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Just got my "special" pass for me and one passenger. That means that my normal unexpetional spectator car ticket is up for grabs although it does have my name on it. Interestingly enough the special pass has nothing in place that would make it unique, so its very easy to create unlimited copies of it...😂

20mpg for city driving sounds about right. Welcome to the dark side.

Considering they are properly galvanized, I would argue that an Audi 80 would be even more indestructable than a W124. Nice one, still having a strange desire for the same era Audi 100.

No worries. The car has already sold, I've only seen it today and as the nature of such good deals is, you have to react straight away or someone else will. Next time!

I asked them about it about 2 weeks ago and they said they would send emails with special passes out that gives you and a passenger access to the event. I'm starting to get the feeling that whoever is managing this has way more on their plate than they can handle...

What the hell happened to the paint?! Considering these usually sell for that much without needing a respray I call this a crack pipe.

Yeah, my bargain barge extravaganza will have a few posts about it although not much has happened since the first lockdown, there's also this:

The Corona has had its first MOT test since 2011 last Friday and has obviously failed, however its just a brake hose and after a session of extreme parts cross referencing it should be ready by Tuesday, which leaves me 3 days to turn this thing into something halfway decent that can make the trip and be presentable! Never rely on ECP if you need something for your obscure JDM import asap. Or any Celica of the 90s for that matter.

Guy in Peterborough has a deal (see A8 in Ebay tat thread) that's first come, first serve. Anyone who happens to be near Peterborough who could pop over there today? I'm happy to pay for the trouble!

Messaged the guy, it's probably already spoken for but one can hope. Would be super handy as a parts donor for the S8 should I need the bumpers and a few other bits. There doesn't happen to be anyone here who could get there near Peterborough today? Guy doesn't want a deposit or money, just anyone who picks it up first. Ffs, why are people like this😬

And now we know how totally random and obscure cars like this keep getting washed up at these shores 😄 Great to see it made it over here. I assume import costs were similar to what it might have cost from Japan? Make sure to avoid any road salt in this, you'd be amazed how little rust protection Australian cars appear to have.

Lincoln Continental with oil burning issues but surprisingly no gearbox problems. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234101281221?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f7d1159d2cf640cea8ec628d7718931b&bu=43272004167&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20210724040756&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

Great day indeed, great turnout and some great cars! Here's some photos:

It'll be interesting to see how much it'll sell for now that the new owner actually created a decent auction with good photos.