the love/ hate relationship

love the looks of it ride handling,comfortable.performance,& cant hear whats she rabbiting on about. lol
hate the dash rattles due to uprated engine mounts,and the fact i take the very long way home=no petrol left!!!

Saxo:

Love:
The handling and the enormous amounts of fun I can have in it.
The FAct its quite nippy
Relatively comfortable and reliable

Hate
The chav image
The exhaust keeps blowing
Its not lowered
The clutch Release bearing is rumbling
Its not retro
It rattles and squeaks because its french
Everybody else has one
Its not a VTS
The interior is Ghey
The sunroof leaks
People mock me because I drive a Saxo
Yet I still love the little thing and will definitely have another

Renner 9

Love:
Its Rare (ish)
It looks awesome!
The fabulous rock n Roll Seats
The amazing potential it has
The fact when I say I've bought it people don't know what it is
It has a Turbo
I bought it on a whim!
Its helping me learn how to fix cars on my own
Its a retro I've bought purely because its retro and not because It as cheap.
My dad likes it

Hate
It won't even start
Its more rusty than I first thought
Parts availability isn't brilliant
Its more of a resto than a quick project
My Mam Hates it(although she loves the seats)

Triumph 2500S
Love - comfort, style, mean as foooook without bumpers, six pot howl
Hate - typical shonky 70's Leyland rust traps!

Triumph 2000auto
Love - Mk1 shark nose looks, smooth revving 6pot, leather interior, seriously appreciated by the chav brigade because of that Levis advert.
Hate - leaky windscreen rubbers, bodged repairs by 'dealer' who sold me it with 12months ticket ( bought blind so my own fault ).

Alfa GTV
Love - the V6 and a supercharger I have sitting in the garage to fit one day, the fact every time I want to sell it I drive it and fall for it all over again...... ;D
Hate - the fact that every time I want to sell it I drive it and fall for it again!!!! ;D ;D

Dolly Sprint
Love - out whenver I want it to. Comfort and the sleeper shonky old car look.
Hate - my bro driving it after it spat a rad hose - so the engine is now only good as a boat anchor ( or tied to his feet for his next swimming session )

Spitfire MK4
Love - the amount of internet info on rotary engine swaps
Hate - the fact it's in the UK and so I can't get at it for now.

Citroen DS
Love - almost everything about it and that after the rebuild she'll be my daily driver.
Hate - the previous owners 'restoration' of the electrics meaning I don't know what will blow next time I use the indicators

MR2

Love: the looks, pop ups, roof off in the sun (remember that thing?), handling, smallness, big revs, fact that annoying people have to find alternative lifts! Quirkyness, novelty that engines in the back seat and the noise from behind. fact that the footwells and inner wings don't rot like a Ford. piles of potential.

Hate: Leaks from T Top, occasional understeer (can be fixed/learnt), rot that i found, not as fast as i'd like, and gutless unless booted, need buckets to fully accomodate long legs, impractical for carrying friends and more than a fortnights shopping. generally a bit impractical.

SApph

Love: comfyness, reliability, cruisability, looks, RWD daily, handling potential, tidyness.

Hate: market value, lack of fun to drive without booting, worry of Ford style rust, lack of retroness or interest off non Sierra pervs! Alarm lock switch, big bus steering wheels, a bit big compared now!


V8 3 door

Love: rareness , build up standard, weight, components, handling.
Hate: the looks sometimes, its not finished, big worry of Ford Rust.

Cortina

Love: It looks old, clean, history, price, squareness with added coke bottle! Potential
Hate: I have to fix it! , rust (not much but still a pain), only a 1600, bit high and wobbly (more work), It takes up the Drive

Kadett love:
Its not an escort
Love the way it makes me smile, the constant evolution of it, the Handling is sublime and the feedback from the chassi is almost telepathic.
Its not an escort
The way the supercharged engine looks right at home
The Colour strangely as its so 70`s and saying NO!! to people that say "are you going to paint it ?" ;D
The mix of old car feel with modern brakes, handling and engine

Kadett hate:

Its still sitting in Hollywoods barn looking very sorry for itself at the moment

A bit more bodywork that I was hoping for at the moment

Cant get it lower without big comprimises on the Handling and practicality which I am not prepared to do as its a daily driver ..... or going 15" wheels which I am still thinking about ?

