Car (or bike) Chat!

[Pigmy Pony]

New Ford Escort Mk1 RS!

Looks the business - but £300K

£300k? I know nostalgia is big business, but that's just taking the piss. For that money you could get this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205149618...Bk9SR9jpssb4ZA

And have enough left over for a nice 2-bed detached house with a drive and a garage to stick it in. Provided you were happy to move oop North.

[Macca]

True, although I never liked that green colour. My cousin had an RS2000 in the '80s. Anytime I mention it he pulls a face because he knows he should never have sold it.

Price is multi-millionaire territory but maybe it will herald a more general return to cars that actually look like cars?

[Pigmy Pony]

True, although I never liked that green colour. My cousin had an RS2000 in the '80s. Anytime I mention it he pulls a face because he knows he should never have sold it.

Price is multi-millionaire territory but maybe it will herald a more general return to cars that actually look like cars?

No, me neither. But a spray job wouldn't put much of a dent in your £300k budget.

I suppose if your pockets are deep enough you can have your car look any way you want, while for yer average Joe Bloggs this is the kind of thing we can look forward to:

[Macca]

No, me neither. But a spray job wouldn't put much of a dent in your £300k budget.

I suppose if your pockets are deep enough you can have your car look any way you want, while for yer average Joe Bloggs this is the kind of thing we can look forward to:

I saw one of the new KIAs the other day and that's not far off that '1970s Lego kit' look:



Not really sure why after years of rounding off every surface for fuel efficiency we seem to be moving back to slab fronts? I suppose it's what your modern punter likes.

'Not wanting an armoured personnel carrier mate, but if it can look a bit like one then I'm good with that.'

[Pigmy Pony]

And if it can have more lights on the outside than a council house at Christmas that would be nice

[rmcin626]

After detailing, back to looking its best

[Pigmy Pony]

I thought that the MOT for the bike had expired, but I've googled "Regit" which tells you stuff about your vehicle. And it turns out it's still road legal until April So it's coming out to play this week. Seems like months since I was last on the road, because it is. Where to go, where to go...

[Puffin]

I saw one of the new KIAs the other day and that's not far off that '1970s Lego kit' look:



Not really sure why after years of rounding off every surface for fuel efficiency we seem to be moving back to slab fronts? I suppose it's what your modern punter likes.

'Not wanting an armoured personnel carrier mate, but if it can look a bit like one then I'm good with that.'

I have a Kia and saw one of the first EV9s at the local Kia garage. Hideous in the extreme, however the price on the one there sweetened the pill a little...it was only £75,000!!!!! There was one parked up in a local road in Beige colour and it looked identidal to the E-Freak built buy Clarkson &Co

This is the first Kia I have had in 52 years of driving (bought 2nd hand 2 years ago) and I am really happy with the built quality and performance. The first 3 cylinder I have ever driven, direct injection petrol with Turbo. It goes like stink and I think it surprises a lot of tailgaters trying to outdrive grandad in front.

[Macca]

I have a Kia and saw one of the first EV9s at the local Kia garage. Hideous in the extreme, however the price on the one there sweetened the pill a little...it was only £75,000!!!!! There was one parked up in a local road in Beige colour and it looked identidal to the E-Freak built buy Clarkson &Co

This is the first Kia I have had in 52 years of driving (bought 2nd hand 2 years ago) and I am really happy with the built quality and performance. The first 3 cylinder I have ever driven, direct injection petrol with Turbo. It goes like stink and I think it surprises a lot of tailgaters trying to outdrive grandad in front.

You want to see the Kia that Ali Tate has got

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/kia/stinger

They were always good vehicles, I was renting them out 20 years ago and you'd get resistance - but once they had them for a while, they didn't want to change.

[Puffin]

Yes the Stinger is a real beast! I did my mid-life crisis crisis car in my late 40s when I was earning a packet, Clio Cup 172, my son had a VW Golf GTI (new shape) which I drove occassionally and he got the use of a Seat Leon CupraR Whilst he was working on Boys Toys mag which I drove which beat the others hands down, a fantastic drive.