Yes the nice weather is good for car spotting. I saw an absolutely immaculate etype the other day, beautiful thing ,tiny as you say. I think the current VW up is a similar size to the mk 1 golf, car sizes are ridiculous these days. Have you seen an old cortina or Granada lately? Tiny again and they were large cars back in the day. But although I look and enjoy I think the reality of ownership isn't as good as one might imagine! My neighbour has a rover 2000, a ride in that brings home how good a modern car is

It's always lovely following an older classic, the whiff of unburned fuel is the smell of the 60s and 70s :-)

And yes, cars of 30+ years ago are small compared to their equivalents today. I was recently looking over a very nice Dolomite Sprint, and wondering how 5 of us used to cram into the one my mate owned back in the early 80s.

Classic cars that is. Seen three this evening - an immaculate MGB in red and a good wholesome exhaust sound (and smell) as it passed. Also two cars I see each summer which must be local - a slightly dog-eared FIAT X1/9, I think the owner must have a full-time job keeping on top of the corrosion. The third was a 1990 Golf convertible, sounding a bit rough in need of a tune I think. What really surprised me was how tiny it was but then the MK1 on which it was based was a small car by MK2 standards. I think I would take the MG...

Strange isn't it, MGB's must have the most exclusive exhaust note along with a moggy minor of any other car, coincidentally supplied a flasher unit to a MGB owner today, had it on the shelf! Car was immaculate and smelt lovely, a mixture of oil, unburnt fuel and turtle wax.....

Been out cycling in the countryside quite a bit lately, where many classic cars have been stretching their legs.

I've seen a few MGBs, Jags (including a lovely E-type and one 'Inspector Morse' mkII the other day), plus a smattering of others such as a 1970s Porsche 911, a not so old mid 90s Ferrari F355 and one mint condition 1960s US classic convertable - it might've been a Cadillac.

Oh, and a good number of older gents riding classic motorbikes (didn't know what) in groups.

Most of the above observed outside country pubs. :-)

Yes, on the weekend I was stuck in a lengthy queue behind a line of traction engines crawling at a snale pace between Tetbury to Cirencester, on the opposite way an eye candy to behold a Lamborghini Miura flying low, ten minutes later another eye relief a 1963 Aston Martin Lagonda at a much easy pace. Lovely stuff.

I wonder ... classic cars with older style white letters on black background licence plates ... can these be read by APNR as used at various places eg car parks and / or roadside cameras? Has technology stepped so far these older vehicles escape?