Junkman Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 German comedian Dirk Bach and the car he owns since 1998: He says he's got a corkboard at home where he pins all his speeding ticket photos.This is the only car he ever bought. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 German political cabaret heavyweight Urban Priol participating in a chod rally with his Audi 100: He also owns a Dyane.One day, he said, he sold his newfangled tosh and got himself the old Audi, because he got sick and tiredof being at the mercy of big corporations and wanted something that he can fix himself if something breaks. Sounds like a bona fide shiter to me? eddyramrod, stormee, ProgRocker and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Richey Edwards from the manics had an L reg Cavalier, L519HKX, survived a good few years after he sacked it off at Severn Services.1796cc Cavalier first registered in October 1993. Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995 when his car would have been 14 months old. Doctormop and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctormop Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I want to post "For Real" when I read about Richey Edwards and his Cavalier but trying to sound clever and part of the 90's scene never works for me somehow.I suppose it takes a special type of musician to drive a repmobile only just over a year old, Somehow I can't imagine Jimi Hendrix owning a MK2 Cortina 1.3deluxe with a flat battery. Edit, no disrespect intended to any person's living or not. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Don't RCR have an undisclosed camera car? The MR2 is Mr R's personal car. Are they keeping quiet on that for a reason or are they just taking their sweet time showing it? has an Enfield 8000 in his stable of cars. Bit of an understatement there, it's the quickest road legal electric car in Europe! https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-news/1975-enfield-8000-electric-becomes-europes-quickest-street-legal-electric-car/ Lacquer Peel, UltraWomble and coalnotdole 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 The Manics were from south Wales, a Cav might have been truly aspirational to them.Consider as well that an equivalent rep car now is probably a 520D, and that makes the Cav a bit more than you think too. Are they keeping quiet on that for a reason or are they just taking their sweet time showing it? At the end of this video (5:13) he says he's keeping it quiet for a while, so he can be anonymous for a bit. That was in June. Doctormop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 500k miles over 20 years, is 25k per annum. John Peel lived in Great Finborough in Suffolk, so the commute to Broadcasting House from Peel Acres would be a 185 mile round trip.Three times a week for 48 weeks a year gives you just over 26k miles. He probably didn't drive in three times a week, but throw in some festival trips and continental trip once a year and 25k looks easily do-able. Yes, he lived just down the road from me. I never forgave my friend (who I used to ride shotgun with a lot) for going to John's to fix his TV and not taking me along for the ride. In the later years he was at Peel Acres on R1 once or twice a week depending on sessions. I mentioned KM because it was a left hand drive car - unlikely to be counting in miles. Although perhaps it had a speedo change? It's likely John bought it back from Germany where he had many connections, having lived there for a time. Sadly, as it was scrapped in 2004 - and the online system didn't kick in until the year after - we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Gene Vincent bought and ran around in an A40 Farina whilst living in Kent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Are they keeping quiet on that for a reason or are they just taking their sweet time showing it? Bit of an understatement there, it's the quickest road legal electric car in Europe! https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-news/1975-enfield-8000-electric-becomes-europes-quickest-street-legal-electric-car/ Oh I know , he's a friend of mine. I've seen him using it for the supermarket run before now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 John Peel put half a million miles on a Mercedes 190. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2731309/Portrait-of-a-driver-John-Peel.html After a bit of digging, it was John Peel's Mercedes 190 wore B623 AMH. More impressively it was Petrol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 After a bit of digging, it was John Peel's Mercedes 190 wore B623 AMH. More impressively it was Petrol! PeelMerc.JPGPeelMerc2.JPGPeelMerc3.JPG And for completeness, a better bit of vid here. That's enough anoraking for one day! https://youtu.be/e9BLTgTP3dI?t=7m32s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Austrian actor Harald Krassnitzer donated his car to a charity auction: He since bought another one. (picture of Renault 16) You are Harald Krassnitzer AICMFP. eddyramrod, Junkman and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Robert Plant lives nearby and is quite partial to old american stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormee Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 German comedian Dirk Bach and the car he owns since 1998: He says he's got a corkboard at home where he pins all his speeding ticket photos.This is the only car he ever bought.Dirk Bach is now dead since 2012, wonder where his vehicle went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Equalizer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 James Hunt had a Austin A30 Van. I did once did a week's work for an auction house. Hunt's A35 was in the auction. It was a nice looking thing, but only in fair condition from memory. Even with the Hunt connection it didn't make big money. This is going back a good number of years. I also remember there was a sage green Aston DB4 which I coveted, thinking that one day it might be on the cards. Its estimate was £14-16K. Oh the days! Update: Hunt's A35 didn't sell and the Aston made £18687 (about £33k in real terms): http://www.motorbase.com/auction/by-id/1032666987/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Jarvis Cocker had a Hillman Imp up until 1998, according to this Apparently Cocker figured that the decrepit car was too much of a death trap to give it away whole.http://www.mtv.com/news/1433396/jarvis-cocker-pulps-car-for-giveaway/ (I think I've seen a photo of him with it at some point too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Dirk Bach is now dead since 2012, wonder where his vehicle went. Yeah, I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 How did Cocker's Imp make a "three-ton metal cube"? Did he leave his ego in the glovebox? meshking and sofarsogood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Gene Vincent bought and ran around in an A40 Farina whilst living in Kent. Sweet. brandersnatch, mercrocker and Cheggers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 My Renault Extra which I failed to even give away on here was reportedly bought new by Ronnie Wood.This is what I was told by the previous owner after I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 ronald yellowperil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Jarvis Cocker had a Hillman Imp up until 1998, according to this (I think I've seen a photo of him with it at some point too) 11001010, Mr Laurence, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Nile Rodgers still drives his yellow p38 Range Rover.We never got a yellow p38 over here, his was a special edition for the US market (unlike that badly painted mess in Layer Cake). A lesson to anyone tempted to shovel their way through $76000 worth of coke of an evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Sweet.Bugger! Too slow. yellowperil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 How hes allowed to be in a fiberglass car is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 ronald Talking of which - Ronnie Pickering has a Picasso Sudsprint and Aston Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Jeff Beck's taste in motors may be iffy but at least he has the decency to get under them in the pit at his Surrey mansion. Evidence of his shiter roots emerged after he nearly ended his career by crushing his digits when dropping the boards back in. Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Geoffrey Hughes lived in a village near me in the 1980s. He had a crispy white Niva. Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Junkie musician Pete Doherty had a fleet of shagged out Jags at one point. Also (allegedly) caught smuggling drugs across the Italian border in an XJ8. BorniteIdentity and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I want to post "For Real" when I read about Richey Edwards and his Cavalier but trying to sound clever and part of the 90's scene never works for me somehow.I suppose it takes a special type of musician to drive a repmobile only just over a year old, Somehow I can't imagine Jimi Hendrix owning a MK2 Cortina 1.3deluxe with a flat battery. Edit, no disrespect intended to any person's living or not.It was a hire car Doctormop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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