Best sunday driver for 'relations'

B11gt00e

... the having of, not the getting of or the type that gather at weddings & such.

Account for:

roominess,
suspension & comfort,
carpet,
synthetic / hide,
climate,
lighting,
hard/ soft top,
boot capacity,
cup holders,
Seat configuration,



Ride, handling and cornering are important factors for the run home!


ALL suggestions warmly welcomed especially any useful automotive quirks
which may have been overlooked and useful regarding this partiular quandary.

Personality a Plus.




Quirky springs something like this to mind

but every kind of car is open for contemplation.

peasant

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=884

:D:D

B11gt00e

peasant wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=884

:D:D

:D:D

but every kind of car is open for contemplation.

shagman

Gotta be a 70's custom van.
Mirrored ceiling. check!
Waterbed. check!
Funfur bed. check!
Drinks cabinet. check!
quadraphonic surround sound. check!

No contest....





Here's a great scene from 70s cheesefest "The Van" to illustrate my point....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL0zPrxGoMA

carchaeologist

While on that theme..

carchaeologist

or...

Pdfile

why not a rover p5 ??


ugly, huge engine... its a rover.

all boxes ticked, no ?

shagman

With your username I'm not sure you'll be made very welcome in this discussion!!

2 Espressi

shagman

It'd be dangerous enough driving that around. Mary Harney would be in the back of it in no time! Aaarrrghh!!!! :0

MercMad

Is there a budget involved ??

Master_Key

shagman wrote: »

It'd be dangerous enough driving that around. Mary Harney would be in the back of it in no time! Aaarrrghh!!!! :0

:D

- or maybe she drives it around to schools as she's a PD-Phile

Pdfile

Master_Key wrote: »

:D

- or maybe she drives it around to schools as she's a PD-Phile

or maybe its the fact im MJ re-encarnatated into a computer file format ?

:cool:

B11gt00e

MercMad: 20K would be the maximum stretch for something very special.



I think my choice of a 'pimped' Lincoln Continental threw out a vibe about modified cars. I like cars in their original state as much as possible. Tasteful additions can be nice, but the inital query was into the best classic car for the already mentioned unmentionable.


Lookin' for a comfy cruiser not a cameo on COPS!!
- all of a sudden, blue lights flashing along to Bob Marley's badboys -
Whats with all the paedo references?? Isn't your man's username just a play on PDF file. The motor section posters are always fast to find a play on words or any connotations that can be played with.:)

Carcaeologist: That DS is very nicely done indeed. Never seen one worked like that. Have you got any such an example of the SM??


The Van's are very funny... especially the CandyVan, as I drove a few different ones around NYC in the nineties. BUT, I'm not a van man myself, but the yankee ones are alright to drive as you've got petrol power, and many of them have quite nice V8's.

I wasn't familiar with the p5 when I first saw the comment. Not a bad looking car and big engine too. Looks like the kind of car where a bit of pimping would be acceptable... a topchop perhaps like the volga v21 merged 8 series was up here awhile back.

kasper

the seats in an austin maxi can be set up as a bed with adjustment and not modification

MorrisCooper

Volvo 240 estate for the lanky ones

DaveCol

MorrisCooper wrote: »

Volvo 240 estate for the lanky ones

Cheers

Pdfile

B11gt00e wrote: »

MercMad: 20K would be the maximum stretch for something very special.



I think my choice of a 'pimped' Lincoln Continental threw out a vibe about modified cars. I like cars in their original state as much as possible. Tasteful additions can be nice, but the inital query was into the best classic car for the already mentioned unmentionable.


Lookin' for a comfy cruiser not a cameo on COPS!!
- all of a sudden, blue lights flashing along to Bob Marley's badboys -
Whats with all the paedo references?? Isn't your man's username just a play on PDF file. The motor section posters are always fast to find a play on words or any connotations that can be played with.:)

Carcaeologist: That DS is very nicely done indeed. Never seen one worked like that. Have you got any such an example of the SM??


The Van's are very funny... especially the CandyVan, as I drove a few different ones around NYC in the nineties. BUT, I'm not a van man myself, but the yankee ones are alright to drive as you've got petrol power, and many of them have quite nice V8's.

I wasn't familiar with the p5 when I first saw the comment. Not a bad looking car and big engine too. Looks like the kind of car where a bit of pimping would be acceptable... a topchop perhaps like the volga v21 merged 8 series was up here awhile back.

buy a cortina then....


awaits the " fordies " brigade to reccomend anything bar their belovied blue oval :pac:

corktina

generations of Essex folk have been conceived in Fords....:rolleyes:

IMHOP you should all get a room...well at least you get breakfast so the night wont be a total disppointment should it not go your way....:cool:

Pdfile

corktina wrote: »

IMHOP you should all get a room...well at least you get breakfast so the night wont be a total disppointment should it not go your way....:cool:

only if your payin

MercMad

Hard to beat a yank tank if its really only Sunday cruisin' your after. If there is any regular/daily driving to be done then the LHD and MPG might be an issue.

I would definitely consider a DS, unless you also want power !

If you intend to do regular driving, consider a Merc, though they may not be "special" enough for you, but they can take the mileage and the rough roads and are cheap to maintain once you start with a solid body.

Pdfile

MercMad wrote: »

I would definitely consider a DS [ quote]


ds with its trick suspention is hard to beat in fairness

just need to put the rest of your budget away to run the thing !

daveharnett

Big engine, loads of room and privacy in the back, nobody will beep you for sunday driving too slow, and €88 to tax

MorrisCooper

Ideally have a chauffeur so relations could be conducted on the move. If a hearse pulled into a layby, you'd have concerned passersby stopping to make sure you're OK.

Whosbetter?

MorrisCooper wrote: »

Ideally have a chauffeur so relations could be conducted on the move. If a hearse pulled into a layby, you'd have concerned passersby stopping to make sure you're OK.

You mean alive, surely? :pac: