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Greetings I've been reading this forum ever since the link to it was first posted on miniclassic. Always meant to get round to registering, especially when i read a topic that i wanted to add to, and when i recognised a car (non-mini) i had seen on here at mini in the park last month. Anyway, i don't exactly own anything particularly retro or exciting, but really really like the cars seen on here. If anyone's bothered i've got '01 proton satria gti F plate mk4 escort - needs an mot when i get round to it 92 J plate mini cooper - needs a lot more than an mot! Don't expect i'll post much but just thought i'd say hello. Mark.  |
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Higgim
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Hi Mark. Its nice and cosy in here, apart from the angry yound scotsman who has a tendency to overheat (bloody imps  ) I'm sure people wont mind if you just watch, hell, at least you said hello some don't even manage that, bloody pervs. Anyway, you have an intriguing selection of cars and I'm sure most of this lot would love to get their hands on your Proton to release its potential  |
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Welcome on board!  You only intend to post occasionally, huh? We'll soon see about that! Interesting selection you've got there: Proton Satria - not too sure what one of those is! Don't Proton own a big stake in Lotus these days, and Lotus tweak the handling of the Proton cars? Is yours one of these? Whassup with the Mini? Nothing too terminal I hope! Having killed off several Mini's over the years I know what rusty buggers they can be. But hey, if your part of the Mini club scene, then I'm sure you'll have lots of buddies on hand to help you restore it to it's former glory, and modify it beyond.... As for the Escy: I think most people around here know my feelings on them ......so I'l just keep quiet for know...(I had one of them too - not a happy experience!). Any chance of seeing some piccies of your rides - don't be ashamed if they don't look their best - we've all seen worse.... ;D |
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2004 14:54:28 GMT by nickb
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Hey there,.. glad you registered and said hello,.. now worries if your not posting much, just grand to know your around ,.. |
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Hi Mark, your more than welcome on here You'll end up posting on here more than you thought i'm sure ;D Your Mini despite being only being 'J' reg is the evergreen 'Retro' classic - pretty much the same when they started making them right up until they stopped just a few years ago. Funny actually - my mate runs a specialist Mini garage and I see quite newish minis up there which are ready for the scrap heap, its amazing that any have survived from the sixties! I drove one of those Proton Satria GTis during a Lotus Elise trackday thing at Silverstone, I was really impressed - great chuckable handling and strong engine (though most things this side of supercars tend to feel a bit lame on the wide expanse of a race circuit) Urrrrm Mk4 Escort........ |
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Hi Mark. Its nice and cosy in here, apart from the angry yound scotsman who has a tendency to overheat (bloody imps ) I'm sure people wont mind if you just watch, hell, at least you said hello some don't even manage that, bloody pervs. Anyway, you have an intriguing selection of cars and I'm sure most of this lot would love to get their hands on your Proton to release its potential Oi! Cheeky b*st*rd!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I'm the local opinionated scotsman, (every forum should have one! ) pleased to meet you! Don't worry that your fleet isn't in great nick yet, I've had far worse by the sound of it! Speaking of new members, I've posted messages advertising the forum on the Imp club website (more Imp owners! You lot will have some headache! ) and Autosoviet, although nobody besides me has been on that website since the end of the cold war! ;D So with any luck we'll get some more publicity soon! |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Welcome aboard! Is your Proton one of the Lotus ones with the cool arches?:  |
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Hi whos dave.
So Revs spreading the word on the Imp clubs website. And I thought id escaped that lot ;D ;D ;D
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BS Nymph
Singer Chamois Coupe
Series 3 Landy
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So Revs spreading the word on the Imp clubs website. Halleluja! Spread the good word! ;D ;D ;D (Your last post about spreading the word has a very biblical ring to it! ) Next I plan on curing the possesed (Nova owners) and then maybe some walking on the water leaking from my head gasket!! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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another FNGBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Hello and welcome! Don't Protons have Mitsubishi mechanicals? They used to have anyway. Plenty of Japanese car owners on these here forums... think you may be the first Malaysian though! |
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The GTi is the Lotus one i think in which case its about the only modern car i'd love to own. Me and my mate were following one in his Fiesta Zetec-S which are no slouches in there own right. (well it is now, its buggered) Anyway we were coming off this roundabout which the goes into a tight turn to get onto the main road, well as we were going round the roundabout we were doing around about 60-70 mph but as we slowed down this Proton just accelerated and by the time it got to the corner it must have been doing 75+ and it just stuck to the road it has to be one of the quickest "normal" cars i've ever seen. Tell you what they must be one of the most underated cars on the road Lotus/Proton really did a good job when it came to that car.
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So many warm welcomes ;D I only have t'internet at work so registering and saying hello the last thing on a friday probably wasn't the best idea. Any rate, yes my proton is one of those identified above. "Handling by lotus" as the badge on the back says but i'd associate the word lotus very loosely with it. It is basically a rebadged mitsu colt. Hey, i like my escort, maybe it's cos it was free Don't know if it'll see the road again after i inspected it on the weekend |
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Kris
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Hi, welcome to the forum. Who is Dave? Glad to see you have a Mini, everybody should own one at some point in their life. Your Proton is one of the most underrated cars of all time, they also sound sweet as! Anyway, enjoy! |
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