Brodders
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Unmodified 2.3 L? Brilliant find, that's got to be the last one left.
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On 07/01/2024 at 19:21, Rod/b said:
IIRC Avis got the cars for free.
That’ll be the new MG6 for hire in Doha.
If you look on AROnline you’ll see a load of my pictures of abandoned MGs i found when I lived there back in about 2012
https://www.aronline.co.uk/news/news-mgs-fall-out-in-qatar/
Wonder what happened with all of them in the end
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12 hours ago, scooobydont said:
Potentially looking a this tomorrow, dont know much about them I am afraid, anything I need to be wary of (other than the rear arches are cheese, but this is mentioned)?
Well done, looks like a bargain.
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2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:
Completely normal, they get hot very quickly in stationery traffic and the gauge is very active. All 3 of my Cavs did that and so did my Vectra B. Nothing to worry about.
Same here, my Omega does exactly the same. Nothing to worry about from my experience (even if a little alarming at first.)
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4 minutes ago, SiC said:
Possibly RHD for the Irish market as they love saloons. Can't imagine it'll make much difference in initial production costs to make RHD saloon when there is a RHD hatch and estate.
Quite possibly, especially with A.C's form for bringing Irish stuff over here, but quite an oddity.
Anyway, it's gone already, so someone must have been keen for it to sell within a few hours.
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30 minutes ago, cort16 said:
Modern Misery . 3 grand Fiat Tipo Saloon.
Feel the quality
I'm more of a saloon fan than most people, but I really can't understand why Fiat even bothered selling these over here, given that the number of people who would want one would be in single figures.
In any case, that's extremely cheap for anything with a 69 reg.
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On 6/13/2023 at 12:30 PM, wuvvum said:
That Cyclemaster tandem is brilliant! I'd been hoping to make it to this but had major issues with work yesterday which meant I wouldn't have got there until everyone was buggering off.
Same here; was planning on going down but it all kicked off at work. A shame as it looked like a good one, but will try to make the next date.
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26 minutes ago, D.E said:
This is back! £350 BIN.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374456203077?hash=item572f543745:g:qBMAAOSwP3Rjv-9~
Bollocks, already gone
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From first glance, this 240 looks like a bargain at £995, but probably one of the most interesting MOT histories I've ever seen
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KFE was sold and bought by someone who popped a new engine into it after Police Scotland destroyed it. I'll try and find a link for it.
EDIT - Link and summary below:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/oldukpolicecars/permalink/3283991355218157/
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Saw quite a few of the cars on the Harwich to Holland ferry on Friday (well over a dozen of them.) Mainly Mk2s, but was lovely to see them all; it was like having a mini car show whilst waiting to board the boat (camera looks like it couldn't cope with it though.)
Good luck to all of you though. Sounds like a great trip and hope it goes well.
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Sounds good here 👍
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21 minutes ago, Soundwave said:
Another early 306, looking suitably grim.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/316441187151165
MOT til July next year, and actually nothing too horrendous on the history, barring a rust advisory on its most recent test.
I wouldn't take that MOT history at face value to be honest, considering this was the advert for it a few days ago.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/EastCoastRetros/permalink/2369991779810660/
A shame, as aside from that it looks alright.
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The controversial Sandero I had earlier in the year was a pretty decent car, much better than I expected. It had only been a taxi for 2 years, but the owner managed to pop about 70k on it in that time and it still drove very well.
The only complaint I had about it was someone had previously smoked in it on a regular basis, which was a surprise for a taxi, but a very thorough clean later and it was as right as rain. I'd definitely buy another taxi again if the price was right, but have now got into an ex-police car to see how shit they are in comparison.
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I'm still good for tomorrow, but will need to nip off by 13:00, as I've now got to go in to do a late shift due to the number of people off at work.
I will probably be there by 11:00 if it's going ahead for tomorrow, but if numbers are looking too low, next Saturday would also work here.
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30th is good here too
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Just bumping this up to see if anyone has any particular date they'd be up for this as we're in October?
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I'd be up for it too
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That was an absolute bargain and looks much better than any sub £200 I've seen for a while; great work on snapping it up.
Like you I haven't been a fan of them in the past, but they've aged very well and now look much more interesting than most things on the road. Reckon that's the perfect first car for your lad to learn in and tool around in for several years afterwards. Cheap to insure, tax and drive about in, and should last forever, can't think of a better car as an introduction to driving.
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A shame that it was initially relegated to the modern car park, but at least you were able to get it onto the show field, where it belonged, later on in the day.
These have disappeared very quickly, especially the pre-facelift ones, so it was nice to see one again. Unfortunately didn't get to speak to you in person, but very pleased to have seen it (not that you'd be able to miss it in such a bright and undeniably 90s colour.)
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5 hours ago, r.welfare said:
Really pleased to see this, as I owned this Cavalier for a few months in 2007 (I did a double-take when seeing the registration on the Hubnut video). Bought for £100 from the 97 year old original owner to save it from being scrapped, I put a pair of front wings on it (paint match looks better than I remember so maybe they’ve been done again!) and had the inners welded up.
Of the 30-odd cars I’ve owned I think this is the only one that survives (it’s possible the ‘78 Opel Rekord I sold to a guy in Belfast still lives too), which I never would have put money on at the time.
It was very nice and looked like it was in pretty decent condition. It's brilliant to know the backstory about this. Great work in saving it from being scrapped.
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Traffic issues aside, it was a pretty good show. Lots of good cars and it was great to catch up with a lot of people there.
The day started with myself and £95 Peugeot meeting with quite a few others off here and convoying from the truck stop down to the Castle.
I was behind Kiltox's Eco Astra for a while in the traffic, until we got to the main driveway leading up to the Castle. I switched the engine off and I managed to drain the battery of the Orion by listening to the radio when we were stuck for another 20 minutes. After getting it pushed out of the way, the chap who had the Mondeo V6 in the concourse gave me a jump start and I managed to get to the parking area without anymore issues.
There were simply too many good cars to photograph there, but there are a number of highlights for me.
First one was this Fiat Argenta which was parked directly behind me
With a Montego and Renault 9 parked on either side of the same row
Further down the field, an Avenger, Solara, early Mondeo, Proton and Mk2 Escort were all parked next to each other
With a base spec, Astra steering-wheeled, Mk3 Cavalier a few cars away, strangely with a 1.6 engine and auto gearbox
With an equally appearing Mk2 Cavalier further down
Along with some interesting far eastern offerings from the 90s
A 212k 127
Late Maestro van
Pair of lovely Renaults and a 504
104 that I followed back towards the A1
The Sapporo left fairly early but was very nice to see
Alfasud
E34 525iX estate
320's extremely grim, but also strangely appealing, Toledo
Wartburg police car
Trio of early Espaces
eBay tat volume 3.
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Didn't even know you could get them with that engine and that high spec. Wonder how much adding a Sat Nav to that would have been back in 2002.