Conference terri::cars_uk

    A Volvo 240 (I think... the old RWD ones with 1.7 inj engine) with
    3-spoke alloys, painted brakes, Fido Dido stickers all over the
    thing...
    
    Sad..
    
    Cheers,
    Dan
    
    P.S. Isn't there a topic for this already? Umm...

    
    re:.0
    
    s'funny you should mention the wood-effect stuff.  Lots of quite
    expensive (it's relative though, when looking at UK prices) cars 
    can be ordered with wood panelling down the sides, as the old
    huge Nissan V6 estate used to sport...
    
    Worst thing I saw was a Calibra 8v with fog lights hanging above the
    front bumper so they protruded above the bonnet line.  Very sad.
    
    Chris.

    
>>>    Worst thing I saw was a Calibra 8v with fog lights hanging above the
>>>    front bumper so they protruded above the bonnet line.  Very sad.
    
    ....Spot lamps or Driving lamps _not_ Fog lamps
    
    Graham$pedantic

    
    They certainly looked like fog lamps 'cos I could see sod all - he had
    them switched on.
         
    Chris.

    
    Chris, I meant they'd be to high to be regarded as Fog lamps. It
    depends on the vehicle of course, but as a rule of thumb if they're
    below the bumper they're Fog lamps - otherwise they're not.
    
    G.

    
    Ah...of course, please excuse my mental block.
    
    Anyway, it looked crap!
    
    Chris.

    
    Talking about bad taste, in the car park this morning a tacky Mk1
    fiesta hand painted puke green( with designer runs in it ), huge 
    forest arches, racing harnesses and to cop it all it had a mighty
    998cc engine. Now thats what I call bad taste.
    
                                                 Morris.
    

     There is a worse Mk1 Fiesta than that in the car park it has a really
    badly faded silver (I think) paint job bog standard steel wheels and a
    so called 1300cc engine that has a performance like an old thomas moped
    and to cop it all a radio system out of Noah's ark...
                          ...Craig.
    

    A friend of my mothers arrived in work one day with a big beaming
    smile. When my mum asked why she was so happy, she replied that her
    boyfriend had painted her car over the weekend and that it was now
    really nice, you couldn't see any of those nasty rusty bits..
    
    So, my mum was dragged down to the car park to see the newly painted
    Fiesta in all its glory.
    
    When she walked up to the car she burst out laughing and the girl was
    really upset. Turns out her boyfriend had hand painted the car a lovely
    shade of Dulux Red. Really, it was Dulux Gloss, complete with brush
    strokes and paint runs.
    
    Smirk

     REF TO NOTE 2414.10
    I Have painted 2 or 3 cars using dulox gloss paint with just a little
    petrol added to thin it and they have always turned out to be just as
    good as using normal car paint .
         Chris....
    
    

    A much better idea is the use coach enamel, which is designed to be
    hand-painted. It makes a damned good job of it, and goes on really
    thickly. Flat it down with 1200 W/D and compound it up. No probs.
    
    Laurie.

    Why not try Hammerite applied with Furry Dice as paint-pads!

    
    
    	 An example of designer bad taste ( either that or the design team 
    like a laugh) has to be the front and rear lights of the new Granada 
    Scorpio.
    
    	 Ugliest design I have ever seen
    
    Cheers
    
    Bill 

    and then there's the Pug 504!

    
    
    Just tested the FIAT Brava and had a look at the Bravo. Nice car
    but the rear lights are in very bad taste IMHO. Rather than having
    a light cluster these lights are more like stripe's. Rather hard
    to explain but when you see one you'll know what I'm talking about,
    
    Mark.

    
    Mark, d'ya mean the lights are the small thin rows of LED type things 
    that are appearing on rear spoilers for the new BMWs etc.?
    
    Chris.

    
    RE -1
    
    
    Yes it had a row of LED's on the top section of the boot, not 
    where I would have imagined on top of the rear window.
    
    But apart from that I hated the rear lights, I'll try and draw some 
    simple diags
    
    
                  NORMAL Car                                 BRAVO or was
                                                              it Brava
        ----------
        |   |    |                                          (-----2-----)
        | 1 |    |  1= Indicator, orange              BODY PAINTWORK IN HERE   
        ----|  2 |  2= Side/stop, red                       (-----1-----)
        |   |    |  3= Fog or reverse, red/white      BODY PAINTWORK IN HERE
        | 3 |    |                                          (-----3-----)
        ----------
    
    
     Hope that sort of makes sense, it certainly looks different !!
    
    
     Mark
    

    It was Brava..... See this month's CAR Magazine for a more favourable
    report on both cars.
    
    Reargards,
    
    Stephen

    
    
     Stephen,
    
     I am not knocking the car, performace (5 cyl 20v) was a smooth as 
     a dye and the interior was nice too. What I am having a go at is
     those terrible rear lights,
    
     Mark.

    Mark,
    
    No offence was intended, and none was taken... I wuz' just pointing to
    another review of the cars (which also show good photos of both the
    rear-ends of teh Bravo and the Brava).... 
    
    Re-reading my note, I was a bit abrupt back there.
    
    Reargards,
    
    Stephen