What classic vehicles have you seen?

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UKJeeper
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Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

#1831 Post by UKJeeper »

GHT wrote:This Mark2 Golf was in Ringwood High Street yesterday.
Did you stick around to see it get a parking ticket? :D
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#1832 Post by UKJeeper »

Just saw a DB2 leaving my office car park. Too slow/too far to get a pic though.
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#1833 Post by GHT »

UKJeeper wrote:Did you stick around to see it get a parking ticket? :D
The driver was very lucky, the local council employ a private company to enforce parking. And enforce it with vigour they do.
Anyone remember the Cadillac hearse in Ghost Busters? Saw this today, looking rather tatty and forlorn. I was told that it's the owners daily drive. Some commuting car:
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#1834 Post by JPB »

:drool: Now that would make a most useful work van for someone who doesn't like carrying their ladders on a roof rack. :thumbs:
*Resists temptation to use the obvious "what's the body like?" gag..*
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I'd have asked the driver to shift their decaying heap of overrated ponce metal in order to get a better pic of the Mr2.. ;)
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#1835 Post by GHT »

JPB wrote:overrated ponce metal.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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#1836 Post by TerryG »

GHT wrote:Anyone remember the Cadillac hearse in Ghost Busters? Saw this today, looking rather tatty and forlorn. I was told that it's the owners daily drive.
There is a VERY ropy replica out and about. It was at the NEC last year. Poor thing looked like it was made of rust and filler.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#1837 Post by rich. »

JPB wrote:
I'd have asked the driver to shift their decaying heap of overrated ponce metal in order to get a better pic of the Mr2.. ;)
john you are my hero... :thumbs: :thumbs: can we have a better view of whats left of the stripey clio :oops:
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#1838 Post by GHT »

JPB wrote: in order to get a better pic of the Mr2.. ;)
Oh go on then, some people are so easily pleased. By the way, I cheated and lifted this image of the internet.
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#1839 Post by JPB »

:drool: :thumbs:
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#1840 Post by TerryG »

That can't be Rich's one. it's parked on a road so must be driveable.
There aren't many people that need to change alternators more often than they fill the petrol tank ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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