Post by: Ivophoto on October 20, 2018, 11:30:07 am
...
Here’s mine
Triumph Bonneville T120
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181020/eac7f3cdfac8b2e02fb62725f63b1ac9.jpg)
Post by: KLaban on October 20, 2018, 12:28:25 pm
Post by: Peter McLennan on October 20, 2018, 01:09:10 pm
Not my ride now, but when I had it, it was certainly my fave. Royal Enfield Bullet 350.
On the road in North India in the early 80s.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3384/3622880957_b4a521798b_o.jpg)
Also, this. BMW R90/6 Delightful. Unbreakable.
Except for that one time when the clutch grenaded, stranding me in Wyoming. :-X
Post by: Rob C on October 20, 2018, 01:17:31 pm
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/908/41270856705_4bf2ba3b6c_b.jpg)
Not my ride now, but when I had it, it was certainly my fave. Royal Enfield Bullet 350.
On the road in North India in the early 80s.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3384/3622880957_b4a521798b_o.jpg)
Also, this. BMW R90/6 Delightful. Unbreakable.
Except for that one time when the clutch grenaded, stranding me in Wyoming. :-X
The entire two-wheeled lunacy is forgiven on the strength of that beautiful b/w tonality; those rocks look magnificent!
Rob
Post by: Peter McLennan on October 20, 2018, 01:23:11 pm
Post by: Ivophoto on October 20, 2018, 01:24:39 pm
Thanks, Rob. 6X7 Pentax, FP4.
Ha, the Hernia. That’s me second favorite ride.
Post by: Telecaster on October 20, 2018, 04:43:37 pm
-Dave-
Post by: Rand47 on October 20, 2018, 06:20:55 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/R1150RT-photos/i-f4QPmWV/1/72295dd0/O/road%20to%20nowhere.jpg)
Route 1, South of Carmel, CA
My knee replacement surgeon said I could still ride, but that I couldn't crash and bend my metal knees. Discretion and all that . . .
Rand
Post by: Ivophoto on October 21, 2018, 01:43:09 am
Here's mine. :D It may look pedestrian but it's a stealth hot rod. Turbo diesel engine, recently modified by Volkswagen to properly conform to US emissions standards. The modified engine not only gets the same fuel mileage as before, it does this with even better performance! (What a fiasco: VW has ended up killing its diesel auto business for the sake of…nothing. Stoopidity at its worst.) It's 8 years old, and I intend to keep it for as long as I can.
-Dave-
Did you get refund? (In Europe we got null nothing zero)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 21, 2018, 01:45:54 am
My last ride before I packed it in on sport touring:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/R1150RT-photos/i-f4QPmWV/1/72295dd0/O/road%20to%20nowhere.jpg)
Route 1, South of Carmel, CA
My knee replacement surgeon said I could still ride, but that I couldn't crash and bend my metal knees. Discretion and all that . . .
Rand
Nice bike. Is it a BMW?
Post by: Bob_T on October 21, 2018, 07:06:18 am
My old '83 Suzuki is one of my favorites. She's a little rough around the edges, but solid. A couple photos from this summer.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/pDv0tT.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnpDv0tTj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/t8fhld.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmt8fhldj)
Also this '01 TT600
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/f0mRoZ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmf0mRoZj)
And this '99 Trophy
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/921/Szftj1.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/plSzftj1j)
And finally, "the project." A '67 Honda Cub
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/921/jzHL8d.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pljzHL8dj)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 21, 2018, 07:45:17 am
Post by: petermfiore on October 21, 2018, 08:36:49 am
Peter
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 21, 2018, 10:23:17 am
When I'm in NYC...the only way to go. A GMC behemoth.;D
Peter
Post by: Two23 on October 21, 2018, 11:24:03 am
Kent in SD
Post by: Rand47 on October 21, 2018, 03:53:53 pm
Nice bike. Is it a BMW?
Yup... an ‘04 BMW R1150RT. I put just shy of 40K miles on this beautiful machine, in just over 2 years, touring all over the western US.
Rand
Post by: Rand47 on October 21, 2018, 03:58:26 pm
I love the Triumph Trophy! One of the first sport touring machines I rode. The Hinkley Triumphs are very nice indeed. I rode a 900 Thunderbird for a while.
Rand
Post by: Telecaster on October 21, 2018, 04:21:34 pm
Did you get refund? (In Europe we got null nothing zero)
Yup! A bit over US$6K. Folks in the US (maybe Canada too) with more recent turbo diesel versions—mine is a v1 in WV nomenclature—got more, up to ~$10K.
My guess is the entire scheme was concocted by a small group of execs for their own short-term benefit, with little or no concern for longer-term consequences. Once they'd initially gotten away with it, they likely let it continue due to the usual toxic brew of hubris and ignorance.
-Dave-
Post by: Bob_T on October 21, 2018, 08:52:26 pm
Bob,
I love the Triumph Trophy! One of the first sport touring machines I rode. The Hinkley Triumphs are very nice indeed. I rode a 900 Thunderbird for a while.
Rand
Thanks! She's a good bike, but I am probably going to sell her in the spring.
My wife doesn't ride with me anymore, (she quit a year or so after we had a bad crash, back in '15), so I don't really need two up room.
Think I am going to go dual sport next.
Bob
Post by: Peter McLennan on October 21, 2018, 09:27:16 pm
The REAL "Loneliest Road in America" UT 140, NE of Winnemucca.
