No, I am caught between wanting to have a car that represents my personality a bit and represents the sort of cars people I tend to like drive (i.e a slightly battered old car) and wanting to drive a nice car. My ideal would be to have a nice car disguised as an old cheap car.
It's held together by dirt, has 3 month old front end damage that I havent yet had repaired.
Mildly amusingly it has what would be considered to be a fairly flashy personalised numberplate which is actually just cherished and the plate my father received when he bought a car in the early 60s and has been retained ever since.
however you try to present it, "personalised" plates are the sign of an absolute chopper. same with little finger rings. to explain away their embarrassment most people point to family history.
yes not using some tw4tty personalise plate wuold be like erasing all your family photos. completely agree. seems you have an indifference to reality rather than other people's views.
"however you try to present it, "personalised" plates are the sign of an absolute chopper. same with little finger rings. to explain away their embarrassment most people point to family history."
I really couldn't care less as long as it's nice to drive (I'm not allowed to drive anymore sadly).
My dads best friend had a chauffeur / bodyguard (IRA had a habit of kidnapping high profile businessmen in the early 80s) but travelled around in a clapped out Renault.
Yup I'll be third generation of the family to have the plate I'm going to put on my car but it's not any kind of pun or the like and simply a standard 1960's registration with three letters and a single digit.
Love my 1litre Suzuki s cross. Can get 8 bales of straw and furniture in it. Roof rack is fabulous. Comfortable drive. I had a saab for 11 years which was mega comfy, but no room for transporting stuff in it.
Love my 1litre Suzuki s cross. Can get 8 bales of straw and furniture in it. Roof rack is fabulous. Comfortable drive. I had a saab for 11 years which was mega comfy, but no room for transporting stuff in it.
It would be like throwing away family photos and archives.
Not really. To move a cherished numberplate to a new car you need to fill in a form for the DVLA. Keeping photos just requires you not to actively throw them away.
As soon as you move the plates to a new motor they become vanity plates.
I've always loved cars. Been obsessed with them from a very early age. Have always coveted nice, fast cars and have bought them as soon as I could afford them. As soon as I get one I'm on the hunt for the next one. I get nice cars because I like them, not because of what other people think of them. I'm also fastidious about keeping them clean, inside and out.
Yes Ego I had two grandfathers and occasionally distinguish between them although I didn't know either of them. I have my mum's dad's collection of medals and a few trophies he won as a regimental sprint champion.
If you haven't been letting the DVLA know that you are screwing old vanity plates to a new car then you can expect some attention from Jim fairly soon.
You have to keep the plates registered a car or after ten years the registration number will expire and you'd never be able to sell it on. I suppose you could keep it registered to a broken down Fiat Panda kept in the shed if vanity is a problem.
Ego will no doubt be telling you to get the medals into a charity shop Summer, or scrap them for their silver content.
The only things I asked my parents to leave to me were the numberplate (which I acquired when he stopped driving) my dad's worthless medals and a cabinet that my grandfather made as his apprentice piece. Down to the council tip with I guess Ego?
I admire people who genuinely don't gaf about their car. I'm not a petrol head (hence one EV) but I do like to have modern, comfortable and - above all - sturdy cars. Roads here are fookin lethal so need to know that the kids are safe(r) in the event of an accident
One of my brothers has been buying the same car since the early 80s, it's always a used Toyota Corolla or Carina and he'll drive it until it dies and replace it with another.. I asked him about this and he said he just likes their reliability..
Another brother has a collection including a Merc, 2 Lexus'sssss, a Ford Focus R something or other and a Nissan Almeira SXE BUT he only ever drives his 2002 Audi A4 estate which has a habit of catching fire, once at my dads funeral.. I think the Audi has done half a million miles
if you're genuinely into cars, I go so far as to argue that you are very likely not to care about the outward perception - at least not in a bragging sense. When I've had interesting cars I've loved people coming up for a chat about them, but I've not wanted people to go oooh inwardly or outwardly about them if that's not their reaction to them. Far above all that though is how the car makes me feel. At least it was until I had so many kids and have ended up in an MPV.
