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Was a good show, went yesterday. Just annoying how Thursday and Friday are different to Saturday and Sunday, so you miss stuff unless you do at least two days.
The trade days get more and more frustrating too. It used to be so open, but so many students and pretend traders now go that the cars...
I looked at a couple of these before I bought my 172. Always had a certain appeal. The seats were lovely. The two I looked at were dogs though.
That looks lovely in red on prets. I wish I'd gone for those wheels on mine, but couldn't justify the expense on a lease. The Cadiz wheels are awful.
Definitely. Always had a soft spot for Fords. Love how you can Rob bits from the parts bin and make a pretty capable car. Parts were so easily interchangeable on the older stuff.
Once the ST220 got a bit leggy, I thought I would be sensible and buy a nice big estate car. It was comfortable and economical enough, but god it was dull...
...so I decided to be irresponsible, which is where I discovered Renaults, with a 172 Cup. Still my favourite of all the cars I've...
I shamelessly stole this idea after seeing @Ricardos do it on here and Instagram. It made me think what I was driving 10 years ago, and everything I've had since which, as it turns out, is quite a lot! I had loads of cars while I was at uni but, on this day in 2010, I was driving a modified...
Yeah I had that one. It had the Simmonite sisters' Auto Windscreens Escort Kit Car in it. I wanted it so badly when it came out, but it was pretty rubbish lol.
Was that the one with the F2 cars in it? I think I had that if so.
I haven't played one for quite a while but things are meant to have improved a bit. Ryan Champion and Jon Armstrong were consultants on DR2.0. Apparently they have even modelled surface degradation into the roads!
This one is actually meant to be rather good. They've put a lot of effort into making it accurate apparently and a few pro rally drivers were involved in making it.
Some of my cars have been tools, others have been passion projects. Ultimately, those cars are a hobby, so don't need to make sense financially, or even objectively. Something doesn't have to be "the best" for a person to have an emotional attachment to it.
The best things in life rarely make...
The Cup has thinner glass, less sound deadening, a crappy light rear bench, no middle seatbelt, no air con (it was optional), no ABS, no CD changer, no spare wheel and maybe a couple of other bits I forgot. The Turinis might be lighter than the standard wheels too. The shells are identical to my...
Some logic in this, as Cups seem to be getting more expensive.
The advantage with a Cup is the lack of ABS/air con more than weight, but those things can be removed easily enough in reality.
It's a shame that results are always dictated, to some extent, purely by obey. If you can afford a fancy car, you are in with a chance of you have a modicum of ability. I know a few guys who would do fantastically well, but they don't have £100k laying about to drop on a rally car lol. A shame...