Yes but some of them offer some nice comfort for the journey, Mini or a Range Rover for a long journey I know which I would go in. Having said that I dislike both.
Pointless & impractical vehicles
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Yes but some of them offer some nice comfort for the journey, Mini or a Range Rover for a long journey I know which I would go in. Having said that I dislike both.
Electric_Andy
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it also sort of depends on which country (or state in the US) the vehicle intends to be used in. For example I've seen some hot rods that would probably not pass an MOT over here due to lack of visibility, no bumpers, pointy body work etc:
So for over here I think they'd be useless, but if you can get an MOT where you live then I expect they'd be quite fun and you can put shopping in the back seats
So for over here I think they'd be useless, but if you can get an MOT where you live then I expect they'd be quite fun and you can put shopping in the back seats
Chris S
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The original plastic bike. It was very flexible, too flexible in fact.
raleighnut
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Good luck parking it at Tesco, a mate from school who owns a house building company drives an Aston Martin and he's lost count of the times that the car has been scratched by trolleys, keyed or had a door opened into the side of it........never happens to his Van.
Drago
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My Dad was looking to buy an Aston martin, and went to view their stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. in the end he didn't for just that very reason - he'd have been worried to leave it parked anywhere.
So he bought a Socata TB20 Trinidad aircraft instead.
So he bought a Socata TB20 Trinidad aircraft instead.
raleighnut
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Russ' is quite old now a DB7 Vantage V12 but he's had it from new, he reckons it's the last of the 'hairy arsed' real Astons. Last time I saw him with the car was at my Cousins 25th wedding anniversary party where he pulled away quite sedately for 20-30yds then 'booted it', quite spectacular.
Set off quite a few car alarms along the road. 
Richard A Thackeray
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Even my (presumably fashion conscious) 19 year old daughter agrees with me about this, & the similar styled Mercedes, that they give a new meaning to the phrase 'fugly'
Richard A Thackeray
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Didn't Gordon Murray, with the McLaren F1 try to make if as practical as possible? (for what it was)
Docile, tractable, the ability to potter along in traffic, clear a speed-bump without having to stop/raise suspension
Plus. it's still utterly gorgous, & (as if it really matters??) still the fastest naturally aspirated road car?
Richard A Thackeray
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About as much use as the Range Rover off road, I remember walking the 'Cat & Fiddle' in the late 80s and using the old road to drop into Buxton instead of the newer road (it was too steep to Tarmac so they built a longer but shallower gradient) About a mile or so down the track I was passed by 2 smartly dressed couples covered in black peat bog mud (one of the blokes was slightly less filthy than the others) about half a mile on was a Range Rover about 150yds off the 'road' (well more of a farm track by now) buried up to it's door sills in a peat bog. Ah I thought, no wonder they didn't respond to my cheery halloo as I'd passed them.
The old (pre 1750s) Turnpike, that's just now a stone-base?
RRs are very capable in most terrains, but like any vehicle there are limits
The crossing of the Darien Gap springs to mind
raleighnut
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Yep that's the one*, I bet it's fun on an MTB
* I'd been to visit my Parents in Knutsford during a Camping trip.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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- Portsmouth
He did indeed. Though it doesn't have a radio because he hated them.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
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- 52 Festive Road
...but did have a specially-designed 10CD autochanger at half the weight of a regular one.
raleighnut
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I dunno I preferred his 1st road car design.
View: https://youtu.be/5ZrXBgJPwLE
No need for a CD in that
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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Yup. Autocar did a supplement back in 1995 (I think) about the F1's creation, still got it somewhere…
Richard A Thackeray
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I'm not a fan of B*W, but that was a great engine in the F1
I went to the cremation of a good friend/work-collegue/damned fine MTB-XC racer at the end of last month, & one of the other mourners, who Nic (the deceased) had kept in touch with... who I also know (but had lost touch with) works for McLaren
He's driven a F1, & seems to think it's their best
I think I may have too?
I still have a cut-away drawing/print in a frame (about 24" x 12")
This booklet??
https://issuu.com/themagazineshop/docs/mclaren_f1
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