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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 12:04:24 GMT
A red and not too far from stock Ford Orion - that'll be a booted Escort to our younger members. Amazing how small it looked parker between an XE and a 3 series. I had a red, A reg, 1.6 GL Orion. Lovely car with a very good sized boot. Offloaded it when you had to pop the bonnet and hit the starter motor with a big spanner to start it. Now you knew where you were with L, GL, GLX, GTX and Ghia, didn't you?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 3, 2019 12:22:21 GMT
I had a red, A reg, 1.6 GL Orion. Lovely car with a very good sized boot. Offloaded it when you had to pop the bonnet and hit the starter motor with a big spanner to start it. Now you knew where you were with L, GL, GLX, GTX and Ghia, didn't you? Or indeed Ghia X for the boss.
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 3, 2019 12:24:43 GMT
A red and not too far from stock Ford Orion - that'll be a booted Escort to our younger members. Amazing how small it looked parker between an XE and a 3 series. I had a red, A reg, 1.6 GL Orion. Lovely car with a very good sized boot. Offloaded it when you had to pop the bonnet and hit the starter motor with a big spanner to start it. Words I never expected to see together.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 3, 2019 13:09:40 GMT
A lovely silver BMW 750i being used as some sort of taxi/airport shuttle in the Bedford area, being driven erratically at high speed.
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2019 13:35:31 GMT
Could you tell if the GPS was still connected?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 13:40:42 GMT
I saw a red Nova with a boot the other week. That was in good nick, too.
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2019 13:46:40 GMT
I saw a Jag XFR-S on the way home last night. It was in Sprint BLue, the same as the press cars a few years ago.
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Post by Martin on Jul 3, 2019 15:29:51 GMT
A lovely silver BMW 750i being used as some sort of taxi/airport shuttle in the Bedford area, being driven erratically at high speed. How did you know it was a 750i?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 3, 2019 18:25:17 GMT
A lovely silver BMW 750i being used as some sort of taxi/airport shuttle in the Bedford area, being driven erratically at high speed. How did you know it was a 750i? I’m an anorak!
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Post by Martin on Jul 3, 2019 18:26:51 GMT
How did you know it was a 750i? I’m an anorak! Slowly converting the forum one one at a time.....
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 3, 2019 19:26:31 GMT
Robin Reliant wobbling its way down the A19 this morning. Not since the Sinclair C5 have I seen something less suited to our modern roads and traffic. I genuinely felt afraid for the guy. I very much suspect you are old enough to remember! Never heard of one of these, though!!
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 3, 2019 21:42:37 GMT
Slowly converting the forum one one at a time..... So Bob is one, then ??
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 3, 2019 22:01:14 GMT
Slowly converting the forum one one at a time..... So Bob is one, then ?? Always have been, mate. Got the shorts and everything.
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Post by johnc on Jul 4, 2019 9:26:56 GMT
Today I saw my first 19 plate Mini Countryman Cooper S Hybrid driven by the archetypal male school teacher/local authority official - in his 40's with a beard, checked shirt and a tweed type jacket. What a mind destroying combination as he moved away from every set of lights with Glacial acceleration and never exceeded about 25mph. 3 miles of that and I was ready to slit my wrists and even the HGV two cars behind looked as though he was going to go for the impossible overtake. The queue behind was monumental and when the road went to 30mph dual carriageway he still sat in the outside lane. I was too polite and waited for him to pull over but the HGV made his point by going up the inside, nearly taking the Mini's wing mirror with it.
Also saw a Nissan Micra in the inside lane of the M77 doing 30mph with a terrified looking young girl on her own with green P plates on the car. Who the hell passed her to drive or who told her 30mph on a motorway was safe! A real accident waiting to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 11:25:01 GMT
Saw my fifth RS Q3 yesterday. Don't think I'd ever seen one before clocking mine at the dealer but now I have one I spot them more readily.
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Post by Tim on Jul 5, 2019 11:57:35 GMT
I've seen several white BMW i3s within 100 yds of my work in the last couple of days, all of them with different corporate logos on the side so I know its not the same one. I'm never going to like them.
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Post by Martin on Jul 5, 2019 13:20:03 GMT
Saw my fifth RS Q3 yesterday. Don't think I'd ever seen one before clocking mine at the dealer but now I have one I spot them more readily. I’ve seen a couple recently, both the same colour as yours.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 5, 2019 15:44:15 GMT
Saw my fifth RS Q3 yesterday. Don't think I'd ever seen one before clocking mine at the dealer but now I have one I spot them more readily. Was sat behind an SQ5 yesterday, same colour as yours. Embarrassingly, I couldn't recall if yours was an S or RS .. .. ..
I think it's a given, and probably commented on by more than one of us before, you definitely see more of a particular car/model if you have one, or frequent someone who has one.
There are a few police-liveried I3's in Glasgow too, which look most odd when there's a couple of burly, stab-vest festooned cops in them!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 17:07:01 GMT
Seen two VW Phaetons in the last two days.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 5, 2019 17:54:29 GMT
Seen two VW Phaetons in the last two days. A friend of mine has two in his fleet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2019 12:28:41 GMT
BoB Lancaster flying over my part of town a few minutes ago. Brilliant sound track.
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 6, 2019 12:42:17 GMT
BoB Lancaster flying over my part of town a few minutes ago. Brilliant sound track. I actually used to know somebody called Bob Lancaster.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2019 13:24:27 GMT
Does he fly Chipmunks?
Sorry, a joke on the BoB flight having a Chipmunk.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2019 14:34:20 GMT
Seen two VW Phaetons in the last two days. A friend of mine has two in his fleet. The two interesting engines, I hope? Had a quick look at Auto Trader and every one for sale on there is a 3.0 TDI.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 6, 2019 16:50:31 GMT
Sadly not. Both the V6 TDi. They still have some poke though. W12 would be my choice.
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Post by rodge on Jul 6, 2019 21:31:29 GMT
Yellow Dodge Viper. Only the second one I’ve seen here, I’ve seen more Ford GTs in that time!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 22:40:09 GMT
Sadly not. Both the V6 TDi. They still have some poke though. W12 would be my choice. Two the same?! Not even a V10 one? I wiki'd it and was surprised to find out it was facelifted twice and only went out of production in 2016.
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Post by Martin on Jul 8, 2019 17:24:40 GMT
An Aston Martin Zagato Shooting Brake on the A45 going past Wellingborough. Stood out from the other cars in the road!
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Post by franki68 on Jul 9, 2019 10:06:11 GMT
An Aston Martin Zagato Shooting Brake on the A45 going past Wellingborough. Stood out from the other cars in the road! Wow that is ridiculously rare . Saw a 1974 Ferrari Dino or 246 (couldn’t tell as I’m not an expert ) driving into bourton yesterday .
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 9, 2019 10:29:58 GMT
An Aston Martin Zagato Shooting Brake on the A45 going past Wellingborough. Stood out from the other cars in the road! Wow that is ridiculously rare . Saw a 1974 Ferrari Dino or 246 (couldn’t tell as I’m not an expert ) driving into bourton yesterday . From memory, the 246 was the Dino, with only a few made of the 206 and 308 variants. So I imagine it was a 246.
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