Once a Beemer owner, always a Beemer owner.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8587/16665994661_17f907b805_h.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2770/4384111528_4d66610881_o.jpg)
Post by: Schewe on October 22, 2018, 01:30:21 am
What’s your favorite ride?
The prettiest bike I've owned is this one...
(http://schewephoto.com/misc/THE-RIDE.jpg)
A 1997 Harley FLSTS Heritage Springer
Loved the look, HATED the ride...I rode it from Chicago to Santa Fe and back and decided to sell it!
But this was the bike I put 96,000 miles on in 10 years...
(http://schewephoto.com/misc/R1100GS.jpg)
1996 BMW R1100GS
I traded it in on an R1200 Adventure that I ended up hating and selling before putting 2K miles on it.
Haven't had a bike since.
But this is what I now enjoy driving out West...
(http://schewephoto.com/misc/The-Car.jpg)
2014 Audi Q5
Post by: Schewe on October 22, 2018, 01:43:05 am
(http://schewephoto.com/misc/GS-Salt-Flats.jpg)
Rode out on the salt flats near Bonneville (almost ran out of gas that trip!)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 22, 2018, 01:55:00 am
Well, if I can double dip if the shot is a landscape...
(http://schewephoto.com/misc/GS-Salt-Flats.jpg)
Rode out on the salt flats near Bonneville (almost ran out of gas that trip!)
Beautiful picture !
Post by: Rand47 on October 22, 2018, 12:08:29 pm
The oil head GS was one of BMW’s best. Nice photos!!
Have you ever caught the “Long Way Around” documentary with Ewan McGregor?
Fun stuff...
Rand
Post by: Schewe on October 22, 2018, 12:26:58 pm
Have you ever caught the “Long Way Around” documentary with Ewan McGregor?
Fun stuff...
Yep...I particularlylike the fact the cameraman hadto wait till he passed his MC license test :-)
I do think the KTM would have b enan easier bike to cross Asia...the R1100GS is a big heavy bike!
Post by: Rand47 on October 22, 2018, 04:31:04 pm
Yep...I particularlylike the fact the cameraman hadto wait till he passed his MC license test :-)
I do think the KTM would have b enan easier bike to cross Asia...the R1100GS is a big heavy bike!
Jeff,
You got that right! But one advantage of BMW GS (at the time at least) is that it is much like the older Land Rovers where parts are pretty much available all over the world. The KTM Adventure bikes are way cool, though, and would be "up there" for my pick for a trip like that.
Rand
Post by: Peter McLennan on October 22, 2018, 08:10:54 pm
These two guys did it on two KTMs and both had problems. Mainly fuel-related.
An hour long, but well shot and fun to watch. "Continental Drift" Two Aussies, London to Sydney. They did cheat a bit and flew the bikes across some of the wet bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLsIDFYv8M
Post by: James Clark on October 22, 2018, 09:14:37 pm
This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)
Post by: MattBurt on October 23, 2018, 05:53:32 pm
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4716/39427415434_19da179bda_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2354NYJ)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/10651820226_fd15b74bda_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hegn3S)
It's got black tires and a new seat since that photo. And those cheap red rims have faded to an anemic pink. This being my town bike that I like to be able to leave around unlocked, the uglier the better. Still rides great and the fixed gear is good theft deterrent (or retribution) for the casual thief.
Post by: Bob_T on October 24, 2018, 09:12:07 am
We all seem to like very elemental cars. And bikes. But you bike people are loco. I mean, I understand the appeal, but still. 4 wheels for me please.
This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)
I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).
I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/924/DOLkuI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poDOLkuIj)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 24, 2018, 10:03:31 am
I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).
I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/924/DOLkuI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poDOLkuIj)
MX5?
Post by: Bob_T on October 24, 2018, 10:09:23 am
MX5?
Correct 1994 Mazda MX5 Miata - Bought it 13 years ago - Keeps getting better every year, mechanically solid, but she needs a little body and paint love soon.
(I think about selling it every year, maybe getting a new one. But then I take it out for drive, and no, not for sale)
Post by: Rob C on October 24, 2018, 11:35:56 am
Correct 1994 Mazda MX5 Miata - Bought it 13 years ago - Keeps getting better every year, mechanically solid, but she needs a little body and paint love soon.
(I think about selling it every year, maybe getting a new one. But then I take it out for drive, and no, not for sale)
My son had an MX5 for years, then sold it and bought a hot Focus which was soon sold - and another MX5 came home with him. I very much fancy the new MX5 thingy with the hard top that folds down. Far too expensive for a pensioner like moi, but pretty as hell when you see it in a lovely, metallic red! It could easily replace the little Mercedes SLK when the lottery comes up. Not that I have the Merc, but it has been on the "when the lottery" list for quite a long while. I do not covet large cars at all, despìte my photo-fetish for the '59 Coupe de Ville. I would never have one of those top-heavy SUV things. Probably the ugliest example of those that I've actually seen is the Porsche version. Yuk! Well, maybe the BMW ones run a close second to it.
Basically, available funding aside, I don't really think it's worth spending big money on cars; perhaps during the mid part of a business career, but once folks know about you, you no longer need to keep on proving your position quite so desperately.
If those numbers do come up, then I reserve the right to have a rethink!
;-)
P.S.
'59 was a very good year. Not only for the Caddy, but also the Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, with those amazing eyebrows at the rear.
