mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
Posts: 4,472
Club RR Member Number: 85
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I quite like getting stick to be honest, the idea that driving a beige Galant around actually offends people fills me with smug satisfaction. ;D The guys at work sometimes take the curse word, i mean, it is really embarrassingly slow and its tendency to break down so i turn up to work in another car means theres no end of cocky remarks I often wonder how much I'm actually curse word off my neighbours with my car, its a noisy old beast at the wee hours of the morning D
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I quite like getting stick to be honest, the idea that driving a beige Galant around actually offends people fills me with smug satisfaction. LMAO @ hirst, thats the spirit. i used to get grief for the cars that ive owned. only get a little bit now. mostly its P taking that usually turns into genuine interest if i take one to work. fcuk the hayterz.
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My proper mates are into the same stuff as me. Nobody at work "understands" my Volvo daily driver, I was asked on Friday "Don't you feel like a gyppo driving that about?" lol, I get that a lot (maybe its cos I look a bit like a traveller) Correct answer in these situations is, "D'ya wan a dag wi' dat?" ;D
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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Alot of my mork mates wonder why i "waste" money on old cars,but i don't smoke or drink so what else am i gonna spend MY money on.
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all my mates understand me. they're all registered user's on here ;D
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Rob M
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Club RR Member Number: 41
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don't think it will get that much easier as you get older, the chances are your partner to be will not understand either. It was finding this site and putting my foot down ( after years of excuses from Mrs Zeb that we "didnt have the room" " money" etc, etc ) that i went out and bought something old and different. Now ive just sold that and am looking for something else thats old and different. The only person who I could talk to about it was my 16 year old daughter who has decided that what i need next is a Capri.......thats good enough for me. I have attended a few of the local RR get togethers where I have sat there, pint in hand listening to a bunch of clever buggers discuss this and that leaving me in awe of what they know and understand. My lack of conversational ability had more to do with me not making myself look a pillock than anything else! I'm thinking of starting a RR anonymous for people whos friends and family do not understand and for people who just do not understand, period. Bloody glad I'm a Retro Head tho.
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I get in constantly at work,does my swede!! a guy comes in regularly,nice chap,has a lovely original 1.3 mk2 escort,always stand outside and talk to him for ages about "proper cars" i have no problem if people don't like what i want,but theres this girl i work with who just makes me feel like a complete idiot for liking old stuff. she has a zetec s,which is very nice,and has just bought a set of racing puma seats for 700quid!! i personally think thats a lot of money for seats,but thats her choice and I'm not gonna knock her for it! wish people weren't so close minded
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Tim
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I've enjoyed older stuff for yeas (mainly old ford as my older brother had a mk1 escort as his first car) but never owned anything retro..which is why i signed up here in the first place! A few of my friends who i went to school with were into the dub scene but none of my mates where i live now are into cars at all, and would probably think i was a mentalist for turning up in anything remotely sporty or old
I wouldnt class myself as a petrolhead, especially as i'm quite environmentally minded (and it's my day job) - however I still like older cars, and i don't see how me being interested in an old car is any different to my boss having a brand new diesel estate car, with curse word mpg and probably quite poor emissions. Not that I own one, and when I do it will probably be diesel and veggie powered :-)
I think 80's and early 90's cars get negative comments as people have a recollection of them - 60's and 70's cars are considered cool and before that are regarded as classics.
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Ray
Part of things
1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad
Posts: 476
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Yep! I'm 14 and get it all the time from my mates about the Cortinas. All they can come up with is that all old cars are old bangers and that I'm not a real boy if I don't like super cars, wear a New York tracksuit and play football! Mainly people don't like the wood on the Estate but do I care? Well yes at times because i like to be respected for who I am but I will never change my retro taste
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rob0r
East of England
Posts: 2,743
Club RR Member Number: 104
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I don't really get stick for having retro cars and mostly my mates are interested in what I do, though they don't know one thing from another. What I do get stick for is the exceptional amount of cars I've accumulated in the past few years. I hadn't seen a mate of mine for about a year, he asked me if I still had 5 cars... he couldn't believe I now own 12 ;D
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E30 320i 3.5 - E23 730 - E3 3.0si - E21 316 M42 - E32 750i ETC
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I think it actually gets worse as you get older.
I really ought to be getting excited by the latest Volvo V40 brochure. But I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a spoon. Sadly my peers do not share this opinion. WHY GROW UP?
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spacekadett
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F*cking take that Hans Brrix!!
