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I like the pretext of Curtis's thread.
They've been cheapo-chaved for years, but that's not the car's fault. Curtis offers a few nice examples to challenge their low-rent image. IMO they're at about the point where they drop out of that scene, and inherit a little bit of 205 sparkly-dust.
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MK2VR6
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I really start to feel old and realise I've been around this place for a long time, as soon as I see the 'how do you define retro?' argument for the billionty-eth time. Do a google and there are masses of threads on here over the last 10 years discussing exactly the same thing. Back to 106's... The early Rallye is a fantastic looking car, and the Xsi isn't far off it. Both models relatively rare now. I'm not keen on the facelift cars, but the unadulterated original is a proper little classic. Bear in mind the very first ones are now 23 years old. What's not to like about the 205's little brother? The only downside is their propensity to disintegrate in a frontal impact, but there are masses of small cars of a similar age which tend to do the same, so it doesn't count
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wtaf, the rule must apply for polo 6n's as well then? mk3 golf's etc remember the phase 1 was released in 1991 which is around the era of both i have mentioned so are they really too new? curse word i had better delete my account then my saph is only around 2 years older than the rallye i posted up, makes me wonder sometimes site is meant to be retro rides yet people expect modern tat to be classed as retro and excepted, so are you saying the sierra sapphire which ended its production in 1992 is new tat or the polo 6n, mk3 golf and other cars of the same age which are received with great comments and are widely accepted are new tat? you completely skirted around things mentioned in my post that you quoted is a 20 year old car not retro? why not give a few examples of what you deem acceptable i am actually interested also let me quote the modus operandi 1) Everything has potential This does not mean everything is good to start with, just that with the right eye and a bit of thought every car can have the potential to be interesting.
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Last Edit: May 5, 2015 19:36:48 GMT by fordperv
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makes me wonder sometimes site is meant to be retro rides yet people expect modern tat to be classed as retro and excepted, We decided ten years ago that 'retro' is an attitude and not an age. It is the Retro Rides way, and has been since day one. *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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makes me wonder sometimes site is meant to be retro rides yet people expect modern tat to be classed as retro and excepted, so are you saying the sierra sapphire which ended its production in 1992 is new tat or the polo 6n, mk3 golf and other cars of the same age which are received with great comments and are widely accepted are new tat? you completely skirted around things mentioned in my post that you quoted is a 20 year old car not retro? why not give a few examples of what you deem acceptable i am actually interested also let me quote the modus operandi 1) Everything has potential This does not mean everything is good to start with, just that with the right eye and a bit of thought every car can have the potential to be interesting. production ended in 92 started in 87 making them eligible, the reason there was no comment about the vw's is the 6n started production in 94/95? making it a newer car than the 106, the mk3 started production? 92/93? so again a similar age to the 106, 20 years old would make it 1995 production model there are very few designed and produced pre 90's with that long a production run, agreed everything does have potential but whether it is being posted on the right forum or not is a whole different problem what is deemed as retro? in my opinion anything produced upto j reg /91 which is the same sort of cars that can get into the retro parking at the gathering Although there have been and always will be exceptions to this. at the moment i don't have a retro the last truly retro cars i owned was my xr4x4 and mk2 cav, after that i owned a mercedes s124 mid spec on j reg however i wouldnt really say that it was "retro" although it was pretty unusual after that i owned a heap of a ford puma, two 6n polo's (both scrapped with 7 months mot still left on them as they were pretty awfull) ive now got a 2000 Subaru Impreza nothing special but its a decent daily driver,
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makes me wonder sometimes site is meant to be retro rides yet people expect modern tat to be classed as retro and excepted, We decided ten years ago that 'retro' is an attitude and not an age. It is the Retro Rides way, and has been since day one. *n from this very sight Retro Parking If you aren’t with a club but you arrive with a pre-91 car we will put you in the show in the retro parking area alongside the club area here's a 106 from the bristol Krispy Kreme meet in march
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Just bought a 15D zest2 for my eldest in a vain attempt to get him revved up to take his test (been taking lessions for 2 years now) he will be glad to hear that they are not cool, he's a goth and hates cool LOL
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Yes please, that's spot on. Also the 106 is just the younger sibling of the 205, especially the pre-facelift ones which are definitely retro. Is mention of 205 an excuse to post one?
