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

SmartinMartin · 26-01-2017 05:52PM

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fancy pigeon · 27-01-2017 11:43AM

A regular spot in this neck of the woods!

And by no means the oldest, but a boardsie spot...

mel.b · 01-02-2017 06:05PM

I didn't get a photo and it's not the oldest car for sure but spotted reg JIv 977 today - an 85 toyota starlet. What made me smile though was the sticker on the backwindscreen...'I survived the scrappage scheme'

Elemonator · 01-02-2017 06:08PM

89 Diahatsu. Driven by a novice driver. How the **** he got insurance on that and I can't get it on my grandfather's 02 C180 Merc is beyond me.

selous · 02-02-2017 08:09PM

This morning on the M50, nice n early, whilst doing 120kph.....ish;) I got overtaken by a skinny wheeled 93 D Toyota Starlet :eek: going quite a bit faster, I did chuckle though...had to!

pablo128 · 02-02-2017 09:19PM

selous wrote: »

This morning on the M50, nice n early, whilst doing 120kph.....ish;) I got overtaken by a skinny wheeled 93 D Toyota Starlet :eek: going quite a bit faster, I did chuckle though...had to!

About 12 years ago I was bombing along the N11 before Bray in my Fiat 128 3p. A couple of mates on board too. I was doing quite a bit more than 120kph too.

Imagine my surprise when an old type Mini passed me like I was going backwards!:pac:

Jack the Stripper · 02-02-2017 09:23PM

A 95 mk2 Pajero passsed me on ballincollig bypass this morning. I was doing 120 well. The old yokes are carrying speed today.

Big Nasty · 02-02-2017 09:59PM

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

The old yokes are carrying speed today.

Sure isn't it Groundhog day?

Duke O Smiley · 04-02-2017 04:30PM

Nice local Carina

SmartinMartin · 04-02-2017 06:53PM

Ooooh, there's a few bits I want off that!

selectamatic · 04-02-2017 07:20PM

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Ooooh, there's a few bits I want off that!

Rough border county boyos used to employ this very mindset when it came to Laguna splitters back in the day :P

Surreptitious · 05-02-2017 05:04AM

Toyota's never die

05-02-2017 10:07AM

SmartinMartin wrote: »

And...

Have to put this one in the classic thread as well.

Is that Nerja carpark?

SmartinMartin · 05-02-2017 11:30AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that Nerja carpark?

Yup

Duke O Smiley · 05-02-2017 05:23PM

This absolute beaut at Merlins in Naas today.

pablo128 · 05-02-2017 06:35PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This absolute beaut at Merlins in Naas today.

Reputed to do more than 100 mpg. When new.

I don't know why there isn't a modern equivalent. Maybe newer yokes are too heavy.

Duke O Smiley · 05-02-2017 06:37PM

Kia did (maybe still do) a 1.1 diesel Rio..which, surprisingly, don't seem to be that common.

I've heard great things about these old diesel Charades though..mainly the succeeding model to this.

Quazzie · 05-02-2017 09:13PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Kia did (maybe still do) a 1.1 diesel Rio..which, surprisingly, don't seem to be that common.

I've heard great things about these old diesel Charades though..mainly the succeeding model to this.

So did I till I hit the wheel of an unlit slurry tank one night and I had to be cut from the car because it basically folded up around me. Economical they might be but I wouldn't like to be hitting anything harder than a strong breeze in one.

SmartinMartin · 05-02-2017 10:01PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This absolute beaut at Merlins in Naas today.

Saw that driving into Glasnevin industrial estate 3 days ago.

tc20 · 06-02-2017 11:47AM

'74 Volvo 145 (very crusty in the flesh)

and an MG of sorts in very good condition, on an "IK" reg, - looks like its about to enter the afterlife

Duke O Smiley · 06-02-2017 06:46PM

This is a local car. Perhaps my favorite. Owned and driven by an elderly couple in a classic case of car and owners growing old gracefully. It has gone a bit green lately though. And I haven't seen it around lately.

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SmartinMartin · 06-02-2017 08:09PM

These two beside each other in Drumcondra:

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Duke O Smiley · 08-02-2017 12:11PM

Edgewardstown. I have no idea

Skylinehead · 08-02-2017 12:24PM

Looks like a CitiCar variant

Which I found by googling "triangular electric car 80s" :pac:

(it's actually a 70s car)

joujoujou · 08-02-2017 02:30PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Looks like a CitiCar variant

[...]

Yes.

Actually, Postal Comuta-Van it's called.

SmartinMartin · 08-02-2017 09:52PM

That not the new Panda?

Duke O Smiley · 08-02-2017 09:53PM

Haha.

Yer man in the garage next door said its sitting there 30 years, and its not for sale..

H3llR4iser · 09-02-2017 12:43PM

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

A 95 mk2 Pajero passsed me on ballincollig bypass this morning. I was doing 120 well. The old yokes are carrying speed today.

Over 10 years ago I regularly had drivers of newer cars being stumped at my 200k+ km, 10+ years old 2.0 TS Alfa 155 leaving their brand new cars for dead. One morning, a specific guy in a spanking new 120d wouldn't have any of it - he kept staying on the overtaking lane, when he finally moved he floored it thinking I wouldn't be able to pass, but the old and battered Twin Spark built up a 7-8 kph differential in seconds and off I was; I was actually surprised as the 120d of the time was supposed to be quite a bit faster than my car.

Italy's open roads were a fun place to drive back then, some National (Statali, in Italy) roads would be fully up to motorway specs but with little traffic and zero cameras and drivers were up to the task; I still remember one morning when I formed up a small "train" with a 147 and a 156, both 1.9JTDm, and we traveled in convoy for a good 15-20km before my exit came up...at speeds that'd be grounds for immediate execution if caught. Even in that case, the old 155 had a little bit more than the two younger cars, especially past the 200 marker...

SmartinMartin · 09-02-2017 03:06PM

This unusual beast in Navan this morning;

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And this on the N4;

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fancy pigeon · 09-02-2017 03:53PM

Duke!

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

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