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 24, 2018, 11:54:42 am
I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).That Algers Winslow and Western looks like a solid ride. Too bad about the car in the foreground blocking part of the view. 8)
I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/924/DOLkuI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poDOLkuIj)
Post by: 32BT on October 24, 2018, 12:36:34 pm
Probably the ugliest example of those that I've actually seen is the Porsche version. Yuk! Well, maybe the BMW ones run a close second to it.
Clearly, and fortunately, i might add, you haven't yet run into the Mercedes metoo version...
Post by: 32BT on October 24, 2018, 12:37:03 pm
That Algers Winslow and Western looks like a solid ride. Too bad about the car in the foreground blocking part of the view. 8)
+1
Post by: Rand47 on October 24, 2018, 12:44:50 pm
We all seem to like very elemental cars. And bikes. But you bike people are loco. I mean, I understand the appeal, but still. 4 wheels for me please.
This was my compromise for quite awhile - Caterham Super 7 R400 :)
Ah, what an excellent machine. When I was a high school kid, a good friend was connected with Bob Chalman and we had access to a British racing green 7. We used to drive it to the A&W Rootbeer stand (a kids car hangout place in the 60’s) and have the car hop put our tray of food on the ground! Fun, silly, stuff.
Rand
Post by: petermfiore on October 24, 2018, 02:29:18 pm
I worked at a Lotus dealer in the late '70s, and saw a few original Sevens, along with wrenching on, and driving, Elans, Europas, and Elites. Even owned a Europa for a while, (till it caught fire).
I love my motorcycles, but when I stop riding someday, I'll still have this:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/924/DOLkuI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poDOLkuIj)
Mine is Black...
Peter
Post by: Rob C on October 24, 2018, 02:47:09 pm
Mine is Black...
Peter
Well, my Fiesta is black too...
One day, perhaps if I wash it again, I'll take it down to the beach and make a snap. Banned from using my USA plate, I've almost totally lost interest. Eight years since I bought it, and still less than 30,000 klicks on it. I walk a lot more these days...
Rob
Post by: HSakols on October 24, 2018, 03:11:35 pm
Post by: MattBurt on October 24, 2018, 04:00:40 pm
When the snow comes these are my rides.
Nice, I used to be a pin head but a chronic foot issue has limited that somewhat. I can still tele on soft boots so I have a S-Bound/Switchback rig with some Fisher leather boots that work well in decent snow when it's not too steep. Otherwise I've gone to AT gear for more ambitious tours and ski area riding. I tried a new NTN setup last year hoping it might work with my foot better but it didn't (need some NTN gear? :D).
Post by: Telecaster on October 24, 2018, 05:02:38 pm
-Dave-
Post by: Riverman on October 24, 2018, 06:13:58 pm
I'd love to have an AT setup, but I still use a cable binding and plastic boots. I particularly like my S Bounds for touring around in the back-country. I've made some wonderful turns with that setup! I'll just be happy this year to get any snow. Other than my mountain bike, my skis are my favorite ride.
Post by: MattBurt on October 24, 2018, 06:22:46 pm
Forgot I had the attached pic on my iPad. It features both my last bike (to date) and my first car. The bike was a 3-speed Schwinn while the car (a 1971 Plymouth Satellite) was an eventual hand-me-down from my dad. No idea why I'm dressed up. Circa summer 1972.
-Dave-
Well hopefully you have kept up on your bike maintenance! My '71 Peugeot needs a little TLC every now and then. ;)
Post by: MattBurt on October 24, 2018, 06:38:28 pm
Matt,
I'd love to have an AT setup, but I still use a cable binding and plastic boots. I particularly like my S Bounds for touring around in the back-country. I've made some wonderful turns with that setup! I'll just be happy this year to get any snow. Other than my mountain bike, my skis are my favorite ride.
I feel the same way. I have a couple of cars too (A Forester and a Tacoma) but they are mostly a means for getting to do the kind of riding I really enjoy. Fortunately for me I can do a lot of cycling from the house but skiing usually involves some driving unless I'm just cruising the neighborhood.
Post by: James Clark on October 24, 2018, 07:23:15 pm
My son had an MX5 for years, then sold it and bought a hot Focus which was soon sold - and another MX5 came home with him. I very much fancy the new MX5 thingy with the hard top that folds down. Far too expensive for a pensioner like moi, but pretty as hell when you see it in a lovely, metallic red! It could easily replace the little Mercedes SLK when the lottery comes up. Not that I have the Merc, but it has been on the "when the lottery" list for quite a long while. I do not covet large cars at all, despìte my photo-fetish for the '59 Coupe de Ville. I would never have one of those top-heavy SUV things. Probably the ugliest example of those that I've actually seen is the Porsche version. Yuk! Well, maybe the BMW ones run a close second to it.
Basically, available funding aside, I don't really think it's worth spending big money on cars; perhaps during the mid part of a business career, but once folks know about you, you no longer need to keep on proving your position quite so desperately.
If those numbers do come up, then I reserve the right to have a rethink!
;-)
P.S.
'59 was a very good year. Not only for the Caddy, but also the Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, with those amazing eyebrows at the rear.
MX5s / Miatas - I love em! The first car I bought myself was a beautiful blue (almost purple) metallic over tan (https://www.miata.net/faq/mfield.html), and I've had a succession of them since. I'm currently Miataless, but one of the new ones is calling.
