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I, in my opinion have one of the best cars for a second vehicle.
A Renault 4
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This ones an ex police car with the 1108cc engine and bigger carb, its really the equivalent of the Morris Minor al a Francais.
The blooming Irish law makes it prohibitively (how do you spell this after the 3rd beer?) expensive. 30 years minimum to be free from the stupid taxation they have here that supposedly protects the economy (or makes people drive Kia's).
Opel Manta A series....
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Kev
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what a post Love the mk2 escort rs 2000. Love the citroen DS,s the imps and also the mantas!!
Top of my list is the Jenson Interceptor and retro Bmw's.
my passion is however the mk1 escort.Love the minis in one way although in others I don't.Love the Dolomites too.Fiats are good too. Lancia anyone??MK1 and Mk2 golfs are pretty good too.
This old beast has never let me down!
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is pre 72 so free road tax and dead cheap to insure
Home From Home.
DS for a time were made in slough!
That 4 is great 🙂 and with Gordini wheels. I had a 4 f6 van which I despatched in for 15 months. The original Vanimal, used to have to change the points every month, could do it in 5 mins in the end. Amazing little van.
Aye Gordini wheels, one of the websites I frequent is building a 4 with a Gordini engine in it at the moment. Though as it will be all very discreet I think he's sticking with steel wheels to keep a sixties look to the car.
http://www.renault4.co.uk/renault-4-restoration.htm Mmmm tasty!!!
The Slough Ds were called ID I think, simplified hydraulic system, so no power steering.
They are much rarer these days, and quite sought after.
How come only one vote for a Land Rover ?
If you want something you can load up with bikes and kit then just get in and drive when you need it, and abandon in a field when you don't, it beats any of the exotic high maintenance cars mentioned so far.
Just look around at the 30 year old vehicles you see on the road.
Cars get pampered and kept in garages and only taken out on special occasions.
Land Rovers get thrashed around off road, overloaded and hooked up to heavy trailers and generally used like a working vehicle with no regard for their age.
What's a real-life mpg of a landie? And what speed can it go at? Would you fancy driving one from London to, let's say, Rome?
I love Landy's, have spent years racing and competing in trials and off road competitions. We put Nissan Patrol running gear on them for strength and reliability. They are rubbish really but we love them, would never use one every day on the road, crap mpg, crap driving position and crap reliability, disco's are worse still. On the other side easy to fix and repair which is just as well, most of the back taken up with tools and spare parts. Great fun for an occasional blast on a weekend though.
Poor pic of my '78 B GT
As Alwin says - great fun, cheap spares and really easy to work on. I've had mine about 5 years and it has cost me around £1000 over the period but that includes a stage 1 tune ie. flowed/ported head, extractor manifold, big bore exhaust + K&N air filters + a suspension tweak/lower. Won't set the road on fire but sounds fantastic. Bumpers are coming off once the weather allows me in the garage without freezing my nuts off 😆
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Oooooooooo! So many lovely cars. That DS and the TA made my heart skip a beat. I had a Manta Mk1 for a while, beautiful car, loved it to bits. Those little Renault 4's are amazing practical cars, and can practically go anywhere.
My brother had one of these many years ago:
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It was dark blue with a white leather interior. I loved that car 🙁 Best I can do is a Mk1 Golf GTi whihc was also fun.