Well, I guess that’s a load of Mazda RX-8 replacements to be used as body donors, after the engines inevitably grenade themselves.

Yeah, I’m amazed that 400’s still going. Wonder how many engine rebuilds it’s had over the years!

It’s expensive, but old RD’s are hella fun. Loud, brash and you just *have* to thrash them to get the most out of ‘em.

*Nothing* beats a good, fresh piece of bread and some good butter.

Certainly way better than stringy, boney shite chicken meat smothered in crap.

“Fuck this guy, and fuck you if you think the rider deserved any part of this.”

One place it doesn’t blend in: When you’re picking up your friend’s kids from school.

A 1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500 I used to own. Fantastically fun toy, looked perfectly fine, but a combination of 1970’s crap steel and the chassis being thinned out and weakened by internal rust meant it was a nightmare. It held it’s shape well when the hard top was bolted on over the winter (which was how I bought it).…

We’ve already had The 80’s Matchbox B-Line Disaster.

So much potential, so little range.

Too slow.

Any convertible with the top down.

More than made up for by being able to have an enjoyable driving experience when you are actually moving again.

They’re obviously better/worse at driving than I am, then!

They’re actually surprisingly difficult to roll. most of the weight is the chassis and engine and that’s low down(relatively!), the top half is just the aluminium body. Or in other words, I’ve not rolled one yet*.

I think it’s less that they’re annoying, more that they’re potentially dangerous. It’s only a matter of time before someone loses control and goes under a bus, or, worse still, knocks someone else under one. It’s the same reason why adults aren’t legally allowed to cycle on pavements. (not that it stops them, same as…

motorized wheelchairs are generally a: Easier to control, b: slower, and c: exist for a valid reason.

Looks like how Pixar would re-imagine a knackered VW Beetle.

I never knew there was a US version of the Euro Escort! They’re getting pretty rare over here these days, so for that price, definite NP.

I like it, but how can something with such a large displacement produce so little power? I could probably produce more than 165 horses by drinking the ‘unleaded fuel only’ and belching it at a match.

Maybe.

“Fuck’s sake Jesus, I just tidied those books!”