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May 30, 2006 21:21:30 GMT
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...does a car go from cack to cool?
The reason I ask is that I am lusting over a beige Cortina estate on eBay but why??
Had my uncle or someone turned up in that when it was new I would have laughed at it.
So should I buy a Focus saloon in gold (perfect grandad chariot) and stick it in my garage for twenty years until I appreciate it or does a car need a certain x-factor to qualify for retro status?
Or am I just mad and old beige Fords are just that...?
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May 30, 2006 21:53:27 GMT
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I have been pondering this recently and it has beenpartially covered here! Looking back at an old car is nostalgic, they are usually rare or geting there. BTW Cortinas still are not cool to most peops out of retro old skool circles! Also looking back at a simple RWD designed to last (sortof) is lusted after in a complicated digital age of throwaways. Plus being old they are likely to be rarer than ever. Thats a general rule but every now and then a new 'uncool car' is challenged at RR. I wasn't quite sure how mine would be recieved when i entered forum land last year, luckily i ticked the right boxes.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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May 30, 2006 22:01:12 GMT
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I guess nostalgia has a lot to answer for- my dad had a MK1 Capri and a Dolly Sprint and that really got me into cars. 'Car' was actually my first word believe it or not!!
Although I'm only 26 I wonder if the upcoming generations will have the fondness for old metal that we share as when I was a kid my main toys were made by Tonka and Matchbox rather than Sony and Apple... here's hoping. I'll feel old when the first person turns up on here with their retro Focus RS...
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May 30, 2006 22:06:09 GMT
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when I was a kid my main toys were made by Tonka and Matchbox rather than Sony and Apple... here's hoping. I'll feel old when the first person turns up on here with their retro Focus RS... A point i'd never considered. Hmmm never thought of that. I think the 80's stuff will get more expensive, yet the kids of tomorrow will probably i hope make the most of whats available of the newer stuff. its not all curse word. loads of J tin, simple hatch backs, Bimmers etc. Hmmm....
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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May 30, 2006 22:14:11 GMT
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There certainly is a lot a good stuff around nowadays although the 80's seem to represent a pinnacle of build quality for a lot of the more prestigous marques such as BMW (E30 M3 ;-) ) and Mercedes.
One thing that is interesting about more modern cars is the ever increasing quest for power in small packages- even today a performance car such as my M3 can have a hard time in a straight line sprint against today's hot hatches.
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May 30, 2006 23:24:38 GMT
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the corts a cort the focus is a focus.........i know which one id rather have (focus has its engine in the wrong way round and far to much plastic) old fords..........its impossible to explain, don't buy a gold focus though please oh yes i have a beige mk1 fiesta, beige is strangely col to me too
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears!
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Said it before; it's an attitude...Not an age.
There are plenty of mkIII Golfs that I'd classify as 'retro'...
*n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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I'm already feeling old. I remember having a discussion with a mate that Rover SD1s would never be considered "classic" or even remotely cool. The P6 was the last real Rover and that was it. Ths would have been about 1988. Time heals old wounds and I like SD1s now.
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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 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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