Reply to: Coolest cars of the last 50 years.

[The_Equalizer]

so it was brand new then?

They were rather nice cars in the their day, and no, it was 1990!

[vetran]

can't go wrong!

2016 Ford Mondeo review | What Car?

[vetran]

I learnt to driver on a Rover 100 P4 sans working handbrake and seat belts.

so it was brand new then?

[darmstadt]

I see quite a lot of Tesla's here on the motorway and if they're so fast why are they always on the inside lane only doing about 100? Is it cos the battery might go flat

[malvolio]

Love the fact that a granny with half an hours training in that Vectra lookalike electric car (assuming Model S, Ludicrous mode selected, 0-60 2.8secs) could beat an F1 driver in any of the following (aka 'yesterdays old, slow go-carts') in a 0-60 drag race...

Aston Martin Vanquish
Audi R8 V10 Plus
Bentley Continental GT3-R
BMW i8
Corvette Z06
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Ferrari Enzo
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Ferrari 458 Italia
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4
Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4
McLaren F1
McLaren 650S
McLaren 570S
Pagani Huayra
Pagani Zonda S
Porsche 911 Turbo S

There are a few road legal cars which match/are a shade faster 0-60 than the Tesla S but they
are typically rare/race tuned specials costing seven figures (e.g. Ferrari LaFerrari, 0-60 2.6secs; Pagani Zonda R 0-60 2.6 secs)

One HUGE drawback .. although it costs a shed load, because its so innocuous the Tesla S has about the same pussy magnet/head turning effect as its Vectra lookalike; u ain't likely to pull page 3 stunners cos ur drivin' it.


Tesla S - Ferrari, Lambo, Mclaren, Pagani, Porshe crusher


Vectra VXR

You do know an F1 car can go 0-120 in three seconds...

Anyway, Volvo 850R, preferably the estate version. Silliest car in the world.

[The_Equalizer]

2002? Isn't that the start of the period Mercs QC went to pot and they became one of the most unreliable brands on the planet for a while?

That started in the late 1990s, but yes, 2002 is included. It's the bodies you have to watch and this one is sound. It's never been admitted by Merc, but (from experience with a C-class and good deal of reading round the subject) the quality of the steel was shi7e. On the flip side the M111 2.3 supercharged engine is a good 'un as is the autobox. Any which way, it is only meant as a stop gap and it was only £1550. I'll put it into perspective. Someone paid more for the full leather option than I did for the whole car.

[CretinWatcher]

On Tuesday I bought the missus a 2002 Mercedes CLK 230 Cabriolet with 96K miles, full history and good nick for £1550. In real terms the first owner paid round £45K. Proper bangernomics.

2002? Isn't that the start of the period Mercs QC went to pot and they became one of the most unreliable brands on the planet for a while?

[The_Equalizer]

OK, bangernomics...
Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2 JTS V6 SV Q4 3dr


10 years old, 52k miles, sub £7k

On Tuesday I bought the missus a 2002 Mercedes CLK 230 Cabriolet with 96K miles, full history and good nick for £1550. In real terms the first owner paid round £45K. Proper bangernomics.

[WTFH]

OK, bangernomics...
Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2 JTS V6 SV Q4 3dr


10 years old, 52k miles, sub £7k

[The_Equalizer]

Great car but £40K for an 8 year old car doesn't strike me as a bargain.

I'd rather have an R8 for the same money and age.

Or a ten-year-old Maserati Quattroporte so I can get the kiddie winkles in the back and only splash out £15K.

[Lockhouse]

I'd rather have an R8 for the same money and age.

I know they can go but they've always looked like a squashed TT to me.

[WTFH]

Maserati Granturismo - can pick an 8 year old one up for 30-40k and it's one of the best looking cars out there.

Good call...
Maserati Granturismo 4.7 S 2dr

[DimPrawn]

Maserati Granturismo - can pick an 8 year old one up for 30-40k and it's one of the best looking cars out there.

Great car but £40K for an 8 year old car doesn't strike me as a bargain.

I'd rather have an R8 for the same money and age.

[LondonManc]

Maserati Granturismo - can pick an 8 year old one up for 30-40k and it's one of the best looking cars out there.

[The_Equalizer]

ZeitPater bought a Cresta of the same vintage.

It lasted all of 18 months before he replaced it with a Rover 90 P4 that actually worked as a car.


The Cresta looked pretty though.

I learnt to driver on a Rover 100 P4 sans working handbrake and seat belts.