Ooh, that does look nice.
It's just a shame that by the time I'm a wealthy forty year old with the time on his hands to take on a project like that, they'll be a seventy years old and mostly made of rust.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:37, archived)

so, in original condition then?

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:38, archived)

I'm just trying to think what the equivalent car for my generation will be.
I get the feeling it's a ford fiesta and I'm already driving it.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:39, archived)

it COULD be the smart car
or the figaro
or those new fiats
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:40, archived)

Nah, those are the cars of younger generations than me
I'm working on the basis that Grrr likes cars that are about the same age as he is or slightly older. On that basis, I'd need a car from the late eighties or very early nineties.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:42, archived)

Random googling seems to suggest a DeLorean (which I'd like) or a Mercedes Benz 300E

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:45, archived)

Classics from that period are the Honda CRX, Rover 827
Mercedes W124, Astra GSi and VW Corrado.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:53, archived)

Oooh, the CRX looks a bit shiny.
Merc looks pretty nice as well.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:58, archived)

There's other classics from the early eighties that ran the whole decade cos they were so good
BMW E30, Merc W126 (especially the SEC), Saab 900 "crocodile"; all of these are going up in price right now, cos they were lusted after by blokes who are now in their early thirties who can afford to pay good money for this stuff.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:01, archived)

What's your thoughts on Toyota Celicas?

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:15, archived)

Ask Sexface, he likes Barbie cars.

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:18, archived)

Are you but a wee boy then?
If you want a car from late 80s/early 90s, it's surely going to have to be a mk2 Golf or a 205/309 GTi.
(littlelise - domestically challenged, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:46, archived)

Golf Mk II is a year younger than me
Mk III would be his age
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:55, archived)

The cheap shit that the youth of a generation will lust after?
Renault Clio, Citroen AX, R-type Hondas; all that awful electronic junk made out of Kit Kat wrappers with all the style, grace and charm of a drum'n'bass compilation album.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:42, archived)

those appeal to dicks
not the sort of people who would like a classic car in thirty years
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:43, archived)

Oh, the classics of the future will be the Renault Megane with the weird arse
The Fiat Multipla van (cos it's hideous), the Smart cars, the Chrysler PT. The Renault Avantime is already approaching that odd stage of pointless-but-desired where prices are going up even though it's a thirsty slow pig of an MPV.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:46, archived)

i reckon a messed with smart car could be fun
the coupe one
stick a jet engine in it or something
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:50, archived)

This then?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQIizRp9ck
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:53, archived)

i'd prefer the coupe shape
lower like
lower center of gravity
and not chavvy looking, if possible
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:56, archived)

Holy fucking shit
you just replied to me without some kind of verbal abuse.
Is it because of cars?
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:57, archived)

fuck off you flouncy prick

( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 12:59, archived)

Definitely about the cars.
So which ones do you like?
I like the ones which are coloured blue and have shiney bits on them
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:01, archived)

i like old cars in burgendy or british racing green

( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:07, archived)

I wouldn't mind having one of
these

And when I was younger my parents drove a Bronze-Gold Jaguar XJ6
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:09, archived)

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
A green Jaguar. How original. How cultivated. How discerning. Jesus, what did you do, pick up the My First Book Of Classic Cars and just choose what was on the cover? Fuck. It's like going to the most haute couture restaurant and ordering steak and chips.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:14, archived)

I've always like the e-type
For a 24 year-old is that so wrong?

Edit: I think it's actually more that I like the e-type that you're being a dick, rather than it being an e-type because I believe that if you were offered a chance to buy one at a decent price you'd swallow your misplaced pride and actually buy one
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:16, archived)

The only way I'd buy an e-type is as an investment
and then sell it on to the sort of lazy uncultured swine that think cruising around in a green jag is tasteful. There are plenty of similar period cars that are more interesting (Daimler Dart, Jenson Interceptor) to people who know about cars. And there's no point in owning a classic if you're not going to be a massive snob about it. Being 24 is nothing to do with it.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:21, archived)

Okay, I admit that I know next to nothing about cars
All I know is that an e-type in racing green looks good, and I know that jaguars are comfortable from my parents owning one.
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:24, archived)

Do bear in mind, he's a massive prick.

( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:16, archived)

he's such a prick AND a cunt, he might as well go fuck himself.

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:22, archived)

Bear in mind that you had a go at me being a beaker
then you started a thread about what you did and what you bought and sold, and when I started to try and engage on a similar topic you act like the bitter little fuckbag you are, and I hold my hands up, admitting that I do now know anything about cars, you call ME and prick and a cunt?

*slow claps* Brilliant show, now kindly fuck off
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:27, archived)

Did your beakerpost ask a question?
Are you trying to discuss a topic you admit to knowing nothing about? Are you getting upset at being an imbecile? The answer here seems yes. Are you playing up to the almost parodic stereotype of the yacht-sailing wannabe lawyer son of jaguar-driving parents who tries to resort to character assassinations to prove a point? Completely. Now fuck off, you're easier to read than the Beano.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:34, archived)

I've never been sailing before, there have been stacks of beakerposts from other people...
And I'm not getting upset, just annoyed at someone who thinks that they can have a crack at me because they don't like what I'm saying.
I've had decent conversations with you before, and I've had threads where there's been not one outburst. All I can do is apologise if I've annoyed you, and that I'll try to be less of a beaker but it's obvious that me trying to be as vitriolic as you is only going to make you more aggressive and tbh I'd rather not drag this into a slanging match any more
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:46, archived)

I'm just trying to get you to have an opinion on shit
stop spouting this vapid nonsense.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 13:57, archived)

Actually, when I said I know next to nothing about cars,
I actually know Dick about cars
(adam_is_saxy, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 14:08, archived)

This has been emotional.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Sun 6 Jun 2010, 14:22, archived)