The Impractical Car Thread.

[DCLane]

@BrumJim - the delights of being a parent taking the child to racing. Been there, done that, hence the Peugeot Partner Tepee.

 

[Drago]

A device waiting for the invention of Lithium batteries!

Using a motor from a washing machine showed a terrible awareness of marketing basics!

The motor was actually modified from an HGV cooling fan motor.

 

[Electric_Andy]

any car with stiff, manual window winders when you have to swipe in and out of a carpark every day. I gave myself a shoulder injury with my old Nissan sunny

 

[presta]

Service interval 16,000 inches or 4 seconds. Schedule: new pistons & clutch.

 

[Gunk]

This was my main daily car for 2 years about 25 years ago, I did make it slightly more practical by removing the roll cage.

Left hand drive and wind up windows were a bit of challenge at car parks!

 

[Drago]

That's the spirit! Wonderfully impractical.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Sharky]

@BrumJim - the delights of being a parent taking the child to racing. Been there, done that, hence the Peugeot Partner Tepee.

What's wrong with kids today. Very few car owners in my old club and we always rode out to events. Even rode across the Pennines, the day before an event and stayed at a pub "white something", near the start of the O2. Then rode home after the event, back to Merseyside.

Needless to say, that my time for the "25" was pretty mediocre.

 

[DCLane]

@Sharky - he did a lot of track racing plus time trials, and also national/international road races.

Riding to the track for training was a regular thing, but not for racing.

 

[fossyant]

Sadly we are past the end of the cyclocross season. If you had posted this a few months ago, I would have shown you a Renault Zoe packed up with the following:
45 litres of water in 2 containers
Rollers
Bike stand
Track Pump
Tools rucksack
Trolley for carrying most of this list (festival trolley)
Collapsable chair
Umbrella, 3 coats (thick, thin and waterproof), walking boots, large towel, small microfibre towel, various cloths
Possible change of clothes
Lunch, including a camping stove and pans
Jet wash (and two batteries)
2 bikes
1 loose wheel, because I can't fit 2 bikes in the back with wheels still on
1 wheel bag with 2 wheels
Cycling shoes
Helmet and other cycling items (sunglasses, glass cleaner, buff, overshoes)
Number plate board and bungee cords. (bike rack goes on the outside, whether it is used or not)

Additionally, if the event is over 50 miles, I will need to consider charging options, so the weekend schedule will identify where and when I can charge, either overnight or during a meal stop on the way down and/or back.

Certainly not the first choice when understanding what is needed for a cyclocross-racing parent. However, I hadn't got a clue what I was going to be facing when I bought it.

That's why I bought a friggin van for not having to do Tetris ! Wow !

 

[Drago]

That's why I bought a friggin van for not having to do Tetris ! Wow !

Same here. Perhaps I should start a practical vehicle thread?

 

[wafter]

I used to have a Capri 2.8i Special in mineral blue identical to the one below (if doubtless more tatty).... loved owning it but other than the aesthetics and ergonomics / driving position there wasn't much good about it to be honest!

 

[Dogtrousers]

I think my Hyundai i10 straddles both the practical and impractical threads.

It could take a family of 5 - providing that two or three of them are extremely small. And nobody has much in the way of luggage.

It could take a chest of drawers to the tip - provided I have a go at the chest of drawers with a lump hammer first.

I can get in and out, just about, and I'm so inflexible I have difficulty throwing my leg over my bike.

Diminutive, but practical.

And I don't have a photograph of it.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Our old XKR

Allegedly a 4-seater
I once rode in the back for a while, & had to be pulled out
If l’d been driving (& l’m not overly tall) l couldn’t have sat there with the seat in my position
I’d not really consider cream leather as practical either!!

Although, we could see 30+ MPG on a long m/way run

 

[dicko]

Possibly the best car for our city. Can’t seat 5, can’t transport a chest of drawers to the tip. We love it so much we just can’t bring ourselves to sell it.