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Sept 2, 2004 12:27:21 GMT
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Right, I need some ideas for a new ride.
Criteria:
Stylish
Economical
Cheap Insurance / tax
Something the wife would enjoy / like to drive(!)
Budget up to £2000
and yeah, and it must be cool!
Thinking of either MKI MR2 / Celica / Corrola / supra Mitsibishi Starion............
So, get posting.
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Sept 2, 2004 12:40:33 GMT
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Sept 2, 2004 12:43:44 GMT
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Yeah, just found that on ebay itself - cheers,
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Sept 2, 2004 12:51:28 GMT
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Last Edit: Sept 2, 2004 12:57:21 GMT by nickb
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Sept 2, 2004 13:10:29 GMT
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Sept 2, 2004 13:11:31 GMT
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Oi Nick, would you stop reading my mind! I've just send mails about both of those.........!  |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Sept 2, 2004 13:16:16 GMT
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Great minds think alike.... ;D
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Sept 2, 2004 13:43:48 GMT
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Best looking late model Cavalier I've ever seen though...put some steels and hubcaps on and that'd be a real sleeper! |
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Sept 2, 2004 13:48:54 GMT
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Cavalier? Are you being facetious again Mr Rmad? This be an FB Victor and no mistake... Edit - oh I see. Its coz the bits are from a Chavalier, right! Sorry - being a bit slow today!!!!  |
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Last Edit: Sept 2, 2004 13:52:16 GMT by nickb
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Sept 2, 2004 14:23:53 GMT
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Cavalier? Are you being facetious again Mr Rmad? Again? |
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SkoCan
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Quando omni flunkus, mortati
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Sept 2, 2004 17:58:02 GMT
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Great minds think alike.... ;D Then what am I thinking now? |
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SkoCan
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Sept 2, 2004 18:06:26 GMT
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I don't know what insurance and taxes are like over there but I'd go for an early 80's Corolla with 3TC. Hatch or liftback have good lines. Not too obvious but plenty of grunt. Handling is great with the right shocks and tires. Best drivers car I've ever owned.  Don't know much about the Starion but I'll bet it'd be similar. |
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Sept 2, 2004 18:24:27 GMT
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Then what am I thinking now? Something to do with Skodas! ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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SkoCan
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Quando omni flunkus, mortati
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Sept 2, 2004 18:27:15 GMT
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Something to do with Skodas! ;D Um........ ;D |
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Aitch
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Sept 2, 2004 19:17:38 GMT
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I've had a Mk1 MR2 and have got a Starion. Both are cracking cars.
MR2s are in plentiful supply - Starions on the other hand are getting as rare as poor quality wobbly children's play pony dung - I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and pick up a bargain. ;D
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Sept 2, 2004 21:34:19 GMT
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 Bloody sickening! Front wheel drive?! It goes completely against the character of the car in the name of performance (so why then did he go for front wheel drive, he could probably have saved money by using sturdy rear wheel drive components such as Volvo 7 series, which are in lots of scrappies!) Those newer Astra wheels do nothing at all for it, and did you see the state of that chavved up plastic modern dashboard? In a 60s car? These people need taken out, tortured, beaten to within an inch of their lives and shot repeatedly with an AK47 assault rifle at close range! Ahem.  |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Sept 2, 2004 22:16:56 GMT
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^......breathe.......and relax vw scirocco ?  |
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Sept 2, 2004 23:57:49 GMT
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this is a J forum!
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Owning a trans am is a sin, according to the pope.
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Hey guz not heard from you for a while - how's miniclassic these days? Yep, got MKI or MKII Sciroco's in mind. Can't seem to find a decent one though!  |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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Sept 3, 2004 15:41:54 GMT
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What about a Sunbeam Talbot?  I know you probably won't find a Lotus for that price, but they're sturdy, rear wheel drive, unusual, tunable, could probably have another engine dropped in there without too much hassle, and the rally fraternity will love it, so that takes care of the cool factor. (Not only that but the chavs and neds won't know what's smoking them as they look so subtle! ) |
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