Today’s want

[Ascender]

https://home.mobile.de/HAMER#des_343877006

Seems slightly overpriced, but I'm no specialist. What do y'all reckon?

Those S1s are just so perfect aren't they? I can't remember a first-gen car I've driven like that which absolutely does what you expect it to and doesn't disappoint in any way. Its also one of the few cars I've only driven a handful of times where I can vividly remember everything about it - how the gearshift & steering felt, even down to how it smelled (which is maybe a bit weird).

[Wilspeed]

Thanks for your replies. The consensus seems to be that one should put 25K CASH on the table and drive it home. Got it.

[ZedLeg]

Just saw this on Twitter and I love it.

[16vCento]

Just saw this on Twitter and I love it.

There's more info about it and more here:
https://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/co ... ander#main

[nuttinnew]

Just saw this on Twitter and I love it.

Autocar recently had a bit for the Freelander's 25th; https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... aby-landie

The last Maestro Van I saw was a beige camper; it could have been ahead of the game as an overlander.

[Jobbo]

Just saw this on Twitter and I love it.

Autocar recently had a bit for the Freelander's 25th; https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/feat ... aby-landie

The last Maestro Van I saw was a beige camper; it could have been ahead of the game as an overlander.

No reference to Pathfinder in that article - see here for far more detail: https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and ... athfinder/

Pathfinder was the name which was used to refer to it in the various Car scoop articles over the years. Going back to the 1980s, even:

[nuttinnew]

No reference to Pathfinder in that article - see here for far more detail: https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and ... athfinder/

Pathfinder was the name which was used to refer to it in the various Car scoop articles over the years. Going back to the 1980s, even:

Aye, it was more about the production car. aronline is full of interesting stuff
Nevermind Pathfinder, look at that Car supercar test

[Jobbo]

Nevermind Pathfinder, look at that Car supercar test

Aye, both mid-engined as per Zed’s criteria

A few years before, they’d called the Uno Turbo and 205 GTI ‘small supercars’ so it’s nothing new…

[nuttinnew]

Nevermind Pathfinder, look at that Car supercar test

Aye, both mid-engined as per Zed’s criteria

Plus the Cizeta v F40 v 959 v Countach

As good as they are, I don't know about the Uno and 205 being small supercars

I take it you're currently browsing through your stash

[Jobbo]

No, purely from memory - that was a golden era of car mags

[integrale_evo]

I think the only early Car I had was the 959 vs f40 issue.

Unfortunately as a child I cut out lots of the pictures to decorate my school books / folders making it unreadable

Edit, July 1988, I can still remember most of what was in it, I would have just turned 8, probably got it to take on holiday or something.

[IanF]

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/secret ... csl-and-it

E46 CSL with an E39 M5 V8

[nuttinnew]

No, purely from memory - that was a golden era of car mags

Your photographic memory uploads well
I try not to look back with ye tinted glasses but less traffic and no speed cameras made for drives & road trips that couldn't be replicated today. I should probably read some old ones to see how the writing compares to current.

[nuttinnew]

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/secret ... csl-and-it

E46 CSL with an E39 M5 V8

There are various vids about featuring it and other cars, and there're more to come

[Jobbo]

No, purely from memory - that was a golden era of car mags

Your photographic memory uploads well
I try not to look back with ye tinted glasses but less traffic and no speed cameras made for drives & road trips that couldn't be replicated today. I should probably read some old ones to see how the writing compares to current.

Easy to find when you remember the issue well
I spent quite a lot of time in the 1990s finding the roads recommended in Phil Llewellyn’s Route Master series. One of the first things I scanned 20-odd years ago. Speed cameras were a novelty then; few and far between and generally in sensible locations.

Every now and then I realise there are still less-trafficked areas in southern England. Harry’s testing road, venue of many an Evo meet 15-20 years ago, for instance. Which I found from a late 1980s Clarkson article.

[Hates_]

Seems slightly overpriced, but I'm no specialist. What do y'all reckon?

It would definitely be overpriced for the UK IMO. I'd expect under £20k.

[Jobbo]

Idly looking at Auto Trader I spotted an Audi S7 which has had 4 owners in just over 2 years. Advert doesn't say much, just "There is no ptoblem with the car, Smoke free, Pet free, Full service history, Recent MOT Black, 4 owners"
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 4214865925

There is something wrong with it - the gel numberplates and particularly the rear one which has gone wrong

[integrale_evo]

I always assumed these shit plates were a normal printed plate underneath but with the letters stuck over the top, but nope.

Saw a video recently where monkeys at a safari park had stolen some of the letters off one

[Carlos]

I never realised they did a 3l Tdi S7

ETA i assume its a BiTdi A7 for a shit load more ?

[Jobbo]

Yep, the BiTDI with an electric assisted turbocharger for 347bhp and sold in the S4, S6 and S7 of this generation. Hence me looking at them but I'd rather have a Merc E400d I think.