Classic cars you really dont like...

John said:
The Holbay engined Hunter GT and GLS was a nice handy bit of sleeper kit. Looked like a grandad car, went suprisingly quickly for its time with well matched ratios. The later badged Humber Sceptre had very little point though.


John
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Once again I find myself in complete agreement with John - The GLS was a tasty motor back in its day, no one ever suspected what was under the bonnet untill you let the thing rip... Holbay 1725 with twin 40 webbers. I owned (and more's the pity killed) two GLS's, I really liked them, but as this is a thread about classics you don't like... hmmm... well like some of you have mentioned, I am not sure what a classic is anymore - is it my perception or some arbitrary age related criteria? Does a car become a "classic" merely because it reaches a certain age? Or is there some extra quality that makes a vehicle classic? If it's age related then there are probably a ton of cars that I never liked. Bit stumped :?
 
My first car was a Hunter estate, so I feel the need to defend them. Even in basic form they were far more comfortable and better built than the tinny Cortina. I never saw a problem with labelling the plushest version as a Humber Sceptre. Even if wasn't as special as the original Sceptre it was still pretty well loaded to take on the 1600E, etc.
 
Hillman Hunters were common in 1976, a lot fitted with auto transmission of course

not as good as the Borg Warner but a lot better than manual :p
 
falkor said:
not as good as the Borg Warner but a lot better than manual :p
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As far as I remember they were a Borg Warner 35 on the early ones, then they moved on to the 4 speed auto which was the 45.

And I had a Hunter shaped Humber Sceptre that was a M/OD and that was a nice driving car, and a very pleasant place to be inside, I always thought. Rotten as a pear though......
 
Don't like.... Porsche's and most vws. Golfs are the most boring looking cars no matter which generation...
 
Already mentioned, but Chrysler PT Cruiser. Horrible car, people that own them seem to think that they're something special? They're cheap and nasty.
 
Harvey wrote,
And I had a Hunter shaped Humber Sceptre that was a M/OD and that was a nice driving car, and a very pleasant place to be inside, I always thought. Rotten as a pear though......
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SNAP!!! :LOL: ,

Mine was Mettalic Green,I only discovered it was rotten when I was adjusting the seat and put my size 12 through the
drivers footwell :LOL:
 
In my view anything 25-35 years of age is a modern classic 35-65 is a classic anything over 65 go's to vintage status as for classics I don't like its a tough one as even the ugly ones can sometimes bring back nostalgic memories after all that's what it's all about ....isn't it :?: :?:
 
I had a Maxi for a while. I tried very hard to like it, I thought it drove and handled quite well but they're just so ugly! There is nothing you can do to make them attractive.
I enjoyed my time with my Marina 1700 estate, didn't mind that at all. But the handlng was greatly improved by the later ones.
My Lada estate was very quirky, very few accessories seemed to work for long but it never let me down and the heater was fantastic!
A customer left an Allegro in my drive with a blown head gasket once. It was starting to grow on me after staring at it for about a week but then I fixed it and took it for a test drive.... absolutely awful.
I loved my Dolomite 1850 but when I got the opportunity to drive a Sprint, I was quite disappointed. It felt so heavy.
Had a couple of Minis. The novelty of driving a go-kart wears off pretty quickly, and a nightmare to work on.
Always been very unimpressed with '70s Mercedes, tank like things that rust like nothing else.
Hunters, boring. Never driven a hot one though. Avengers were cheap but entertaining.
I used to have a thing for FD Victors. Had a 3300 manual one that I pirouetted off the road through a hedge! Not entirely my fault, they were very light in the rear.
Never been fond of the big Aussie stuff. Always a bit too crude but built for a purpose I suppose.
My least favourite car has to be the Beetle. I've had a couple of '60s ones, slow, noisy, uncomfortable, apalling handling, steering, gearchange and brakes. Downright dangerous I think. Maybe 5 million people can be wrong? :LOL:
 
I don't think there are any I don't really like. There are many I wouldn't have but not because I don't like them simply because I prefer others. In this age of faceless, look-a-like cars I'm glad to see anything with a bit of character or individuality on the roads.