They're just amazing cars, and even though I've been fortunate to own a variety of other high-end machines, the Miata remains one of my favorites.
Here's my last one - a 2012 I built up for the race track.
Post by: HSakols on October 24, 2018, 07:48:12 pm
Post by: HSakols on October 24, 2018, 08:02:17 pm
Post by: Ivophoto on October 25, 2018, 02:36:36 pm
Forgot I had the attached pic on my iPad. It features both my last bike (to date) and my first car. The bike was a 3-speed Schwinn while the car (a 1971 Plymouth Satellite) was an eventual hand-me-down from my dad. No idea why I'm dressed up. Circa summer 1972.
-Dave-
Now that is what I call a car!
Post by: Rob C on October 25, 2018, 04:06:32 pm
Now that is what I call a car!
I think the pecking order ran: Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto, Chrysler? To what extent they were nothing but badge engineering with bits of added chrome, engine options, I don't know. (But then there's one helluva lot I don't know, and that list gets longer every five minutes - and I'm not including digital things here, which I ignore, because they would increase the shame factor no end.) Either way, they made most of our European saloons look a bit miserable in comparison.
There really was a time of the American Dream, and it existed for a good few decades. The UK seems to have had the 60s and 70s. I put my faith in American Graffiti. A copy should have gone up in the rocket with that Chuck Berry number. Of course, that's another thing I realise I don't know: which came first - the capsule or the movie?
Oh well, just time for another episode of House before I hit the sack. I'm staring to think the iPad is more rewarding today than the camera.
Rob
Post by: Telecaster on October 25, 2018, 04:59:18 pm
-Dave-
*After the company started throwing money at him to not retire, Dad started leasing cars. With Anna gone and me out west & then in the Middle East, he made some strange choices…seemingly at whim.
Post by: LesPalenik on October 25, 2018, 07:21:15 pm
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2018, 07:25:31 pm
Parked for the nightThat beats all the others so far, Les!
Post by: LesPalenik on October 25, 2018, 08:39:22 pm
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 26, 2018, 12:12:25 am
Thank you, Eric! My other airplane is parked behind the house.That must be the 747 that wouldn't fit in the garage. :D
Post by: LesPalenik on October 26, 2018, 05:47:53 am
Post by: Ivophoto on October 26, 2018, 07:07:55 am
Two mean cars. Hard to decide between them.
The right one is a Rover?
Post by: LesPalenik on October 26, 2018, 08:34:56 am
Post by: Rob C on October 26, 2018, 10:04:05 am
I think, it's a Jaguar XK from 1950's or 1960's
As far as I recall, they (Jags) came with choice of either 2.4, 2.8 or 3.4 litre engines.
The most ugly one, like two cigars in bondage together, was the Mk 10.
Sins from the bins.
Post by: KLaban on October 26, 2018, 12:51:05 pm
Funny that.
Post by: Ivophoto on October 26, 2018, 01:43:01 pm
Our beloved Mini Cooper is getting long in the tooth, 11 years old and counting. Try as I might I can't seem to convince my darling, beautiful and talented wife - you get the picture - that a sensible replacement would be an 8 to ten year old Porsche Cayman.
Funny that.
You have to make the Porsche the less embarrassing choice. .
Start with a screen saver of a Opel Manta with surfboard style spoiler and collect pictures of the Opel on a Pinterest board : I Want. And share with your beloved.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181026/814446cd6ef3e9b88b6cf85b8c3110a2.jpg)
Pretty sure she will soon support the Porsche.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181026/9a5eae78ff0d2ac650d5d84430802921.jpg)
Post by: Rob C on October 26, 2018, 02:20:28 pm
He might end up replacing that Cayman with a basic Mini instead! You see the possible problems your advice could engender? Full circle on a downward cycle. Of course, she may like the Cayman so much she decides to go for a 911. Then things will get seriously stressed.
Better to lend a sympathetic ear but not present a marketing plan! But I know your heart's in the right place, Ivo.
:-)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 26, 2018, 04:09:04 pm
I'm not so sure that strategy will work: at best, the maths show Keith's choice will only bring a three-year advantage and women, more accustomed to thinking about the long-term effects of quick deals, will think this is not good news: in three years this will all start again after even more expensive maintenance costs.
He might end up replacing that Cayman with a basic Mini instead! You see the possible problems your advice could engender? Full circle on a downward cycle. Of course, she may like the Cayman so much she decides to go for a 911. Then things will get seriously stressed.
Better to lend a sympathetic ear but not present a marketing plan! But I know your heart's in the right place, Ivo.
:-)
Well, it did work with my Bonneville. It started with a Vespa.
Post by: Rob C on October 26, 2018, 04:21:53 pm
Well, it did work with my Bonneville. It started with a Vespa.
Had you but started with a Lambretta, history might have been rewritten.
Post by: KLaban on October 26, 2018, 05:26:13 pm
::)
Post by: James Clark on October 26, 2018, 08:27:13 pm
I'm not so sure that strategy will work: at best, the maths show Keith's choice will only bring a three-year advantage and women, more accustomed to thinking about the long-term effects of quick deals, will think this is not good news: in three years this will all start again after even more expensive maintenance costs.
He might end up replacing that Cayman with a basic Mini instead! You see the possible problems your advice could engender? Full circle on a downward cycle. Of course, she may like the Cayman so much she decides to go for a 911. Then things will get seriously stressed.
