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Years ago when I had my severly lowered squareback a guy came up to me at a cash machine and said..."That's the sweetest car I've ever fu**ing seen!". More recently, I was sitting in my Sapporo with the windows down waiting for my fiancee, three "alternative youths" walked past, the two boys stopped trying to chat up the girl they were with and started gushing about how "Gangster" and "cool" my car was... the reply from the girl was "yeah but did you see the driver? some middle age guy with a bald head! not exactly gangster" Ohh I can't wait untill that little bi**h hits 30 ;D Women always think that men buy cars to pull... I just buy what I like and women normally hate them  |
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Had a bloke tell me his Dad reckoned he was conceived in the back of a Fiat 850 ;D
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I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
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no comments and not even my car but a few years back me and a friend ended up cruising around Covent Garden on a saturday night in his newly resto'd Fiat 124 Spider Abarth. What an engine note. Plenty of city boys in their porkers etc but all the babes was watchin US! yay for cool eye-talian style1
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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LowStandards
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Bigging Up The Sum Sum Man Since '99
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My Dad everytime my Garage door is open, passing comment on my Semi-Spaceframed Imp
"You've f**king ruined that car, its was lovely when you bought it. I'd hate to think what the lass you bought it off would think"
I wouldn't mind, but its literally everytime he see's the damn thing! Still when its running 13's he might shut up!
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nearly every time i go in the local BP garage for petrol the guy behind the counter can be relied on to say ,without fail "nice car ,haven't seen one of those in ages" sometimes i feel like screaming " you saw it last week,fool" but i always chicken out.
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"It's a bit anti-social, isn't it?" - Old bloke having watched/listened to me rumble through a vilage at the top of second in the Bug when my quickshift bracket broke, the carbs were singing like mad  "HEEEEEERBIE I LOVE YOU!" - Random drunk bird in town at 3am a few weeks back, she jumped out in the middle of the road and hugged the car for about a minute  Got no end of "Nice car" from birds at petrol stations/in traffic - Come to notice that it's only ever people of the female variety that comment on the Bug |
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Last Edit: Oct 17, 2006 8:43:40 GMT by Dan 1641
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After taking my old boss out for a run in my kit car (i.e. demo to scare the curse word outta him) he did not say anything other than,
"fook me" (not in the biblical sense, more of an astonished exclamation), for about 1/2 an hour. Then he would not quit about how a 5 grand 900cc car could scare the absolute sh1t out of him, compared to his 330d bimmer.
But then again, he was a tosser.
Another, post blat, comment was something like, "before this I was not sure whether the fastest thing that I have been in was a TVR or a (insert fast car here) but it doesn't matter now, this is by far quicker!"
Made me smile though.
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Yesterday at 7:54, pogweasel wrote:
Nothing wrong with creature comforts. If I want masochism, I'll just go and slam my knackers in the fridge door for a bit.
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No one generally says anything about my cars  ... although a mate accidently refered to my old Alfa as an Aston Martin the other day ..! Also he has become a really bad passenger in other peoples cars, which he blames on all the time he spent in the passenger seat of the Alfa ... ho ho |
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Hardly anyone seems to know what it is, so I mainly get "nice car, but what is it?" It gets mistaken for a Fiat 850 coupe or just "something Italian" sometimes. I love it when people of all ages just stand and stare, then you see them in the rearview mirror, still looking puzzled...
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Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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;D A huge list of the reasons we have these babies...... Triumph 2000 - " Isn't that the one they made for the Levis advert! 2500 - In Brussels centre - "Damn man - that car is PHAT!" - couple of african fellas at a bus stop. Alfa GTV had several older petrol heads commenting on it being the last 'real' sounding Alfa........ Lost count of the amount of comments like - Dad had one..... it's a bit rusty and needs a paint job etc..... Worst most recent whilst in pub. A total stranger had seen me working on the 3 outside my place last week. He approached myself and a couple of football team buddies ( all been passengers ) - "Whatever you do, don't buy a car from him mate - they're all scrap" and walked off! Fortunately my p*ss taking mates grabbed me in a group hug before I could go after him...........  |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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I cant take the ghia anywhere without everyone being all over it. If there not staring there coming over for a chat. All the usual, how much, how fast etc etc. Funniest thing was one of my neighbours insisting that 'james dean died in one of them' I said, 'i think that was a porsche' but he insisted it was in a ghia. |
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goaferboy in da house:
the best comment about your carBeen to a bunch of Hot Rod & Custom Bike shows in The Shop Hack during this summer and the most common comment is: That's..... hmmmm.... different but almost everyone that has made that comment have returned to: Hmmmmm..... Nice to see someone doing something soo cool from such an ordinary car and during the "late hours" almost everyone said: have to give it to ya, it's a cool little curse word..... Lately it's been the talk of several car Forums over here...... DP says: Who needs 17" rims and Bling Bling to be cool......
