Without wishing to be excessively Clarksonesque, I think SJS would've actually had something with a bit more grunt, and much less conspicuous and camp. Would've had her down as owning an old Pug 205GTi, if anything.
I'm with blue_cond, I'm not a fan of the whole retro-kitch thing. Shows a remarkable lack of taste on her part. If you want sidewall tires buy a real Austin-Healey, not a Japanese knock-off.
OK, so it will break down constantly, but at least you wont look like a twat when it is working.
I dunno - sub one litre engine with a turbo. Given that it's Japanese, it probably even transforms into a submarine, which is something I would have thought you'd see as an advantage...
Oh, is that what it was? From the few glimpses I got (I turned on halfway through) I thought it was a Daihatsu Copen (which I looked into buying earlier on this year...) Not entirely dissimilar...
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Date: 2007-01-03 09:45 pm (UTC)tentacle beasts FTW
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Date: 2007-01-03 06:16 pm (UTC)(And it looks like a f--king Noddy car).
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Date: 2007-01-04 11:09 am (UTC)I'm with blue_cond, I'm not a fan of the whole retro-kitch thing. Shows a remarkable lack of taste on her part. If you want sidewall tires buy a real Austin-Healey, not a Japanese knock-off.
OK, so it will break down constantly, but at least you wont look like a twat when it is working.
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Date: 2007-01-04 12:33 pm (UTC)Ho ho.
Yeah, Front-drive, little asthmatic turbo'd 4 cyl engine from a Micra, these are all part of the problem.
The AH 3000 is RWD, has a 3L normally aspirated I6 and is much more like it. Maybe SJS should have had a Z4 if she wanted something more modern.
Exposing impressionable minds to junky cars is just wrong. There are better motoring role models.
Oh good: thanks for eating my comment LJ.
Date: 2007-01-03 10:04 pm (UTC)But it looks more like Columbo's Peu-geot, and I doubt that this SJS character wears a tatty old raincoat or smokes cigars.
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