Better to lend a sympathetic ear but not present a marketing plan! But I know your heart's in the right place, Ivo.
:-)
My Porsches never gained me any favor with the ladies, but other guys and kids sure thought some of them were cool, except when I got the odd middle finger or random verbal assault for no apparent reason. That said, I've always found the Cayman to be a better drive than the 911, so at least Keith's heart (and head) is in the right place.
Post by: Ivophoto on October 27, 2018, 12:10:49 am
My Porsches never gained me any favor with the ladies, but other guys and kids sure thought some of them were cool, except when I got the odd middle finger or random verbal assault for no apparent reason. That said, I've always found the Cayman to be a better drive than the 911, so at least Keith's heart (and head) is in the right place.
Only his ass is not yet in the right place. (Cockpitseat of the Cayman)
Post by: Ivophoto on October 27, 2018, 12:17:42 am
Had you but started with a Lambretta, history might have been rewritten.
The only place I have a chance to find a Lambretta (as a decoration piece)is in that hipster vintage interior shop at the price of a Porsche.
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2018, 04:11:36 am
The only place I have a chance to find a Lambretta (as a decoration piece)is in that hipster vintage interior shop at the price of a Porsche.
So, which you gonna buy?
;-)
Post by: KLaban on October 27, 2018, 05:05:57 am
I'm not so sure that strategy will work: at best, the maths show Keith's choice will only bring a three-year advantage and women, more accustomed to thinking about the long-term effects of quick deals, will think this is not good news: in three years this will all start again after even more expensive maintenance costs.
He might end up replacing that Cayman with a basic Mini instead! You see the possible problems your advice could engender? Full circle on a downward cycle. Of course, she may like the Cayman so much she decides to go for a 911. Then things will get seriously stressed.
Better to lend a sympathetic ear but not present a marketing plan! But I know your heart's in the right place, Ivo.
:-)
If truth be told I kinda dread my wife's approval concerning the Cayman and do wonder if I could actually go ahead with the deal. As for V, well she wants a John Cooper Works Mini which I have to admit as an only car is the far more practical choice.
Why are women so sensible?
Post by: KLaban on October 27, 2018, 05:20:54 am
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2018, 09:29:50 am
If truth be told I kinda dread my wife's approval concerning the Cayman and do wonder if I could actually go ahead with the deal. As for V, well she wants a John Cooper Works Mini which I have to admit as an only car is the far more practical choice.
Why are women so sensible?
They are sensible in order to compensate for us.
But for Ann we would have sold the house and bought a boat. The year after that, I'd have discovered the truth about boats and ownership and been broke. In my innocence, I figured that if you could buy one, then it would just be a matter of buying fuel like for a big car... I had heard of osmosis, but like heart attacks, it wasn't gonna happen to me, so the thing would last for ever, right? Truth be told, the moorings costs in '81, for a nice boat, were below what the town hall was charging me for the pleasure of owning my own house. Okay, they did remove the garbage a couple of times every week (good olde days).
The same problems you face with a Cayman also confront me with my dream of an MX5. No friggin' space. When I bought this Fiesta, I'd given the Escort to the garage to sell for me - it was too old for part-exchange. Within a couple of weeks I was back at the dealer retrieving the Escort simply because the boot of the new car was so tiny that I could no longer do the sort of bulk shopping we used to do for everything except food. That meant I was running and insuring two cars for one bloke. In the end, the cost of repairing the bodywork on old Rusty became silly, so I managed to sell it privately for a reasonable sum, better than the dealer had suggested I try.
Ann's brother has a Merc S Brabus, and his wife had the small SLK; eventually, she exchanged it for a B (I think), because the boot of her car was hopeless, and both cars were almost undriveable in snow and ice. Apparently, the B is the only Merc with fwd. One of their friends, a lawyer, had a 911 and had to leave it in the garage every time it rained. I guess the moral is be careful what you wish.
Nice wheels seem always to require a "sensible" second. Just like shoes.
Rob
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 27, 2018, 12:01:11 pm
"A hole in the water into which you pour money."
Post by: Dave Rosser on October 27, 2018, 12:14:11 pm
I think, it's a Jaguar XK from 1950's or 1960'sIt's a Mk2 Jaguar in production from 59 to 67. Had a good racing pedigree, see for instance This advert for one for sale. (http://www.taylorandcrawley.com/downloads/car_56.pdf)
Post by: Dave Rosser on October 27, 2018, 12:25:09 pm
Before considering a boat, Rob, you should have looked up the definition:Or Ted Heath's description "like standing under a cold shower tearing up five-pound notes"
"A hole in the water into which you pour money."
Dave
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2018, 12:34:43 pm
Before considering a boat, Rob, you should have looked up the definition:
"A hole in the water into which you pour money."
The alternative, "standing in a shower tearing up ten-pound notes", was also not bandied about in the yachting magazines that I bought after discovering the low price of moorings (then!) out here in the Baleares. When the present marina was being built, the Commodore of the old version offered us club membership for £ 360. Today, never mind the waiting list, they look for about £ 23,000 for the same favour. Realising we'd never buy that boat, we turned it down. Could probabably have afforded to buy a mooring, which we could then have let, a far better pension plan than photographic stock! Who knew?
Reminds me of the Lamborghini I once overtook: a tractor. A bit convoluted, I accept, but Oscar will certainly figure it out correctly.
