Reasons TO combine old and new

Nice thread too, probably loads more examples.

Plus scene tax.

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I can take it or leave it! For me the interest of ‘modern bits’ in old cars is in engine management systems, 16/20v cylinder heads, modern materials, electronics etc to improve performance/comfort/efficiency/safety/driving enjoyment. Not just a load of electronic ‘infotainment’ gubbins fitted in for the sake of it! GPS/MP3/WTF! Give me a map and a radio.

Hmm, I agree, the tech inside seems a bit sh!t - just a load of "clever" gizmos rather than anything purposeful

Seems like it's possible they might just have achieved the impossible there. Making it even slower than it was stock ;D

I echo Mr.B's sentiments. My 510 had engine management with self learning and a diagnostic port into which I could have plugged a Nissan CONSULT (if i could have been arsed). That's the sort of tech I want in a motor not satnav and useless entertainment nonsense. if you need an entertainment system in your car then clearly your cars not entertaining enough ;D

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Classic ;D

I cant be the only one to think whilst driving you should really be concentrating on Driving can I

The amount of people you see dithering or wandering on the motorways and you think "Muxst be on the phone "

Then you pull up a bit closer or out to overtake and the dashboard/windscreen is all lit up like looking at the shop window in Dixons

No wonder they arent driving very well, everytime the satnav screen updates your attention is drawn to it which means you refocus and then have to focus back on the road again.... just as you do that the screen updates again and so the story continues

Crazy things and I`m amazed they are now allowed

You never used to be able to fit a screen that was readable by the driver whilst driving for that very reason

Modern electronics in Retros should be for making them go better and more reliably

Although I do quite like a decent stereo ;D and would like to be able to control the I-pod from the head unit

Sorry I`ll get me coat ;D

This must be true, because I have yet to replace the snapped ariel on the MR2 with something better than the half coathanger i got in there, and the curse word tweeter speaker things. I forget the radio is not on half the time.

The phone thing annoys me, i nearly got road rage by accident, a 4th lane opend up on motor way and as i went for it a dork in a sales loaded estate jumped in front and went no faster, eventually after hanging behind i wriggled past the grump was on his phone, i gave phone gesture (could of been worse) and he then flashed me and chased after. oops.
people do need to concentrate!

RE: the tech, the bus thing is quite funky. its funny when i was a kid in the 80's i loved tech, and now i work with it and know how much i hate computers and electronic aids (auto doors, escalator voice, lift to name a few) I want a car to be light and economical, powerful in relation to its weight and be simple. Maybe i'm just too lazy to install some gadgets and do my knight rider rep. Plus tech costs.

Tech should only be used if it really is clever and reliable, oh and nessesary, but in a world of travelling salesmen, commuters, and giddy parents, and buyers, the unnessesary tech and gadgets will continue to draw the buyers and jones' in. :

Crazy Tacos?? WTBBQ are they?