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  • Why do cars start having faults just before Christmas?
  • mastiles_fanylion
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    8)

    Surf-Mat
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    Many consider red to be a fault on any car but a Ferrari. It fades quicker than any other colour too.

    Surf-Mat
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    mastiles_fanylion
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    It fades quicker than any other colour too.

    I don’t care – it goes back next year. And I only got it as it was free – I wasn’t going to pay extra for a non-standard colour on a lease car that only adds value to it when the lease company resell it.

    And the TT comes in a range of really shit colours.

    Surf-Mat
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    I think TTs suit red actually 😀

    But I prefer black.

    PeterPoddy
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    Audi TT

    Ford Sierra

    Sorry, but that’s what they look like to me……… 🙂

    retro83
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    Sorry, but that’s what they look like to me………

    Good god man, are you blind?

    The Sierra is much nicer

    Elfinsafety
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    Elfin – you just like Astons because James Bond has one.

    😀 Makes them sexy!

    Who drives an Aston Martin? James Bond.

    Who drives a Maserati?

    See?

    You have less than no idea. And style? Errrmmm…

    No you’re wrong. The Maserati is a nice looking car, granted, although the hard top is far nicer than the contravertible. But it’s whole image is a bit, well, mleh. It doesn’t look quite aggressive enough to be a ‘sports car’, in spite of that grille. Just looks like a spensive executive car, nothing more.

    Trouble is, cars these days tend to be based on the optimum aerodynamic shape, and as such there’s little flair and character in a lot of car designs. Gone are the days when car designers could come up with wild and wonderful creations. Blandness prevails. I want something that makes me go ‘phwooar’ or ‘oooh’ or ‘mmmmm’. Hardly any cars these days do that for me.

    See, WCA isn’t buying a new car cos he wants practicality, or optimum performance, or anything like that. He wants something silly fast, comfy and lovely. Dunno, but that Maserati just seems a bit diluted, a bit watered down. Prettier than his Merc though. That’s not difficult.

    My investigations have revealed that there are few really sexy cars these days. It’s a shame. Seems that the most exciting thing about a car these days is it’s spec sheet, not it’s design. 🙁

    Phwoooar….

    Surf-Mat
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    The Maserati “Birdcage” – a wee bit tricky for most to sit comfortably in…

    My issue with car design is that wheels are getting bigger and bigger. The current 5 series looks “wrong” with anything less than 19″ wheels – which are weaker, more crashy and need daft tyres.

    Audi are equally guilty of this massive wheel craze. 17″ used to be big – now it’s “too small” for many cars. That’s not right. Big wheels have no positive effects other than looks.

    James Bond isn’t real you know…

    mastiles_fanylion
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    But I prefer black.

    My wife has a black car – the only reason I didn’t choose that.

    Sorry, but that’s what they look like to me………

    Mine looks more like this…

    Surf-Mat
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    TTs are good looking cars – that cannot be disputed.

    stumpy01
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    My brother’s TT was black. MkI, 225bhp with the big chromed wheels (5 spoke I think). It was a company car.

    Looked fantastic when it was clean, but drive it 2 miles down the road and it looked rubbish – showed the dirt horrendously.

    My dad always used to say that red was his favourite colour for a car and I must be getting old as I am starting to agree with him. Far too many bland colour palettes for cars these days – black, dark grey, mid grey, light grey, silver, blue, red.

    A mate of mine had a ’98 Escort GTI in red – used to polish it regularly with decent Simoniz & when he got rid of it around about 2004 it still looked bright red.
    Vauxhall red seems particularly prone to fading (and their black plastic prone to going sun-faded grey).

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