;-(
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2018, 12:36:31 pm
Or Ted Heath's description "like standing under a cold shower tearing up five-pound notes"
Dave
Beat me by one second, but I beat Heath by five quid! I think he ripped that one off.
;-)
Post by: James Clark on October 28, 2018, 08:55:25 pm
Post by: D Fuller on October 28, 2018, 11:27:04 pm
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1959/43785048120_3948ef9ecc_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29H8PmL)
Nice day for a drive (https://flic.kr/p/29H8PmL) by David Fuller (https://www.flickr.com/photos/59124344@N00/), on Flickr
Post by: Rob C on October 29, 2018, 04:45:39 am
"Well, I was raised in a sophisticated kind of style.
Yeah, my taste in music and women drove my folks half wild.
Mom and Dad had a plan for me,
It was debutantes and celebraties,
But I like my music hot and like my women wild.
Yeah, an' I like my women just a little on the trashy side,
When they wear their clothes too tight and their hair is dyed.
Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.
You should've seen the looks on the faces of my Dad and Mom,
When I showed up at the door with a date for the senior prom.
They said: "Well, pardon us, son, she ain't no kid.
That's a cocktail waitress in a Dolly Parton wig."
I said: "I know it, dad. Ain't she cool, That's the kind I dig."
Yeah, an' I like my women just a little on the trashy side,
When they wear their clothes too tight and their hair is dyed.
Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.
Instrumental break.
I like 'em sweet, I like 'em with a heart of gold.
Yeah an' I like 'em brassy, I like 'em brazen and bold.
Well, they say that opposites attract, well, I don't agree
I want a woman just as tacky as me.
Yeah, I like my women just a little on the trashy side.
Yeah, an' I like my women just a little on the trashy side,
When they wear their clothes too tight and their hair is dyed.
Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.
Yeah, I like my women an' I like 'em on the trashy side."
Credit and copyright: whoever wrote the song.
When my wife was eight months with our first child, we went up north to Perthshire (Scotland) to ski - well, she wasn't going to, and I was never much good. North of Perth, I had to negotiate a curve in the snow and ice, and lost traction in the middle. We were going slowly, but as the side of the wheels hit the hard, packed stuff, it flipped onto its side. Some guys in a truck parked nearby came over and lifted her out. I had to clamber out unaided. Sexism, no doubt... Anyway, she was okay as was the baby, and the car, my pride, a '59 Ford Popular - the model that looked like a mini-Consul - was almost perfectly okay too, except for a popped side window and a bent-double Motorola aerial - a tall, three-section one I could never replace; after that one I could only find lousy ones with umpteen short bits.
Cars were made of steel, not paper, back then.
I don't believe that a ragtop would have had us emerge in such good condition, especially as nobody seemed to have seat belts in those days... Roll-over bars: do you really stay aligned with them in crisis? What about uneven lumps on the surface of where you're sliding upside down after you ran out of talent?
Get a lid!
Rob
Post by: athegn on October 29, 2018, 09:49:57 am
Post by: Rob C on October 29, 2018, 12:42:06 pm
Mine was either the same as yours or white - no colour snaps exist - but it was the 1172cc side-valve engine.
This is my current ride today, in black, in my favourite weather; she's about eight years old but has less than 30,O000 klicks on the clock!
My two favourites? Humber Sceptre of 1974 with the black vinyl top, turquoise kinda colour; Fiat X1/9 from '79 in red, just before they introduced the Lido version.
The Humber was kinda suave, and the Fiat a poor man's Ferrari, which said it all.
:-(
Post by: athegn on October 29, 2018, 06:04:10 pm
Post by: Rob C on October 29, 2018, 06:53:15 pm
I got to know that 1172cc engine rather well. Being a teenager and mostly broke I had to do all my own repairs, including removing the engine, without a hoist (was that lump of metal heavy) to have the big ends remetalled, no shells on that engine, and the crankshaft reground.
I was an engineering apprentice at the time, but all I ever did was clean the carb now and again. I remember the car didn't have synchromesh between 1st and 2nd gear, which though it wasn't really necessary, got me into learning how to double declutch.
The things we do when young. A friend had a Triumph Herald, and I was quite envious... today, it strikes me as being ungrateful in the extreme.
:-)
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2018, 10:25:06 am
Not long ago I suggested that it, the replacement - Coupe - would turn out to be a revolutionary model with electrical power: I think so ever more.
Anyway, some good Peter Lindbergh shots... he must have seen my Fiesta oeuvre of yesterday. ;-)
http://www.shotconnect.com/photographers/502-peter-lindbergh-photographs-porsche-models
"Luckily we had bad weather. The images would never have had this striking effect under a blue sky."
He's been listening, too!
;-)
Rob
Post by: KLaban on October 30, 2018, 11:46:36 am
Or on the other hand could it be that Saga Norén has ignited a fire within me?
Post by: 32BT on October 30, 2018, 11:54:14 am
I think this new Posche electric car is the reason there's no new BMW 3 Series Coupe at the moment (AFAIK!).Wow, godawfully ugly, the pictures. Befitting of the new car. I can not fathom anyone in his or her right mind yearning for that car. Not now, but certainly not another 70 years from now. How different for that little jewel from times past which will withstand another couple of decades with ease. Nay, it will just get better...
Not long ago I suggested that it, the replacement - Coupe - would turn out to be a revolutionary model with electrical power: I think so ever more.
