he should be made to hand it to someone for safe keeping
and given a small budget to play with, like £100. that would get him the kind of car he likes, with £90 to spend on parts.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:29, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

There are people out there trying to sell 23 year old Golfs for 6-8 grand.

( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:35, Reply)

that's fine
so long as nobody is dumb enough to buy it

classic cars are amazing when they are rare and lovely. a golf? you could spit randomly into the street and hit one of those things.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:40, Reply)

Unless it's a totally unmolested one in perfect nick, they're having a laugh.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:41, Reply)

Trying to profit off the vw scene kiddies, aren't they.
I'd maybe pay 3 for an absolute minter. Any mor ethan that's completely taking the piss.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:42, Reply)

it's a golf, not a bugatti
you can get a new one for £10k. and the old ones did not look good. they looked like boxes on wheels.

urgh.

how about a nice vintage MGBGT? they're a few thousand and look all of teh awesome
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:45, Reply)

I'm 6'3"
I can about fold myself into a Golf. Not much hope of doing so in a B.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:46, Reply)

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-MGB-GT-BLACK-/300935730671?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item46112ad5ef

look at him

he's so so beautiful
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:47, Reply)

Roadsters are much prettier.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:49, Reply)

Never liked the roadsters

( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:54, Reply)

yeah, but you're French so you're wrong.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:03, Reply)

I'm 6'1" and drove a B roadster for years with no trouble.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:48, Reply)

You can get extender brackets for the seats, similar to what they did for the original Mini.
The rubber bumper Bs look awful though. Don't understand the appeal myself, one of my Mum's relations had an MG Midget and it was awful, uncomfortable and slow.
When them 6 numbers come up, Healey 3000 for me.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:53, Reply)

That's all true.
But a Healey worth owning will cost you north of 30K. You can get a great 1970ish B roadster for a sixth of that.

So they're hardly comparable.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:01, Reply)

it's got a sunroof
so i don't see his problem, the lanky french git
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:56, Reply)

I am not overly fond of them.
Too small. I'm too large. They're also way too slow.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:59, Reply)

unmodified, 100 bhp out of a car that weighs less than a ton?
mine was only fast roaded and was faster than a Mk1 golf GTI, no drama.

And you didn't look like an Essex prick boy racer. Granted, that image is gone from golfs now, but still.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:03, Reply)

No, you look like a grandad.
Sorry, I just don't like them all that much.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:05, Reply)

and yet you like boxy common-as-muck golfs?
there has to be a happy medium here...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)

Here you go

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:15, Reply)

Because I learned mechanics on them. I'm always going to have a soft spot for them, regardless.

( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:16, Reply)

but... dey fugly
you spend all that time and money doing them up, and can't sell them on, because as you point out... nobody wants to pay 7k for them
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

only an idiot does up cars for the money
as it'll always cost you more than you can sell it for.

There is the odd exception for very, very rare cars that fetch 6-7 figures at auction, but normal stuff - generally it'll cost you twice as much as it's worth to do it up. You do it up because you enjoy doing it or because you plan to keep it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:23, Reply)

haha, it's not like it matters
"men don't agree over two out of a million available cars" shocker.

I think we can both agree that 7k for a mk1 golf is a joke, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:11, Reply)

Heh, quite.
I can't see a mk2 Golf ever being worth 8 grand. That's Stag money.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:17, Reply)

It's fucking terrifying.
Still, it's a bargain compared to spending more than 11p on a VW beetle in any condition.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:48, Reply)

i LOVED my beetle
he was fucking cool
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:57, Reply)

Something something red bonnet

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:58, Reply)

A Herbievore?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:10, Reply)