I've gone and upset some petrol heads...

[M-Power]

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Plenty of long time cycling enthusiasts are also petrolheads and vice-versa. It's fashionable these days on social media to dis another affinity group just for the hell of it. Particularly sad the media have done their level best to stoke up a bitter feud between drivers and cyclists. Nasty nasty times - sad really.

 

[Leighcal]

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Most so called petrol head these days are Costa/Clio/fiesta driving idiots! I don't get why anyone would want a car to make so much noise and take so long to get to 60?
I've never been one for adding bits to cars for no gain, ok I don't drive now but our lass does, but when I did I liked cars that were nice looking and nice sounding from the box, take the merc amg 6.3, or the boxer engines in subarus, and the v10 that Audi use. No way are you gonna get any car to sound like any of them by adding a exhaust.
Why would anyone want to be heard from 5 miles away and the you see what's making the noise when it get to you and its a Corsa 1 litre full of spotty teens and McDonald's wrappers!
I could rant all day about these so called petrol heads so I'm gonna stop now!

 

[longun]

nowt wrong with fiesta dude............just depends on their age

 

[Leighcal]

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I'm not skating the cars not in any way just what the youth of today do to to them etc. Don't see the point myself! I don't have a car myself so can't really slate anything what others drive haha

 

[longun]

totally agree but we were all young and foolish once, runs and finds a pic of an old boot install and tsw venoms pmsl the college i work at have a good mix of youths with nice cars and others that .............well, barryboys would hve a field day with lthough there is a trend of some restoring and using classic mopeds and motorbikes presently so alls not lost............fingers crossed eh

 

[Adruzzz]

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Great comments, especially about being young and daft :xmas-big-grin:

The big difference I see nowadays is that me and my mates had cheap runarounds that mostly had rust or running issues that we gradually learned how to fix ourselves over time. I don't think many these days know one end of a spanner from the other :facepalm:

Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong or just getting to be an old git :xmas-big-grin:

 

[M-Power]

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Peeps that fake the decals/bodywork on a mid range prestige car to look like the top of the range sports model...its fing saaad but can also be entertaining Plenty of hilarious threads on car forums about this. Not trying to ruffle any feathers on here saying this, just saying !

Yoof that spend £25k building up MR2 to look like a Fezza or some such...why ? Just save up and buy a cheap high mileage genuine example that holds it value. Appreciate the insurance costs but these should be offset by lower depreciation or even appreciation like many classic sports cars do.

Yoof = crazy times. Had so many close shaves being driven my crazy mates bitd...just makes me shudder to think of it now. Wife is from SW Ireland and every year at least 10 local yoof die horribly doing what yoof do in cars. So many funerals and wasted lives but it never changes and that IS sad.

 

[Leighcal]

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Yeah have lost too many friends and acquaintances to speed and stupidity, spent most of my life on motorbikes as have my mates, I'm not saying motorbikes are unsafe by any standards but those of you that ride know how easy it is to want to do things just that bit faster every time. But on the other hand there's a time and place for everything. Some choose it wisely, others don't live to tell the tale.
Same for car drivers, only difference is you have more protection.
Cars and their drivers today have no idea what real driving is! Am sure there's a good few on here that have been in the older cars, capris, cosworths, Sri`s, gte`s and the like. They were cars that you drove and if you did anything wrong especially in the rear wheel drive cars they weren't very forgiving! I started working on cars at a young age and hung around with people twice my age so had the privilege of working on and been in these type of cars, even the odd old kit car and yank tank for good measure.
If I drove I would have something older as a daily driver, but I don't. I'm really in no place to slate what anyone drives, just saying how things change.