What older cars do you notice on the road

Stoke

JP08 wrote: »

[JP looks out of window at neighbor's daily runabout P plate Corsa] Umm ...

Sounds truly horrific

JP08

Stoke wrote: »

Sounds truly horrific

Could be worse - this one is at least a genuine one (now semi retired) lady owner from new - not some young chavmobile.

coffeehound

The 2009/10 scrappage scheme must have really skewed the situation with older cars still running. Apparently 392,000 cars were scrapped and probably most still had some useful life left. I was just googling it and came across this list of exotics that were broken up under the scheme:

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/20-saddest-scrappage-scheme-victims

Astonishingly, 14 original Audi Ur-Quattros were traded in. Even in rough condition these must surely have been worth more than a grand to enthusiasts.

Stoke

JP08 wrote: »

Could be worse - this one is at least a genuine one (now semi retired) lady owner from new - not some young chavmobile.

Oh yeah, I'd call that a result.


Thinking about it.... I can't believe I forgot to mention this. Down my road, there are not one, but two Citroen XM's. Remember them? The weird 'exec saloons' (quite nice looking actually) with that weird funky hydro-pneumatic suspension. When I first moved in, both were working and could be seen driving down the street with the suspension adjusting as they drove.

Quite humorously, one has spent months on axle stands and the other has just been taken off the road and they've gone out and bought a reasonably old Citroen Xsara. Don't think it has hydro suspension though.

Stoke

coffeehound wrote: »

The 2009/10 scrappage scheme must have really skewed the situation with older cars still running. Apparently 392,000 cars were scrapped and probably most still had some useful life left. I was just googling it and came across this list of exotics that were broken up under the scheme:

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/20-saddest-scrappage-scheme-victims

Astonishingly, 14 original Audi Ur-Quattros were traded in. Even in rough condition these must surely have been worth more than a grand to enthusiasts.

If I had been a dealer, I would have taken the car and not scrapped it (probably illegal). Audi Quattro's, !!!! me, they're worth a mint now, and what beautiful cars.

That said, going through there..... A LANCIA DELTA !!!!ING INTEGRALE!!! Who the !!!! did that? They're worth anything from 50 grand upwards now for a good nick one. It must have been absolutely knackered.

VW VR6 Corrado's too, madness.

The one my local dealership told me about was an old fella (OAP I guess) who brought in an absolutely pristine Volvo from the mid nineties. Mint condition, leather seats, looked like he had kept it in his garage and waxed it once a week to keep the rust away..... It had just 17,000 miles on the clock and despite the dealers best effort, the guy had decided it needed to go.

Franz_Ferdinand

Stoke wrote: »

Oh yeah, I'd call that a result.


Thinking about it.... I can't believe I forgot to mention this. Down my road, there are not one, but two Citroen XM's. Remember them? The weird 'exec saloons' (quite nice looking actually) with that weird funky hydro-pneumatic suspension. When I first moved in, both were working and could be seen driving down the street with the suspension adjusting as they drove.

Quite humorously, one has spent months on axle stands and the other has just been taken off the road and they've gone out and bought a reasonably old Citroen Xsara. Don't think it has hydro suspension though.

And the Citroen suspension spheres are used on the Bentley. The do put them in a Bentley bag though.

JP08

What I liked on the Citroen XM was the second rear window that went from the roofline to the back of the back seats. Could be attached to the hatchback to open as, well a hatchback, or detached so the hatchback worked like a normal saloon boot and the rear seat passengers didn't get a draught down the back of their necks when it was open.

Stoke

JP08 wrote: »

What I liked on the Citroen XM was the second rear window that went from the roofline to the back of the back seats. Could be attached to the hatchback to open as, well a hatchback, or detached so the hatchback worked like a normal saloon boot and the rear seat passengers didn't get a draught down the back of their necks when it was open.

What I liked and still like to this day, is well, they're kind of nice looking. They're shaped a bit like a Rover SD1, but with more defined edges.



I nearly considered buying one a few years ago, until I realized how prehistoric they are inside. Other cars of that age don't quite feel as old inside. The Xm feels and looks (internally) like it was made in the 1970's.

What is all this about:

Gloomendoom

I had a black one of these back in the 80's...

jimjames

Zola. wrote: »

My VW Bora is 2002 reg and has 226,000 miles on the clock.

Going strong so far. In two minds to drive it to the death, or replace?!

I bought my last Golf with 235k miles on the clock. Sold it 2 years ago with 250k miles, it's passed last 2 MOTs with no advisories and now has over 270k miles so yours has plenty of life left!