Chav cars

[Morrisman]

Controversial opinion: Hot rods and Yank tanks are equal to lowered, souped-up Nissan Micras, but for old men

Old men, who had them when they were young men. You can grow old, but you don't have to grow up.

How many hot hatch drivers will still be driving a dropped and noise puking Clio in their 60's?

 

[T5 TDI]

No.Late eighties , early nineties was my time.Never had any hassle from anyone, infact I went to a few bike rallies on my scooter with a mate who was a scooterist and also a biker.Owned a couple of rd350's in my time which I rode to a couple of scooter do's.

I bought an RD350 new in 1976. It was the last of the old model just before the coffin tanks came in. To be honest I was a dangerous young idiot on it and I apologise to any South East London residents who I annoyed during that boiling hot summer! Didn't half go though, compared with the cars of the time.

 

[Cobbler]

The kids today seem to put speakers in the back, we used to carry a rug in the back

 

[Nick67GT]

A few years back when I had my 3.6TDV8 Range Rover I pulled up to a set of lights on the A31 just outside Farnham. In the next lane was a chav mobile with massive fart can on the back sat there revving it's engine.

Well I couldn't resist and revved the V8. He glanced over and nodded. Lights went green, he got the jump on me, didn't look best pleased when 2 and three quarter tonne of Range Rover cruised past him. Should have seen the look on his face when the trailer with another Land Rover went past him as well.

Wait until the electric cars of today filter down to within reach of the yoof. It will be carnage at the lights.

 

[Melvyn Best]

The kids today seem to put speakers in the back, we used to carry a rug in the back

Had a guy local to me that would arrive home around 2.30 AM several times a week in his mk2 Golf 1300, big bore exhaust , go faster air filter , bumpers removed( but not the bumper irons) and a massive boom box in the boot with the column at max all the time . I got my own back when I MOTd it and all of the failures were legit

 

[owas]

Rather a low chavvy thing than a freelander

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I'm afraid I can't criticise anyone. I had a Ford Pop with a straight-through silencer (literally, you could look in one end and see out the other) fitted right onto the down pipe which I swung round to the offside.

Finished off with a m/cycle exhaust with all the baffles knocked out and exiting just in front of the rear wheel, allowing the arch to act as an echo chamber.

I had friends who lived 5 miles away I visited regularly, and wondered how the kettle was always hot when I arrived - "we hear you coming when you're two miles out" was the answer.....

What memories, what memories....

 

[Slowcoach]

When I was a ‘bit’ younger I enjoyed a bit of hot rodding, ok smoking and making a noise.

 

[bourbon]

When I was a ‘bit’ younger I enjoyed a bit of hot rodding, ok smoking and making a noise.

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What did it run on? Steam?

 

[Shaun Henry]

So I’m really in to cars and love the max power era of cars

What I hate nowadays is air ride(on finance),
wheels(on finance)
detailing a car(washing it)
Awful stickers saying things like dope, broke boys etc

This does not make it a show car it’s mildly modified and even then looks rubbish

When I was younger I used to remove every badge/sticker possible.

 

[Shaun Henry]

ironically I have a mk4 on my profile, sold it last year, the barins want me to get it back. Now I have a diesel insignia estate

 

[Olderisbetter]

As much as it pains me to say it these lads driving chav cars are us when we were young

 

[sako243]

Wait until the electric cars of today filter down to within reach of the yoof. It will be carnage at the lights.

Then I'll sit back and enjoy the waftiness of a V8 powered Range Rover

 

[Ubique]

Then I'll sit back and enjoy the waftiness of a V8 powered Range Rover

....whilst driving past the queues for the charging points

 

[stuvy]

Then I'll sit back and enjoy the waftiness of a V8 powered Range Rover

Diesel v8’s are not a petrol v8 I don’t care how much better mpg you get you will never have the v8 burble I have

 

[sako243]

No but the thing with the TDV8 is you can hardly hear it so just enjoy the peace and quiet that befits a Range Rover. If I'd wanted loudness I'd have bought one of those chav mobile Sport thingies.

 

[Ubique]

Diesel v8’s are not a petrol v8 I don’t care how much better mpg you get you will never have the v8 burble I have

There's plenty of V8 petrol Range Rovers around.

 

[stuvy]

I personally like setting off new shape range rovers alarms with my idle

 

[Edward Teach]

Old men, who had them when they were young men. You can grow old, but you don't have to grow up.

How many hot hatch drivers will still be driving a dropped and noise puking Clio in their 60's?

Not dropped or noise puking,
But,
I still have most of my toys,
Not much to shout about,
But there mine

 

[Ubique]

I personally like setting off new shape range rovers alarms with my idle

I personally like taking out a Range Rover SVR for about 20 mins, after that it's 'wearing' and i'd rather be back in the quiet comfort of a 3.6 TDV8..... much to the annoyance of most of the Wermacht staff car drivers...