CozzyKing

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Hi there I just thought I would ask if anyone thinks it's possible to be a total petrol head and a bufty at the same time?
I'm building 2 cars at the minute which by the time they are finished should fit both personas.
My Escort cabriolet is geting some mods to put it into the modified concourse section and so is my Sapphire but at the same time should seriously perform once the mods are completed.
What do you reckon everyone? is it possible to do both at the same time?

Benni

Surely if you wasn't a petrol head, you wouldn't be a bufty?

Benni.

fuzzy

buftys are a different breed altogether. anyone that gets excited by how shiny the underside of their floor is rather than how it excites you when driven isnt really a petrolhead imo.puting a car up on ramps and placing mirrors underneath so you can see how shiny their prop is odd. thats an obsesive cleanliness disorder

trevCOSS

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depends on your definition of the two? I would define a petrol head as someone who is interested in cars beyond the norm and spends there recriational time doing car related things, working on going to shows racing driving etc, so by my defenition a bufty is by default a petrol head with the one exeption of the people that trailor there cars etc and dont even run the engines

BM08

yes id say

rst in breaking

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i see someone at central day with a concourse rs1800 and when they were putting it into the trailer they put some tape on every corner/ fold in the car then put a cover over it, i just thought to myself "why?"
what excitement must you get from spending ££££'s on a car not to even drive it and just trailer it, i find it sad but do like to see tidy cars i.e twins s2, very tidy/clean etc but not afraid to be driven which is how a car should be

RWD Pete

Depends how much you like polishing, my last cossie was mint and fast and used = nightmare. This one is rough used and very quick = low maintanence, just oily bits to keep on top of

fuzzy

i dont like polishing at all. i like to thrash and tinker. ive went months without washing my car. it adds to the sleeper look.

rst in breaking

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il wash it when its problem free but not one to take wheels off and polish the back of wheels etc, just like it looking clean

Harris.

I like to do both, like the car looking its best and like it to go well too

borderfox

Immaculately sideway's. That be my way but all to there own. Only for some of the really mad BUFFYs some of the real rare car's would be gone. Big loss that would be.......

JjCoDeX75

No

Ade

I honestly don't know how people get the time and motivation for the full on bufty action. I can't even be arsed washing my cars....

Any time I get to work on cars is usally spent chasing problems due to incessant thrashings

Ryan

YES, IM ONE!

Im a bufty but love thrashing the shit out of the car.

Ask anyone thats been in the car with me.

JonnyBravo

Yep you are indeed a bufty but judging on those black lines we left out of that T junction I'd say you use the car

However the biggest bufty on here is Mike R !!! wouldn't you agree Ryan

RsDarren

iTrader: (1)

I second that!! ha

It's possible to be both!!

At the end of the day you can always repaint/fix/clean cars!!

Bullett

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i'd say im both.i like the whole car to be clean(still got a lot to do on the escort)underneath etc but not so clean i cant use it.i love to give a car a good pasting and im not frightened of a bit of high speed fun.but i dont use it in the rain now as im pissed off with them rotting and getting covered in shit

Chip

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You've not met Phil2400 then?

Phil

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I think i'm a bit of both! I have my track car which I never clean (mainly because the roof leaks ) but then I can also spend an entire day washing my other cars and you can always appreciate a spotless well put together car, like the pics of Martin Hadland's new Escort when it was just built and basically concourse and waiting to be used!

CossieRich

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I have to agree. As much as it pains me, you big gay bufty

Glenn_

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i love a clean car dont get me wrong and i respect the concurs people but in my eyes the cars have to be driven. Ive got photos of my cossie sat on my drive covered in snow. I would rather drive the car than trailer it to shows all the time.

CozzyKing

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Well i'm glad i asked the question now.
Judging by all the comments it seems I could well be a bit of a petrol head bufty. lol

bud-weis

I like to see my car looking it's best every time i drive it.....i have always driven my cars hard too.

You can be both, but depends what level of Bufty you're talking really.

bigchez

I'm not bufty to concours obsessive levels, but I do like to keep the car looking good and drive it hard as well.

sbd16v

same as

i had someone tell me my engine bay wasy to bufty for a track car lol

and seeing as trev likes it that might be true lol