RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 minute ago, big jim said: that’s what ‘rat look’ is, painted on rust and weathering! I don’t get it personally Horrible, I prefer being worked on as it shows care for the vehicle, so primer not rust. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, big jim said: that’s what ‘rat look’ is, painted on rust and weathering! I don’t get it personally Me neither, at least not UK copycat jobs. Real ones, in the USA, have more attention paid to stabilising and preserving genuine surface rust, so at least have a bit of "character" to them. The base vehicles chosen over there tend to have a head start in that department, too... John Edited September 6, 2023 by Dunsignalling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: That's about the only place where P100s don't rust anyway, so I presume it's been "weathered". John Your right according to the owner well over £1k spent on the paint job mechanicaly spot on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2023 I spotted an MX5 specialist on my way home from work earlier so told Dominic about it and had a quick look on street view to show him and spotted this, would be pretty cool if it really existed, like those fire tender range rovers! 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted September 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2023 Can't remember the last time I saw one of these. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 On 06/09/2023 at 18:43, big jim said: I spotted an MX5 specialist on my way home from work earlier so told Dominic about it and had a quick look on street view to show him and spotted this, would be pretty cool if it really existed, like those fire tender range rovers! Went passed there last night and afraid no 6 wheel Volvos there.... Also, can't remember when I last saw an MX5 there All the best Katy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2023 4 hours ago, jjb1970 said: Can't remember the last time I saw one of these. I don't ever recall seeing one. Beemer obviously, but what model? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted September 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Dunsignalling said: I don't ever recall seeing one. Beemer obviously, but what model? John It's an E21 3 Series cabrio, built by Bauer. The first generation 3, the cabrios were always niche and these days are a very rare sight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 06/09/2023 at 18:43, big jim said: I spotted an MX5 specialist on my way home from work earlier so told Dominic about it and had a quick look on street view to show him and spotted this, would be pretty cool if it really existed, like those fire tender range rovers! I don't know what their current sitiation is, there was talk of closure due to illness, but if you need MX5 specialists then Blink Motorsport in Wonsford are the people to talk to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2023 Just googled them and looking at their Facebook page it appears they closed in 2021, Shame as it’s only up the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Shame - They really knew their stuff, The only place I would ever trust to do proper alignment on my 'good' cars. Can't find pics of my MX5 there but here's my FTO being aligned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Not sure if this goes in here or tuther thread but nice Bently 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 15/09/2023 at 09:54, jjb1970 said: Can't remember the last time I saw one of these. I rather like that. A chap down the road from me has just bought an early '80s 635 Coupe, it looks very svelte indeed and so much prettier than any modern BMW. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: I rather like that. A chap down the road from me has just bought an early '80s 635 Coupe, it looks very svelte indeed and so much prettier than any modern BMW. Personally, I've always considered the 635 to be the best looking model BMW has ever produced. Nowadays, most of their styling is too "intimidatory" for my taste. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 15 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: Nowadays, most of their styling is too "intimidatory" for my taste. Seems to be the trend these days, especially with SUVs, totally agree with you, I don't like it either. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hobby said: Seems to be the trend these days, especially with SUVs, totally agree with you, I don't like it either. Compare modern SUV to older 4x4 and there is no contest. Look at an early Range Rover compared to the modern generic SUVs from multiple manufactures prevalent today. Look at this picture on this page https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/range-rover/352529/new-2020-range-rover-fifty-marks-50th-anniversary-brand-icon That is the previous to current Edited September 24, 2023 by MJI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 Yep, the current one looks much more aggressive! I suppose it's quite difficult to make something look aggressive when all you had to work with was round headlights! Plastic mouldings and weird shaped headlights give them so much more scope so that all you can see in your rear view mirror is a mass of black plastic and dazzling headlights. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Hobby said: Yep, the current one looks much more aggressive! I suppose it's quite difficult to make something look aggressive when all you had to work with was round headlights! Plastic mouldings and weird shaped headlights give them so much more scope so that all you can see in your rear view mirror is a mass of black plastic and dazzling headlights. Also the newer ones are ugly. the original is an excellent piece of design 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Not seen one of these for a while. Wasn’t there a racing series for them once upon a time? steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2023 22 minutes ago, steve1 said: Not seen one of these for a while. Wasn’t there a racing series for them once upon a time? steve they are few and far between, there one in silloth all ‘max powered’ up with nice alloys and spoiler etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 This popped up at one of my deliverys in for a new sump gasket 25k from new 220 turbo 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, peanuts said: This popped up at one of my deliverys in for a new sump gasket 25k from new 220 turbo I love that, very very rare. Looks immaculate. They are very fast , I wish my tomcat was a turbo rather than VVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, peanuts said: This popped up at one of my deliverys in for a new sump gasket 25k from new 220 turbo And a maestro van! What's the score with that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 16 minutes ago, peanuts said: This popped up at one of my deliverys in for a new sump gasket 25k from new 220 turbo ...and a Maestro van! C6T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Classsix T said: ...and a Maestro van! C6T. Mg & rover specialists van is in for a full resto some lovely mgs inside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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