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    #81


    Am going to buy an M5 for a bit of fun. 500BHP and 0-62 in 4.7

    Plus it can fit kids seats.

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      #82
      Originally posted by sasguru View Post
      Not a problem for Dim as he is short, tubby and bald. He usually drives his pimped up 10 year old Beemer sitting on a plumped up cushion.
      I wouldn't call 5'2" short mate.

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        #83
        DIY speed fiend: Racing fan builds 170mph F1 car out of motorbike and banger parts | Mail Online
        Just saying like.

        where there's chaos, there's cash !

        I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong!

        Lowering the tone since 1963

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          #84
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          I wouldn't call 5'2" short mate.
          I would.

          Average Male Height in England 5'9", Avergae Female Height 5'3 1/2"

          Health Survey for England 2008

          Don't forget your cushion
          "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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            #85
            Originally posted by DaveB View Post
            I would.

            Average Male Height in England 5'9", Avergae Female Height 5'3 1/2"

            Health Survey for England 2008

            Don't forget your cushion
            I only use the cushion for my piles.

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              #86
              That, Sir, is a ******* shed!

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                #87
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                Some people get them debadged. No make or model on it. Most people then don't have clue what it is (or that it only cost you £5K).

                Then it gets mocked at the petrol station for being a kit car. Poor thing can't win.

                GM should have continued with the Opel brand in the UK for its sportier models when it did the Opel Manta. The gen pop love the German motors.
                Last edited by PAH; 23 August 2011, 12:37.
                Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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                Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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                  #88
                  'I thought it would be better to build it as a two-seater as what's the point in scaring the life out of yourself when you could be doing it to a passenger too.'


                  It might be a shed but it's a bloody quick shed. 0-60 in 3 sec is Ariel Atom territory.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #89
                    Originally posted by PAH View Post
                    Then it gets mocked at the petrol station for being a kit car. Poor thing can't win.

                    GM should have continued with the Opel brand in the UK for it's sportier models when it did the Opel Manta. The gen pop love the German motors.
                    Yeah but Bochum is a stinking sh!thole!

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                      #90
                      Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                      Yeah but Bochum is a stinking sh!thole!

                      So is Luton.

                      Fortunately most car owners don't have to go near either.
                      Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
                      Feist - I Feel It All
                      Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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