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If you find this post offensive, please insert "Chan" before and "tho" after, then it should be OK.
Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being - Elvis Costello -
Gordon Bennet, somebody even meaner than me. I spent a whole £2450+VAT on my last van.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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My own cars.
2 * Capri 3.0 Ghia - seized both engines, automatics and very nice.
1 * Porsche 924 - I was 19 and loved that car!
1 * Alfa Romeo 164 3.0 Litre Clover Leaf - FFFFFast!
1 * Ford Escort XR3i - Company car. was fun.
1 * Granada Cosworth Scorpio - Another Company Car - also fun.
1 * Ford Explorer - Loved it, did 110,000 miles!
1 * Range Rover Vogue - Brand New, expensive but worth it.
1 * Range Rover SC - Also Brand New, Very Expensive, Also worth it.
1 * Range Rover Sport SC - Brand new, very expensive, also worth it.
1 * Land Rover Discovery - Ex Land-Rover prototype - very nice indeed for a left hooker 4.0 litre V8 Oh yes, thank you very much.
1 * Skoda Superb V6 Diesel - Nice, like it!
1 * Porsche 911 Carrera 4 - Even nicerer!Comment
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1990-1992 - R reg 1.0L Talbot Sunbeam. Had trouble with it overheating; learned a lot about fixing cooling systems. £500
1992-1994 - W reg 1.3L Skoda Estelle. £1000 Great value for money. Got rid of it as required welding to get through MoT. Part-exd for next car. Got £500. Saw it a few weeks later on sale through same trader for £600.
1994-1998 - H reg 2.0L Vauxhall Cavalier. £3000. It had a 100'000 miles on the clock. I did another 80'000 before a wheel fell of as I entered client car park, partially blocking said carpark entrance for a couple of hours before AA turned up.
1996-1999 - Vauxhall Nova £2000. Good runner.
1998-2000 - M reg Saab 900. Looked nice. Drove like a tank. Grew to hate it. £6000.
1999-2002 - R reg 2.0L Mondeo GLx. Only car ever bought from new. Very comfortable, great handling. Loved the front windshield demister. Sold it cos we left the country. £15'000.
2000-2001 - Volvo 940, company car. Most comfortable car I've ever had. Very sad to have to give it up.
2001 - Peugeot 406, company car. Totalled while wife driving it.
2001-2002 - Ford Focus 1.8l. company car Lots of fun.
2002-2004 - VW Passat estate. Hated it. The most uncomfortable car I've ever had. £7000.
2005 - present. Volvo V70. £12000. Lovely.
2005-2007 Peugeot 2.0l HDi 206. Also quite fun. Blew the turbo on it once. £7000.
Future - Volvo XC90 diesel. Or, when the kids leave home, some nice 2 seater, Porsche or such like.
Also had a couple of bangers that lasted a few months. But don't recall the details.Last edited by NotAllThere; 5 November 2007, 09:45.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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My god there are some old people on here
Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Reg year of car, Model
1974 VW Beetle 1300
1976 Ford Capri II 1.6
1980 Ford Cortina V 1.3L (0-60 20 seconds!)
1981 Mk1 Golf Gti 1.6
1983 MG Maestro 1.6
1987 Vauxhal Cavalier 1.6L
1989 Fiat Uno 1.1
1983 Ford Cortina V 1.3 crusader
1987 Vauxhall Astra 1.3L
2001 Peugeot 206 GTi
1994 Rover 220
1995 Citroen Xantia 1.8
2002 Toyota MR2 VVti
1998 Citroen Xantia 2.0
2005 Honda S2000Last edited by Bagpuss; 5 November 2007, 09:55.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Car history is
Old Mini - Cost = free, kept 1 yr, sold for 25 (scrap) - rubbish.
Old Marina - Cost = 425, kept 2 yrs, sold for 250 - awful.
2 yr old XR2 - Cost = 5200, kept 3 yrs, sold for 3200 - Loved this, naff or not.
2 yr old Honda Crx Vti (Hatchback coupe) - Cost = 9k, kept 3yrs, sold for 5k Favourite car ever, couldnt sleep for days before I got it.
1 yr old Toyota MR2 - Cost 18k, kept 3 yrs, sold for 13k - naff but I liked it.
1 yr old 911 Targa - Cost = 62k, kept 3.5 yrs, sold for 30k (ouch) v fast (you ease off before it does), manual not fun in traffic and you never relax.
1yr old Merc SLK 320 - Cost 32k, kept 2 yrs, sold for 20k (ouch) - very smooth till I crashed it, never right after
2 yr old Golf Tdi - Cost 11k, still got it after 3yrs Market turned against me...I am back coining it but not blowing it on cars again, need it to shorten working life !
Oh - Also Volvo 340GL - for use as tip/pub car when I had nice motors, awful, slow, blancmange handling, scrapped after cambelt fun.Comment
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fiat punto ltd edition
punto
punto sporting
rover 214 si
rover 216si
bmw 318 ( 1 week ) didnt want a carp car
alfa romeo 147
alfa romeo GT
and you cant even imagine the amounts of oil ive bought in 5 years - except the rovers that is - great workhorses - and they were family hand me downs!cut me - ill bleed rosso redComment
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Austin Allegro 1300 Vanden Plas
Bugatti Veyron Estate
No point messing about.
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The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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