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Feb 24, 2006 12:59:06 GMT
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I marshalled a MP night at the Ace last year and the stories I could tell you :rolleyes: All I really have to say is the police ended up coming out in riot gear to close the evening down in the end. The only susprise to me was the time I had at the start of the evening. Those cars that had made it into the car park changed my opinion of SOME of the MP gang. The cars that are done well are as inventive and as well modified as any of ours, and they hate the plastic fantastics as much as the rest of us. PMSL @ mattblack - if that car costs £12,5K I'm the queen of Sheba!! I agree with you 100% Peaches, SOME of the hatch scene are as into cars as we are, some spend thought and time on their cars (which is more important than money) and produce some lovely well finished and "good" cars. Some however, throw money at them without any regard for what works, just what's "mad" . Those who are really into cars, produce good ones, regardless of the car they choose.
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Feb 24, 2006 13:04:57 GMT
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Feb 24, 2006 13:17:20 GMT
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The £12,500 is possibly whats been spent on it. Say you cough £6000 for a new Saxo then £2000 for ICE, they mention £2000 paint job, say £750 on wheels and rubber, £250 on a set of springs, best part of a grand on a kit, then a couple of hundred a pop for buskcets, were they retrimmed? etc etc you can easy spend £12500 on a cruddy Saxo if you pay someone to do the work its even easier spent.
Heard of a Saxo with £40K in it. Whats it about a fool and his money soon parted?
When I was on the dole I could barely afford to eat, had to bum lifts because my £75 Ford Capri was out of petrol. etc.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 24, 2006 13:38:49 GMT
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there's some really nice 'maxxed' cars out there, but they're the ones that think out of the box. it's the same as this scene really, i hate seeing corsa after corsa with the same 'individual' mods (see also: mr_b's avatar) but i also hate seeing mk2 escort after mk2 escort with forest arches and minilites.
as for the worth of the car - depends who buys it. to another chaaav then it's probably worth thousands more than standard, to a dealership they'll want to give you scrap value. certainly it's not 'worth 12k to anyone but i can see how he spent that on it - badly!
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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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Feb 24, 2006 13:42:10 GMT
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remeber folks, its not about how much you spend, its about how well you spend
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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MWF
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Feb 24, 2006 14:42:21 GMT
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Yeah well said.
I've noticed in the cruise scene it's all about how much you've spent.
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Feb 24, 2006 14:52:46 GMT
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Not in all of the scene, just some sectors, the one I'm involved with is trying to get away from this bad rep, it's more a modified car collective than anything else, but the "Cruise" name has been there for so long, the stickers, clothes etc, would all need re-doing. We are trying to organise pub meets with entertainment, including slot car racing , outdoor BBQ and bar come the summer months, and possibly live music too, of course you are all invited when we know what is happening. We are also trying to do as much as we can for local charities, so we can put something back into the town we meet in, and maybe get some residentatial backing, getting involved with the local festival etc. Not all "cruisers" are the same. But all tossers are
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Feb 24, 2006 15:04:47 GMT
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where abouts East Mids are you from BTW?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 24, 2006 15:13:33 GMT
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LOL
My GF is the SuperMod of a cruise forum and sadly it's not as grown up as yours CappuccinoCruiser. The majority (around 90%) are purely interesting in cars from a fashion point of view and most are from pretty undesriable sectors of society.
What I find a real shame is it seems a lot of cruise groups are just evolving into car clubs and while I encourage the move I just find it all very backwards that it's had to happen this way. I was fortunate enough to be in a large active club right from the off when I passed my test and we managed to have popular organised regular meets with no problems. We even had track days and charity events.
What dissapoints me is a lot of those existing clubs suffered as cruise culture went big as new blood chose to go to the local car park rather than the local pub meet. And it seems a lot suffered so bad they folded. Now it seems people are saying "hey hang on a second, we could meet at pubs with the landlords permisisons, go to shows together and hold our own events" and recreating the very thing they could have been a part of from the start.
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Feb 24, 2006 15:14:07 GMT
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Oakham in Rutland, the "cruise" I'm involved with is Cruise-Stamford, don't bother looking for the website, as its a holdings page while the "webmaster" sorts the site out. The Forums are still there though, forum.cruise-stamford.co.uk if you are interested.
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Feb 24, 2006 15:17:08 GMT
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I sold a Morris Minor down there a very long time ago. Just wondered if you were one of the Cruise-Notts guys thats all.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 24, 2006 15:18:32 GMT
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LOL My GF is the SuperMod of a cruise forum and sadly it's not as grown up as yours CappuccinoCruiser. The majority (around 90%) are purely interesting in cars from a fashion point of view and most are from pretty undesriable sectors of society. What I find a real shame is it seems a lot of cruise groups are just evolving into car clubs and while I encourage the move I just find it all very backwards that it's had to happen this way. I was fortunate enough to be in a large active club right from the off when I passed my test and we managed to have popular organised regular meets with no problems. We even had track days and charity events. What dissapoints me is a lot of those existing clubs suffered as cruise culture went big as new blood chose to go to the local car park rather than the local pub meet. And it seems a lot suffered so bad they folded. Now it seems people are saying "hey hang on a second, we could meet at pubs with the landlords permisisons, go to shows together and hold our own events" and recreating the very thing they could have been a part of from the start. I'll be honest, I only started doing the local one cos it was local, and I wanted to take the pee in my van, but I found a lot of accepting like minded people there, I was shocked, but in a good way, maybe I'd been too quick to judge this "scene". Then I met a few from the "other" local large "cruise", and remembered why I'd got such a viewpoint. We still do the "regular" car park meets, just once a month move it to a pub in a village outside Stamford.
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Feb 24, 2006 15:19:26 GMT
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I sold a Morris Minor down there a very long time ago. Just wondered if you were one of the Cruise-Notts guys thats all. Sold a Moggy in Oakham?, to a lad called Jason by anychance?, there aren't many Moggies about these parts
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Feb 24, 2006 15:26:18 GMT
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No to a garage, was about 1988.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 24, 2006 15:42:23 GMT
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No to a garage, was about 1988. There used to be a garage specialising in them in these parts.
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