Was it you? I saw my first 'real' Series in what must be 20 years...

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

I truly hope you're right. I really do. That'd be glorious. It'd brighten the day if classics-various become an everyday sight.

Modern stuff... it's all 'orrble angles, bloat  and 'look-at-me' bling.

Is it me?

Can we name one modern car we'd consider truly attractive? eg: How you could take the classic Mini - which to my mind was humble and kinda cute, and inspired by such example see today's Mini and be proud? Beats me? It's not even that it's lost something, I can't put my finger on it exactly - more it looks like it came from a soul-less place.

Opionions will vary, yet all of us could name a dozen favourite classics. Name one modern car you'd say was 'pretty'?

As for the classic-exemption. Thing is, they took the exemption from my factory-fit 'gas' vehicle, sadly you're likely to be right about that.

[Tuckerbarry]

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[Adam1958]

I truly hope you're right. I really do. That'd be glorious. It'd brighten the day if classics-various become an everyday sight.

Modern stuff... it's all 'orrble angles, bloat  and 'look-at-me' bling.

Is it me?

Can we name one modern car we'd consider truly attractive? eg: How you could take the classic Mini - which to my mind was humble and kinda cute, and inspired by such example see today's Mini and be proud? Beats me? It's not even that it's lost something, I can't put my finger on it exactly - more it looks like it came from a soul-less place.

Opionions will vary, yet all of us could name a dozen favourite classics. Name one modern car you'd say was 'pretty'?

As for the classic-exemption. Thing is, they took the exemption from my factory-fit 'gas' vehicle, sadly you're likely to be right about that.

I think the alpine a110 is pretty'ish, and that little hand build Wells sports car. But your right, most modern cars look like an origami lesson on steroids executed by a blind fella with one finger.
"New aggressive front end" in all the marketing tat. If you used that as a tinder profile you would be forever lonely.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

I'll 'fess up I'd not heard of the Wells car, and I thought I was on the pace. Mind, with  late 60s/70s period rims, it'd pass for a car from that era.

Nonetheless, I take it back, a modern car and it's cute, definitely pretty... send it round.

[Betsy1969]

If I can load the pics I saw this fire tender parked at Toddington at the GWSR steam weekend , didn't see the owner though.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Yup, that was the starter to this thread. Truth is it's tragic. It's a confection, a clear fake at 20 paces, let be close-up. That'll be hidden in February, and £50 says the Scarab alongside sees the road near as much.

[Hairyvike]

...next you'll be trying to tell me that my Series 2 isn't really a Fire Engine....