Modern Cars

[Night Train]

I love Land Rovers. If my commute was shorter than, er, 75 miles each way I'd have a Series 2.
The 18 year old nephew of a friend of mine has just built this ...

(Sorry, it's not a great photo, but you get the idea.)

... from a Series 1. He's just fitted a Rover V8 engine, and he jacked the suspension up himself using bits from his local scrapyard. Clever chap.

Edit: for all you eagle eyed types out there, yes it is four wheel drive ... now.

Here's the one I made 15 years ago:

It was built in the street and MOTed every year. It is six wheel drive and about 18' long.
Had a 3.6 litre 6 pot diesel, 5 speed main gear box and a 3 speed transfer box. I did once park it with one front wheel on a bollard and the other 5 on the ground.
Not bad for a london commuter!B)
It was originally an ex police Series 3 safari riot van that attended the Wapping riots until I got my hands on it!

 

[Rhythm Thief]

^^That's fantastic! Just my sort of thing.

 

[tyred]

Tell me about it. How people stand it I have no idea. I borrowed a Vectra from work the other day to pop out to a parts supplier and they're still just as bad. The steering wheel feels like it's connected to the wheels via Mr Blobby! You get no feel or feedback from the road except for the car hopping off line over bumps. Safe car, you wouldn't dare drive one fast!

My dad has a Mk4 Astra. I drive it occasionally. I find it boring to drive and it is rather road noisy. The steering wheel is set rather high for my tastes and doesn't adjust. But in it's defence, it is probably the most reliable car I have ever encountered and has given no problems whatsoever in the 7 years he's owned it and the mileage is now almost 200,000. I would recommend one to someone who wants cheap, reliable, no hassle motoring but if you enjoy driving, look elsewhere.

 

[Mr Pig]

They do it deliberately. The idea is that cornering fast is so unnerving that you don't want to do it!

My car is the opposite. It's so stable and gives you so much feedback that you end up driving it faster and faster. I actually don't like it as the only way to get a thrill out of it is by driving too fast!

 

[LLB]

Here's the one I made 15 years ago:

It was built in the street and MOTed every year. It is six wheel drive and about 18' long.
Had a 3.6 litre 6 pot diesel, 5 speed main gear box and a 3 speed transfer box. I did once park it with one front wheel on a bollard and the other 5 on the ground.
Not bad for a london commuter!
It was originally an ex police Series 3 safari riot van that attended the Wapping riots until I got my hands on it!

It looks like about 8mpg on a good day

Good effort anyway

 

[Night Train]

It looks like about 8mpg on a good day

Good effort anyway

Haha!
Actually the original 2286cc petrol gave about 8mpg, the big diesel gave me about 30mpg overall monthly average, mainly due to massive low rev torque and a top gear that gave me 70mph at 1200rpm.