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I always wanted one of these, Jeep Cherokee.. and the pickup version too..
(I grew up in Florida BTW)
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Liked my Galant Sport Estate, lovely V6 noise, but not the most commodious of estates....
Shame I had to get rid of it, but it would have broken my heart to have scrapped it. But my mate I sold it to did have to. Bloody crappy undersealing meant rust did for it.
When I was a teenager, a local guy used to rally a Hillman Imp with a Toyota twin-cam 1600 engine. For some reason I thought it was really cool and always dreamed of hotrodding one.
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I'd loved to have had a Ford Sierra XR8, sounds like proper fun!
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I also quite fancied a Lotus Carlton
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the escort rs2000 in takisawas post was one of my favourites as well along with this
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this
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and this
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when i was younger my brother had one of these and it was awesome...
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I'd loved to have had a Ford Sierra XR8, sounds like proper fun!
I imagine it would have been a nice relaxed cruiser with that big engine, but probably slower and worse handling than a Sierra Cosworth because of the weight of the engine over the front wheels. I picture random swings between horrible understeer and brown underpants oversteer.
EDIT: just re-read the title f the thread...ODD not OLD!!
The old fashion Mercedes W123 for reliability, comfort and elegance ... 😛
Traveled in one for many hours with so much comfort and so smooth ... not necessary the one below.
Portrait Mercedes 230 TE (W123)
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@bikebuoy: You'll be jealous to know that I grew up with one of those. This exact model in fact:
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Okay, wanting to own a supercar is hardly 'odd' when you're a kid / teenager, but I always had a real thing for these two and they're not the obvious Ferrari / Lambo / Porsche.
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As for Golf VR6s.
I owned one, I loved it, but it wasn't great - even forgetting for a moment that my particular one caught fire at 80mph and tried to kill me.
The early ones (before they lost the GTI arches and went all boring looking) were terribly made, honestly, VW is meant to be a byword for robustness but I've never owned a car that would rust as easily, mine would have been 8-9 years old when I got it, so far from new, but the rust was really bad by that stage.
The engine made a great sound and it drove really nicely at normal speeds, the gearbox was as nice as any today and it didn't matter what gear you were in it just drove along, but it was stupidly heavy at the front and ran softer, higher suspension than the GTIs which made it handle poorly so it didn't really like all that B-Road tomfoolery. It was never meant as a above-GTI performance car. In Germany they were sold as Motorway cruisers, not really drivers cars.
It made 174bhp which is quite a lot even now, but not from a 2.8 litre engine and the extra weight and VERY long gearing meant it wasn't really any faster than the 16v GTI and it was EPICLY thirsty, the little readout used to say 23-25mpg for me most of the time if I took it easy, but it lied - real world it was barely doing 20mpg so it cost a lot to run, even more if it broke because so many parts were VR6 specific and cost 3 or 4 times the cost of even GTI parts.
There was a bloke that lived near my school that had one of these in sunshine yellow..
I was determined that I'd have one as my first car but it didn't happen
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I always had a thing for the boxy Volvo's of the 80's and 90's ever since riding in a friends dads Volvo 740 Turbo.
This is the one I wanted:
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And it's the one I bought 2 weeks ago!
It's absolutely awesome. Has every electrical option and works perfectly, great leather interior.
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Best of all, it has the awesome Volvo red block engine, 2.3 turbo petrol.
And it's rear wheel drive - even better!
It goes like a narrow boat in a trebuchet.
^^^ Nice Volvo! 8)
I always wanted a Reliant Scimitar GTE.
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Looking at it now, it would probably make a pretty good bike wagon.
I still think these are great as a concept.
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Back in 1987 i tried everything in my power to get my Dad to buy one of these...
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Instead, he bought a knackered old Ford Escort. I don't think I fully appreciated the difference in cost....
That Argyll earlier......the hexagonal tail lights were from the Datsun Cherry, the dashboard from Volvo, the steering wheel from the Triumph Dolomite, the door handles from the Morris Marina.
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That Argyll earlier......the hexagonal tail lights were from the Datsun Cherry, the dashboard from Volvo, the steering wheel from the Triumph Dolomite, the door handles from the Morris Marina.
