there is always somebody posting an inbred in a "show me your bling thread"
Aye, and there's always people who assume anchient history is the best thing since sliced bread. Good job tastes differ!
I think my favourite on this thread actually is PPs ford. Likewise I just dont "get" the wire and chrome, poor performance, basic design logs on wheels. No appeal at all. I suspect it's almost entirely down to what era you're from, my other fave is the T16, of similar era to the celica 🙂
Disgraceful Surf-Mat, absolutely disgraceful. As the owner of one and staff at an owners club I'd have to disagree with that entirely, though there are some amongst us that don't help matters! Not too keen on your jelly-mould one if I'm honest!
What's wrong with not liking a car?
TBH I did used to like them just liked many other cars but they seem to have gone the way of the chav now – they always try and race everyone with their gutless engines – even the 190 isn't quick. I have more time for the older shapes like the GT4 but don't see many around.
Toyota NEEDS to make a decent performance car again – I know one is on it's way (FT86) but it's hardly pant searingly quick. They last MR2 was great but underpowered, the Celica was just average and the Supra is now just too old hat.
Yes Lexus make some quick cars but they don't count.
I used to live over the road from a bloke that had a replica Gulf GT40. He used to race it too. On a sunny weekend you'd hear him crank it over and roll it out of the garage to warm up (It was as rough as a badger's arse until it warmed up) before going off for a drive. I luuuuurved that car. Everyone else hated it. I used to go out and chat to him as he sat there gently revving it up to temperature.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………
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Re: Toyota (And Ford Puma too)
It's not about how much the cars won or how good they look, not at all. It's about what they are, what they stand for too, and a hundred other things that can't be quantified. You've both just totally missed the point of the thread. That's all.
I was just mucking about Mat, I don't get THAT worked up over cars!
The celicas you're looking at are utterly gutless (the newer models, which are indeed chav mobiles). In fact I'd venture to say anything after the GT4 isn't a real celica (and certainly has no racing history to speak of). Certainly the MR2 and Celicas of 96+ are nothing short of eco-boxes.
I see your various race cars and raise you……
Mercedes Benz 300 SLR – not the new one, the only one, complete with his start time stuck on the side of it!
cynic-al – Member
Yeah shame group B died but I guess they were losing too many spectators.
And crews too. Wasn't it one of the Lancias going off with the death of at least one crew that really shut the book on Group B?
Group Bs were banned just a few hours after the death of Henri Toivonen and his co driver on the corsican rally in an S4. The trophy at the race of champions is named in his honour.
Most successful F1 car of all time… The McLaren MP4/4 of Ayrton Senna…
One of, IMO, the best looking rally cars of all time… The Lancia 037…
Arguably the most successful Group C sportscar of it's time (like the McLaren MP4/4 in 1988, it won all but one race in 1989 in Group C), the Sauber Mercedes C9…
The totally awesome, yet totally bonkers, Mazda 787B with a 4 rotor Wankel Rotary engine, that won Le Mans in 1991…
Can't believe nobody has put one of these up yet… An original 427 Shelby Cobra…
A lightweight racing E Type…
And definitely the most beautiful creation ever, as recognised by at least one other person already, the Jaguar XJR13…
That'll do for now whilst I have a think about a few others! 😉
this one because i built most of it (I acknowledge its pretty ugly and almost looks like a killer whale)
and this one because I spent a summer vacation from uni photographing and measuring the position of all the cable ties etc. and was given a ride on the shakedown run, amazingly fast.