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From: Conor on 7 Jul 2008 15:21 In article <1ijoewb.1cg5c9z1h10295N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > 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.... > If its like my car, that'll be about £5k then. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
From: Conor on 7 Jul 2008 15:23 In article <6dd0jbF20lv0U1(a)mid.individual.net>, DanB says... > "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 ;-) ? > > Having had a Giulietta and, shock horror, an Arna for all of a week before the OSR wheel fell off, not at all. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
From: Conor on 7 Jul 2008 15:23 In article <4fbb15ce3edave(a)davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News) says... > Top Gear seem to specialise in finding cars in poor mechanical health for > this sort of test. Remember the Dolly Sprint that couldn't get out of its > own way? SD1 handbrake was spot on though. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
From: Andy Dingley on 7 Jul 2008 15:30 I'd call Clarkson a twunt for stuffing a nice black 75 3 litre Veloce, but then who am I to say... http://codesmiths.com/dingbat/vehicles/alfa75/alfacrash2.jpg
From: DervMan on 7 Jul 2008 16:19
<jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:bd300d5f-b2c9-4ec4-a887-4c11d3d371b8(a)m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > On 7 Jul, 18:34, "DervMan" <thederv...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> "SteveH" <st...(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:1ijochc.11p5fz4d2f126N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk... >> >> > I'm watching probably the greatest game of tennis ever played. >> >> Engines or tennis rackets, and you picked tennis. >> >> Sad. > > Not really. > > Especially if you've recorded Top Gear and watched it later that > evening... Yes really. Record the tennis; ignore the tennis on the television and read the scores later. -- The DervMan www.dervman.com |