Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Marlow

bugsntinas wrote: »

some nice vee dubs there.liking the Bedford truck.

Vantastival has a massive turnout of Vdubs of any generation every year. Probably the nearest you get to a Volkswagen Camper meet in Ireland.

/M

liam7831

Ford Classics

bugsntinas

liam7831 wrote: »

Ford Classics

they look well abandoned.

Kaiser D

Saw this only a few days ago and forgot to upload it. Looked fantastically original, taxed too.

Capri

Marlow wrote: »

A few from the weekend.






/M

Your LT parked up at the airport today ??

Marlow

Capri wrote: »

Your LT parked up at the airport today ??

It was indeed.

/M

Kaiser D

Saw this in Clontarf this morning whilst out cycling. I don't know if I've seen it around before, hopefully I'll see it again for a better photo anyway. 1975 reg'ed btw.


And this old-timer. Comes back as just a 2.2 litre Audi 80, I'm not sure if its an S2 or RS2 or neither.

RichyX

A Camry in Macroom, Cork.
Admittedly not everyone's idea of a classic!

Not sure what the 4x4 is, possibly a Land Cruiser.

mondymike

Kaiser D wrote: »

Saw this in Clontarf this morning whilst out cycling. I don't know if I've seen it around before, hopefully I'll see it again for a better photo anyway. 1975 reg'ed btw.


And this old-timer. Comes back as just a 2.2 litre Audi 80, I'm not sure if its an S2 or RS2 or neither.

Judging by the wheels Id say its an rs2, the heckenbleck (?) Would be a dead give away. Whereabouts is the car?

mondymike

Kaiser D wrote: »

Saw this in Clontarf this morning whilst out cycling. I don't know if I've seen it around before, hopefully I'll see it again for a better photo anyway. 1975 reg'ed btw.


And this old-timer. Comes back as just a 2.2 litre Audi 80, I'm not sure if its an S2 or RS2 or neither.

Judging by the wheels Id say its an rs2, the heckenbleck (?) Would be a dead give away. Whereabouts is the car?

Kaiser D

Both cars are in Clontarf, Mike. The Audi was gone today when I passed.

Anywho, more from today.



I was in hot pursuit of a 92 Corsa saloon for a good 15 minutes just before I took the photo of the Starlet. Unfortunately it turned into a graveyard car park where there was a funeral taking place. OAP driven and all.

roadsmart

Am I missing something here? When did all these 90s cars become "classic"?

mondymike

Kaiser D wrote: »

Both cars are in Clontarf, Mike. The Audi was gone today when I passed.

Anywho, more from today.



I was in hot pursuit of a 92 Corsa saloon for a good 15 minutes just before I took the photo of the Starlet. Unfortunately it turned into a graveyard car park where there was a funeral taking place. OAP driven and all.

Love the cti

mondymike

Kaiser D wrote: »

Both cars are in Clontarf, Mike. The Audi was gone today when I passed.

Anywho, more from today.



I was in hot pursuit of a 92 Corsa saloon for a good 15 minutes just before I took the photo of the Starlet. Unfortunately it turned into a graveyard car park where there was a funeral taking place. OAP driven and all.

Love the cti

Kaiser D

mondymike wrote: »

Love the cti

I pass it most mornings and again in the evenings, and it hardly seems to move an inch.

Kaiser D

roadsmart wrote: »

Am I missing something here? When did all these 90s cars become "classic"?

Its 24 years old, so, it became a classic 4 years ago.

roadsmart

That's classic in the insurance sense, not in the real sense.

Kaiser D

roadsmart wrote: »

That's classic in the insurance sense, not in the real sense.

If thats how you want to look at it.

Its a classic in my eyes so I posted it here.

Hope thats not a problem for you.

roadsmart

How could it be a problem for me? Each to their own, and all that.

Kaiser D

Forgot about this one! Lancia has sat here for a while. A few Minis there too, there are 3 down the side of the house.

ianofitz

Kaiser D wrote: »

Saw this in Clontarf this morning whilst out cycling. I don't know if I've seen it around before, hopefully I'll see it again for a better photo anyway. 1975 reg'ed btw.