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Last Edit: May 5, 2015 20:21:16 GMT by Deleted
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from this very sight Retro Parking If you aren’t with a club but you arrive with a pre-91 car we will put you in the show in the retro parking area alongside the club area Site* That quote is regarding a specific part of a specific show, not the forums. These are different things, yes? *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Curtis
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Driving: Shitbox Honda S-MX
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Struggle to understand why people on here (especially newer members) struggle to see the perspective of other members. It's a forum, just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they're CarLucifer incarnate. Never used to be like this, back in my day etc etc etc.
I'm a huge fan of a decent PH1 106 or Saxo. They're so crisp and unashamedly Gallic, not to mention being hugely fun and very competent in the right hands.
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from this very sight Retro Parking If you aren’t with a club but you arrive with a pre-91 car we will put you in the show in the retro parking area alongside the club area Site* That quote is regarding a specific part of a specific show, not the forums. These are different things, yes? *n Cheers my spelling can be awfull at times, the specific show i always thought was a part of this forum same organisers as the people who started and run this so they should be pretty much run the same. ive not taken many pics of 106's but heres a very nice 205
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so are you saying the sierra sapphire which ended its production in 1992 is new tat or the polo 6n, mk3 golf and other cars of the same age which are received with great comments and are widely accepted are new tat? you completely skirted around things mentioned in my post that you quoted is a 20 year old car not retro? why not give a few examples of what you deem acceptable i am actually interested also let me quote the modus operandi 1) Everything has potential This does not mean everything is good to start with, just that with the right eye and a bit of thought every car can have the potential to be interesting. production ended in 92 started in 87 making them eligible, the reason there was no comment about the vw's is the 6n started production in 94/95? making it a newer car than the 106, the mk3 started production? 92/93? so again a similar age to the 106, 20 years old would make it 1995 production model there are very few designed and produced pre 90's with that long a production run, agreed everything does have potential but whether it is being posted on the right forum or not is a whole different problem what is deemed as retro? in my opinion anything produced upto j reg /91 which is the same sort of cars that can get into the retro parking at the gathering Although there have been and always will be exceptions to this. at the moment i don't have a retro the last truly retro cars i owned was my xr4x4 and mk2 cav, after that i owned a mercedes s124 mid spec on j reg however i wouldnt really say that it was "retro" although it was pretty unusual after that i owned a heap of a ford puma, two 6n polo's (both scrapped with 7 months mot still left on them as they were pretty awfull) ive now got a 2000 Subaru Impreza nothing special but its a decent daily driver, Cheers for reply, personally I class 20 years as being in the retro bracket but there are exceptions, but I can't argue with the justification for your opinion, sorry i should have said I used the 6n as a closeish example for the phase 2 106
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Last Edit: May 5, 2015 20:44:10 GMT by fordperv
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Struggle to understand why people on here (especially newer members) struggle to see the perspective of other members. It's a forum, just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they're CarLucifer incarnate. Never used to be like this, back in my day etc etc etc. I would say the issue is more long term members calling 20 year old cars modern tat because they've been on the site for years and feel that the next generation have no place here, if people kept their negativity to themselves and didnt post on threads that they had no interest in then there wouldnt be lengthy discussion ensue that gets people (usually long term memebrs) upset.
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Cheers for reply, personally I class 20 years as being in the retro bracket but there are exceptions, but I can't argue with the justification for your opinion, sorry i should have said I used the 6n as a closeish example for the phase 2 106 I'm pretty sure some insurers class a fair few cars over 20/21 as classic just to really confuse things i think aswell it all depends what you grew up around to what your opinions on what is classic/retro are compared to what is modern. some of the cars in here i grew up around, mid 80's onwards s1311.photobucket.com/user/mjp27/slideshow/My%20Dads%20Cars
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Struggle to understand why people on here (especially newer members) struggle to see the perspective of other members. It's a forum, just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they're CarLucifer incarnate. Never used to be like this, back in my day etc etc etc. I would say the issue is more long term members calling 20 year old cars modern tat because they've been on the site for years and feel that the next generation have no place here, if people kept their negativity to themselves and didnt post on threads that they had no interest in then there wouldnt be lengthy discussion ensue that gets people (usually long term memebrs) upset. I don't think anyone thinks that newer generations "have no place here", I think it's that people have come in and misunderstand the forum and it's raison d'etre. I've met a lot of members from here over the years and they're (usually) a very accepting and open minded bunch. Let's not turn this into a rant anyway, it's a good thread!
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Because it hasn't been posted yet... Get a normal bonnet on it, and bin the rubik's cubes and we're getting there. *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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still 'a bit much' to me this is near enough perfect
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Last Edit: May 5, 2015 21:10:16 GMT by thododd
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