De Selby
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Bangkok Shite: Toyota Corona Liftback
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Bangkok Shite: Toyota Corona Liftback
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2006 Toyota Land Cruiser - Still Here, Somehow.
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Stars in Shite
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The Xantia of Not Many Shitters
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Shite at the Vicarage: Jowett Javelin & Wolseley 18/85
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Shite at the Vicarage: Jowett Javelin & Wolseley 18/85
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I'm dailying 23 and 20 year old cars, mainly short journeys though. I do have something a bit more recent, not that it's any cheaper to run.
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Floatylights Fleet - One in, one to go out
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French fancy - Citroen BX 1.9RD
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KarLek ShunThread REPRISE: BORDER CROSSING
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There's a close correlation between sleeveless t-shirts and Australian football players, not sure if that helps
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Lazy spotters thread
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Lazy spotters thread
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Saw this handsome devil in the recently surface dressed streets of South Bristol. Can't be many left with this trim now? Keen eyed will spot the rare "external fag end storage" option
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Lazy spotters thread
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Mouldering in a business park.
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Cars which have survived by mass, and those that haven't
De Selby replied to RoverFolkUs's topic in AutoShite
There's a strong correlation between 'giffer' and 'kept in garage'. Giffers are probably more likely to own a house with a garage in the first place (let's face it, who can afford such a thing these days) plus are more likely to actually keep the car in it rather than filling it with cardboard boxes, bikes, etc etc. So really you are looking at cars that appeal to a certain demographic. -
A cheap but sound Spitfire mk2.
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More South Bristol relics. This one seems to get daily use
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Nice old barge in the posh end of Bristol. Plus a spectacular range of giffer trinkets
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There's one up the road from me, or was a few weeks ago. Very forgettable-looking in the flesh.
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The Cruv, a typically dorky 1990s-style Honda effort.
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It’s early 2000s and you walk into a Peugeot stealership….
De Selby replied to sharley17194's topic in AutoShite
This would be my choice if there was one going. There was a nicely patinated 406 coupé a few doors up from me until a couple of years ago; sadly it ended up getting abandoned and towed through a series of unfortunate events. -
Real nostalgia. I like the sound of the letter writers' "A35 painted entirely in gold Hammerite"
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Needed a bit of restoration and was pre 2020 I guess? Prices seem to have gone a bit nuts again since. I do really like them and that Devon Caravelle oozes pure nostalgia for me (even if I couldn't really afford one myself) but in all honesty I don't think a Type 2 is a very practical vehicle to run these days - that must surely limit prices.
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Bristol's soon to be discontinued Mayor Rees drives a soon to be discontinued Ford Galaxy, apparently.
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I always had similar feelings towards T2s - we had a Devon conversion back in the 80s when they were still fairly undesirable. Not long after he bought it, Dad's car cracked its engine block so the VW became the daily driver for a few years. This one has an identical interior, a real symphony of cream and beige with those original fabrics. The Westfalias always seemed a bit more solid but the Devon seating layout was very practical, if completely unsafe by modern standards.
