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

BonnieSituation · 14-03-2020 04:21PM

mrmoonlight wrote: »

I don't really know much about old cars but I saw this earlier.. thought it looked interesting the make on the back says "Hunter"

Hillman Hunter

BonnieSituation · 14-03-2020 04:23PM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Hillman Hunter

Interesting it's coming up on cartell as follows:

235 BHI
Massey Ferguson

285 BHI
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295 BHI
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Garzard · 20-03-2020 07:43PM

Clapped out old Punto in SuperValu Knocklyon this evening. :cool:

Marlow · 20-03-2020 10:30PM

Not technically on the road ... but

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Duke O Smiley · 20-03-2020 10:33PM

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

Marlow · 20-03-2020 10:44PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Jetta is class too. That grille!

That grille used to be a Hella upgrade kit, if I remember right. They were very popular in Scandinavia. It has not aged well .. that's for sure.

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Garzard · 20-03-2020 10:57PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

That's by far the oldest I've seen lately. I just so happened to drive behind it on my way out, young enough guy at the wheel. Car definitely seemed to be struggling and was smoking a fair bit. An old workhorse which is hopefully given a bit of work to keep it on the road. Least it deserves after 25 years.

ba_barabus · 21-03-2020 12:11AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

1995 is early but the earliest would have been 1994. I remembering seeing my first. They looked amazing in a metallic yellow colour and came well specced.

I Was VB · 21-03-2020 12:27AM

Garzard wrote: »

Clapped out old Punto in SuperValu Knocklyon this evening. :cool:

Always remember the vertical rear lights was a huge talking point on these and the 850 estate

sligojoek · 21-03-2020 01:40AM

A friend of mine used to swear by the Punto. He had 5 of them over 7 years,

Big Nasty · 21-03-2020 07:22AM

sligojoek wrote: »

A friend of mine used to swear by the Punto. He had 5 of them over 7 years,

Sounds quare reliable so! :pac:

RobAMerc · 21-03-2020 07:44AM

we had one of those punto's for a while. Still dont get all the crap thrown at them. Compared to the contemporary Yaris or Micras they were a cracking little car to drive ( although still not a Peugeot 106 etc ) not a biscuit tin on wheels like the Jap stuff.

pablo128 · 21-03-2020 01:00PM

RobAMerc wrote: »

we had one of those punto's for a while. Still dont get all the crap thrown at them. Compared to the contemporary Yaris or Micras they were a cracking little car to drive ( although still not a Peugeot 106 etc ) not a biscuit tin on wheels like the Jap stuff.

I had a 3 year old mk1 and my missus passed her test in a 10 yr old mk2. However I replaced head gaskets and clutches on puntos almost on a daily basis when I worked as a mechanic. The mk2 was a worse car in some ways as the electric steering was prone to failure and wasn't a diy job.

m17 · 22-03-2020 11:10AM

Limerick

m17 · 22-03-2020 03:28PM

Limerick

johndaman66 · 22-03-2020 04:22PM

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

pm. · 22-03-2020 05:14PM

Mullingar

pm. · 22-03-2020 05:17PM

Sorry for 2 posts it wouldn't let me load it to 1..
Car is spotless

tom petty · 22-03-2020 05:20PM

johndaman66 wrote: »

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 22-03-2020 06:19PM

johndaman66 wrote: »

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

Belongs to a girl, her boyfriend owns the black e30 estate on BBS rims, also has a 2door e30 coupe and at least 5 or 6 more e30's that are currently off the road.

Marlow · 22-03-2020 07:25PM

tom petty wrote: »

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

The only way to avoid that is to tuck them away somewhere, where nobody can see them. Or get the government to ban camera phones.

Somebody, somewhere, will post that on some forum or social media, if they like it. If you take them out in public, you risk of having photos taking of them. It's not illegal.

You'd be amazed how often I get tagged or pointed to posts with pictures of my classic/vintage vehicles.

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BonnieSituation · 23-03-2020 02:37AM

m17 wrote: »

Limerick

This is really highlights just how much bigger cars have gotten over the years eh...

BonnieSituation · 23-03-2020 02:37AM

m17 wrote: »

Limerick

As does this.

Marlow · 23-03-2020 03:30AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

This is really highlights just how much bigger cars have gotten over the years eh...

Yep ... and the size of the parking spots has not increased

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johndaman66 · 23-03-2020 11:45AM

tom petty wrote: »

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

Yeah. Chances are a lot of people living locally will be able to deduce the location from them photographs anyway. I'm sure that more than one not so savoury character has already walked past that car where it is parked...On a daily basis even.

tc20 · 24-03-2020 04:22PM

weekend spots around Greystones.
The Volvo is a regular (if not daily) driver, and I'm sure I've seen the 924 plenty of times too..

gammygils · 27-03-2020 03:28AM

Spotted in Tuam today. 88 Escort RS Turbo & 96 Pajero

m17 · 27-03-2020 07:39PM

Limerick

gammygils · 28-03-2020 02:06AM

69 Mark II Cortina in Tuam this evening

Tzardine · 28-03-2020 11:32AM

That's beautiful.

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

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