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Got overtaken by a Dodge Viper once between the Roaches & Flash in the Derby Peak, he was giving it the beans somewhat, twasawsum.
edit-2cvs are utterly sheet.
I reckon driving an original (not 2CV 6) Deudeuche in heavy traffic should be a part of the current driving test.
Clubber, I could also have said:
I have very fond memories of driving it around central London at silly o'clock in the morning post-clubbing with my mates standing up out of the roof.... utter stupid of course but brilliant fun
…happy days 🙂
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That Delage I was talking about.
I should probably also add that my family im france had a Citroen DS when I was a kid... can't say I had fond memories of it though. the wallowy suspension made me car sick 🙁
2CV driving teaches you all about momentum and anticipation, too.
Roundabout + 2CV = happy Knob. Spot your gap from about half a mile away, then go! Hit the roundabout flat in second and surprise the cr@p out of everybody else in their normal cars and lazy driving habits.
And the hollow gear knob was just right for storing an eighth in. (I imagine.)
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Mmmmmm!
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I regularly pass the Kahn auto showroom in Bradford where the owner has BOTH his Bugatti Veyron's on display.
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Another beauty, AlfaSud 1.5Ti, though this rusted to heck and was then used for road rally sprints only.. Flat 4 boxer engine lovelyness.
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Another wonderment of beuty I've owned and driven hard, until I sold it to my Coal Delivery Man whose wifey took a fancy to it..
Utterly lovely, rusty as.. engine was astonishing, TwinCam howl..
Bagshot Sainsbury's
Bagshot don't have a Sainsbury's!
This is my idea of a 'classic practical performance motor'
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this is my dream classic
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Bregante, no that's the week after next again. They're not into cars though. Thats more of an interiors porn house.
Think more F1 🙂
My brothers Alfa;
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He's got a 'proper' GTA now.
I quite like this one;
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This IMO is the most beautiful car ever made..
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you can get them in kit form [url= http://www.calspyderii.com ]kit form[/url] but still costs a lot more than a nice 308/328.
will have one of these in 2013 for my 40th b'day..
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I drive past one of these parked near a local shopping centre, looks almost as good from the front as the back IMO. One day I WILL own one (or more likely a 912)
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I had a student several years ago who like collecting things like watches, pens and cars. Cars to the tune of E Type Jag, 3 or 4 Porsches, 1 or 2 Ferraris, Various BMWs and Mercedes (not 118ds or C180s), in total about 10. This was around the time of the launch of the Porsche Cayenne of which he was telling me about, there and then he picked up the phone and ordered one, one call to the dealer and one Cayenne at top spec ordered.
And they say it's tough at the top.
Cars.. So adolescent
Ferrari = Overpriced kit car in need of constant service
Citroen = Cheese and White flag transport device
Alfa = Your mother in laws car of choice
Porche = Her hairdressers.
Proper Pron =
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Complete with Gun Rack, fully loaded and privately owned.
Complete with Gun Rack, fully loaded and privately owned.
= Rambo fantasist.
I work up the road from the local Lambo showroom. I've seen them all including a couple of Veyrons. The Lambos alway look cheap when they're next to a spanky Ferr or a tasty Porsche GT2. They've even got a top bellend Audi which attracts more attention. Personally I'd prefer an AM Virage.
Buy the right classic and you could be onto a nice little earner - they're only ever going to get scarcer.
derekrides, those stupid great lumps of ugly are so utterly bereft of any design merit or engineering quality I can't even begin to express my contempt*
* ok so I got carried away with the language, no offence meant but they are shite in so many ways 🙂
They've even got a top bellend Audi which attracts more attention
The R8 is awesome! Looking forward to have a spin in one (and a DB9) on the Top Gear track 😀
One day I WILL own one (or more likely a 912)
Al, check this out. It'll out perform and be more reliable than any classic 911 in your budget, and its galvanised! And, its on your doorstep. Testdrivetastic!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110801609892?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Roundabout + 2CV = happy Knob. Spot your gap from about half a mile away, then go! Hit the roundabout flat in second and surprise the cr@p out of everybody else in their normal cars and lazy driving habits.And the hollow gear knob was just right for storing an eighth in. (I imagine.)
Can we have you removed from the road please! 😆
mcmoonter - Member
Al, check this out. It'll out perform and be more reliable than any classic 911 in your budget, and its galvanised! And, its on your doorstep. Testdrivetastic!
I know I know...good car but not an air cooled 911! (and later impact bumper ones are galvanised IIRC)
And a tiny boot too...if you are going to compromise on practicality, go the whole hog I say!
Por[u]s[/u]che = H[u]ai[/u][s]e[/s]r hairdressers.
derek you is jus' doggone trailer trash 😡
944s are the hairdressers mingtastic car of the porsche range <shudder>. The 928 or the 959 are lovely.
nasher, fine choice on the alfa, get in soon the prices are heading up on those. just to let you know if you get one, make sure you join the gulietta register as they are a pretty kool club with lots of great trips!
[url] http://www.giulietta.com/ [/url]
The R8 is awesome!
A mate took me out for a drive in his R8 a while back OMFG is pretty much all I could say as I held on for dear life, they shift.
I used to work in CW and parked in Waitrose every day. I've got a picture somewhere of my RS4 parked between a veyron and a 458 when they'd just come out. CW car show was pretty good too, get out the lift from my office and theres a Gullwing merc, a 458 race car and the lotus F1 car looking back at you
This however wins it for me
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I was in Porto Cervo when all the whooooharrr was being banded around about these, you reminded me of this.. The Yacht Club Porto Cervo has an underground carpark, oh yes, anyhoo's me and MrsBouy were walking along one of the pontoons when one of these rattled to a halt, clicked and ticked and thunk and this uber swave Italian got out, dripping in Gucci and so so sleek slender loafers, shades and slick backed hair.. He had to be the s****yest bloke I've seen.. Turns out he's racing on a yacht in the same regatta as us lot of reprobates... He still looked s****y as when he stepped off at the end of the windward leewards we were doing..
He was a very PoshGit*
*other names are available.
Citroen = Cheese and White flag transport device
This, from someone incredibly disrespectful towards the brave souls in the French Resistance who did their bit so you can be free to make silly comments on an internet forum wihout fear of persecution, torture and even death, but then you go and really show yourself up by posting a picture of:
stupid great lumps of ugly are so utterly bereft of any design merit or engineering quality I can't even begin to express my contempt*
And thereby lose any shred of credibility you may possibly have had, and ensured your disqualification from making any comments on any matter of design, aesthetics, style and taste.
😐
Oh whell.
Purest Pron:
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(Has to go and have a little lie down...)
I love the Stratos and 250 California!
This however, is my all time favourite. Nearest Ive seen to perfection.
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Was working in Rome in the summer; came back to the hotel one evening and there were about 50 Ferraris in the car park. I think they were gathered to do something for Italy's Republic Day holiday. The grey one looks particularly mundane for a Ferrari.
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I like trucks, you can chuck up to half a dozen bikes in the back and carry five or six bodies in them, pretty much anywhere you like, all that exotic crap, other than sitting in the fast lane at 60 nose to tail, wtf use are they anywhere below the M6 from Penrith?
Want one of these,probably totally impractical but looks like it will be a total hoot to drive.
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Morgan 3 wheeler
I fell in love with this, in the flesh it was absolutely gorgeous..
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And these are lovely
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and carry five or six bodies in them
Obviously a concern for the homicidal amongst us.
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bikebuoy, I hate to break it to you, but your two Alfa's on the previous page? One of them's a Fiesta XR2 with an Alfa badge on it...
😀
Bagshot don't have a Sainsbury's!
Well that road between Bagshot and Bracknell then, whatever you call it; I don't care, I don't live there any more. I live somewhere nice.
My mates 1935 MG Pb 8)
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