One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Drago]

If Santa Pod had, say, the odd corner the Mi would've gone scurrying away easily.

 

[raleighnut]

My sister had a 106 XSi that I was very envious of (although I then got a Mk1 MR2 so got over it!). A mate had a 405 Mi16 which was nice enough but I beat it up the Santa Pod quarter mile in my CRX VTEC.

Yeah I think the 106 took over from the 205, the 206 was just too 'bloated' and laden with 'safety' features to be light and nimble.

 

[Profpointy]

206 was really dull apparently.

Is moved over to Volvo by then!🤣

The predecessor 205 was a great little car. I've driven a couple of non-turbo diesels and they were lovely to drive. I remember driving a friend's one and thinking it was nice enough but a bit rattley and shabby looking then noted it had done 350,000 miles, and as she was a caver it would had quite a hard life

 

[figbat]

If Santa Pod had, say, the odd corner the Mi would've gone scurrying away easily.

Not a chance!

 

[Drago]

Not a chance!

As a class 1 driver id say easy. The Mi was the most grippy, direct, communicative and neutral chassis I've ever driven.

That strange cantilever rear set up on the CRX could unload unpredictably if the front was pushed in too tight and the grip held. Not the thing for smooth, progressive progress.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Harry’s XJC has just sold for £157,500 at the NEC Classic Car Show
It’s a manual too!

When we had the XKR, someone offered a manual conversion, using the 6-speed Tremec (as used in the Viper)
Even back then (2008 - 2011) it was 'north of' £10,000
Hammond drove a converted XKR, also with a small supercharger pully (to increase its speed) in a film on YouTube........... Oh that whine..



View: https://youtu.be/P_GNk0Yn6lg?si=_gQ9NNk4k4iM5jm3

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1978-jaguar-xjc-rec16093-2-nec-1125?pn=1&el=34632&pp=100
https://jec.org.uk/2025/harrys-garages-star-car-to-be-sold-at-auction/

 

[Drago]

Harry’s XJC has just sold for £157,500 at the NEC Classic Car Show
It’s a manual too!


View: https://youtu.be/P_GNk0Yn6lg?si=_gQ9NNk4k4iM5jm3

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1978-jaguar-xjc-rec16093-2-nec-1125?pn=1&el=34632&pp=100
https://jec.org.uk/2025/harrys-garages-star-car-to-be-sold-at-auction/

Such an elegant design.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Such an elegant design.

The best looking Jaguar, in my eyes

The 'Steed' XJC is mentioned/shown in the film too

 

[Ian H]

Someone painted his porch.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've spend an hour or so reminscing, watching The New Avengers, & even though it didn't feature in those episodes, I got to thinking about Steeds XJ12C, & found these pages

http://www.johnsteedsflat.com/tnajaguar.html

It looked damned good back then!

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There's also a 1/18th scale available!!
https://www.carmodel.com/gt-spirit/...coupe-broadspeed-1970-the-new-avengers/104580

Aye, looks like the crossbreed son of an Escort rally car and a Jag, the XJ12c is a beautiful car, there's a guy called Harry has one (website Harry's Garage)

This one?

Harry’s XJC has just sold for £157,500 at the NEC Classic Car Show
It’s a manual too!

When we had the XKR, someone offered a manual conversion, using the 6-speed Tremec (as used in the Viper)
Even back then (2008 - 2011) it was 'north of' £10,000
Hammond drove a converted XKR, also with a small supercharger pully (to increase its speed) in a film on YouTube........... Oh that whine..



View: https://youtu.be/P_GNk0Yn6lg?si=_gQ9NNk4k4iM5jm3

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1978-jaguar-xjc-rec16093-2-nec-1125?pn=1&el=34632&pp=100
https://jec.org.uk/2025/harrys-garages-star-car-to-be-sold-at-auction/

 

[biggs682]

On my morning walk I went classic car hunting and found this Mazda Rx7

Also spotted but couldn't get pictures a Mark 4 Rs turbo , a Nissan Gtr and a Mark 4 Cortina so many classics in a couple of miles.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 16th

Whilst leaving work last night, l spotted this SAAB in the visitors parking

 

[Adam4868]

Neighbour has a lovely new....old Polo 😁

 

[Drago]

Neighbour has a lovely new....old Polo 😁
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They werent terribly nice cars. No PAS, no brake servos, spartan equipment, thin paint. The only good point is the breadvan version was quite voluminous and the G40 quite nippy.

They lived on into the nineties, well beyond their use by date.

 

[BrumJim]

They werent terribly nice cars. No PAS, no brake servos, spartan equipment, thin paint. The only good point is the breadvan version was quite voluminous and the G40 quite nippy.

They lived on into the nineties, well beyond their use by date.

My first car was a Polo breadvan. You are right - no servo on the brakes. Makes driving other cars more interesting!

Sold it to my sister, and was then written off by a journalist from Practical Caravaning.