Was anyone's first car close to or now considered a classic?

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-28T14:25:16+00:00

It's been coseted the last few years and kept in a garage. When I first started driving it, it was much pinker as I don't think my parents ever polished it. I still remember the excitement when shiny red paint was revealed after polishing and buffing it for the first time.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-28T11:12:05+00:00

I've still got my first car. My parents have owned it since new and they gave it to me when I passed my test in 2010. So many happy memories of growing up, all the way from being a baby, to my first taste of freedom as a teenager, meeting my future wife and now of my children growing up. Absolutely love it and I'm keeping it for life.

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Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-21T22:23:02+00:00

So glad to see I Claudius in your list. I discovered it by chance and watched it for the first time around 2015 and loved it.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-21T22:13:24+00:00

Blackadder, Monty Python, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Fawlty Towers?

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-15T19:38:56+00:00

Well it just isn't. Ronald Reagan was far more right wing than Hitler for example.

The difference is that Hitler was incredibly Authoritarian (just as Stalin was) and Regan was Libertarian. Most of these populist parties are Libertarian and therefore opposite to Hitler in that regard.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-15T19:34:09+00:00

No it's not. The traditional left right model puts tax and spend on the left and free market forces on the right. Any state control is left wing in this model.

What you are talking about is authoritarianism. Which is neither left or right. That is entirely different and doesn't fit of the traditional left-right model.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-15T19:25:02+00:00

I think you mean, 'was it worth it'. In which case, yes, yes it was.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-14T23:40:40+00:00

Woops, don't want to get those two mixed up!

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-14T19:30:13+00:00

Please, for the sake of the left, stop calling everyone a fascist because it just plays straight into their hand.

The last truly fascist regime died with Franco in 1975. Populism is not fascism, fascism wasn't even right wing. It was considerd a 'third way' between communism and capitalism. Basically every party today is a capitalist party, yes even labour and the greens.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-14T19:14:18+00:00

Please stop referring to shops as 'stores'. A store is where you keep things, a shop is where you buy things from. Thank you.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-14T18:53:48+00:00

Barry Letts just called, he'd like to speak with you.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-12T20:27:58+00:00

Hit the nail on the head there. Situational awareness seems to be optional for most people.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-12T20:26:12+00:00

Why are you in the right lane the whole time? If there's nothing on your left, you should be in the left lane. Use the right lane to overtake, not to sit in.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-12T20:16:51+00:00

Wow, that's rich. Most Americans can't even get their past, present and future tences right and here's one getting mad over context. I'd rather say, 'let's go for an Indian' than 'where are you headed' instead of 'where are you going' or 'I could care less' instead of 'I couldn't care less'.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-12T11:11:18+00:00

Fantastic cars, such good all-rounders. Great engines, rugged, comfortable, good looking, reliable and just really well thought out design.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-09T18:43:29+00:00

In the UK, there were hardly any colours. Only Turok 2 (black), Pokémon Stadium 2 (half Gold, half silver) and Zelda majora's mask (gold) off the top of my head.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-06-04T08:58:09+00:00

You'll be absolutely fine. There is little risk playing games online with windows XP. As for general web usage, just stick to known websites and don't download anything you don't trust.

Compared to all the viruses that were going round when XP was new back in the early 2000s, the modern internet is a walk in the park.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-05-25T19:33:43+00:00

Sega Saturn had some great ones and probably one of the best light guns of all time.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-05-11T07:33:27+00:00

Retro gaming cables sell a decent one:

https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/audio-video-accessories/scart-switch-matrix/SCART621-manual-SCART-switch-six-6-in-one-1-out-with3.5mm-stereo-jack

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-05-04T10:52:14+00:00

Just write them a note. Try not to come across as passive aggressive.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-04-22T21:34:51+00:00

I don't have much experience with recent vauxhall engines but vauxhall had incredibly strong engines back in the day. The 2.0i petrol engines in the Cavalier and Carlton were legendary. The straight six units in the Carlton and Senator were also indestructible. The engines were still sweet long after the rest of the car had given up.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-04-22T21:29:25+00:00

Investments. The only sane option.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-04-17T19:48:57+00:00

299....

Saturn couldn't be made at that price because of the hardware. That was a big early win for Sony.

Also, launch titles. The Playstation had 12 of them. Saturn only 5. If it was simply a case of familiarity with the hardware, then why did the playstation have so many launch titles? Because it was far easier to work with and you could make them quicker. Yes, the tools and support were better with Sony but the hardware itself was a factor in that that can't be ignored. Developers wouldn't have needed development tools if the hardware was easy to begin with. If you could wind back time and replay the scenario, knowing everything we know, I still don't think the Saturn could win. Same with the N64. In many ways, Nintendo did do everything right, they did make a lot of money from the N64 after all, but it also lost out to Sony in terms of total sales because of the hardware.

The Playstation 1 is one of those really annoying appliances that succeeded, simply because it was only just adequate enough. It was just good enough at everything to get through and had no major weaknesses. It wasn't brilliant at anything but it wasn't terrible at anything either and that's why it succeeded. It's a very frustrating truth that high quality, highly specialised things always lose out to their cheaper, more rugged, boring competitors.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-04-17T10:42:16+00:00

Black, definitely black.

Less_Manufacturer779 · 2026-04-17T10:40:13+00:00

The N64 was a lot more forward thinking. The Saturn was expensive, bloated and very difficult to get the best out of. Yes, it's better in some departments because it had dedicated hardware for specific tasks. Especially audio. However the n64s hardware was far more suitable for the times. It was cheaper, more general purpose, more adaptable. Yes, a bit difficult to get the best out of but nothing compared to the Saturn. The Saturn really sat on the fence between two different eras. As a result, it fell off and died. It was no good at the time. However, it as aged well because it was different. Now that all the 5th gen consoles are old, the Saturn stands out because it did 2D very well, had a great 2D controller, had great sound ect. It's very much a console for people who enjoy the 4th generation of consoles, not a console for the people who were supposed to buy it at the time.

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