Should have called it the Mongryll then. 😀
Still wanted one.
One of these
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Ooh, now you're talking. You have me thinking now, I wonder if C6's are sensible money yet...
Looking at it now, it would probably make a pretty good bike wagon.
IIRC the rear opening was too small and it was a bit cramped in the back too. Bloody quick mind. 😀
My mum had the coolest (my view as a boy) cars when I was growing up. She had several capri's, a triumph spitfire, a rover P5 coupe, a couple of xj6's one of which was a beautiful pinky colour, An xr3i convertible, and a 306 convertible to name a few.
If we are talking big money I have always lusted after a Lamborghini miura and the jag E type, two of the best looking cars ever made. If we are talking More affordable cars, a karmann ghia or bmw 2002.
If it's odd cars, I really like these
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There's far too many cool cars on here, the post clearly refers to odd cars you fancied.
Let me bring things back on track;
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Honda Hrv 's - one of the most reliable cars ever built - bit sluggish not very good mpg - - but utterly dependable.
Had a test drive in Lada Niva - ye gods - agricultural is not the word - plastic windows as well.
Fiat - ex had one of these - piece of crap - multiple electrical gremlins - e.g twin sunroofs that conked out in the open position simultaneosly - took about 250 turns of the emergency handle for each to close - would only idle if aircon on or off and numerous other idiosyncrasies. When it was running it was very comfortable and handled well for the bulk
Had a test drive in Lada Niva - ye gods - agricultural is not the word - plastic windows as well.
With coils all round, I thought it was quite good for a 4x4, basic on the inside and a crap heater. I was lucky as mine had glass.
For me, I always had a soft spot for one of these.
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Ah, odd, that makes more sense.
Used to see those huge wedge shaped lagonda's surprisingly quite often as a kid. but what a really wanted as a tiny person was a VW dune buggy.
I had 3 XM V6. First one was a dog and next 2 excellent. I really enjoyed owning them. I do fancy a SM though. Great looking machines
In the late 70s a chap in our village used to own one of these Talbots - as a kid I thought it was dead cool!...
...can't say I'd want one now though!
And you'd be right. The boss of a place I worked years ago bought one because he fancied a 4x4 and was a cheapskate; it was horrible. But then, this was a boss who bought Ladas as company cars... 🙄
I have long had a real desire for one of these:
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Mk1 Opel Manta
Bmw 2002
Citroen 2cv (which we did own and great fun it was)
Let me bring things back on track;
Gosh, that's a Fuego isn't it. There's a car that'd completely escaped my memory until just then.
I went through a phase of wanting one of these:
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... after I found out that they did a "GRi" model which had a 1.9L engine (which I assumed at the time was the same as the mighty 205GTi) and an insurance group which was free with cornflakes.
[s]Luckily[/s] Sadly they were pretty thin on the ground so I never owned one.
Noticed how Citroen(actually DS) have looked to there past for interior inspiration.
The GS from earlier...
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A modern DS...
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Would love a go in one of these
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When I was in infant school I remember these twin girls parents had one in a kind of metallic silver/brown, looked like a spaceship to the younger me.
The stretched version is even more awesome, may struggle at the McDonalds drivethru.
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I owned a 309 in that colour, with the sunroof and those wheel trims... 😯
Hilariously crap body and trim (and CV joints), but the engine I reckon is still going today.....
I had one of these for my sinns.
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It was basically a Romanian built 4 wheel drive Renault 12.
I still wish I had bought a ZM Coupe when my friend sold theirs
Here's a nice photo of one I found:
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There's an [i]old dear[/i] (70+) in my town that's got one of those ^ in a dark metallic grey - makes a lovely noise and i'd love one as well but at the astronomical prices they command that'll never happen.
Actual lol
TheGingerOne - Z3M?
Lancia Beta Coupe did if for me "back in the day".
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Beefheart I had a Scimitar GTE for 9years, was pretty good for biking apart from being so low to the ground. Had some great trips with the bike and car, sounded great and was a blast on the motorway.