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My answer? F@ck'em To be fair most of the peple I know are into cars / bikes or something so it's not usually a problem. But there will always be a few who will shake thier heads and look at you like you're some kind of window licker for having a shed full of projects. But remember, at the end of the day, they're the ones in the wrong ;D
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Mechanic's rule #1... If the car works, anything left on the floor after you finished wasn't needed in the first place
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"so why do you drive that?" "what IS it that interests you in old cars?" "Is this car fragile?" (that one came with a look of terror as we nearly hit a speedhump at 60kph at 2am whilst driving with almost zero visibility due to fog )
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Remade In Australia thereimaginarium.com.au
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"Cor, you like to live dangerously driving one of them Dollies don't you?"
It's a 2CV, not a sodding Dolly and actually, one of my friends has just walked away from a REALLY bad accident while the chap in the BMW that hit her had to be cut out of the wreckage and taken for X-rays. If you want your legs to be crushed by acres of plastic in a crash then go ahead and buy a sodding modern then!
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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Hell yeah, get grief/stupid questions all the time about my old cars. Usually is's crud like 'ooh, you should get a modern, reliable car' (then you sail past them a week later broken down at the side of the road!). Sometimes I argue, sometimes I state my case and sometimes I just smile at them. If they're too stupid/snobbish to understand then I quite often don't see why I shoud justify my hobby to them.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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stinkwheel
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Doctor Of Gonzo Journalism - One of gods own proptypes, never even considered for mass production.
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Agree with dollywobblers last comment totally, I've driven 2CV's/Dyanes my whole life and the first thing anyone new says is "but you will die if your in a crash" No, No i will not. OK they are lightweight but head on or rear end my platform chassis will take one hell of a punt and also as Ian says the Bamboo of a freind was hit by a BMW driver which made it spin and roll twice, she luckily walked away with bruises. So you see we are not definitly gonna ie if a small dog runs into our cars. And as for people not understanding, well....................I'm not even going there.
Having said that, it seems in some cases now, especially when kids are a bit too young to remember 2CV's being around and made, that a certain amount of 'cool car' and similar comments are starting to filter through.
Drive what you want, be what you want.
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1973 Citroen Dyane 6 1980 Citroen Acadiane 1992 Citroen AX 1990 Citroen BX 1997 Citroen XM 1993 Citroen BX 1997 Citroen Xantia 1977 Citroen Ami 8 1996 Ford Escort 1989 Citroen BX 1997 Suzuki RF900 1988 Yamaha TDR250 1979 Honda CB400. 'I need less vehicles'
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Lopez
East Midlands
Posts: 867
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I think it actually gets worse as you get older. Definitely gets worse as you get older. From my mother: "What contraption will you be driving next time you come down to visit?" From my father: "Wicked, now come and look at this Landrover I dug out of a quarry where it's been for 24 years" (he understands ) From my mates: "Yeah I still love my Mk1 Golf and all that but I've been thinking about getting a new Mondeo diesel on finance" From my mother in law: "Rolleyes" From my colleagues: "Don't you ever want a nice car?" "Does that thing actually have an MOT?" "What's the attraction with old cars" "Why don't you just buy a new Clio on finance like mine" "What's the point making a car go faster, you can only do 70 anyway" My J reg Volvo is the second oldest car in the car park! Never used to get moaned at half as much when I was younger (I'm only 28 now!)
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I just quote my 60 quid insurance bill, free tax and lack of depreciation at em normally.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Llewellyn
Part of things
Captain Slow
Posts: 330
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My family is car mad, so I'm quite lucky.
don't really have many mates I see often. (cue the violin music)
But luckily my two best friends are my dad and my girlfriend, and they both really understand, because they both have retros themselves and they both actively encourage my purchasing of more, which is hugely disliked by my wallet!!!
Some of my old college mates don't get it and keep buying diesel 206s, and spending 7k on citroen C3s. I paid 7k for my 57 morgan FFS!!! and there is no depreciation there I can tell you.
Got my occasional retro dose at college when I saw RatlookReliant's kitten.
And at the end of the day, I'm happy and thats all that matters, everyone else can do what they want.
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2008 12:14:06 GMT by Llewellyn
^^^^^^MAXIMUM BIG-HERO LIFT-OFF OVERSTEER POINTS^^^^^^
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The comment I normally get when discussing cars and what I have done to mine is, "why don't you just spend the money on a newer car?"
Apart from the fact that I drive this car because its the car I want and no other will do, my answer is, "because this car is now as good as a new one, how many (insert modern car here) do you think will be trouble free daily drivers when they are 20 years old."
Normally does the trick.
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1985 Bedford CF2 camper 1991 Volvo 240 Turbo
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