What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

Duke O Smiley

Great spot. Miss mine dearly

Duke O Smiley

Great spot. Miss mine dearly

RFOLEY1990

there'a a taxi on the Gresham Rank usually it's a 1988 Camry I think

mgbgt1978

There are no Taxi's over 15 years old on Irish Roads.

In a year or so there will be nothing over 10 years old as any "Amnesty Taxi's" will reach 15 years old and their replacements will cease to be eligible as a taxi once they hit the 10 year mark.

Duke O Smiley

I actually remember an old 84-D reg Merc W123 estate taxi in Dublin only about ten years ago, and an 85-D Accord

And ZG reg W126 with a Nissan diesel!

Good days

Aska

1977 240 D Merc

77 KY 617. Was in front of me at roadworks in Clonakilty, got a pic while stopped but cant upload from phone i think

Grab All Association

Corolla Jap import

elperello

Grab All Association wrote: »

Corolla Jap import

It's a naturalised citizen, Tipp Hurling and Padre Pio stickers

Grab All Association

Corolla 1996. Not in too bad of condition.

samih

Saw a very clean looking 96-D Audi A4 TDi (90 hp version) in Dublin 3 a couple nights ago. She was running really well judging by the sound and smell.

That Passat on the previous page brings back fond memories of the '91 2.0 GL I drove for years until '03. They were a very durable vehicle apart from soft valve guides and resulting plumes of smoke. Harold Engineering recon'd the head for me and she was a goer at the time. Very torquey and frugal.

gammygils

95 300E in Briarhill Galway. Apologies for the shltty door mirror photos

BonnieSituation

As mentioned before I'm the proud owner of a 1997 Toyota Corolla.

Anyway, at some point in October 2016 it refused to start for me and winter got in the way and it just sat there since.

Decided I'd give it a service anyway and see what we could do with her. Lo and behold...

She lives!!! Drove it around the block and not a bother on it. Literally drives like the day it was parked up. It's an insane machine.

And on the road, so I can stick up a picture!

Reckon new tyres and brakes will get it through the NCT on February 26th.

That would be something!

Aska

Aska wrote: »

1977 240 D Merc

77 KY 617. Was in front of me at roadworks in Clonakilty, got a pic while stopped but cant upload from phone i think

Grab All Association

1991 Micra still in use

Nekarsulm

Pulled in for diesel to find this fellow ahead of me.
Cavan town today.

Duke O Smiley

That’s an early ZV, 1995ish I’d guess

BonnieSituation

They really need to flip the ZV now and make it a suffix.

Duke O Smiley

This was a nice surprise parked beside me after a match earlier today, early Carina e

L1011

'95 Rover 100 in the Coombe. Daily driver - nobody will keep one as a classic, the rallying Metros have taken up all the interest in that family.

ofcork

Saw a Porsche 944 in cork other day 85 reg couldn't get pic.

m17

Tuam

Duke O Smiley

Recent sightings; lift back was 97, Legend was 01 and piloted very steadily by an older chap

Grab All Association

Today. Don’t see many of those MK2 Primeras around these days. There’s a 1996 one going around town. Back 20 years ago Thurles was flooded with them.

BonnieSituation

m17 wrote: »

Tuam

That has to be the most photographed car on this thread surely?

BonnieSituation

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Today. Don’t see many of those MK2 Primeras around these days. There’s a 1996 one going around town. Back 20 years ago Thurles was flooded with them.

The whole country was full of them.

I saw a mark 1 in Bratislava in October. I would never have thought that they'd be so rare these days. Would love to get a hold of one.

Grab All Association

Corollas

Duke O Smiley

Corolla looks good in black

Duke O Smiley

Followed this briefly this evening. Know it to see locally, tidy 1 owner car & its diesel. It only lives about 1 km from the garage that sold it new, on the same stretch of road!

Oops!

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Today. Don’t see many of those MK2 Primeras around these days. There’s a 1996 one going around town. Back 20 years ago Thurles was flooded with them.

Is that Aldi car park? Often seen that car around town aswell. Those P11's were a great car... Donie Archie's sold some amount of them in the 90's alright. Then they undid all their good work with the P12.....

sligojoek

Donie Archie . That name brings back memories. My father used to do a good bit of work for him in the 80s and 90s. Is he still going?