I learned not to be that bothered about the type of car through my father
Waiting in the school car park for parents to collect their boys and it was like watching a d/ck measuring contest of Mercs / Beamers, Volvo estates (mums cars) and Jags.. and in arrives my dad in his clapped out Ford Granada that he wasn't going to give up until it needed a funeral.
Completely indiferent these days. Its some old Mazda truck thing, scratched up but works. I'll drive it into the gtound and its unlikely to get nicked.
The only thing people might think about me from observing my car is, Snowy doesn't really care about cars or have anything to prove. Which would be accurate.
As a centrist dad I have a practical car for ferrying kids about to sports matches and birthday parties. It has a large boot which is full of sports equipment. I occasionally clean it, but it is typically pure filth inside and out because children get muddy playing sports and often these sports require parking in muddy fields. When the children are old enough to no longer require these services I will replace the car with something I like.
My dad transported 8 kids around in his various ford granadas and the car was always clean, he was an architect so he was on muddier building sites than any rugby ptich. The car was immaculate inside. There was zero chance of keeping any or our kit in the car either, that needed to be put away properly (after cleaning). My mother accidentally smoked a cigarette in the car once, she then went on a twenty minute drive at high speed with all the windows down to make sure it cleared out of the car.
Not entirely but I realised years ago I'd never be able to afford a car that really makes heads turn, so it's really just a fairly tasteful black/grey box and it doesn't matter that much if it costs £10k or £50k.
He had a Ford Console and a Ford Zephyr until the Ford Granada came out... The best of his Ford Granada;s was the 3 Litre which got nicked so he got another and that got nicked.. so he went for the 2 Litre to replace it. That Ford Granada wasn't stolen
Ford Granada...
"it will be filthy again in a months time"... yeah, I wonder why my flat gets dusty, like .. i cleaned it a month ago.
Eddie gets one for “My mother accidentally smoked a cigarette in the car once”. I have no idea how this lit cigarette got in my mouth! I must have slipped while getting in and auto-pursed while the bloke smoking walked past with the butt at mouth height.
RR on fire. Loving the dishwasher comment and megaheh for his 1424.
I sat in a helicopter as a small child once. Was even allowed to try the radio. Never been in the air in one sadly. I do love them though. One day maybe.
I accept they are probably not great for mass transportation. They make a hell of a racket for sure.
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Why would anyone have an opinion on my car?
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more or less
this reminds me, I have to take it in for a repair quote today
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I want them to know I really don't care.
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No, I am caught between wanting to have a car that represents my personality a bit and represents the sort of cars people I tend to like drive (i.e a slightly battered old car) and wanting to drive a nice car. My ideal would be to have a nice car disguised as an old cheap car.
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I keep the back of mine clean so people know what has just overtaken them.
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Couldn't give a flying fook.
It's held together by dirt, has 3 month old front end damage that I havent yet had repaired.
Mildly amusingly it has what would be considered to be a fairly flashy personalised numberplate which is actually just cherished and the plate my father received when he bought a car in the early 60s and has been retained ever since.
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however you try to present it, "personalised" plates are the sign of an absolute chopper. same with little finger rings. to explain away their embarrassment most people point to family history.
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All part of the complete indifference Ego.
It would be like throwing away family photos and archives. Only a complete chopper would not be able to relate to that.
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yes not using some tw4tty personalise plate wuold be like erasing all your family photos. completely agree. seems you have an indifference to reality rather than other people's views.
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"however you try to present it, "personalised" plates are the sign of an absolute chopper. same with little finger rings. to explain away their embarrassment most people point to family history."
Heh. I recall Sails claims similar?
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I really couldn't care less as long as it's nice to drive (I'm not allowed to drive anymore sadly).
My dads best friend had a chauffeur / bodyguard (IRA had a habit of kidnapping high profile businessmen in the early 80s) but travelled around in a clapped out Renault.
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Yup I'll be third generation of the family to have the plate I'm going to put on my car but it's not any kind of pun or the like and simply a standard 1960's registration with three letters and a single digit.
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didn't they used to keep the plates with "1" back for local dignitaries cars? I'm sure I'd read that somewhere (Like HRH 1)
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Love my 1litre Suzuki s cross. Can get 8 bales of straw and furniture in it. Roof rack is fabulous. Comfortable drive. I had a saab for 11 years which was mega comfy, but no room for transporting stuff in it.
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Love my 1litre Suzuki s cross. Can get 8 bales of straw and furniture in it. Roof rack is fabulous. Comfortable drive. I had a saab for 11 years which was mega comfy, but no room for transporting stuff in it.
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100% couldn't care less
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Not really. To move a cherished numberplate to a new car you need to fill in a form for the DVLA. Keeping photos just requires you not to actively throw them away.
As soon as you move the plates to a new motor they become vanity plates.
I still love you prodders.
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I never knew my dad's dad as he died before I was born so it's the one real link I have to him.
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The love is reciprocated RR, even though you're plainly wrong on this.
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I care that it is relatively clean and tidy and not likely to break down, but otherwise absolutely not.
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Yes quite RR - I'm yet to hear are more ludicrous argument for such silly plates.
Almost as ludicrous as a link to your grandad (who you refer to as Dad's dad?)
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I've always loved cars. Been obsessed with them from a very early age. Have always coveted nice, fast cars and have bought them as soon as I could afford them. As soon as I get one I'm on the hunt for the next one. I get nice cars because I like them, not because of what other people think of them. I'm also fastidious about keeping them clean, inside and out.
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I get nice cars because I like them, not because of what other people think of them
We don't believe you fella
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Yes Ego I had two grandfathers and occasionally distinguish between them although I didn't know either of them. I have my mum's dad's collection of medals and a few trophies he won as a regimental sprint champion.
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If you haven't been letting the DVLA know that you are screwing old vanity plates to a new car then you can expect some attention from Jim fairly soon.
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You have to keep the plates registered a car or after ten years the registration number will expire and you'd never be able to sell it on. I suppose you could keep it registered to a broken down Fiat Panda kept in the shed if vanity is a problem.
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Ego will no doubt be telling you to get the medals into a charity shop Summer, or scrap them for their silver content.
The only things I asked my parents to leave to me were the numberplate (which I acquired when he stopped driving) my dad's worthless medals and a cabinet that my grandfather made as his apprentice piece. Down to the council tip with I guess Ego?
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I admire people who genuinely don't gaf about their car. I'm not a petrol head (hence one EV) but I do like to have modern, comfortable and - above all - sturdy cars. Roads here are fookin lethal so need to know that the kids are safe(r) in the event of an accident
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I’m indifferent
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One of my brothers has been buying the same car since the early 80s, it's always a used Toyota Corolla or Carina and he'll drive it until it dies and replace it with another.. I asked him about this and he said he just likes their reliability..
Another brother has a collection including a Merc, 2 Lexus'sssss, a Ford Focus R something or other and a Nissan Almeira SXE BUT he only ever drives his 2002 Audi A4 estate which has a habit of catching fire, once at my dads funeral.. I think the Audi has done half a million miles
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if you're genuinely into cars, I go so far as to argue that you are very likely not to care about the outward perception - at least not in a bragging sense. When I've had interesting cars I've loved people coming up for a chat about them, but I've not wanted people to go oooh inwardly or outwardly about them if that's not their reaction to them. Far above all that though is how the car makes me feel. At least it was until I had so many kids and have ended up in an MPV.
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I learned not to be that bothered about the type of car through my father
Waiting in the school car park for parents to collect their boys and it was like watching a d/ck measuring contest of Mercs / Beamers, Volvo estates (mums cars) and Jags.. and in arrives my dad in his clapped out Ford Granada that he wasn't going to give up until it needed a funeral.
