Modern vs classic cars
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Re: Modern vs classic cars
I do think SUVs/4WDs are practical in Cambodia for the reasons you mention.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:51 pmBack in the late 80s and very early 90s Mercedes sedans were what people aspired for. When the UN came along SUVs got really popular. Before that there were Jeeps, Land Rovers and Russian UAZs, but the Landcruiser series 80 was both good off road and comfortable. So popular that when the UN were leaving most of their fleet was stolen.Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:50 pmI'm thinking the reason people took to SUV's like ducks to water was mainly so that they could sit up high and look over sedans. Only problem now is.. nearly every man and his dog has one and it doesn't work anymore
Anyway, while I agree that it's painful navigating city traffic in anything big, I can see advantages. While road conditions in general are vastly improved since 3 decades back, it's still not unusual to encounter adverse conditions. Mao Tse Tung can still get pretty deep in a rainstorm and if you're outside the city or around new developments you are likely to find some rough, potholed, churned-up surfaces that will need 4WD.
My post was more a tongue in cheek observation of uptake of SUVs (many of which are 2WD only) in the West and where the tyres never see gravel or dirt.
Re: Modern vs classic cars
Most countries used that CX as a camera car that followed the horses around the track. It was so smooth. Then most tracks changed to Range Rover or big estate cars and you could tell the difference, until modern camera stabilisation came into the game.hanno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:20 pmAs you can imagine, roads were pretty shite in Kenya back then. SItting in this car, you never noticed.
Even now the picture isn’t as stable as back then.
I know a Citroen dealer who looked after the CXs at Ascot and they were getting old and silly cheap expensive to repair, even if you could find parts. That’s why they were changed, plus Range Rover wanted their cars on treacle.
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Re: Modern vs classic cars
I rallied a slightly newer model around the farm for a few years after my aunt quit keeping it roadworthy back in the mid 1990'smannanman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 4:42 pmMost countries used that CX as a camera car that followed the horses around the track. It was so smooth. Then most tracks changed to Range Rover or big estate cars and you could tell the difference, until modern camera stabilisation came into the game.hanno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:20 pmAs you can imagine, roads were pretty shite in Kenya back then. SItting in this car, you never noticed.
Even now the picture isn’t as stable as back then.
I know a Citroen dealer who looked after the CXs at Ascot and they were getting old and silly cheap expensive to repair, even if you could find parts. That’s why they were changed, plus Range Rover wanted their cars on treacle.
Absolute biscuit tins - especially on the Atlantic coast - but nice enough to drive
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