2005 13:51:56 GMT
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People will definitely be looking at the TT in the same way we look at E-Types. When the TT was launched the media went crazy for it, and as much as I dislike new cars, the TT is a very nice design - very clean, elegant and contemporary. To me it goes in the same design category as the i-Mac, Nike Air Max 95 trainer and the Selfridges building in Birmingham - all very representative of the modern era the same as the E-Type was of the sixties. Still would rather the Jag though!
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E typeDarrenW
@darrenw
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Apr 28, 2005 14:02:55 GMT
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yes, definitely. It's a classic design!
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Apr 28, 2005 17:11:55 GMT
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It will be considered a classic, TTs aren't really my thing, but they will be in the same situation as the E-Type someday.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Apr 28, 2005 19:05:55 GMT
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i'd rather have an e type any day as i would not be seen dead in a car that was voted 'gay icon car of the year 2003'(so says my mate at audi anyway and he's not gay either)
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Apr 28, 2005 21:29:45 GMT
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I don't really like E Types. I find them boring. Not a fan of the TT either.
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Nick
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Apr 28, 2005 21:31:07 GMT
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i like etypes with the roofs and done in motorsport style, not really interested in them as over polished classic cars. and only the 6cylinder ones at that.
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Apr 28, 2005 21:41:10 GMT
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i can't stand e-types seriously over rated rusty piles of junk
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Last Edit: Apr 28, 2005 21:41:28 GMT by Deleted
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Apr 28, 2005 22:09:33 GMT
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e-types bore me.... in fact most cars of that era are just overrated in my opinion - i think it's due to the fact you can't just own one, you have to restore one and spend your last waking minutes making sure the bumper brackets are the right shade of black.
i dunno, maybe it's just my age - maybe if i'd have grown up with pics of e-types in magazines as 'the car to have' i'd love them but i'd prefer something retro rather than classic.... a dolly sprint, or a mk1 gti or something.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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E typeDarrenW
@darrenw
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Apr 28, 2005 22:15:41 GMT
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We were exploring North Wales on Sunday and for a good 10-15 miles we were following a red E-Type Series 1 convertible. They really don't do anything for me I'm afraid, and along with the Commer van have to be the most ridiculously narrow-tracked car EVER.
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Apr 28, 2005 22:18:24 GMT
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the convertible with hardtop racers are cool
61 coupe
nice
but there are nicer
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Well I like `em, maybe it`s because I`m old Really don`t like TT`s though, on any one day there are at least 13 of them on the road where I work (posh offices in the middle of Bristol).
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E typePaul H
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i can't stand e-types seriously over rated rusty piles of junk Which is why I'd rather have a Challenger kit car (E Type replica) based on an old XJ6 - spaceframe with grp panels so no rot problems! Also, if it gets damaged (esp the bonnet) it's much easier & cheaper to repair.
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You can't compare an E-type to a TT. If the question was 'will people look at TTs the same as we look at MGBs today?', then the answer is yes...but the E-type? No way! Personally I find the Jag a little too 'obvious' as a classic choice, but in it's day it was a car that looked not only beautiful but also like no other and had performance matched only by supercars from marques which were unobtainable too all but the very, very rich few. The E-type is an icon, the TT is a great car and an excellent example of turn-of-the-century retro-led design.
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Apr 29, 2005 10:36:23 GMT
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As a racing car I like the E-type, it has potential and I like the motorsports ones with the lightweight panels and unique hardtop, but you lot are right in that these bufferised ones that are concours trailer queens that never get used and are totally original down to the original brand of glovebox-light bulbs etc are just a pointless waste. What's the bloody point, it's a sports car with 140 mph potential, why aren't you bloody using it at high speed on a track or backroad or something?!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Apr 30, 2005 13:52:51 GMT
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You can't compare an E-type to a TT. If the question was 'will people look at TTs the same as we look at MGBs today?', then the answer is yes...but the E-type? No way! Personally I find the Jag a little too 'obvious' as a classic choice, but in it's day it was a car that looked not only beautiful but also like no other and had performance matched only by supercars from marques which were unobtainable too all but the very, very rich few. The E-type is an icon, the TT is a great car and an excellent example of turn-of-the-century retro-led design. I reckon you hit the nail right on the head there, the TT is the MGB of this miilenium (so far) I think there are probably more on the road now than E types in total. I went to a car show a couple of weeks ago where there was about 3500 cars and trucks, and the Etype register had about 10 cars there, some of them were sitting with their front ends open exposing one of the most beautifull motors you will ever see. The 4.2 six with triple carbs and exposed front wire wheels. Another unique feature of them was the exhaust note..sweeter than anything I can think of. I am also a hardline believer in the fact that these hobby things of ours are cars and need to be driven, the jags at this show were all driven there and looked preety good. When i am at a show and shine and see cars getting wheeled out of box trailers I tend to walk the other way! Ech to their own of course but I would rather check out the car park and see daily drivers etc.
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Last Edit: Apr 30, 2005 14:04:14 GMT by vwlobus
lo is th way to go
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Apr 30, 2005 18:37:43 GMT
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I've driven the best E-Type of all, the straight six. It was fantastic and had a soul, something the perfectly engineered TT hasn't got. Rmad is right to say that it is a good example of 21st century engineering. That's it. To compare it to the i-Mac is a no no. The i-Mac was much more than a fashion statement. It brought excellent style with reliability and solid hardware to a PC mushroom coloured box world. I'm not sure that the TT can make any parallel claims in that department.
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HytestA
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Apr 30, 2005 19:00:58 GMT
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I don't really like E-types myself, I just don't like the design, the proportions look wrong to me, well on the coupe version anyway, the convertible does seem better proportioned to me but it does have to have the roof down. Thats just my opinion though. The TT when it first came out I did like, only because it was a bit different at the time but that kind of shape is quite common now and its lost its appeal to me, plus theres far too many on the road. I can see the TT having a following in years to come, much like there are followings for Golfs, Skuds, Volvos etc, I believe it will become a classic but not in the same way as the E-type, more capri I agree with Wagoneer that its not comparable to an iMac either, Apple (Jonathon Ives) designs are about making things as simplistic as they can but still achieving maximum practicability, not just making something look pretty.
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E typeBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Apr 30, 2005 19:15:48 GMT
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Well, I disagree that the TT is just a pretty car. It's well engineered (as are all Audis), and is a very good drive (for a modern! ) I didn't really mean to compare the TT to the iMac in terms of their impact on their particular market - I agree the iMac was a revolution and I don't think there's any new car that can claim to have revolutionised its market. But, I do think that as far as styling goes (and, yes, I should've made the distinction between styling and design!), the TT does represent 21st century styling very well - very clean lines, simple shapes, etc... I think the thing I liked most about the TT was the fact that it was changed little from the original prototype - usually when concept cars are launched they're watered down and end up really disappointing IMHO.
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