One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Cavalol]

Love the Capri, what model have you got?

 

[Cavalol]

Top two behaving (as much as they can) bottom one sprung a leak.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bet the AA was busy in the afternoon, wonder if they laid on extra staff?

I owned two Capris. They were far from unreliable provided you kept up with the oil changes, Duckhams or GTX every 3000 miles.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I owned two Capris. They were far from unreliable provided you kept up with the oil changes, Duckhams or GTX every 3000 miles.

I think that is with rose tinted glasses, I also owned 2x Capri's, 2x Cortina's & 2x Escorts (oh how I wish I still had them, almost all under 10 years old were mostly rust) but none of them were anywhere near as reliable as my wife's Rav4, owned 5 years, it's had oil, air & tyre changes, not done a single other thing to it. It's now 12 years old & I don't think it's had an advisory yet.

 

[booze and cake]

I saw this today, for a 38 year old car it still looks modern, a classic design. Lotus Esprit.

And I saw this special edition version a while ago but have not posted it here. It's a 1978 version done in the black and gold colours of their Formula 1 Team sponsor, ciggie brand John Player Special, to celebrate Lotus winning the 1978 F1 world championships. One of only 300 made.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I think that is with rose tinted glasses, I also owned 2x Capri's, 2x Cortina's & 2x Escorts (oh how I wish I still had them, almost all under 10 years old were mostly rust) but none of them were anywhere near as reliable as my wife's Rav4, owned 5 years, it's had oil, air & tyre changes, not done a single other thing to it. It's now 12 years old & I don't think it's had an advisory yet.

Apples and pares, though. You have to judge cars by the standards of their time and Capris stacked up very well judged alongside to motors of the day.

 

[cosmicbike]

Bet the AA was busy in the afternoon, wonder if they laid on extra staff?

I know of 3 cars which had issues, mostly overheating on the way in, though 1 on the way home along the M4. I gather all were self-repaired at the roadside, not something easily achieved with modern cars

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Apples and pares, though. You have to judge cars by the standards of their time and Capris stacked up very well judged alongside to motors of the day.

Not convinced I stopped buying Ford in around 1980/81 moved onto Citroen, Fiat & Renault which I found far more reliable

I know of 3 cars which had issues, mostly overheating on the way in, though 1 on the way home along the M4. I gather all were self-repaired at the roadside, not something easily achieved with modern cars

They certainly are, no chance unless you have the laptop & software with you

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I owned two Capris. They were far from unreliable provided you kept up with the oil changes, Duckhams or GTX every 3000 miles.

I had a Mk3 1.6L as my first car. My girlfriend at the time father was a car trader. It was really reliable but slow. I traded it in with him for a Mk1 VW Scirocco, IMVHO the best looking car they ever made as it looked like an Alfa or Lancia. It was a heap of crap though the worst car I have ever owned. I bought another one a couple of years later as I liked the look of them so much, that was a heap too. Rusty, over heating all the time, the second one head gasket failure. The Mk3 Capri came back to the car trader and I took it out for a drive (owned a Mk1 Astra at the time). It just felt so loose and slow compared to the FWD Astra. The back end was wobbling everywhere, like I always remember old Ford's with knackered bushes I'd imagine.

I saw this today, for a 38 year old car it still looks modern, a classic design. Lotus Esprit.
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And I saw this special edition version a while ago but have not posted it here. It's a 1978 version done in the black and gold colours of their Formula 1 Team sponsor, ciggie brand John Player Special, to celebrate Lotus winning the 1978 F1 world championships. One of only 300 made.
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There's a guy with one of these in Whitehaven, Cumbria that I see every weekend. It's like the black one, but doesn't look as tidy as those two. Lovely looking car though.

I was stuck behind a convoy of classic cars in Mungriesdale, Cumbria on Saturday, Was some old Citroen or Renault estate at the front, a couple of old 3 wheeled sports cars (with one wheel at the back), 3 Citroen 2CV's and the most rare one to me was a Citroen Diane, I haven't seen one of those for ages, even if it is just a 2CV really, with sleeker lines. Nice to see some interesting cars, modern cars are so dull in comparison...

 

[Grant Fondo]

I saw this today, for a 38 year old car it still looks modern, a classic design. Lotus Esprit.
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And I saw this special edition version a while ago but have not posted it here. It's a 1978 version done in the black and gold colours of their Formula 1 Team sponsor, ciggie brand John Player Special, to celebrate Lotus winning the 1978 F1 world championships. One of only 300 made.
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Fabulous design. Must be one of the lowest as well?

 

[booze and cake]

A couple of nice old Mercs in fantastic condition I saw today. This looks like a gangsters set of wheels......

How enormous is that boot, you could get a few bodies in there

Was this the last decent Mercedes they made before they started making horrible plastic chintzy cars? I'm showing my age now. but whenever I see one of these I think of the 80's TV show (although they had the convertible in the show)....."this is my boss Jonathon Hart, a self made millionaire, he's quite a guy. This is Mrs H, she's gorgeous, she's one lady who knows how to take care of herself. By the way, my name is Max, I take care of both of them, which ain't easy because when they met, it was murder". Such a classy car, and this one is spotless.

 

[booze and cake]

Following on from the chiselled lines of the Lotus Esprit I posted above, this afternoon I saw a rarity and one of the most crazy British cars ever. A 1985 Aston Martin Lagonda. This is one of only 645 ever made and I didn't realise how huge it was in real life, about 5.25 metres long apparently, which must make this a nightmare to park in London.

It could do with a wash. Weirdly it has a sunroof for those in the back seat but not one for those in the front. And another cool feature, it has petrol filler points on both sides of the car connected to the same tank, so you can just pull up at any available petrol pump and not have to remember if you've got the right side. I imagine filling up with petrol is something you have to do a lot in this car.

 

[Chris S]

Following on from the chiselled lines of the Lotus Esprit I posted above, this afternoon I saw a rarity and one of the most crazy British cars ever. A 1985 Aston Martin Lagonda.

I always thought it looked like an Austin Princess with a boot

 

[Jenkins]

Following on from the chiselled lines of the Lotus Esprit I posted above, this afternoon I saw a rarity and one of the most crazy British cars ever. A 1985 Aston Martin Lagonda. This is one of only 645 ever made and I didn't realise how huge it was in real life, about 5.25 metres long apparently, which must make this a nightmare to park in London.
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It could do with a wash. Weirdly it has a sunroof for those in the back seat but not one for those in the front. And another cool feature, it has petrol filler points on both sides of the car connected to the same tank, so you can just pull up at any available petrol pump free and not have to remember if you've got the right side. I imagine filling up with petrol is something you have to do a lot in this car.

I know it's wrong, but I've always really liked the AM Lagonda

 

[MarkF]

I know it's wrong, but I've always really liked the AM Lagonda

I thought it was ugly as hell when it came out, but it looks super cool in that pic amid all the modern bloated "blobs".