Re: Classic Cars : Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:24 pm  

I'd take the Citroen for looks over any any American car of the era. Never driven a DS but a firm i used to work for had a BX estate as a pool car. I loved it for motorway driving and being company owned there were no repair bills to worry about. The nearest I've come to owning anything classic is when I was a kid my dad had a 1966 vintage volkswagen transporter van he converted to a camper. It would be worth a few quid today no doubt, but my overriding memory is of him fixing it by the roadside whenever we went anywhere. Would I own a classic car? - no chance it's much easier to admire other people's.

Re: Classic Cars : Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:44 pm  

My father owned an MG Midget in the mid-sixties that he bought having spent a year working in Nigeria. Although he didn't own it for long before he was supplied with a company car, he loved the car and my mother still speaks fondly about the times the two of the spent together in it. Particularly the story about them getting stuck underneath an articulated truck.

Re: Classic Cars : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:54 pm  

Wished I'd kept hold of my first car, 1969 Cortina 1600E Mk11. Cost me £150 and was luvverly.

Re: Classic Cars : Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:46 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Wished I'd kept hold of my first car, 1969 Cortina 1600E Mk11. Cost me £150 and was luvverly.

I've lost count of the number of cars I've owned and wished I'd kept

My first motor, a 105E Anglia



I've mislaid or lost all the rest (that only survives because my ex-girlfriend posted it to facebook) but they included various American tin, including a 1956 Studebaker Silver Hawk

Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:25 pm  

You little super stud Dave. Not bad pins mind. Did she smoke in bed?

Re: Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:58 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

You little super stud Dave. Not bad pins mind. Did she smoke in bed?

Dunno mate, I never looked.

That pic was taken not too far from your old stamping ground. It was at the side of Burn's Head, Pat Haven

[DaveO]

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:52 pm  

christopher wrote:

Ive managed to get a great new Job which is about 1mile away from my house, so I'm thinking of fulfilling a bit of a dream of mine and getting a classic car as my main car seeing as I dont have to travel very far to work (if at all as I will walk there mainly). Now Im thinking of ditching my uktra reliable and efficient Mini Cooper D Clubman and getting my dream car a Citroen DS 21 or 23 (currently going for anything between 6,000 - 20,000) has anyone had one of these or indeed anyone used a classic for their daily car?

When I lived in London so used the excellent public transport to get to and from work I owned a Morris Minor convertible as my only car and that was on a classic car insurance policy.

Not really practical though as with most moggies of that vintage the fuel pump was feeble and would inconveniently just stop pumping fuel, usually at traffic lights on the North Circular and the only option was to get out lift the bonnet and give the fuel pump a belt with a spanner or something to get it going again.

So I think the moral is if you want a classic car as your only car remember they are old and may well not be reliable so you may not be able to count on it to get you about.

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:50 pm  

DaveO wrote:

When I lived in London so used the excellent public transport to get to and from work I owned a Morris Minor convertible as my only car and that was on a classic car insurance policy.

Not really practical though as with most moggies of that vintage the fuel pump was feeble and would inconveniently just stop pumping fuel, usually at traffic lights on the North Circular and the only option was to get out lift the bonnet and give the fuel pump a belt with a spanner or something to get it going again.

So I think the moral is if you want a classic car as your only car remember they are old and may well not be reliable so you may not be able to count on it to get you about.

I bet the drivers behind liked you

It also wont be the only car in the houshold as part of the reason I want to get rid of the mini is I've just bought my wife a new car and I cant really justify having two expensive new cars so at least there will be one reliable car when needed!

I may well just go for a normal cheap run around but the pull to get something I've always wanted is very strong, at least I can say I've done it and I suppose the thing with classics if they are looked after they shouldn't depreciate like 'normal' cars.

[John_D]

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:00 pm  

christopher wrote:

I may well just go for a normal cheap run around but the pull to get something I've always wanted is very strong, at least I can say I've done it and I suppose the thing with classics if they are looked after they shouldn't depreciate like 'normal' cars.

Depending how far you stretch the word 'classic'... I run a Mk2 VW Jetta. Lovely piece of kit. Simple, solid, plentiful parts and also something a bit different to the euroboxes in the staff car park. Trouble is that I then went and got a job in the middle of Leeds and use the trains to get to work so now I have to sell it

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:31 pm  

Have you considered two wheels if it's mainly for a short jaunt to work?