Really un-cool car's you secretly want?

I don’t know, she’s on holiday at the moment, if you’re serious let me know.

There are two guilty secret – one more guilty than the other

Satans Chariet

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For my dream 6 month tour of Europe with the bike

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As Johndoh the wedge of cheese that is that Volvo 480.

My dad had Satan’s Chariot(Familiale 7seater) in my youth, then a mate from the diving club had a Volvo 262C, both awesome. I had a VW LT camper many years ago too, that was fun. If they were remotely practical for UK roads I’d have one of these in an instant.

Chevy Suburban

Hillman Imp
My dad had one when we were young and i have always hankered after a modded one

Porsche 911

not uncool in the slightest, but I’ll be having one, mark my words.

I had a Nova GTE when i was 21. I’d have that car back in a second, brilliant

Reading the comments on the Volvo 340 takes me back… we had a 360GL as the family car when I was at school (it replaced our Morris Ital) – I think in a Clarkson tone it was “seriously uncool”, everyone took the piss.

As a car it was bloody brilliant, even had the black rubber rear spoiler that weighed almost as much as the car did. A ford escort van drove into us, the ford was written off whereas the Volvo suffered a broken head lamp and replacement headlight wiper (damn those things were expensive!)

There are some seriously uncool cars here, that pig-ugly Vanden-Plas, for example, but the little Renault 4 oozes cool!
That Lada Cossak, is that a Soviet Fiat Panda 4×4? A lot of those communist cars, Yugos and Ladas, are basically Fiats built to a lower standard. Firm I worked for had a couple of Yugos as company cars! 😯
I drove my dad’s Volvo 244 for a while, serious fun, I used to rag the nuts off it! I remember watching the Bathurst 500 endurance race in Australia, and there were 244’s racing, bloody quick, too, I could happily drive one with updated motor and drivetrain. Possibly in the dark brown my dad’s was…
…or maybe not. 😀

I’d love to find a standard, unmolested S1 106 Rallye. Although like lots of other cars on the thread, its probably a pretty cool car, or at least I think so.

Yes,it’s too cool for this thread.

I’d agree on loving to find one as standard but I’d HAVE to go and molest it by fitting a tujp5.. keeping the original tucked away under an old rug ;O)

warton – Member
I had a Nova GTE when i was 21. I’d have that car back in a second, brilliant

There were 3 lovely condition Novas up at Knockhill last month. Really made me want one, especially the one that still had the 3-spoke alloys!

legend, looking on Pistonheads, you can pick up a lovely one for 3k. Almost tempted…

mattbee > drove past one of those for sale earlier today.

I was going to ask Santa for a 2.8i Capri 2S, but seems that’s been done. So I think I’ll have one of these.

warton – Member

I had a Nova GTE when i was 21. I’d have that car back in a second, brilliant

Err, you do know that the photo you posted is of an Astra GTE…?

Have owned numerous cool/uncool cars (loads of mini variants, a 2CV, even a couple of Allegros).

Don’t think they’re uncool as such, but would love to own these at some point.

I’m sorry…….

That Lada Cossak, is that a Soviet Fiat Panda 4×4?

Could be, I know that you could fit Fiat motors in as replacements. Seriously fun cars though.
I’d have one of these though.

warton – Member
legend, looking on Pistonheads, you can pick up a lovely one for 3k. Almost tempted…

that’s exactly what I just paid for a Clio 182, just as well I didn’t know that until now!

My brother and Dad had Japanese imported Nissan Pulsar GTi-R’s, 2.0 Turbo 4wd in a Nissan Sunny.. Standard 275 BHP, but my brother was running 420 BHP and Dad’s was 375 BHP. Unbelievably quick, 0-60 was under 4 seconds in brothers and 4.5 in Dad’s. 160+ mph was achieved in both.

Ugly as sin in some people’s eyes but I loved the way they looked.

I had many a happy time driving them when I was 19-21. Enjoyed embarrassing a guy in a Porsche 911 Carrera 4 at the lights and showing him a clean pair of heels on a back road..

Here’s how to treat a Volvo 240:

cheshirecat
Got a 2l turbo sat in the garage under blankets (must get it going one day and stop play with these bikes) head gasket down is 2wd cozzy 😉

Always wanted a cortina

terrahawk- i belive thats more subaru than escort!

THIS

Err, you do know that the photo you posted is of an Astra GTE…?

yeah, deliberate mistake, to see who knows their cars… 😳 it was along time ago!

I properly want that corrugate 2CV van, lovely thing.

Anything from http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=12 is uncool, must be something in there I’d want….

Mercedes G Wagen or Matra Simca Bagheera for me.

Strada Abarth – good choice

I concur.
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Too many cool or average cars on this thread though, BMW, Skoda, Subaru, Ford etc

I’ll wade in with this, there’s single numbers of these left now 🙁

So rare I can’t find a pic of a decent one. Fiat 131 Supermirafiore Sport. The genesis of one of the finest rallying engines ever made.

Or a Lancia Montecarlo

Or a Lancia Beta HPE Volumex

I’m looking at some of these uncool cars, and realised that most of the cars I have owned have been worse than uncool: they’ve been bland.

Musy go off and rectify that.

Yeah baby!

I had a Chevette, lovely little car, loads of room in the back, always wanted the hot one, with the 2.3ltr slant-4 motor. I had a Mk 1 Nova after that, got a set of those three-spoke alloys for it, fun car to drive, until you hit water at speed, because the distributor was right behind the grill… 😳

my Grandad, who was a mechanic, and was therefore cool, had one of these which made it cool by association

I’m suprised no one’s said a Metro 6R4

Want

I’m suprised no one’s said a Metro 6R4

That’s because it’s NOT UNCOOL!!!

Durrrrr!
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came on to say “Berlingo XTR” only to find DrP got there in post 2 so i’ll make do with pics of my old Calibra Tickford from back in my student days. I’d have another in a heartbeat if i found a good one. brilliant car

A twizzy for a laugh

I had a 131 Mirafiori like the one PeterPoddy posted above. Mine was a 1981 and cost me £400 at auction. The insurance cost me so much that I could only afford to pay for 6 months. Turned out okay though because it had disintegrated before it needed renewing. Comfiest velour seats ever.
like this one (same colour anyway)

A few years later, split with a girlfriend brought about another rush to the head and the purchase of this lovely machine with my half of the deposit on a house.

Mk1 MR2 T-Bar. Mine was two tone – white and silver. 8)

I’d have a Mirafiori tomorrow if I could find a minter.

That bottom white Calibra looks like a doggers car

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Was gonna post a mirafiori earlier. I learned to drive on on exactly like this, 2.0 twin cam. Had to scrap it in the end,had weld on the weld on the weld underneath.