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From: Steve Firth on 6 Jul 2008 17:03 SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > Conor <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > In article <1ijochc.11p5fz4d2f126N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH > > says... > > > I'm watching probably the greatest game of tennis ever played. > > > > > > > > Shame..they were bigging up Alfas. > > Watching it now. > > If you watched Top Gear, you really did miss the best game of tennis of > all time. Was that the men's final between the two Williams boys?
From: SteveH on 6 Jul 2008 17:12 Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > > > Conor <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <1ijochc.11p5fz4d2f126N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH > > > says... > > > > I'm watching probably the greatest game of tennis ever played. > > > > > > > > > > > Shame..they were bigging up Alfas. > > > > Watching it now. > > > > If you watched Top Gear, you really did miss the best game of tennis of > > all time. > > Was that the men's final between the two Williams boys? Heh, they were far less masculine than that ;-) -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Hongdou GY200 Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE
From: DanB on 6 Jul 2008 17:20 1<jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:a5d4abdb-b4cd-4a74-9452-5ef841a86a47(a)d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... On 6 Jul, 21:47, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: > Elder <carl.rob...(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > > In article <1ijoewb.1cg5c9z1h10295N%st...(a)italiancar.co.uk>, > > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk says... > > > Elder <carl.rob...(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <1ijoem5.167bza0xpw5j7N%st...(a)italiancar.co.uk>, > > > > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk says... > > > > > > Bear in mind the cars they bought were utter sheds - if Clarkson's > > > > > 75 > > > > > had been a decent one, it would have been worth anything from > > > > > �2k-�4k - > > > > > a 400 quid shed on its last legs is better for comedy value, > > > > > though. > > > > > How much was yours? > > > > Hmmm, 600 quid, nearly 5 years ago. > > > > Spent a lot of money turning it into a �2k example, though.... > > > > Mine's a great laugh on the track. Lairy as hell and chews through > > > tyres > > > like you wouldn't believe. But more fun than just about everything > > > else > > > out there.... > > > What about this one. > >http://smallr.com/3bx > > > This one has a Harvey Bailey handling package. > > I think the last one I saw was on James May's Bently Blanc Mange. > > That would be pretty good - but I'd be worried that it only has a 3 week > MOT and I suspect that has affected the selling price. Whatever... even I like the look of that at that price. *Must* resist... ************************************************* It's over a grand now, what was it when you were lookin? -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jul 2008 17:22 SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > > > In article <1ijoem5.167bza0xpw5j7N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, > > steve(a)italiancar.co.uk says... > > > > > > Bear in mind the cars they bought were utter sheds - if Clarkson's 75 > > > had been a decent one, it would have been worth anything from �2k-�4k - > > > a 400 quid shed on its last legs is better for comedy value, though. > > > > > How much was yours? > > Hmmm, 600 quid, nearly 5 years ago. > > Spent a lot of money turning it into a �2k example, though.... > > Mine's a great laugh on the track. Lairy as hell and chews through tyres > like you wouldn't believe. But more fun than just about everything else > out there.... "All Alfas are ugly little rot-boxes and you'd have to be galactically stupid to buy one." Harsh, but having own an Alfa and having driven several, I have to sort of agree.
From: DanB on 6 Jul 2008 18:50
"Conor" <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:6dco7fF1vkacU2(a)mid.individual.net... > In article <1ijochc.11p5fz4d2f126N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH > says... >> I'm watching probably the greatest game of tennis ever played. >> >> > Shame..they were bigging up Alfas. > Hehe yea, how much did it make you want one ;-) ? -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65 |