And this old-timer. Comes back as just a 2.2 litre Audi 80, I'm not sure if its an S2 or RS2 or neither.

Ah I live around the area and that Audi is around all the time. Pretty sure its an S2 but I could be wrong. Tis some looker anyway. That house that the Scimiter is at is/used to be the priests house for the church across the road! Ive never seen that scimiter before though. Couple of doors down there is a classic w123

Type 17

ianofitz wrote: »

Ah I live around the area and that Audi is around all the time. Pretty sure its an S2 but I could be wrong...

It is an S2, RS2's would have a different front bumper and Porsche-type wheel rims and door mirrors.
Genuine RHD RS2's are super-rare, only 180 were made, shared amongst the UK, Australian & South African markets.

Although more common, the S2 is still a brilliant, and classic, car - 227BHP from a 2.2-litre, 5-cylinder turbo with 0-60 in under 6 seconds with quattro 4wd and a 5-door estate body with leather, aircon, sunroof and electric everything else makes for one of the finest all-round cars ever made - great in town, great when full of people and stuff, great on twisties and great on high-speed inter-city motorways - other cars do some of these better, but no car does so much, so well.

porsche959

roadsmart wrote: »

Am I missing something here? When did all these 90s cars become "classic"?

Strange comment, considering some of the junk that gets posted here on the basis that "it's old, so it must be a classic".

An Audi S2 is a bona fide classic. A rareish car in its day and even more so now. Much more so than (for example) some beat up econobox Toyota from an era when Japanese cars were crap.

Kaiser D

porsche959 wrote: »

Strange comment, considering some of the junk that gets posted here on the basis that "it's old, so it must be a classic".

An Audi S2 is a bona fide classic. A rareish car in its day and even more so now. Much more so than (for example) some beat up econobox Toyota from an era when Japanese cars were crap.

IMO, the Corolla and Starlet are both just as much a classic as the Audi. I know not everyone will agree with me, but they're +20 years old, so they can be classed as classics, and whether people will call it a classic or not, is another thing, but they both have righteous places in this thread imo. I was more pleased to see the Corolla than the Audi.

Kaiser D

ianofitz wrote: »

Ah I live around the area and that Audi is around all the time. Pretty sure its an S2 but I could be wrong. Tis some looker anyway. That house that the Scimiter is at is/used to be the priests house for the church across the road! Ive never seen that scimiter before though. Couple of doors down there is a classic w123

I saw the Merc today, never got a chance to stop for a photo though, I may do tomorrow.

Capri

Classic / Youngtimer , it's stuff that you take a second look at because you don't see too many around . IMO putting a year on stuff is being pedantic , a '90' car can be a 'classic' in one sense , the Germans would call it a youngtimer because their Classic plates are 30 years like ours, only difference is the Germans allow Youngtimers to get a 6month plate for summer use -

Classic cars (known in German by the pseudo-English expression Oldtimer) can get an H (historisch, historic) at the end of the plate, such as K-AA 100H in order to preserve the so-called "vehicle of cultural value" (kraftfahrtechnisches Kulturgut"). It also includes a flat tax of appr. €190 per year. The requirements for a vehicle for an H-Plate are:
minimum age of the vehicle of 30 years from first registering
must be in original condition and well maintained. Some features such as safety belts or a catalytic converter which have been added are accepted and are not in conflict with the "original condition" rule

Seasonal number plate, registration valid from 1st March to 31st October of each yearCars (or more often, motorbikes) with seasonal number plates have two numbers at the end of the plate indicating the months between which they are registered to drive, with the licence being valid from the start of the upper month until the end of the lower month. This results in lower car taxes, as well lower insurance premiums

Diabhalta

Audi 80 ... really?

Kaiser D

People are still going about this, 2 days later?

Christ, I might aswell just delete the ****ing things.

Type 17

Why? it's not an Audi 80...

corktina

roadsmart wrote: »

Am I missing something here? When did all these 90s cars become "classic"?

a 1990 car would be 24 years old now...anything surviving that long is a classic in my eyes.