Anyway, some good Peter Lindbergh shots... he must have seen my Fiesta oeuvre of yesterday. ;-)
http://www.shotconnect.com/photographers/502-peter-lindbergh-photographs-porsche-models
"Luckily we had bad weather. The images would never have had this striking effect under a blue sky."
He's been listening, too!
;-)
Rob
Where are the crazy Italians when you need them?
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2018, 12:30:07 pm
Wow, godawfully ugly, the pictures. Befitting of the new car. I can not fathom anyone in his or her right mind yearning for that car. Not now, but certainly not another 70 years from now. How different for that little jewel from times past which will withstand another couple of decades with ease. Nay, it will just get better...
Where are the crazy Italians when you need them?
Painting in the woods and/or sitting looking at the computer in Mallorca. What did you expect?
I thought the front looked really cool: those deep, front inlets will collect a lot of rubbish off the road and help keep the environment clean; what wasn't there to love? And even another attempt at four-wheel steering; a gentleman's carriage, then! A couple of AA batteries in a jacket (tailored) pocket and you're good for another five hunded miles!
But wait for the Beemer one: it'll have four seats.
Rob
Post by: 32BT on October 30, 2018, 01:01:27 pm
Painting in the woods and/or sitting looking at the computer in Mallorca. What did you expect?
I thought the front looked really cool: those deep, front inlets will collect a lot of rubbish off the road and help keep the environment clean; what wasn't there to love? And even another attempt at four-wheel steering; a gentleman's carriage, then! A couple of AA batteries in a jacket (tailored) pocket and you're good for another five hunded miles!
But wait for the Beemer one: it'll have four seats.
Rob
Ah, of course, now that you mention it. It is indeed a very beautiful design for a vacuum cleaner...
Post by: LesPalenik on November 01, 2018, 05:25:26 pm
https://www.leftlanenews.com/austria-raises-speed-limits-for-electric-cars.html
Post by: Ray on November 01, 2018, 07:38:45 pm
Anyone else feel like this? ;)
Post by: LesPalenik on November 01, 2018, 08:09:39 pm
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 01, 2018, 09:11:23 pm
It was a landscape all by itself.
My brother and I bought it together when it had had 10,000 racing miles on it. The original engine had then been replaced by a Super engine (the year with roller bearings instead of plain bearings.) When the Super engine needed rebuilding, it was temporarily replaced by a VW Beatle engine for a couple of months. :)
Post by: Rob C on November 02, 2018, 01:16:36 pm
I wish I had a good photo of my old 1955 Porsche Carrera speedster (my first four-wheel motor vehicle).
It was a landscape all by itself.
My brother and I bought it together when it had had 10,000 racing miles on it. The original engine had then been replaced by a Super engine (the year with roller bearings instead of plain bearings.) When the Super engine needed rebuilding, it was temporarily replaced by a VW Beatle engine for a couple of months. :)
Well, you fared better than James Dean.
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 02, 2018, 02:15:37 pm
;D
Well, you fared better than James Dean.
Post by: Ray on November 02, 2018, 11:47:14 pm
Depends on the car and the scenery. Both, red Citroen 2CV and orange Porsche Carrera may add to an quaint French countryside image. Or an old pickup truck beside a covered bridge.
Here's an old car I came across recently during a late afternoon stroll. What a mess! However, I like the way mother nature eventually triumphs. ;)
Post by: MattBurt on November 03, 2018, 12:48:59 am
I like that I just fit (diagonally) with the seats down. Very convenient sometimes.
The 2.5l turbo engine is fun too.
Post by: Rob C on November 03, 2018, 08:22:07 am
Here's my Forester and my shelter for the night this past summer on the hunt for meteors.
I like that I just fit (diagonally) with the seats down. Very convenient sometimes.
The 2.5l turbo engine is fun too.
You romantic old thing:
"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket..."
;-)
Post by: Ivo_B on November 04, 2018, 12:06:21 pm
Post by: Martin Kristiansen on November 05, 2018, 09:54:11 am
Post by: MattBurt on November 05, 2018, 11:37:35 am
You romantic old thing:
"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket..."
;-)
;D
Post by: Rob C on November 14, 2018, 10:46:53 am
The new one looks pretty big! Unlike the original styles, it's very much "thicker" looking with a pretty hefty front aspect. Strikes me that it would take me all day to wash and chamois it dry... Unfortunately, I had no camera and had forgotten completely about the cellphone in my jacket, which is a comment on both how seldom I think of it and how removed it is in my mind from photography.
:-)
Post by: langier on November 14, 2018, 11:44:23 am
The best thing is that I can take it nearly everywhere I can drive and awaken for the sunrise instead of the drudgery of having to travel many dark and lonely miles and wear myself out.
Post by: Rob C on November 15, 2018, 07:50:10 am
Post by: James Clark on November 15, 2018, 10:41:46 am
Not mine, worse luck, but as this is probably as much about cars as ownership, here's one that got away, as they say. Found it after lunch some years ago; as you can tell, it slips easily into that dream state without a second thought:
Ooooh.. One of my all-time favorites! Here's a great recap on this machine and it's legacy.
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/classic/50-years-of-the-pagoda/
Post by: Rob C on November 15, 2018, 03:03:37 pm
Ooooh.. One of my all-time favorites! Here's a great recap on this machine and it's legacy.
