That Lotus Plus 2S reminds me of looking for a sports car in the early ‘70s. The salesman at Clifford Car Sales at Six Dials drove a blue Plus 2S and he was trying desperately to sell me various models, Triumph Spitfire/no thanks, GT6 bit scruffy/no thanks We have some in our warehouse in Marsh Lane, so we hopped into his Plus 2S and drove to the warehouse. There he put the hard sell on me to buy a very shiny Austin Healey Sprite…I’m 6’ 2"
He still insisted I sit in to get “the feel”…
“Does the seat go back any further?”
“No”
“Then I won’t be able to take my foot off the clutch, I can’t bend my knee because the bottom of the dash gets in the way”
“Oh”
In the end after nearly buying a very nice Canary Yellow TR6 I decided against as comprehensive insurance would have been £72 a year…ouch!
In the end I bought this one…1969 Capri 2000GT XLR with a massive sunroof…
Yep, both mine at different times. The Lotus is sitting outside my parents’ house, where they’ve lived for just about 60 years. The DS is a late 1967 car, so one of the first with the faired-in, swivelling headlights; I sold it to a Japanese chap - one of Mazda’s chief designers at the time, a DS nut who already owned six others.
I had a Citroen CX for many years, without doubt the best car i ever owned. Just a joy to drive, i used to drive from the wilds of West Wales down to Canterbury regularly, a fair trip, and it was just like sitting in my armchair. Once on the motorway it was surprisingly quick.
A friend’s parents had a Citroen something, the one with the adjustable suspension, his favourite trick was going through a drive thru and then dropping the suspension when the person started handing out the food.
Several Citroens had that facility. On a DS you’d change a wheel by pumping the suspension up to its full height, then attaching a prop to a jacking point near the middle of the car (said prop living inside the spare wheel, under the bonnet). You’d then put the suspension to its lowest setting, on which the car would sink right down; the wheels on the propped side would rise off the ground, lifted by hydraulic pressure. No jack required!
All these pictures of wanky plastic 80’s motors, they’re shite and driven by Gary’s and Darren’s.
You want a proper motor like a sunbeam tiger or a triumph spitfire.
Proper cars.
“Proper car”?? 
