Reading this thread, enjoying the heck out of the British accent and scratching my head over some of the sayings. Now links to German e-bay web sites. It's an International Feast!
Fascinating how "gear heads" around the world are still "gear heads". Many of us have enjoyed the under powered rides of yester year and the lessons learned.
I to recall the days of my first under powered but hard driven sports car. An MGA. How I could "throw" into a corner with wanton abandon. Somehow those skinny tires DID stick.
That was not the case with my later MGB. Which would promptly swap ends and a "farming" we would go!
Or was I just driving faster by then? Oh the joys of youth.
Ernie