155lee

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where have all the old cars gone?now its just new boring cars going about.i always notice an old car driving past out of the corner of my eye even on the motorway as they seem to stand out more.by me i often see in everyday use.1 d reg 3 door cosworth,c reg mk3 escort,f reg mk4 escort,g reg peugeot 206 gti,2 old minis,1 mk2 astra,3 mk3 cavaliers,1 p100,1 mk1 xr2,1 s2 rs turbo,my old mk1 orion,g reg sierra sapph,3novas,2 mk1 golfs,1 old beetle,2 mk1 polos.all of them are everday cars and most arent enthusiast owned.you dont even see mk5 escorts or mk3 fiestas anymore!

vroooom ptssssh

C reg 3 door owned by old biddy, 205GTI youngish guy, 325i touring middle aged guy, triumph something or other in a garage....not many really

155lee

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i remember there was an a reg orange 3 door used daily by me up till a couple of years ago.it was very tidy except the bottom of the drivers door was rusting from the inside out.ended up being scrapped then going to cowdenbeath to be banger raced.so many sierras have been wasted this way.

RC4

theres a bloke near my mums has a d reg xr2 from new drives it out garage sunday polishes it(weather permitting) and puts it back in,he runs around in a 06 fiesta! i bet the xr2 has sub 5k miles,radiant red minty mint

Less.

Theres an old vovlo amazon near me,a old hillman

24vcossiemat

my mate has this, race spec xr2 in spalding where i live
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/y...at2000/xr3.jpg
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/y...at2000/xr5.jpg

dangerousbrian

theres a b reg rover 200 round here...although i seen it on the back of a recovery truck the other day so may be no more...my mk3 escort is out once in a blue moon when it decides it will let me ha

Ciderwoman

my mate has a vw beetle 1971. but dont really c alot of older cars now. to many people get new 1s on HP.

j6kyt

that will be dale then?????

j6kyt

Last week i see an A reg mk3 escort 1.6 ghia in minty mint condition.

Mike C

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What do you class as "old"?

cossiedrift

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I've got a hillman avenger that i take to work now and then.

Jim Galbally

what's "Race" about it? you ever seen a racecar... lol

Saaamon

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Few sierra's, capri, mk1 golf cab, few mk2 golf gti's, mk2 xr2 about it.

Saaamon

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Should think it would give your beemer a good go

Jim Galbally

whats that got to do with it being a racecar? lol its a normal road car with a half rollcage, thats not a racecar

kosman

1 mk2 xr2,2triumph heralds,3 series1,1 capri,xr3i,1xr2i,mk5 rs2000,mk1 escort,numerous mk2 golfs,and 5 saff cossys,ridding my fucker,too common now,might get a scooby

Rich_bloor

ive got a 1972 mini

Tomm

my neighbour has a MK1 Anglia with a 2.0 Pinto or some thing in it? I have a MK2 1959 daimler. Followed a MK1 3 doo escort through town yesterday. A bloke a few strets down has a Trans AM And a Mustang, they are pretty old but not 100% sure how old.

I usually spot a group of old fords at a local dockyards, look t be a few nice ones but never investigate

#13

I still drive this every now and then, dont see many others about.

Cragrat

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saw a mint mg magnette on the a1 today

fuzzy

the last decade of good times has meant even mr and mrs asbo from scumsville can afford newer modern cars . i rarely see any old school motors.

Harris.

3/4 escort cossies . 3/4 3 doors .

m4tt274

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weve got a fairly decent car scene in donny, on a sunny day i see several old/sports cars about, and thers alot of old mk1 mk2 fords about.

Big G

Hillman Hunter on the other estate, the old giffers had it 20 years +
My mate still uses a mk2 XR2 for work
See a mk1 Cavalier on my way to work
Guy up the road mas 3 or 4 MG Midget and MGB type things.
guy round the back got a Austin Healey frogeye

1 of my mechanic type chaps has 1 of these in his fleet

155lee

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anything older than m reg (1992-93).like i said,i never see old mondeos,mk5 escorts,mk3 astras etc.like fuzzy said its been too easy to get finance in the last decade.i remember when i started driving,nobody had new cars.back then a corsa was a 3 year old car and nobody young could afford them.now anybody can get a new corsa or fiesta.the scrappage scheme will cull any remaining decent motors that are owned by people who see them as just another car and not something that could be a future classic.

900ss

That'll be a J or K reg then

I drive a 1993/K BMW 850 daily so does that count

Dan1281

theres an s12 silvia turbo knocking around here, i'm allways tempted to flag her down and ofer her some cash for it but i never do

Mike C

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M-Reg is 94/95

See plenty of classics round here. Guess the 1980's/Early '90's hot hatches are getting rarer though. Plenty of them about, but just getting kept in the garage and used for shows/nice day drives.

Early Mondeos are hardly a rare sight though, lol.

Dan1281

you rarely see a mk1 mondeo around here

Barry_GTi

You guys want to move to New Zealand, new cars are a rare sight here!!!

900ss

Do you have the same cars as ours?
Or are are yours like the oz version
Same but with bigger engines?

bigryrs

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Theres a gucci looking 205 1.9 gti that goes around montrose!! think the guy is fitting a gti6 engine into it lol

TurboShed

Good. The stock engine is a fucking cream whipper at best.

bigryrs

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lol slow as fuck

GTE 16v

Snap...

I try to use mine when I can too...

SiZT

An old duffer who lived down the road used to have a mint 2002 ti, think he died and the family sold it though

Dan1281

my mum was a careworker and an old dear she looked after had a mk1 3.0 capri in her garage that she honestly didnt know was there

dont know what happened to it, or her for that matter, twas a few years ago

155lee

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doubt it,he will probably take the engine out,buy loads of expensive bits for it,half put it back in then break it!still wont be a match for the v6 though!

STAFFY OWNER

Kosman - stick with the Saff Cos mate, Scoobys are all over the place.

Saw a nice white spotless Capri 2.8i in my town a couple of days ago.

Have you notice how almost every MK 2 Mondeo has a shagged rear bumper (and often front as well).

Along a similar vein to the original post, what are other members favourite eras from a car point of view? Mine has got to be 82-93.