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Caring what people think of your car is very non-U.
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I only have another 2 years until my jalopy qualifies for historic registration (ie limited amount of use, but basically free).
Can't wait.
Suspect I'd be the only one among my very well paid colleagues driving something on historic reg.
Of course, I have my other car. An ancient Mini I've owned since I was 14, which is absolutely splendid. But that's never gonna be my regular wheels.
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Completely indiferent these days. Its some old Mazda truck thing, scratched up but works. I'll drive it into the gtound and its unlikely to get nicked.
I could buy a DB9 tomorrow, but what's the point.
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The only thing people might think about me from observing my car is, Snowy doesn't really care about cars or have anything to prove. Which would be accurate.
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our cars are old and shit
Im not sure they have even been cleaned in the last 5 years!
(one is 12 one is 11)
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As a centrist dad I have a practical car for ferrying kids about to sports matches and birthday parties. It has a large boot which is full of sports equipment. I occasionally clean it, but it is typically pure filth inside and out because children get muddy playing sports and often these sports require parking in muddy fields. When the children are old enough to no longer require these services I will replace the car with something I like.
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you wont though, because then they will nearly be driving so you get something sensible and safe
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clean the damn car!
My dad transported 8 kids around in his various ford granadas and the car was always clean, he was an architect so he was on muddier building sites than any rugby ptich. The car was immaculate inside. There was zero chance of keeping any or our kit in the car either, that needed to be put away properly (after cleaning). My mother accidentally smoked a cigarette in the car once, she then went on a twenty minute drive at high speed with all the windows down to make sure it cleared out of the car.
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Stop saying Ford Granada. I don't like it.
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It won't fit in the dishwasher
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Not entirely but I realised years ago I'd never be able to afford a car that really makes heads turn, so it's really just a fairly tasteful black/grey box and it doesn't matter that much if it costs £10k or £50k.
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And will just be filthy again in a month’s time anyway. So what on earth is the point.
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If you leave mud under the wheel arches it can lead to corrosion. It's like brushing your teeth.
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I just wipe my car on Mrs Laz's curtains from time to time.
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He had a Ford Console and a Ford Zephyr until the Ford Granada came out... The best of his Ford Granada;s was the 3 Litre which got nicked so he got another and that got nicked.. so he went for the 2 Litre to replace it. That Ford Granada wasn't stolen
Ford Granada...
"it will be filthy again in a months time"... yeah, I wonder why my flat gets dusty, like .. i cleaned it a month ago.
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Couldn't care less and my parents were the same - it is just how to get from A to B. (volvo estate diesel 2014 not ulez compliant)
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Eddie put your dusters down look up and behind you. I think the irony may have gone straight over your head.
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Few hehs needed here.
Sail’s overtaking boast got one.
Eddie gets one for “My mother accidentally smoked a cigarette in the car once”. I have no idea how this lit cigarette got in my mouth! I must have slipped while getting in and auto-pursed while the bloke smoking walked past with the butt at mouth height.
RR on fire. Loving the dishwasher comment and megaheh for his 1424.
Overall, great thread.
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Cars are shit. Beyond safety, reliability and comfort I really couldn’t care less. Helicopters or high-speed trains are where it’s at.
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I've never been in a rotary deathframe.
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I have flown a chopper, it is much harder than expected. Just making the thing stay in one place is harder than any aspect of driving a car.
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I sat in a helicopter as a small child once. Was even allowed to try the radio. Never been in the air in one sadly. I do love them though. One day maybe.
I accept they are probably not great for mass transportation. They make a hell of a racket for sure.
RR how did you swing that? Are you a pilot?
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Not a pilot, just fancied a go and took a lesson while on hols. The instructor was ex-military and an absolute lad.
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Guess I’m an absolute chopper hehe.
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Very nice. I would like to try that.
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I’m glad you explained RR.
Cynics on here may have thought you were reminiscing about your remote control Fisher Price Harold the Helicopter. Plainly I was not in that camp.
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