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eotunun wrote:
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321.500

HAH! :twisted:

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Had a tea while driving.. :twisted:
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Bastid! But I have LOTS of time hehe :twisted:

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
eotunun wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote: 321.500

HAH! :twisted:

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Had a tea while driving.. :twisted:
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Bastid! But I have LOTS of time hehe :twisted:

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519.750 :twisted:

You again... :innocent:

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James Blast wrote:Believe it or not, but I did hire one of them (I was after a Golf or an Astra, long story) to ferry myself, Andrew S + Big Si down to leeds for Black Oktober 2. It was a very nice car chock full of gadgets, leather upholstry etc. But it drank petrol like it was going out of fashion and the acceleration sucked.
So, to sum up:
looked good
was very comfy
handled like a tank
guzzled petrolium
That bit I do understand, but I rather meant I don't understand why every company in the world seems to be after the MG marque rather than the rest of the lot ex-BLMC (or whatever name you'd like to give the group) had. What does it have others don't have?
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Yeah, an FGG logo would be better Z! ;D
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There you go :D :notworthy: :lol:
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Krazy Kids ;D :notworthy:

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Photobucket, Hm? Wait a minute- :twisted:
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eotunun wrote:Photobucket, Hm? Wait a minute- :twisted:
Just had to join open an account for the evidence:
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But did you see the Highscorelist? :eek:
Nice one! ;D

And I never open Highscorelists on these things...they make me weep... :|

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Nice to see a trend has started - must go for a score now :D
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:roll: Some pale kiddies..
Let´s claim an age-bonus, and they´re done! :twisted:
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1st car - Audi A4
2nd Car - Audi A4
3rd Car - Volvo V40
4th and Current Car - Audi A4

Due for replacement in January as it's got 90,000 miles on it (commuting from Leeds to Nottingham / Northampton adds about 5-700 miles a week!) and I'm currently hoping to get another A4, although I fancy the Avant this time.

Dream car these days is the Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster, although the Gallardo Spyder looks a bit tasty :)

That said, the new Audi RS4 is a beast of a car and its a snip at 50 grand...
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Obviousman wrote:I never got the fuss about MG really :|

A Minerva and an Auburn (actually all ACD-cars), on the other hand are quite something indeed :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
was the minerva as in the Belgium licenced copy of the Land Rover?
i must put that anorak away one day! :lol:


If you are going to do a trip like THAT, you need one of THESE Twisted Evil

is that one of those kossack/ural type bike becaure it actually looks like one of those ultra rare Harley Davidson WWII bike (XD type i think!)
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bushman*pm wrote:is that one of those kossack/ural type bike becaure it actually looks like one of those ultra rare Harley Davidson WWII bike (XD type i think!)
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It is a DNEPR, which is even worse than an URAL. :twisted:

But it is a treat to drive. Mind, I didn't say it is lovely to drive, or even cool to drive... actually it's a bugger to drive but it's... an experience in itself.

The Ukranian factory of these bikes shut down years ago, but the Dutch provider of Ural/Dnepr (Gossie near Tholen) told me stories that were quite hilarious, involving drunk employees lying dormant on their machines, only to wake up when a half-finished motorblock thumped against their heads ;D

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bushman*pm wrote:was the minerva as in the Belgium licenced copy of the Land Rover?
i must put that anorak away one day! :lol:
That was after the war indeed. IIRC the only licenser to really be allowed to fiddle about a bit with the car?

Before the war they were the builders of astonishing cars, along the line of Rolls-Royce, Hispano-Suiza, Duesenberg and the likes, with Knight engines. Very fancy stuff! Sadly they went bankrupt :(
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Before the war they were the builders of astonishing cars, along the line of Rolls-Royce, Hispano-Suiza, Duesenberg and the likes, with Knight engines. Very fancy stuff! Sadly they went bankrupt :(
They went bankrupt because nobody ever needed to buy another Minerva. They were too good :twisted: Great stuff, Minerva :notworthy:
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1st car 1970 matt black VW Beetle
2nd car 1960 red oxide Ford 100e c/w 2L pinto racing engine breathing thru a Weber twin choke carb
3rd car 1970's gold Frod Granada mkII
5th car Austin Mini painted Hammerite Black
6th car 1980 Ford Thunderbird 5L V8 LHD black pimpmobile
7th car 1966 Land Rover LWB pick up truck in matt black
8th car 1990 Land Rover Discovery V8 in GLOSS black
9th car 1989 Range Rover V8 in 'gone off-ish gloss black'
then there's all the motorbikes!
most of them were matt black too! and some were missing vital exhaust pipe components!
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radiojamaica wrote:They went bankrupt because nobody ever needed to buy another Minerva. They were too good :twisted: Great stuff, Minerva :notworthy:
Though they were very good cars, that might be pushing it too far a bit :lol:

They were just hugely expensive, even their 'cheap' Minervette models were unaffordable. The company was sold to Imperia after bankrupcy (another Belgian carmaker), which in its turn hardly survived the war. They also were active in truck-manufacturing, and that's been the basis for the Minerva-Land Rover. They stopped building those at the end of the fifties (which was the end of the company), the Belgian army continued using them until the eighties :eek: Rumour has it they still have spare cars standing across the country :lol:
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Aw bless my first car....

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Mine was light metalic green though.

A car that I inherit in the end (amongst others)....

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We have history the car that looks similiar to this one and me...

And if money didn't matter and I could call Dad, it would be...

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Yes, I am bored, yes I do need a life. I know. But, IZ, beat that!
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Yes, I am bored, yes I do need a life. I know. But, IZ, beat that!
You won't be in Lier on 24/02/07 then Jürgen? :innocent: :innocent: :innocent:
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