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Kris
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And a scary lack of armco!
But I suppose what damage can you do in a sidevalve 100E flat out ;D
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GJM
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Alloy engines; like communism- great in theory.
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Quite why the believe they have to all be on the inside lane when theres nobody else on the roads i don't know ;D
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Apr 10, 2005 11:00:29 GMT
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Apr 10, 2005 17:55:41 GMT
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wonder when hard shoulders stopped being buslane-coloured tarmac?
and the armco thing... SCARY! i know people used to treat the 70mph limit as a limit and most cruised below that but still, two retro motors head on at 100mph closing speed is gonna smart.
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Apr 10, 2005 20:20:35 GMT
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Had a scary backwards-at-115mph-sliding-down-the-armco moment in the back of a relatives' E34 540i....not fun  *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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I did have a blowout on the motorway in a Volvo 740 once, scary stuff, it didn't do much damage to anything but it came to rest snuggled up next to an armco, so it touched it a bit and bashed an indicator lens out. Naturally, being a Volvo, all it needed to fix it was the spare wheel put on it to get it as far as the local rear wheel drive Volvo specialist for a new front indicator unit for the driver's side (the wing wasn't damaged much it just tapped back into shape) and a new wheel and tyre to replace the blown out one as I didn't want to take any risks in case the rim was badly damaged. I'm still amazed that I barely lost control of it, it braked easier than I had expected and I managed to keep it in a relatively straight line, I only touched the armco almost by the time I had stopped. Luckily it was quite early in the morning so there weren't any cars about or it could have been nasty.  |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Apr 11, 2005 15:31:42 GMT
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I went into the armco on the M1 once. We were towing a trailer with a Westfield on it and got overtaken by a lorry which caussed some sway, luckily, not much traffic around as we swerved across the road into the centre! Whap. Dad was not best pleased (he was driving), light damage to the Subaru, but he got a bill for the armco!
The Westfield was fine though.
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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And a scary lack of armco! But I suppose what damage can you do in a sidevalve 100E flat out ;D I used to have a 100E. Some old biddy in a Metro ran into it while it was parked outside. The Metro was totalled, the 100E needed a bit of panel beating and a new rear indicator lens......... Those things are solid. |
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1953 Minor (Long term project)
PT Cruiser
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