there's many a social leper on here, dude
i say bring back the beetle. the original, funky, 1960's/70's adolf-wagons, not the modern ones with the engine in the front ffs. my beetle was the best first car EVER.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:43, 5 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Old school Beetles and Minis are cool

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:45, Reply)

Seconded. I miss mine.

(berk, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

minis are for the gays

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

My peugeot 106 was the best first car ever.
The exhaust pipe fell off on the M25 the day after I passed my driving test and was heading to Manchester.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:45, Reply)

Mazda 323 for me

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:46, Reply)

a beetle still has more street cred
other beetle drivers flash and bip you, for a start.

of course, it breaks down all the time, and the seatbelts don't work, and it won't do above 60mph, but you know. you look amazing standing helplessly by the side of the road.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:50, Reply)

You could exchange 'beetle' for 'mini' in this sentence
and every word would still be true...
(berk, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

yes. and i also LOVE the old mgbgt
but a ragtop beetle has to be the best of all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:52, Reply)

Ha! TB has an MGB GT
a yellow one. I can say with complete confidence he loves the car more than he loves me.
(berk, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:54, Reply)

my mother went on her first date with my father because he had one of those
otherwise she would have told the bloke with the dodgy moustache and the corduroy shoes to bugger off.

at least, that was her story.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:58, Reply)

I could be tempted by one of those, but the engine's too damned small.
Triumph Stag, please. Or a Reliant Scimitar.
( Kroney, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:12, Reply)

I have always wanted a Jag and I think I am old enough now.
Or a 3 litre Capri.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:15, Reply)

Stags have a stupid engine.
TR6 is where it's at.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

They do not. The cooling problems were a manufacturing defect
and have been entirely fixed now, or simply bypassed with the Rover V8 transplant. They're magnificent cars.

I do like the TR6, but it's just not Seventies enough for my tastes.
( Kroney, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:30, Reply)

Fixing the cooling problems
doesn't change the fact they had access to every single fucking V8 in the BL range, and also one of the chevy small block jobs, and STILL they decided to build one simply by welding two straight 4s together. Stupid, retarded engine whether it works or not.

But, yeah, rover V8. but a TR6 is still quicker and better looking and cheaper.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:33, Reply)

We are clearly not going to agree on the Stag *glower*
I did see a TR6 for sale in one of the classics classified that had been track-day prepped. Lowered suspension, roll bar, wider arches and tyres, it looked nails.
( Kroney, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I had some corduroy converse once
They were fucking cool.
True story.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:13, Reply)

I had an MGB roadster until last year.
Sad times.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:28, Reply)

Mine was a Mitsuwankeroonie G32734zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It did 0-100000000 in 0.2 nanoseconds. I used to go to 'the game' in it all the time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

No, Mr Wankerooney is what they used to call you in Winchester

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:53, Reply)

It was, following the 'Gremlins II incident'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:55, Reply)

Everybody knows you don't have a driving license.
Spaz.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:56, Reply)

:O
literally my favourite car ever
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

you can search on the DVLA website to see if your old car is still around
my lovely beetle is still registered, so someone is driving it. that baby was from 1974, so it's heading up for the big 4-0.

i want it back.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:52, Reply)

I drove past my old Mazda 323 in Whitley Bay
When I part-exed it about 8 years ago it had 134,000 on the clock. Fuck knows how it is still working
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:53, Reply)

there's this really cool silver beetle taht sometimes parks in my gated community
I WANT it
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:53, Reply)

i don't know whether to ask more about the beetle
or make a mental institution joke about the "gated community".

so... torn.....
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:55, Reply)

i get to do potato prints all day, its mega

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:58, Reply)

i love the word mega
you get 12 points
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:59, Reply)

brill, i'm saving up for a teapot

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:02, Reply)

My mate had a red Beetle in the 90s and we went all round Cardiff, and it was sunny.
*sigh*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:12, Reply)

the welsh should be exterminated

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:13, Reply)

Well, Wales is a big place, I don't think there's a 'type'.
I like Wales and the Welsh, on the whole.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:16, Reply)

As long as you stay outside the Rhondda valley area
I've always found them to be nice enough.
( Kroney, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25, Reply)

I've not been there.
But I like North Wales and Powys and Cardiff
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:26, Reply)

I went to university there.
Massive chip on their collective shoulder. Strong dislike of our lot. It being a uni town probably didn't help matters.
( Kroney, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Hahah sounds like us!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:31, Reply)

beetles are fucking lethal
and have the most stupid engine and cooling arrangment in the history of anything.

I like old minis though. My first car was a 1966 Triumph Herald. Vegas, baby.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

oh darling badger
you've been right a couple of times recently. now you go and blow it by being so so so horrifically WRONG. they are awesome things.

quite jealous about the triumph though.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:28, Reply)

I didn't comment on the awesomeness or not of the car
I just pointed out its rather obvious flaws.

Although I do despise them with every fibre of my being.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

the obvious flaws are in your brain!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

its the flawed cooling system that makes me love it so
nothing sounds like a beetle
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:54, Reply)