The MGB waving debate is always a funny one. I was driving home in the P6 yesterday and spotted a chrome bumper MGB roaster (it was on an S plate so must've been a rubber bumper conversion). Anyway I caught him up just as we approached a red traffic light at a big roundabout outside Edinburgh. He was in the outside lane and I drew up alongside him in the inside lane, wound down the window, sounded my horn and said hello. Both he and his passenger looked over, gave me a big thumbs up and and a hello back, before the lights changed and we set off. So they do wave and they even talk too :D . Maybe his other car is a P6 8)

Dave
 
I'm of the younger persuasion and was feeling slightly odd that a load of MGZRs had turned up on the MGCC dales run. In fact, there was a 08 plate MX5 there! Nice, but not a classic.

Don't like beetles, and I'm not a huge fan of Truimph spitfires, weakly engine and dangerous rear suspension...

The one's that most annoy me are the ones that don't drive about, or live on a trailer. It's a car, driving's what it's for. It needs to be used!

I wave at everyone I can find, and MGB owners sometimes just stare at me like they can't work out what's going on. It was mentioned that perhaps these non-wavers don't do any of their own work, I think that's right, they have 'a man' who does things for them. They're always friendly when you speak to them though.

and my midget is a little different form a cut about A35... :p
 
Can't really think of a classic car that I truly hate. One day, these new BMW Minis will be classics and that might annoy me because it's just another sad reminder of the sad decline of UK mass car production. Can't understand why MGBs are quite so ubiquitous & definitely destest any form of classic car snobbery.
 
There really are *no* classic cars I don't like.

Some I have very little desire to own, but I'd far rather see anything from the 80s or before on the road than the majority of cars built or sold today. I don't understand any real dislike by a classic car person of another classic car, whatever brand or country of origin...

But then what do I know? Maybe I shouldn't admit this on this thread, but I own a '66 VW 1300, which I absolutely love. I really think not much beats a Beetle - for the 1930s, the design was fantastic - simple & rugged, and even By the 1970s, the design had been updated enough that they were still reasonable enough cars against much of the competition As well as still being simple and rugged, the 1302 and 1303 models with Macpherson struts on the front and double jointed rear suspension really handle and ride quite well compared to the 1950s and 1960s swing axle beetles, and aren't bad compared to much of their British competition. What's more, given the ridiculous body shape, Beetles are not too cramped inside.

This is my one, just awaiting paint now...

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I also love Allegros, Maxis, and most other tat from the 70s. Utterly terrible as transport, but anything which comes in a choice of brown, beige, burnt orange and snot-green can't be too bad.
 
I don't mind Beetles really, in fact I was watching Beetle Crisis last night, after I'd watched Campervan Crisis and American HotRod :LOL: All the nurses think I'm a sad old b*stard, they're probably right :LOL:

However I have never owned or driven one (Beetle not nurse) so couldn't comment on anything other than looks, I do like them low and smooth (again Beetles not nurses)
 
What is not to like about a nice 70s colour, like the Allegro I have :LOL: .
Much better than the boring grey and black that all new cars have nowadays!
 

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beetles and campervans dont really hold much much interest for me (although i do like the cal look of lowered campers.

however the missus wants a campervan so i might buy one to go touring in and then sell it at the end of the season.
 
i'm one of the small band that actually likes Allegro's too! That colour is wonderful! A bit like the very rare 1750 sport model. The main problem with the Allegro was that it was a bit overbodied for the dear old 1300 A series, and the bigger engines weren't properly developed at that stage.

Chris
 
The colour of the Allegro is citron, a yellowy green colour.
If a 1300 is already overbodied, mine is a 1100 :shock:
 
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