The pleasures of older cars..... and a big fat lie

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 · 13 Mar 2010, 2:51 pm

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It had been a couple of months since I'd driven Gwendolyn to work (something about being stuck on the M4 in the middle of summer with no air con), but I dragged her back out this week, and she behaved beautifully, although I'd forgotten how bad the superbeetle shimmies are between 90 and 100. Anyway, when people saw her, it made them smile, and it had already made me smile.

I also smiled today when I went to Bunnings and saw a Renault Dauphine Gordini in the carpark. Like these ones:

http://go.taringa.net/posts/offtopic/1095133/Renault-Gordini---Dauphine.html

http://bringatrailer.com/2008/02/09/preserved-black-plate-1964-renault-dauphine/

I had a good look over it and it was in good nick, and I couldn't resist a rear engine. Unfortunately I didn't see the owner to have a chat. I love old cars 😍

Then on the way home, there was a Lotus 7 charging along. I was stopped next to him at the lights and asked him what engine he had. Toyota 4AGE. I asked whether it was supercharged, and he told a lie. His answer was "I don't need it, I have enough power". Nobody buys a car intended to go fast and thinks they have 'enough' power. The only thing that makes people say that is the constraints, i.e. room in engine bay, money, chassis' ability to cope etc.

Or perhaps I've been reading too much of the drags racers on here or some of the crap in the 'Fastest Street registered VW' thread. 😂

Ciao
Craig

1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 13 Mar 2010, 4:44 pm

#767449

Yea the power to weight ratio makes the N/a 4AGE plenty suitable for alot of fun in the lotus 7's. One fella at Macleay island QLD whose a member her told me about his old one he used to have. He left his mates SLR5000 torana at the lights 🙂, not bad for 1800cc and the tvis does the trick.

Your right though lol, it'll be uber pimping with a sc12. Maybe he's not game enough lol. I'd be up for it! I have a habit of hurting myself and being accident prone though, so maybe thats not wise for me lol.

I look forward to the day my vw rolls out the garage, maybe in another century....

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729 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 13 Mar 2010, 9:39 pm

#767481

Too much is never enough!
Lotus guy is a plonker