The delusional car owner

[wemorgan]

I once believed what I read in an Ebay car auction.

....how delusional was that!

 

[corned]

My favourite delusional car owner example is the numpty who painted their 1.6 Cavalier to look like (and you have to take that very loosely) the General Lee, even putting "DODGE" and "CHARGER" stickers on the boot lid.

Muppet.

Anyone remember that - I think it was shown on a Top Gear episode years ago? I can't find a picture of it unfortunately. Or perhaps that's fortunately.

 

[Ade B]

I bought a low mileage 1991 german executive coupe as a kind of experiment thinking that low depreciation would make it relatively cheap to run






Ade

 

[bpsorrel]

My favourite delusional car owner example is the numpty who painted their 1.6 Cavalier to look like (and you have to take that very loosely) the General Lee, even putting "DODGE" and "CHARGER" stickers on the boot lid.

Muppet.

Anyone remember that - I think it was shown on a Top Gear episode years ago? I can't find a picture of it unfortunately. Or perhaps that's fortunately.

Yeah! I remember that! LOL! Wasn't that the segment where they showed some ludicrous spoilers and stuff?

 

[corned]

That's the one!

Loads of pictures of 'Max Power'ed Hondas with rear spoilers which made the whole thing look like a lawnmower!!! Stylish!

Still can't find a photo of that General Lee though...

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Not a Cavalier, but a Vaxhall/Opel - Mantra?:

 

[crammy69]

I had a brand new Alfa 33 in 1985, in Rosso...a Ferrari colour don't you know

It was scrapped 6 years later because of the most unbelievable rust on all body panels...it was literally melting before my brother's eyes ( he has just about forgiven me).

My best mates brother bought 3 new Alfa 33's in a row, hes wised up a bit nowdays, but damn they looked good when new in bright Alfa red...

I girl I know tried to convince me that her then boyfreinds FIAT 132 Mirafiori (great name !) was as quick as a Ferrari - because he said so....

 

[bpsorrel]

Know what? I pulled that exact same stunt in 1980 with a Mirafiori Sport I had that was in bright orange and went like hell! (had a great 2 litre twincam engine with a lovely throaty roar on acceleration! - similar to a Strada Abarth I had a year or so later!) Needless to say she wasn't convinced!

That Abarth was one car I wish I'd kept - it went like stink and was probably the closest I've expereinced in a road car to real racing feel!

 

[190E 2.6]

What a fab thread , I never laughed so much in ages!!!! thanks


I must add my first car was Triumph 2.5 PI.....

Drivers would get out of the way.

 

[SilverSaloon]

A Chrysler 300C going about thinking he has a Bentley

 

[bpsorrel]

You mean like this....

 

[HR17]

You mean like this....

I've seen plenty of those around here. I was beginning to think they all came with Bentley badges. An American Bentley, based on an old Merc but for Mondeo money?

If I had a Bentley, I'd be tempted to put a VW roundel in place of the 'B'. I'd go as far as a 300c club meeting to see the response.

 

[Chippychap]

Must admit, in the right light, my Picasso looks like a Bugatti Veyron.
If Lotus stood for.....Loads of trouble, usually serious.
MG...........Mainly garbage?
As a pup I DID have an MGB roadster, now that I have porked up a bit I'd have to strap it on like a tennis shoe.

 

[corned]

Just to unnecessarily prolong the General Lee theme:

Still can't find that Cavalier...

 

[bpsorrel]

Neatly following on from that...

Art Car Central: 25 ways to spot a fake General Lee

Some fakes are a bit more obvious than others...

 

[petermansell]

I think that I am a bit like the posters MG ZR owner. I just LOVE my car and when every so often I think about changing it and look at other models (Alpina B3; BMW 135i) come to the conclusion that I'd be swapping for no good reasons as my beloved beast does all and more than I want of it).



Except that is .....is poor fuel consumption and tyre eating habits!

 

[219]

Bonus question - how do you perform a handbrake turn in an Alfasud?

Just brake hard , or pull handbrake on extra hard so that one of the front inboard discs shatters , locking the corresponding wheel - same effect :bannana: