retro rebirths - some are just wrong
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
No, Rose Royce - Carwash.jpsh120 wrote:Karmann Ghia = Baby Veyron?
Yeah, I thought that the KG was one of the less gopping ones there, but it reminded me more of one of VW's existing working prototype samples, the thing with that twin cylinder, 800cc Diesel that appeared in their recent telly advert.
XL1, that's its name.J
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
Are there any rehashed retro cars that you would like to own? The only one that I fancy is the original new Fiat 500 Abarth. I have driven one and the only comment I can make is wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! I know it's only an expensive fiat panda with a tuned engine but still, it's great!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
I don't fit inside a 500, with the possible exception of that mahoosive one that carries the L badge. 
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
Okay I would love a FSO/Polski Fiat model 125p Saloon or to see a modern interpretation
of one, and it must be like a brick and not like ajelly mould!
of one, and it must be like a brick and not like ajelly mould!
I'm Diabetic,& disabled BUT!! NOT DEAD YET!!
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
Lanky git. I fit and I'm 6'1.JPB wrote:I don't fit inside a 500
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
*Coughs* 
Yes Terry, I'm tall, that was what I meant! 
OK, so I'm a little rotund as well, but the trouble is that my 6ft3" frame is actually very short from the waist up, being made up of legs that are 36" on the inseam even though my torso, on account of its having fewer bones than most, is short so as you can imagine, traditional Italian cars and in the case of the Fiat; modern ones, are just too short between the seat and the pedals. Some cruel twunts say that I look like Simon Cowell in terms of where my waistline is, the difference though, apart from the fact that he's got more money and hair than I, is that my undercarriage is the normal distance from my waist and not several yards south like his.You haven't seen anything truly ridiculous unless you've seen me trying to ride a Raleigh Chopper. John Cleese has nothing on me for weird proportions. Even when I was a younger, fitter bloke I couldn't fit in buses as my thighs are longer than the standard space available but that was a good thing as it was what got me interested in Reliant kittens which, on account of their seat being right on the floor and the pedal box extending half way along the engine bay, are the only car whose driver's seat I need to move forward to drive! As for the Rebel; different beast and I was cramped in those but who ever bought a Reliant to look good?
[Kenneth Williams] Here! How about a modern take on the Kitten being drawn up by someone? I'm not good at Gimpshoppery but maybe another member is.
[/Kenneth Williams]J
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
I think we should start a petition to have you reenact the ministry of silly walks. 36" is a damn long inside leg, I only have a 32 so that would explain the fitment issues. One of my friends is a former submariner who is 6'8. Amazingly he can't fit in my RR as there isn't enough leg room in the front. He does fit in a Nissan note which I found amazing.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
A friend of mine loves his Note and I did consider one before buying the Glof, the Note certainly didn't feel at all cramped but shiiiiiiiiiiite was it ever slow! 
Like horses and bikes, CVTs and long stroke Diesels don't mix happily.
I'd be up for the Ministry of Silly Walks re-enactment but you'd have to string me and work me like a puppet as those stupidly long legs don't actually work properly most of the time. Maybe I could do a sort of human cannonball stunt instead?
Like horses and bikes, CVTs and long stroke Diesels don't mix happily.
I'd be up for the Ministry of Silly Walks re-enactment but you'd have to string me and work me like a puppet as those stupidly long legs don't actually work properly most of the time.
Maybe I could do a sort of human cannonball stunt instead? J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: retro rebirths - some are just wrong
im keen on the fiat 500....
and the latest beetle
and the latest beetle