Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread

[Eddie Honda]

Whatever I'm buying is a long termer,

Long-termer me hole. That's about as likely as purplebargeken or plasticvandan having a long-termer.

[bub2006]

Pbk owned the i10 from new I think. He's had the 45 auto for a while too

[Danthecapriman]

My E32. Even now it wouldn't break 2 grand on a good day. Therefore it's worth half as much as a rusty example of an inferior car that folk buy because it reminds them of the good old days, whatever they were.

Like Junkman, I owned a lot of these 'valuable' classics when they were bought by mere mortals and priced accordingly. That Granada Estate is worth 500 quid to me. It's fucked.

I sort of agree with you but the Granny is a much older rarer car that’s in more demand. Tbh, it’s totally irrelevant if it’s better as a car or not than a modern BMW. The desire to own one is not necessarily a reminder of ‘the good old days’ but it’s a toy someone wants because they like them.
I’d still have the Granada over your BMW, I just like Granada’s much more. That’s all there is to it. Plenty of other people would say the opposite.

That particular Granada is/was fucked, yes. The give away being the vinyl top. There’s only one reason you’d fit one to a car that didn’t have them in the first place! I wouldn’t have even bothered looking at it based purely on that. Plenty of others around though.

Ghia X = King of the council estate. They were ever thus, not my scene tbh. That horrible grille, that ghastly leather. The only Mark II I'd consider is a pre facelift 2.8, preferably a GL. The later Ghias are a bit too Rigger Boots for my mates. You see them at shows, fat tattooed owners, best fookin' car I ever 'ad pal.

I think many Granada’s left now are owned by that sort tbh. I’ll probably get slated for stereotyping (or I would if this were elsewhere!) but a lot are owned by banger racers or ex banger racers. The Ghia X estate I had came from exactly one of those people. Big tubby Pompey geezer, covered in tattoos... nice enough guy once I got talking to him and all but certainly not the sort I’d typically socialise with.
He had a 60’s Buick ready to race outside on the back of his truck!

[ghosty]

The guy selling the Granada I was looking at was of the stereotype. Daily driver was a battered C-Max Ghia, 20 stone, on a crutch, chequered fleece, German shepherd etc.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Probably a casual racist as well. Voted leave, flies a George Cross etc etc.

I once went to a Ford RS OC meeting. That was interesting.

[fried onions]

And what is wrong with that, exactly?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Nothing, as long as you don't advertise the fact.

[SiC]

Have you bought something yet?

[captain_70s]

Probably a casual racist as well. Voted leave, flies a George Cross etc etc.

Wait, so Hooli?!

[Hooli]

Probably a casual racist as well. Voted leave, flies a George Cross etc etc.

Wait, so Hooli?!

That's the thing with you scotch, ya all think the same.