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Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, pedro01 said:

 

You never had trouble handling it? It was always rumoured to only be good in a straight line

had capris for years never had a problem with bends,

get your speed correct before the bend, get the correct gear, get the apex and accelerate out of the bend foot hard down.

 

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Posted
5 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Amazing what can trigger memories.  When I was a kid my father's younger brother had one of them, also in black, and would often bring it to our farm, where we had a good workshop, to tinker with it.  I remember my father bending over the engine once and, forgetting about that wicked curve in the front of the bonnet, suddenly straightening up and cracking the back of his head against it.  Cue cursing from my father and howls of laughter from my uncle and I.   I must have been about 10 years old and hadn't remembered this for years till I saw your photo.  God knows what happened to the car since then, but my father and uncle are no longer with us, so every memory of them is a good one.

 

My first car was an Austin Metro. 

 

You could take the thing apart and put it back together again with nothing but an adjustable spanner.

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Posted
21 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Something I enjoyed playing with........took an old beaten up Toyota and made this for the daughter.

 

 

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Very cool! I like the painted wheel wells. Do you have lights in them as well? How old is she? 

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On 5/15/2021 at 9:30 AM, yeahbutif said:

What the speed limit in the hard shoulder .going the wrong way ?

 

18 hours ago, steve187 said:

the 2.8i was so fast i got where i was going before i left, i think good for about 125mph, 3.0 about 120mph,

during the 80's i drove lots of fast cars legally at very fast speeds one of the fastest was a vauxhall senator 132mph true speed.

I remember the Vauxhall senator at the time i had a Suzuki Gsxr and the police used to enjoy chasing us in those senators

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Posted
2 hours ago, pedro01 said:

 

My first car was an Austin Metro. 

 

You could take the thing apart and put it back together again with nothing but an adjustable spanner.

I had one as well needed a hammer as well if i remember 

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Posted
26 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

I had one as well needed a hammer as well if i remember 

 

The correct term is 'Birmingham screwdriver'

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I've only ever owned one car, a 94 Honda Accord coupe, sold it before moving to Thailand.

 

It was a good car, easy to drive, good visibility, reliable, and owned it for 2 years and sold it for close to what I paid for it, think it was about 60k THB lol. Have looked at getting a car in Thailand, but no desire to drive in BKK so never pulled the trigger.

 

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Posted
22 hours ago, pedro01 said:

Today's addition to the family - wife's new car.

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The problem is, I have never ever seen a Thai or even foreigner driving in Thailand with the roof down.

I had a BMW640d Cabrio before moving. Would have loved to bring it over.

Posted
3 hours ago, mirage said:

Had so much fun in this as a young man

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saw one for sale in Thailand on my facebook links recently

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22 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Probably the most fun was this one, had a sticker in the back window "passion wagon, dont laugh your daughter could be inside"....lol

 

 

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I can imagine you already with your "passion". Feet sticking out at the rear of the "wagon".

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21 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Last car I owned (when living full time in the UK).

Jaguar XJR

 

 

 

 

 

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Just before you left Downing Street 10

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Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

The problem is, I have never ever seen a Thai or even foreigner driving in Thailand with the roof down.

I had a BMW640d Cabrio before moving. Would have loved to bring it over.

 

Well - we can't for 5 days as the windows have been tinted and they roll down with the roof.

 

But you will see me with the roof down on Sunday mornings and in the evenings, when the wife let's me borrow it ????

 

Also - on the school runs no doubt.

 

Right now it's a bit toasty in the middle of the day.

 

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52 minutes ago, Neilly said:

Last car I owned in UK before moving here...a grey import (from Japan) Toyota Supra Twin Turbo

 

 

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Understand.

Grey import.

If it was red, it was a red import.

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Posted (edited)
20 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

My first one was an Opel Kadett GT/E

What a machine.

Haven't taken any photo (stupid me).

Was all white.

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My sisters boyfriend has one in green - that was a beauty.

 

Remember the Opal Mantra? That was noice.

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Posted
Just now, flexomike said:

1966 Chevrolet, 327 300 horsepower, had a lot of fun in that car wish I still had it

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Must go like hell.

327300 BHP

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Posted
8 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

Mine is in the shop right now as I sort of reversed it into a wall and decided to have a carbon fiber rear diffuser and a few other pimpcessories. Nothing major.

 

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More refined than the wife's car and definitely more subtle.

Are you looking to adopt a son?

I'm on the market. Give me a call. Krub.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Are you looking to adopt a son?

I'm on the market. Give me a call. Krub.

 

I was more thinking of getting adopted myself to be honest...

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