Automotive Addicts

The man who said the magic line “Ray, fire up the Quattro” is Gene Hunt, a fictional detective in ‘Ashes To Ashes’ – a TV series set in 1980’s Britain – and he drives a bright red Audi UR Quattro. And while Hunt’s completely un-PC view of the world makes compelling viewing, it’s undoubtedly the Quattro that’s become the star of the show.

They’re fetching £8,000 on eBay, the internet forums are alive with people trying to track down a model for themselves, and for the 30-somethings who were teenagers living in the 80’s, it’s made them realise that the cars they loved then could be classic cars of tomorrow.

Some people think, with some justification that the car they’ve had for 20 years might now qualify for a great classic car insurance deal. Others have found some spare cash, gone out and bought a Mk1 Golf GTi Campaign and are now firmly in the mindset of the classic car fan.

Except this time, the talk isn’t of Morris Minors and Triumph Heralds (although we love them, of course) it’s about what will make the classic cars of the future? Continue reading ‘Best Classic Cars of the Future’ »

I have written a lot of articles on this subject, and I know if you have a bit of money to spend, you can make pretty good money on classic cars, my specialty is muscle cars, so that is what I will discuss in this article, I know them, and I know them well.

After twenty years of studying on the subject you learn a few things about them, the obvious thing is that if your a car freak, you can have a lot of fun making your money, it doesn’t have to be like work, I would suggest that at the first you specialize in one type of muscle car.

Choose your favorite muscle car, and learn all you can about it, buy every book that you can find, they created special versions of almost every muscle car ever built, and these are the ones that you can truly make the good money off of, they won’t be east to find, but it will be worth the hunt.

You need to make yourself an expert on the muscle car that you specialize in, yes you can expand later and begin to learn about different muscle cars, or classic cars, like I have specialized in the first generation camaro, and the second generation corvette. Continue reading ‘How To Make Money Investing In Muscle Cars’ »

A lot of people would love to buy a classic car, but they always seem to think that classic means cheap, they just don’t understand that you get what you pay for, if your looking for a car to restore, and you don’t want to start with a junk yard special, you’d better save up some cash.

This is not the 1970′s, or the 1980′s prices of classic cars go up every year, like clock work, it’s not that same thing as your new car that loses value as soon as you drive it off of the lot, this is all just a matter of thinking about it in a logical way, you get what you pay for. Continue reading ‘Classic Cars For Sale – How To Buy A Classic Car’ »

Muscle Cars For Sale – How To Locate The Right Classic Cars For You

Every classic car lover loves American muscle cars, and they can be illusive when your looking for a certain car, their are people out there who will take advantage of a person who is just learning the muscle car ropes, but I hope to help you with your hunt.

I don’t like to see anybody get taken advantage of when they buy a muscle car, hopefully my experiences will help you to have a good first experience when you buy a classic muscle car, it’s easy to go out looking for your first one, and let the excitement take over. Continue reading ‘Muscle Cars For Sale – How To Locate The Right Classic Cars For You’ »

Climate change and the environment are becoming increasingly prevalent concerns in our lives. We’re constantly being informed that our impact on the environment is going to affect our children in the future rather than causing significant damage in our lifetimes. This must surely ring alarm bells with even the staunchest of climate change disbelievers. We’ve all seen images on TV of ice sheets melting, extreme weather conditions and natural disasters; it does make you wonder if our impact on the environment is only going to make matters worse.

One significant change that we could all make is to drive a smaller and more economical car. Smaller cars with smaller engines are currently selling extremely well due to the benefits they offer to the environment and consumers. There are many reasons for this, economy is a big factor – modern superminis can average up to 60 miles per gallon, their five year old equivalents would be lucky to average 40mpg. This economy saves money and the environment, as ‘better economy’ means less pollution and greenhouse gasses are emitted by the vehicle. Continue reading ‘Time for change’ »