Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread! Part 2

w124man

I think that in automotive terms, we are going through a 'shi77y wheels' period and have been for a while.

Max Headroom

Diabhalta wrote: »

Germans have incredible ability the destroy the look of any car with some really s**ty wheels.

Whereas the Irish have the ability to destroy the look of a nice set of wheels by putting a shi**y car on them.....:P

CianDon

Silvera

Max Headroom wrote: »

Whereas the Irish have the ability to destroy the look of a nice set of wheels by putting a shi**y car on them.....:P

.......or sh***y number plates! :pac:
(it's the details that count;)

Max Headroom

Jesus that Audi is worthy of a hard sock.............:P

Nekarsulm

Fit a set of thinner BBS Crosswires, and that Black Cherry Golf could come live with me any day!

CianDon

Max Headroom wrote: »

Jesus that Audi is worthy of a hard sock.............:P

She's quiet a beaut all right. More time Im spending around the cars over her the more I think I'll never be satisfied at an Irish show ever again because the level of cars and sheer attention to detail is mind blowing. You have to appreciate that all these cars arn't at any show per se. The whole thing is to park up and sit around. The Audi is flawless but it was sat with a group of Golfs in a bus stop and they'd driven for 4 hours that morning to get down

Max Headroom

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Fit a set of thinner BBS Crosswires, and that Black Cherry Golf could come live with me any day!

Each to his own, but i was thinkin the clear lenses look tatty...imo..;)

Diabhalta

I think I posted this few years ago... Cobh.

Duke O Smiley

Why is the rear plate yellow?

Nekarsulm

Spotted this today. This was the local AI mans car from new. Been in a shed for 7 or 8 years since he quit driving. He passed away last year, and someone has got their mitts on it.......

unfit2006

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Spotted this today. This was the local AI mans car from new. Been in a shed for 7 or 8 years since he quit driving. He passed away last year, and someone has got their mitts on it.......

Always liked the bid bumper Jetta in that colour.

jca

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Spotted this today. This was the local AI mans car from new. Been in a shed for 7 or 8 years since he quit driving. He passed away last year, and someone has got their mitts on it.......

I hope they look after it as it looks a really straight car.

w124man

Great cars those Jettas

Silvera

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Why is the rear plate yellow?

Some drivers 'back in the day' (usually those who lived in border counties) seemed to think that a yellow rear plate would make them stand out a little less when the visited N.I. or the UK.

shineon23

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Spotted this today. This was the local AI mans car from new. Been in a shed for 7 or 8 years since he quit driving. He passed away last year, and someone has got their mitts on it.......

Read that as a man who liked old Meath Reg's (AI) instead of Artificial insemination.

Oh dear

Nekarsulm

His Christian name was Dick! Genuinely.

Diabhalta

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Why is the rear plate yellow?

What I would like to know is, why is it called Opel (shouldn't the badge say vauxhall if it's rhd?)

Duke O Smiley

Diabhalta wrote: »

What I would like to know is, why is it called Opel (shouldn't the badge say vauxhall if it's rhd?)

No, Opels are RH/LHD, Vauxhalls are just for the UK market

CianDon

jca

CianDon wrote: »

With the exception of the VW Derby they should be in the skanger thread.

macplaxton

jca wrote: »

With the exception of the VW Derby they should be in the skanger thread.

Er, wotsa wrong with the Passat? (apart from it being a VW...)

Std ride height. Steel wheels. Mustn't grumble.

CianDon

jca wrote: »

With the exception of the VW Derby they should be in the skanger thread.

I don't know should I be more shocked by your lack of style or the fact I've not posted a pic of a VW Derby. Actually, its actually one of the VW range Ive seen the least of the past 2 weeks. Mabye 1 or 2 at most. Big thing that I wouldnt see in Ireland is 2-door Passat or Jetta's

Duke O Smiley

Wouldn't be a fan of my luck myself but I certainly do appreciate the work gone into the cars

jca

CianDon wrote: »

I don't know should I be more shocked by your lack of style or the fact I've not posted a pic of a VW Derby. Actually, its actually one of the VW range Ive seen the least of the past 2 weeks. Mabye 1 or 2 at most. Big thing that I wouldnt see in Ireland is 2-door Passat or Jetta's

Sorry I was on the phone and thought the old type Passat was a Derby which is a nice original car. The rest are skangers... I really can't understand why people do that to cars.

Arthur Daley

Yes, the passat is tidy. Like my cars original so the rest of them are 'felt spec to me matter how much work went into them.

Diabhalta

Cobh

Duke O Smiley

Haha love the not-so apt name of the shop its parked outside

w124man

jca wrote: »

The rest are skangers... I really can't understand why people do that to cars.

Well from all the shows that I've been to in Ireland over the last few years, I reckon that there is more skill, imagination and attention gone into a mere handful of those fabulous looking vehicles in Worthersee than the fields full of rusty ZV reg yokes you get here.

mikehn

w124man wrote: »

Well from all the shows that I've been to in Ireland over the last few years, I reckon that there is more skill, imagination and attention gone into a mere handful of those fabulous looking vehicles in Worthersee than the fields full of rusty ZV reg yokes you get here.

You forgot the most important one lots of EEUUROOOO's