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Oct 17, 2006 10:18:27 GMT
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I was living in Exeter for a while and during a uni holiday I went out to Barcelona to see a mate who had moved there. We were chatting with other Exeter ex-pats and it got to the discussion of where we lived. I mentioned my street and house number and this guy said 'Ah man, you live next to that big dealer. Yeah, I've heard loads of stories about him, nasty fugger.' 'Really?' I replied, 'all the houses my way are rented by stoodints.' He said, 'You must have seen him, he drives that pimpin' seventies Mercedes everywhere, always got birds with him.'
It was me! An entire back story was invented for my car! All the stories were fabricated because my car looked so gangsta. I must admit, I was kinda chuffed...
As for the birds thing - I'd take my mrs and her friends to Yoga every Tuesday. Lol.
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Last Edit: Oct 17, 2006 10:19:44 GMT by Ether
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Oct 17, 2006 10:24:53 GMT
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I always get the same 3 questions, How much fuel does it use? Does it jump up and down? and do you like Elvis?
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Oct 17, 2006 10:33:26 GMT
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I got a sealed "love letter" with lipstick marks and a phone number on my 1302 once, Sarah wasn't impressed. Van always gets "sweet" comments, especially at modern machinery meets |
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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skinny
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Oct 17, 2006 10:37:50 GMT
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"WTF?! You bought a Hearse?"
"Wooah Dood that's pimped"
"Why?"
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The best reactions I get are from old rinsers and chavs. The oldies think that their time is up and I swear they bow their heads in mourning. The chavs look it at and you just see them through the tints mouthing "whaat tha fark?!"
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Last Edit: Oct 17, 2006 10:43:15 GMT by skinny
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bxer
Part of things
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Oct 17, 2006 11:36:29 GMT
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"Your car sounds like a jet engine" i quite liked that one! J I reckon, give it a few years, once you've explored the limits of turbo and super charged (and turbosupercharged?  ) Imps, then your Imp will sound like a jet for a very good reason ;D ;D |
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Oct 17, 2006 12:31:22 GMT
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When I had my 124 Spider the the most frequent comment was to ask 'What is it? - is it a Ferrari?'
The 75 rarely gets any comments, although I've had people tell me 'it looks like a fridge' once or twice.
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Prius T-Spirit, Alfa 156 Sportwagon, Alfa 75 TSpark Veloce, Mazda MX-5 1.8iS
Honda VFR750FT, Ducati 750SS, BMW R100RT, Hongdou GY200
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Oct 17, 2006 12:50:07 GMT
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the 230 - after id lowered it last year, the general concensus of the populus was "what the f*ck did you chop 5 inches out for?" the 500 sec - "is it a two point eight?" the type 4 - "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, where'd he go?" "is it a skoda?" "why didnt you buy a proper vw?" "hoi mister, your cars sh1t and you're a wank3r" the 200t - "taxi" the granny hearse - "you're sick" "is it haunted?" "haha, have you seen jackass?you should get one of your mates to pretend to be a corpse" "you are a seriously disturbed individual, and i suggest you seek professional help" skoda rapid 130 - at the side of the road after boiling the brake fluid a passing old bloke says "whats the matter with it son?i know all about these old saabs, pop the bonnet" gesturing to the front of the car. i duely pop the "bonnet" old bloke "wheres your engine?bloody kids, cant leave nothing alone!" then wanders off while we all p155 ourselves. theres loads more but i cant think of them all at the minute.  |
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... although a mate accidently refered to my old Alfa as an Aston Martin the other day ..! Also he has become a really bad passenger in other peoples cars, which he blames on all the time he spent in the passenger seat of the Alfa ... ho ho 
) Imps, then your Imp will sound like a jet for a very good reason ;D ;D 