Nicebiscuit

I kind of fancy one of these. Am I nuts? Seems to combine the best bits of a caravan and VW camper, but the rest of the time you have an 'indestructible' Hilux. Plus, when I'm bored with it I could sell it to the Taliban... Mad or not mad? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ah yes, but if we're into fantasy Subaru territory, then of course it would also be running an STi tweaked turbo flat four. Maybe the current WRX motor? I can dream...

Optical illusion then... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, and also the plague of locusts, collapse of house prices, and inability to purchase Camembert. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From my limited Japanese I think it says 'Insert name here' Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If everyone votes 'out' and I have to prat around even longer at Calais I shan't be impressed [emoji35] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is that a funny camera angle or does that wing really stick out a foot either side? Can't imagine you not getting pulled with that on... Still reckon you should have gone with a ducktail on there. Would you fit a small conservatory on Beyonce's rear end? No you wouldn't... [emoji12] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some don't like the EU flag but I kind of like it. Reminds me that I can jump in and drive all the way to Italy [emoji41] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another option. Reckon mine looks a hell of a lot better with the black frame like so... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bad news. How are you getting back? Hope you haven't had to leave the Toyota behind :-/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well they'll probably be lighter, but won't look great as they'll be 4mm more inset than standard, and standard looks a bit pram-like... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well they'll probably be lighter, but won't look great as they'll be 4mm more inset than standard, and standard looks a bit pram-like... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh, right... THAT'S your secret. And there was me just thinking that you were rather good at driving... How many tenths of a second a lap are red wheels worth then?

Fair point. Engine wise, much as I love it, the 86 isn't a patch on the £1500 Saab it replaced :-D Quite like having a new car again though :-D I wasn't really knocking the Porsche - after all they started with flat 4s, derided by idiots as overpriced Beetles but now worth a fortune. It was more about what relative bargains our cars are. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Then there's this. Smidge over forty grand. Just under 300bhp and 1400kg. Or.... Makes you think, doesn't it. http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/porsche/boxster-spyder/first-drives/2016-porsche-718-boxster-review Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know what you mean, but I think the gap between bread and butter and 'premium' cars isn't what it was. Yeah the 86 may be a bit plasticky, but nothing to suggest it won't be durable. And a new Porsche may be an impressive thing, but it's also a complicated thing with as much outsourced componentry as any mass market car. I doubt it'll prove as durable or economic to overhaul as an eighties Carrera say. So 'better'? I'm sure it is. That many £s better. Not really convinced.

Although (nerd alert): The very first Porsche prototype was actually mid engined... They've quite a history of mid engines. Various sports racers in the fifties and sixties and the very groovy 914 in the nineteen seventies. Then you had all the front engined cars from late seventies onwards 928, 924, 944 etc. Though they were v8s/in line fours respectively. Snobbery means the 944 still isn't worth much despite being arguably the best driving and best made front engine/rear drive sports cars of the eighties. I'd still like to own one. They are bargains and relatively bulletproof (for a thirty year old car...) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Would rather squeeze in the old 3.2 flat six if it would fit[emoji41]

Jag as well... I just find it interesting, as the things that justified more expensive cars are gradually chipped away. A big part for me of why I'd covet a Porsche or Jag is the flat 6 or V8 you just wouldn't get in a Ford Focus. But now I do question what I'd get in a Boxster that I couldn't get vastly cheaper in a Cosworthed GT86. Wish Toyota would get their act together and launch a blown variant. Would be an interesting group test. It's the same in other categories. I keep looking at Range Rover Evoques trying to work out what on earth justifies the price, but I simply can't. Not big, nothing that interesting technically, not particularly better made. Does nothing much a Vauxhall Astra can't as far as I can see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sadly there isn't an 'unlike' button [emoji853]

The Cayman is a brilliant car. The 86 feels better but the Cayman is quick. Two luggage spaced too! Yes. I do like them and have always coveted a Porsche. But seeing them like that does surprise me - the Toyota is definitely the prettier car... And with forced induction it wouldn't be far behind... And for a lot less money. Brings it home what a bargain we have. Especially as all the latest Caymans are 4 pot turbo boxers in any case!!

Is that a normal red one?! Christ - you've made me feel guilty now...

You could have just left it as is. If I remember correctly the Renault 16 used to have a wheelbase shorter on one side than the other by design... ;-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No they'd ping - tennis racket style into the fog lamps of the Audi on the opposite carriageway [emoji48] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's actually quite reasonable for an OEM part.