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Postby petrolhead » Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:39 pm

I personally have always been a sucker for the straight edged sports cars of the 80s.

I have recently been thinking these are all starting to disappear from our roads, so why not start collecting them! But not to just put them away in a shed some where to be forgotten.

My question is.. Who would be keen to be able to have the option of hiring a bunch of sports cars for the day and doing some country road tours?
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Postby Stott69 » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:41 am

That would be a cool idea, if 80's sports cars went around corners nicely
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Postby rollaholic » Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:39 am

or had any power :P
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:23 am

Or weren't worn out/rust $&#$%
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Postby Mr Ree » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:30 am

They would all need so much money spent on them in order to get them a WOF, that it would take a year of hires to pay it back.

Not to mention, alot of them wont have parts available anymore.

Great idea in theory, not so good in practice.

P.S I always had a soft spot for the slope backed Carina with wing mirrors :)
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:39 am

That said, if you've won Powerball and now have lots of time and money to spare, go for it :D I'd hire a R31 GTS-R for lulz
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Postby KinLoud » Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:46 pm

I can relate to this idea
they do fully supported Harley tours
Also you can hire modern performance cars (here and overseas)
Def would hire one of these! (OMG Toyota why didn't you keep making these!)
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Postby Lanius » Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:05 pm

Those look like ancient ancestors of the Supra :p
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Postby Timmo » Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:58 pm

ha! I'm pretty sure no-one would just hire out a 2000GT given what they are worth!
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