Cars

[Baines' left foot]

The old ones are timeless, simple, yet beautiful at the same time.

I'd have one in a heartbeat.

Screw the missus !

I think it's partly to do with the fact they haven't changed much so the old ones don't look too dated. They are beautiful cars though nonetheless.

I was in Camden a couple of months ago and a very proud chap rolled past in a Mercedes SL300 convertible. I've never been so stunned by a car in my life, it was immaculate all over and just oozed class. The man driving was getting so much attention, the bugger.

 

[COYBL25]

I think it's partly to do with the fact they haven't changed much so the old ones don't look too dated. They are beautiful cars though nonetheless.

I was in Camden a couple of months ago and a very proud chap rolled past in a Mercedes SL300 convertible. I've never been so stunned by a car in my life, it was immaculate all over and just oozed class. The man driving was getting so much attention, the bugger.

As much as new cars are faster, safer and much more advanced, they've become too sterile along the way.

Things like this are like mobile works of art

 

[Chewbacca]

Aerodynamics have turned modern cars into blobs.

I preferred it when car designers were just told to make cars look cool.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Aerodynamics have turned modern cars into blobs.

I preferred it when car designers were just told to make cars look cool.

I think once (if, perhaps) mass production of carbon fibre becomes affordable, we'll see a renaissance of sorts.

 

[Joey66]

Just had a welding job done on one of mine to pass the MOT - great runner 19 years old!

 

[Chewbacca]

Just had a welding job done on one of mine to pass the MOT - great runner 19 years old!

A mere stripling. Mine passed it's MOT with no advisories. 51 years old.

 

[Joey66]

A mere stripling. Mine passed it's MOT with no advisories. 51 years old.

yes but yours does more miles per polish than petrol big headlol

 

[Chewbacca]

yes but yours does more miles per polish than petrol big headlol

I'm a driver not a polisher. I must admit, when I go on classic car forums, I'm stunned at the amount of time and money people put into 'detailing' as they call it. It's a car! Other than salty roads in the winter, mine gets driven. Washed twice a year.

 

[Joey66]

I'm a driver not a polisher. I must admit, when I go on classic car forums, I'm stunned at the amount of time and money people put into 'detailing' as they call it. It's a car! Other than salty roads in the winter, mine gets driven. Washed twice a year.

I know one owner by me the car is in a garage, and ventures out twice a year!
he has put two car batteries in it since purchasing!
uses his smaller 2nd BMW for his runaround - he used to have a classic car - hes getting on now great engineer, and a great friend! very affluent area!

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

50 shades of awesome... @Dylan

 

[DualityNSNO]

Out to look at a few of these in the coming week -

 

[SteRobbo84]

Anyone ever had a seized engine sent off to be 'reconditioned'??

 

[DualityNSNO]

Anyone ever had a seized engine sent off to be 'reconditioned'??

Sort of. Usually means your valves/pistons are destroyed or close to it from what I know about it (and badly translating it probably, idk).

Usually happens when your timing belt breaks/cuts loose and pistons don't have anything to stop them from hitting other metal parts inside the engine.

Either that or simply too much gunk caught on the engine head and the pistons can't do their full motion, so the car can't 'go'.

By seized do you mean unable to work at all, i.e. when you try to start it up it tries to start but just sounds wrong?

 

[SerenityNigh]

Anyone ever had a seized engine sent off to be 'reconditioned'??

Reconditioned sounds like a rebuild. It works, airplane engines do this all the time, but it's time and labor intensive, and I wonder how many auto mechanics work on an engine in this manner.

*Doing a little digging on rebuild, recondition, remanufacture, and overhaul, all of these are very similar and the difference seems to be the standard of repair required to meet the definition. In any case, the engine is disassembled and rebuilt, but what parts are replaced may be different. Still, if you have a good mechanic (and a good engine) I'd guess it's worth the effort.

 

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50 shades of awesome... @Dylan

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