Is There A Sudden Fad for Classic Cars Amongst The Membership?

[Proto]

What l would say about the handling is "be Brave" never lift your foot off the gas into a corner or it will be your last !
Reason being that over 50% of the cars total weight is behind the rear axle. and swapping ends comes easy !! After all they were called "widow makers"
among the 1980's yuppies .
Other than that l agree and ho how l wish l still had mine

A friend of mine ‘reversed’ his 964 into a lamppost at speed, having ‘blinked’ when leaving a roundabout enthusiastically . I think it was written off. He replaced it with a 964 RSR Cup, and made serious money when sold it a few years later.

I knew a fellow, now sadly deceased, who rebuilt 911s for a living, and used to do Autofarms body and paint work. He always tried to steer me away from them. Thus my ‘heroes’ comment.

He was rebuilding his 1967(?) 911S SWB (his pension fund, as he called it) when he sadly died.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I had a 200SX. Lethal.. But fun.
Do not buy a Probe... No

Yes I had an S14a 200SX in Damson metallic. Loved that car, great car if treated with repect.

Here's our old Honda CRX VTEC. Also had a Prelude 2.2VTEC, the curvy one and a 3.0 V6 VTEC Accord.

The roof was a manual lift off and store in the boot job, never leaked though, but rust got to the cars rear end.

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Out of the three it was the Prelude I liked, but try finding a rust free one these days.

Do not even think about buying a Probe!!

Nice Del Sol, or is that what the import was called, or were the two seaters all imports. Those cars used to be everywhere, hardly any now. I was thinking of the 3 door hatch, I always wanted one but they were too expensive, so I had an older Astra GTE, bet the CRX was way better though. I like the Prelude too, and the Accord, especially the Type R, that was a cool motor. looking on google images the CRX Del Sol probably looks better, still like these though.

This is the CRX I was thinking of, but I do like the two seater and its obviously a convertible.

 

[raleighnut]

I've toyed with the idea of buying a 90's Japanese sports car. I think this is when cars were a lot better built and mechanically bullet-proof, Japanese ones definitely. They are already going up in price. Be a pretty cool weekend car, as modern cars are pretty bland. Just finding a good one that isn't rusty and doesn't cost a bomb. The Mk2 MR2 is a good one, not the best to drive (unless a turbo import), or a Mk 1 MX5 (finding an un-rusty one..). I've always wanted a car with pop-up headlights. This is never going to happen with newer cars due to pedestrian safety.

There are other 90's cars that I would like that are going up in price pretty rapid though. Nissan 200SX (S13 & S14a), Honda S2000, Mazda RX7 FD (so pretty), Honda CRX Mk2 VTI, Honda Integra DC2 Type R (UK spec). The DC2 is a complete blast, my brother had one..

I often see a Ford Probe near where my mother lives. I believe that this is based on a Mazda, I used to think they looked really boring back in the 90's, but the blandness/sameness of modern cars makes me think it looks pretty cool now..



These are my sentiments, but what I've mentioned above possibly dispels it, as 90's cars weren't unreliable on the whole, safer, well built, but still cool..

Has anybody any other ideas about cars that may become classics?

Yep the Pug 205 GTI, my ex had the 1.4 (1360cc) and that was quick and handled well, but what the 1.9 was like

 

[Salar]

Yes, they used to call them Del Sol, some didn't have the VTEC engine though. My prelude was an import.

About fifteen years ago we needed a big load carrier , so we went for something different.

A 1980 Volvo 245, similar to the one below. It had belonged to a classic car enthusiast and had also been used as a show piece in a garage, it was huge.

One night we got slightly boxed in at a hotel car park. I knew the hotel owner who was an HGV driver so I got him to reverse it out.

 

[pjd57]

All cars are history.

Time to move on without them.


Well it is for me.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Yep the Pug 205 GTI, my ex had the 1.4 (1360cc) and that was quick and handled well, but what the 1.9 was like

Yes they were rapid the 1.9, and the ugly duckling 309 GTI with the same motor. My 8 valve Astra GTE couldn't keep up with one of those, needed the 16 valve redtop GTE to burn one of those off.

 

[MarkF]

I have a 1962 Vespa Gran Lusso and a 1992 MX5, both are very simple vehicles that look good (important), cost peanuts to run and are appreciating in value. Why would l run a modern vehicle? I do actually but it gets no attention, from me or anybody...

Soon, the 40 year exempt from MOT rule will make well engineered things like 1980's Audi 80's & many Volvos & Mercs super attractive. Buy now!

 

[Levo-Lon]

Yes, they used to call them Del Sol, some didn't have the VTEC engine though. My prelude was an import.

About fifteen years ago we needed a big load carrier , so we went for something different.

A 1980 Volvo 245, similar to the one below. It had belonged to a classic car enthusiast and had also been used as a show piece in a garage, it was huge.

One night we got slightly boxed in at a hotel car park. I knew the hotel owner who was an HGV driver so I got him to reverse it out.

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Impossible to get blocked in with one of those tanks.. Tough as they come

 

[Salar]

/\ Yes, just push everything out of the way. One thing I remember about it is how well it drove in the snow.

 

[southcoast]

Yep the Pug 205 GTI, my ex had the 1.4 (1360cc) and that was quick and handled well, but what the 1.9 was like

I used to regularly drive a 205 1.9 back in the day. The imho the Injection Capri felt faster.

 

[raleighnut]

I used to regularly drive a 205 1.9 back the day. The imho the Injection Capri felt faster.

That was because the Capri was facing backwards a lot of the time.

 

[Salar]

but what the 1.9 was like

I wish this thread hadn't been started it makes me think how much I've spent on cars over the years.

Anyway I had a 1.9 Citroen ZX Volcane . Basically a 306gti but cheaper. I put almost 100k on that car,one minor electrical problem and a new clutch at something like 180,00 miles. Very reliable.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

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A 1980 Volvo 245, similar to the one below. It had belonged to a classic car enthusiast and had also been used as a show piece in a garage, it was huge.
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We had a 740 for a couple of years
I'd like a 145 estate, or even better; an 'Amazon' estate
(a Peugeot 504 estate, diesel, would be the next choice)

 

[southcoast]

Yes needed treating with caution on wet roads, even trying to pull away without wheelspin! On dry roads they we great.

 

[Reynard]

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This is the CRX I was thinking of.

Yeah, this is the one I had in mind too - still very easy on the eye. Would love the 1.6 vtec.

Guess I'm sort of biased, as I always rooted for the DWH-run ones in the CRX Challenge back in the day. Which is where I developed my liking for them in the first place...