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I'm sure other people here get comments about their retros in the way that people keep telling them to get a new car? I've had a number of people refer to mine as an old banger, someone recently described it as disgusting and apparently the paint job was manky (even though they'd only seen a small pic on my phone). I remember someone asking when it was going to the scrapyard, only to be suprised when I answered "Its not?" And I recent got told (by a spoilt idiot) that I should get a BMW Z4. Hah, yeah, because a 20 year old can afford to buy a Z4, and even then, I wouldn't get insured. Plus I wouldn't be able to get half the stuff in a Z4 that I've managed to get in the Bluebird. Anyone else getting annoyed by retarded comments by people of this nature? Share your stories people  |
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"You wanna get a new car before that one blows up and leaves you stranded on the A52 mate."
BANG!!!!!
"Maybe you were right...."
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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Annoying anyone else?qwerty
@qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member 52
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Sounds like the voices in my head!! And thats coming from me who has a relatively modern car!!
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m0rris
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I don't even own a car (yet!) get the comments just for liking them real pain in the rse! and as for the spoilt not very nice person typical of someo of th people who I know who have all expenses paid by parents and end up with cars at leat 10 times what mine will be like (buying an ital later this year!) m0rris |
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You think that's bad, try running em for a living! We make the same money (on the transport side) as somebody with a brand new Mk6 transit and have no depreciation. The worst but is when a mechanic or spares place say it to you!! The only answer to that is, if I got a new van, would I be here? That usually shuts em up....
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yeah all th toffs who live near me are like, hahah maestro, curse word, look at my new mini la la la
then the slighty ratty looking morris and leaves everyone in the smoke and wondering why their £10,000 rented cars are now horribley usless against a £1500 project
if they want a new car, they should have one, keep up with the jones's and fanny about with repayments
we can enjoy old cars, with charecter then arent going to go if the repayments arent kept up and they can keep their noses out of it
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Well if there wasnt a 50/50 chance of engine failure on every trip life would be boring wouldnt it?
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.  |
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I laugh at people like that, the fact that they are so consumed in themselves that they actually think I should get a newer car. Read OcUK motors one day  I usually get the old 'is this... <short pause, look around inside it in horror> is this even legal?' shock horror at the play in the steering, then I point out it's got cable brakes as well. Then tell them to **** off. I'm a nice guy, really, come and have a beer with me but don't comment on my car until I've scared the sh!t out of you and justified your views. 'The exhaust sounds like it's broken' will begin again next week. I guarantee it. Antisocial isn't the word ;D |
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pirate
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i used to get it alot, but everyone just accepts i will drive a old car, mates take the curse word but then for some of the bills they get i can buy a whole car lol.
but i do always have a modern hanging around somewhere, so normaly i just get "why don't you drive your proper car" answer "cus today i fancied driving a proper car"
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persistant retro offender.
04 laguna load lugger
alfa 159 lusso beast
82 austin allegro
82 mg metro
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My favourite thing to day to owners of the Mk6 transit is Dual Mass Flywheel.......
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people shake there head in disbelief at our anglia.
Its 60 years old and looks very rusty. Its solid but people assume it doesnt even run!
Alot of people like it, once they've got over the fact that it runs, and the disbelief that i actually drive it, they then cant understand why i wont paint it.
The odd person totaly gets it though.
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i get this from my neighbours, who also think i must be very poor driving around a 26 year old rusty and leaking ford. But, i don't owe any finance on it, depreciation is almost zero, and its not 50% plastic. who's the fool?
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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bazboy
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Jetta - Its like a golf but better.....
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don't get me started on the amount of jip i get for driving a 22 year old volvo, i tend to just relax and say to my self that if i can keep it running for 22 more years lol itll be worth more then there new cars. lol.
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1986 - VW Jetta GT 16v
1986 - Volvo 340
1991 - Volvo 460
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gtxtra
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whenever i am down the phirm you can seen certain other customers giving the cars that sneering its a rocco look which is so prevalent amongst the newer bling tastic VAG owners who sometimes turn up there..................not tim, he loves the cars and even wanted to take on the gtl for himself! then you discover headlamps on mk4 r32 golf are £1000?  who's laughing now!? be told about £1000 for a pair of r32 mk4 headlamps. |
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I get it all the time... chavvy kids in their Saxos, Corsas and all that... laughing at me in my "poxy" Mk4 escort.
They have no idea about cars. They have no idea who I am, or what else I won and why I drive a "poxy old Escort".
I leave them to it. They like their rubbish, and I like mine.
It does get a bit annoying sometimes though when everyone is staring at you and laughing at the old noisy OHV engine ticking over at the lights...
It's odd how when I'm in the Escort I'm the "anti christ and a scruff that can't afford a decent car" yet when (next day) the same people see me in a Mk2 XR2, I'm the "coolest and wikkid-ist" dude around...
Life's odd. Innit.
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1984 Mk2 Fiesta XR2 - Stored
1990 XR3i SE500 Cabrio - Project
1990 Mk4 Escort estate 1.3L - Daily drive/For Sale
...more to follow!
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i've always had relatively old/cheap cars. bought a nearly new vectra once... ended up costing more in loans/servicing/repairs than anything i'd had before (or since) so got rid of it after a couple of years. now i couldn't give a monkeys what anyone thinks. have a random hot rod...  |
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Full of automotive and culinary delights visit:  1994 Subaru Legacy Estate Turbo 1985 Vauxhall Nova SR 1995 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting |
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It's odd how when I'm in the Escort I'm the "anti christ and a scruff that can't afford a decent car" yet when (next day) the same people see me in a Mk2 XR2, I'm the "coolest and wikkid-ist" dude around... Ahahahahaha, so true. I know this one ;D |
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Ether
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Weird, all I get is love for running old cars. Girlfriend, mates, parents - everyone loves it. In fact, my mates generally prefer the Humber to the Benz, despite its seniority and shanty appearance. Not many of 'em are into cars, either. Well, not in an I-would-actually-buy-a-classic capacity. This year the lady even asked me to get a classic to go camping in, and that involves a trip from Cambridge to Cornwall. See, she loves it:  |
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I think my girlfriend won't actually get in mine any more :/
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I only really get a bit of stick from either the guys at work (though they do kinda 'like' them) or random lobotomatics about the area giving their expert 'opinion'. Everyone else digs them, the missus grew up in the Hotrod crowd (member of The Vultures by default) so totally understands why - just not why it takes up so much time  She wants an Anglia when she's finished Uni (that ill have to 'do' for her haha) plus she's always had a boner for an early 'stang in black and red....so its all good  Actually, had a great/funny discussion at work today about moderns vs retros.... "gotta take the fiat into the garage next week, keeps beeping at me" "really? whats beeping?" "Damn airbag light FFS" "what a *astard" "yeh  " "I cant remember the last time my airbag light beeped at me!" "But you don't have airbags!" "Exactly...no bags equals no lights equals no annoying beeps. Datsun 1, fiat Stilo NIL. Booyah!" or something along that line hahahah |
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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who's laughing now!?
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