So... what car do you guys drive when not flying?

[hydrabyss]

Saw this up for sale at Classic Throttle Shop in North Sydney. A good daily driver at that price! How many of these do you have hidden in sheds or shipping containers again, @Cossie ?

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Cheers,
Matt.

I have been looking for sometime for something different to drive and most modern cars are an absolute pain to work on.
This is not it but it got me thinking and I found this.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1986-ford-sierra-cosworth-rs-manual/SSE-AD-19621866/
If engine produces anything close to those numbers make it a decent car to drive and rear wheel drive to boot. Plus with a decent following overseas parts would be attainable maybe not cheap but not Italian prices either.
Theres an older guy in my warehouse complex that has an 8 year old C63 coupe and last year I mentioned I thought of buying one for my partner. I could tell by his face and when he mentioned what he paid for his he thought I was dreaming. I will have to find out from Cossie if one of these will match his C63 in performance.

 

[Cossie]

It depends on what model it really is. There was a guy selling an RS500 in Canberra a few years ago, but it wasn't one of the 500, it was an ordinary Sierra Cosworth with bits added.
Ford had to make 500 special models to get them homologated for motorsport. Genuine road cars would be rare now. Rebirthing of these cars has also been a problem, so it can be difficult to know if it is a real one or not.
There are still new shells out there, so you could do a new build if you wanted to......

 

[Quickstatus]

one of the responses was

I remember one time some years ago, I went to a car dealer to look at a VW golf V GTI. They only had a manual version, but could not test drive because it was at the back of the car lot and the sales people ones there could only drive an automatic.

3 on the tree

I had a 3 on the tree until last year. The Chryler voyager totally gutless even with a 3.5L V6
but super reliable.
I also had a Datsun 1200 years ago with a 3 speed automatic but eventually turned into a 2 speed with no reverse.
I believe the previous 1000 was a column shift but not the 1200

@Cossie might know. I think the 1200s were heavily modded for racing.

 

[Cossie]

Definately 1600's are, still many being rallies. Back in the ice age, I navigated for a friend in a 1200 rally car. Every panel was bent, but it was a quick car.
Attached, a datto 1600 last Nov near Lakes Enrance.



My mk3 Zephyr had 4 on the column.