Classic Car Ownership: Challenges and Joys
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Classic Car Ownership: Challenges and Joys

By ImranLondon · Oct 16, 2018 · 31 replies
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Miranda shares a relatable and humorous account of his challenging experiences with classic cars, detailing a series of unfortunate mechanical issues across multiple vehicles. His post resonates with many collectors who understand the passion and pitfalls of vintage ownership. The discussion that follows explores the inherent complexities and joys of maintaining classic automobiles.


1977 V8


In 12 months worked  for about 6 weeks, lost a bundle of πŸ’·πŸ’ΆπŸ’΄πŸ’΅πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’°πŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’Έ

The AA nearly cancelled my membership 

Then I thought something more reliable 

In came the R107 SL






Unfortunately whilst more reliable 
Still had severe repair costs

So I played safe






Guess what

πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

Yep steering lock, boot lock, central locking, the aerial ,shock absorbers, oil leak πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ Heated seats

I’ll stick to modern, me and classic dont mix 😣

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Cpt Scarlet
Oct 16, 2018

in my opinion no modern car looks as cool as a good classic, but you do need deep pockets to keep them running at their best. In reality you need both in your life.

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Walter2
Oct 16, 2018

The Aston Martin, you know that this a typical english car. In Gemany they say, "Lieber Gott, beschΓΌtze uns vor Sturm und Wind und vor Autos die aus England sind". (Dear god, protect us from storm and wind and from cars comming from England). The other problem with english cars is LUCAS, the god of darkness.. The 107 looks like a car which had stood long time. This is always a problem. Is it a V8 and may be a 560SL? Another point is the Age of this car, you have to Change all rubber parts from t

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AuHavrePro
Oct 16, 2018

about the V8. The others are not surprising in the slightest I'm afraid. Cheers, Filip

JM
jml_watches
Oct 16, 2018

And yes there are some cool & interesting Japanese cars. Cheers JML

JM
jml_watches
Oct 16, 2018

though sometimes you know there are massive issues & still do it anyway. That Aston looked wonderful - probably just needed a spare! Car that is. Thanks for sharing Cheers JML

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cazalea
Oct 16, 2018

The problem is the classic is not under warranty and the parts are worn out by 100,000 km or 25 years. Just ask me how I know... Etc. etc. etc

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