Wasnt fast enough with the 1200.... soon to be rectified

Fiat124 Spider "Abarth Rep"
Love:

The Looks, the price, the surprise of how good it was underneath.
Finding a Full set of mint Doors/bonnet/boot/scuttle for sensible money the fact its different and will look superb with the full arches and Fat Cromadoras/ATS Classics ;D

The look on Janes Face when I rock up out in France in it for her Birthday Next may ;D..... being presented with it the first time she knows of its existance ;D

It will get Jane out of the Ghastly excuse for a car that is her mk3 Goof convertible ;D

Hate:
Its still sitting in Hollywoods barn looking very sorry for itself at the moment

The fact we never got it running before it became part of the "Barn Furniture"

The Traffic ;D

Love:

The fact it swallows all my nomadic curse word without protest
Its Comfortable
Fast
Stops well
Handles brilliantly
Trailered the Kadett back across country at nearly 100mph ;D
And still returns something stupid 40+ mpg even with my Binary driving style

Hate:

The temptation to tune it
Not having enough time to do the Camper kit out at the moment

The temptation to Fit some proper sounds and a BFO Screen in it as the dash is massive and the non fitted Passenger airbag space gives me loads of room to play ;D

The fact I hit a Truck with it the other week denting what was up till then an immaculate vehicle

Not having time to fix said dent and headlight and give it the general care it deserves

Golf 3 Convertible
Loves:
The fact it will be going soon
Absolutely nothing about it

Hates:
Everything about it...... a shockingly bad peice of Automotive "Engineering" for the 70`s let alone the 90`s

Does nothing even remotely competant.... wipers don't clear screen above 50mph, lights don't allow you to see where you are going above 50...
Ventilation is terrible as to get sensible noise levels inside the car means its hermetically sealed with no through flow at all so the windows end up all scummy inside
Scuttle shake combined with woefull damping and huge weight give a ride like a container ship in a storm, no power to allow you to balance it and Standard Golf issue brakes to haul up a car weighing half as much again

What were VW thinking designed for the chelsea set obviously

Oh and it happens to be a Damage magnet too....... Had it all repaired a couple of years ago and should have sold it straight away...... now there isnt a single unmarked panel on it again

Syncro:

Love: its go anywhere, any weather, urban guerilla style, the fact it climps mountains in France in full on Blizzard conditions day in day out with never a complaint.
Simple (Cheap) parts and easy to fix

Hate:

The knowledge that it cant survive those conditions indefinately and I am losing the Battle with Ferrous oxide...

What am I ever going to replace it with

Clan Clover

Love - Looks, alfa boxer sound, rarity, potential

Hate - Speed bumps, gear change (CRUNCH!), slightly leaky door seals and slightly leaky heater matrix


Avenger

Love - Looks, handling, noise (sometimes)

Hate - Wind noise on motorway, slight leak from somewhere, whiny axle, fuel economy

Triumph Dolomite 1500SE:

Love - Comfy, it was free, everything works nicely, absolute hoot to drive with a revvy engine, slick box and skinny tires.

Hate - Square lamps (ick), runs on sometimes when you stop, not enough torque.


Triumph Dolomite Sprint V8 :

Love - It. Everything I want in a car!

Hate - Haven't picked it up yet

1984 Type 25 van

Love:
out tail wagging antics
Great handling
Amusingly quick for what it is - often surprises people in wibblepoo cars that try to blat past at the lights
Huuuuuge inside - transports engines, gearboxes, garage equipment, etc.
You can fit a double airbed in the back

Hate:
Appalling fuel consumption - it weighs a ton and a half and has a Pierguuurgle carb. Nuff said.
Zero oil pressure = engine as good as dead
That it's my only working vehicle and can't be driven long distances
How much the Subaru engine conversion has cost already and is going to cost by the time I've actually got all the parts
That I can't really afford to keep it but don't want to be without it

1985 Polo Coupe
Love:
What it looks like now - i.e. like I imagined when I bought it
It has the potential to be the best car I've owned
The funky brown on brown on biege interior

Hate:
It's spent months off the road when it should have been fulfilling daily driver duties
That it doesn't actually run yet!
That the bike carbs and manifold are shaping up to be an expensive boat anchor
That it needs lowering more, despite the fact that I've already done it
That I should have left the poor thing alone!

1973 Porsche 914

Love:
Pretty much everything about it - looks, potential, what I'm going to do with it
It was a steal
It's almost entirely rust free and in amazing condition for a 914
It came from California

Hate:
The fact that all of the above is several thousand pounds and a long re-build away

1974 VW 1200

Love:
The roof chop - it looks great!
The fact it has racing history
That I had one of the best years evAr racing it
I've never owned a car for as long as this one.

Hate:
That I had to take it all apart and start again
That it's several thousand pounds away from being a competant drag car again.
That it's swallowed a lot of money and is just a bare shell again
That it's just a bare shell!