The Roaring Season

My First S4...

My Second...

Can anyone identify the car at the back of the garage? It's another Kiwi classic...

It looks a wee bit like a Mini special, that was built and designed by that master of glass-fibre....Ferris deJoux.

Yep, it was (is) a de-Joux Mini GT, well done.

Looking at my list of S4s over the years, I'm not making any progress am I? Nor do I appear to be any closer to kicking the habit...

No, and do you know what. You should take heed of the comment made when you traded the Leitch for the S4......'you have left a beautiful woman for her UGLY sister'. I predict that you will never be happy with that 'eyesore', and suggest that forthwith you trade the UGLY sister for a beautiful woman again. Even when she is giving you grief with another breakdown, she will still be gorgeous to look at when you lift the sheets!!!!!!!

I'm a sick man but I've always loved the S4s. I can't get my head around the 'uglification' of my new one though with that spoiler. But I suppose it has to stay....

I think that the S4 may be one of those cars that you need to see 'in the flesh' Some cars do not photograph well, and the lines are not truely appreciated until you actually see them. A bit like 'that other GTO'. In a lot of photos the car just looks gauky, but when you actually see the entire machine, it still looks a bit gawky, but much more pleasing to the eye than a picture. I'm not being rude to you about 'the love of your life' [well almost], it just doesn't 'do' anything for me, unlike the sweet little Leitch. To be honest, I haven't seen either of them in the flesh, so I'm talking through a hole in my hat!!!!!!

Personally I quite like the look of the S4 although I am more than unlikely to ever own one as I have a sickness for Escorts, Mk1's in particular! I do remember being taken for a ride in a brand new S4 back in the 70s which as a young fella thought was pretty impressive. It went like a raped ape in comparrison to the 1100 big block Escort I was driving at the time

Nothing wrong with mk1 Escorts, as long as they have the right number of doors..... I followed a lovely green Mexico in town last week and was reminded how nice they are.

Nothing wrong with the appearance of the S4 or the body design, all of which should be considered on a strictly practical basis.

.........'all of which should be considered on a strickly practical basis'........not sure that I follow you Trevor. Please explain to a Philistine like me.

AMCO72 wrote:.........'all of which should be considered on a strickly practical basis'........not sure that I follow you Trevor. Please explain to a Philistine like me.

The body may not be an aesthetically pleasing work of sculptured art or cosmetically attractive, but it conforms with what is required in order to make it useful and practical. This in contrast to artistic rubbish, into which engineers are called upon to insert the required works. As a result practical soles like me judge it pleasing and certainly find nothing wrong with it. Howsat! LOL

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mmmmmmmmm......there are a few words that I need to look up in the dictionary, but I sort of get your drift. I certainly dont study car design with any degree of professionalism; I just take a look....if I like it, thats good, if I don't..... well, mmmmm; I'm very prone to making instant decisions, which on reflection, don't always stand too much scrutiny.My decisions on the S4 have all been based on pictures, and as I said, I need to see the thing in the flesh. I'm wondering if you could give me an example of, in your opinion, artistic rubbish!! I could think of a few myself......I wonder if they match yours.

mmmmmmmm --- I could and would, but with due consideration consider it best not to take this thread way off topic.

I dont think i could fall in love with a car shaped like a brick!!

One of these? Just take it as far as possible, yes I do know I should have shut the bonnet properly!

Paul, maybe a different colour/paint scheme will change looks, look what a bit of make up does for Elton.

If and when driving an S4 for any length of time, just where and how do you guys rest your left foot?