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/classic/50-years-of-the-pagoda/
Car photography could have been a beautiful alternative for me: different models, but still lots of glam and curves!
That said, I instantly think about having to photograph the average family saloon and that idea vanishes whence it came.
Post by: James Clark on November 15, 2018, 06:35:50 pm
Car photography could have been a beautiful alternative for me: different models, but still lots of glam and curves!
That said, I instantly think about having to photograph the average family saloon and that idea vanishes whence it came.
I love shooting cars. I hate lighting cars. Those curves of which you speak so fondly are significantly less fun when they're mirrors :D
Post by: Rob C on November 16, 2018, 04:32:51 am
I love shooting cars. I hate lighting cars. Those curves of which you speak so fondly are significantly less fun when they're mirrors :D
Aha! Does that, then, account for the horrid, matt black paint some have adopted?
;-)
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on November 17, 2018, 12:24:32 am
The L200 Triton is my daily drive and my means of getting to places to photograph.
Post by: Ivo_B on November 17, 2018, 04:01:25 am
Post by: Rob C on November 18, 2018, 09:10:43 am
Love the L200 (Mitsubishi in this part of the world) I had a 1999 version for 11 years and almost 400.000km, not one single issue apart from the normal issues at this milage (pressure on the rusty radiator due to loss of pressure in the block (typical L200 thing) and broken radiator, luckily at arrival on my driveway. Sold it for 4000€! and I didn't understand who was paying that money for such an old car. Few weeks later a reportage on the new about IS being very interested in Pick Ups and the story of a Belgian guy, who sold his pick up to the same kind of guys as I did, and he saw is pick up in the daily news with a huge gun mounted on the back with his publicity stickers still on the doors.
In eight years I have not yet reached 29,000 klicks - no cheating. I rediscovered my legs. I usually use the thing to drive to Pollensa to have lunch, but as the French place that I and the family love is closed until February - sometime, not sure of the day - the local alternatives (they don't exist: only lousy, expensive substitutes do, and you know my views on life's substitutes) are reached on foot, thus providing both needed heart stimulation as well as a 50 - 50 chance of getting the stuff down below the retch level before I get home. I'd swap my old home-cooking days for all of this rubbish, including the imaginary Dixie on the roof!
Note: 'twas not I wot done the home-cooking!
:-)
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on November 18, 2018, 10:13:11 am
Love the L200 (Mitsubishi in this part of the world) I had a 1999 version for 11 years and almost 400.000km, not one single issue apart from the normal issues at this milage (pressure on the rusty radiator due to loss of pressure in the block (typical L200 thing) and broken radiator, luckily at arrival on my driveway. Sold it for 4000€! and I didn't understand who was paying that money for such an old car. Few weeks later a reportage on the new about IS being very interested in Pick Ups and the story of a Belgian guy, who sold his pick up to the same kind of guys as I did, and he saw is pick up in the daily news with a huge gun mounted on the back with his publicity stickers still on the doors.
My first one in the attached pic, 2.6Petrol 1997 model I think did 475 thousand km's when I sold it with nothing wrong. Second one ( 2.8tdi) liked to eat cylinder heads and sold it on 300K. The Triton is now on 295K and the Pajero on 280K.
Post by: Rob C on November 18, 2018, 02:08:32 pm
;-)
Post by: Hans Kruse on November 19, 2018, 05:28:59 am
I use it for my trips to Italy and here is a landscape in the Dolomites with the car. A very powerful car and only RWD (before the AWD were available and no auto pilot) with 420 hp on the rear axel. Charging all the way from Denmark on the super chargers and at the hotels I use. The car now has 170.000km on the odometer :)
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2018, 08:43:16 am
Post by: Hans Kruse on November 19, 2018, 10:36:12 am
Of course, any car of yours must have an appropriately spectacular background, Hans!
Thanks Eric! Here is another one shot at 2363 meters altitude just under the peak of Col Rodella. It is the Marmolada mountain in the background. Very steep uphill drive. It's a spot with an amazing view and a couple of hundred meters above Passo Sella. The second was shot in Alpe di Siusi.
Post by: James Clark on November 19, 2018, 11:57:04 am
Anyway, I'm a convert. I kept my "fun" car, but it only logs about 2k miles a year, and usually about half of that is one long trip or two.
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on November 20, 2018, 03:53:38 am
Better stay inside the vehicle, Riaan; you know those snakes set traps!
;-)
Yes the bloody buggers. As you well remember, I thought I was a goner that day!
Post by: Hans Kruse on November 20, 2018, 12:49:20 pm
Hans, that's great! I recently went electric with a BMW i3 just to try it out (I just use it for a city car as it doesn't have the range of the Tesla), and it's truly a revelation. Plus, here (in Texas of all places) we have renewable energy generation (lots wind power) and we're adding solar in an upcoming remodel, so we (well, I - we cannot all do this, and it costs a bit more) avoid the problem of coal plants generating electricity for electric cars :(
Anyway, I'm a convert. I kept my "fun" car, but it only logs about 2k miles a year, and usually about half of that is one long trip or two.
Hi James, good move :) I heard that in some areas of Texas that there is so much wind power that you have electricity in the night for free (maybe not all the time). In Denmark we have a lot of wind power too and have the largest wind power company in the world, Vestas. Well until the Chinese beat them, I guess. You could consider the Tesla model 3 performance to be both of your cars :) It has track mode so you can on the track and beat the Ferraries!
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