There is a guy near me who has the largest private collection of cars in the UK and largest private collection of Lagonda's as well I believe. I think he has 8 of them. Rodger Dudding, Studio 434.
I’ve had a wander around his storage facility - well, one of them - he has an eclectic collection. Also has a couple of those Towns Hustler Mini-based square things. I quite like them; much like the Lagonda it’s not something I’d ever buy but I’m glad they exist. Similarly a lot of other things appeal to me
because they’re so reviled. The Sierra/Scorpio, for example, the rank silliness of Mitsuoka. Life would be dull without these cars.
I find dull porridge even more offensive, all cars looking vaguely the same; crossovers/SUVs all the same.
I also find the obsession with enormous wheels, and tiny strips of rubber annoying. Not so much for ride comfort, more that I’ve spoken to engineers and they’d rather have more rubber to play with but the marketers need sikk rimz bro.
Though I find the obsession with reducing window sizes annoying to, and that’s down to the engineers. Glass is obviously one of the heaviest items on a car so to reduce weight they reduce window sizes; also helps to reduce mass far up in the car. Sadly also means most cars are like driving a tomb. Remember driving one of the last XJs and having no real idea where the front of the car was, or the rear...
