MrGTI6
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from GR8 PL8 M8 in Late registration madness
Just spotted this 1968 Ford Corsair on eBay. It's an F-reg, but somehow it's ended up on a prefix rather than a suffix.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166681306747
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MrGTI6 reacted to Stinkwheel in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
Can’t agree, they work just as well as any small, cheap ‘Everyman’ car ever did. They are actual car sized as well and they can travel at 70mph all day long. Technique is needed for different cars. If you don’t learn the one for the car you are driving then everything is crap.
my unpopular opinion is that all French cars are better to drive and more fun than anything built in Germany. Often more reliable as well, this comes from my time working at a bmw dealer, all I can say is don’t believe the hype
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from Stinkwheel in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
A coupe has to have 2 doors.
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MrGTI6 reacted to Stinkwheel in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
I’m not sure anyone else who’s driven both would agree, but that’s opinions, they are all different
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from AnthonyG in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
Blocking a live lane in anticipation of a merge point further up the road should result in an instant driving ban.
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from mercedade in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
Blocking a live lane in anticipation of a merge point further up the road should result in an instant driving ban.
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from goosey in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
Blocking a live lane in anticipation of a merge point further up the road should result in an instant driving ban.
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from juular in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread
Blocking a live lane in anticipation of a merge point further up the road should result in an instant driving ban.
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MrGTI6 reacted to Yoss in The new news 24 thread
I had a silver R reg Felicia estate just like that. I did 80,000 miles in it in about eight years before the rust finally beat it. Idiots.
I like this bit.
So he named it after his late friend and not the badge on the boot. That was a happy coincidence.
I completely fail to see why this is considered newsworthy.
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from BorniteIdentity in Late registration madness
Just spotted this 1968 Ford Corsair on eBay. It's an F-reg, but somehow it's ended up on a prefix rather than a suffix.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166681306747
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from LightBulbFun in Late registration madness
Just spotted this 1968 Ford Corsair on eBay. It's an F-reg, but somehow it's ended up on a prefix rather than a suffix.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166681306747
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MrGTI6 reacted to Wack in X trail Dual Mass Flywheel woes
I bought an x trail off a mate a couple of months ago, it was going great until yesterday, the DMF is starting to play up, noisy and vibrating the car, just took it for a look see
Ouch
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MrGTI6 reacted to Gompo in Late registration madness
I've seen this a few times now, I wonder what the story is. 221k at its last MOT too, good going.
Rover 75 Tourer 2.0 CDT115 Connoisseur 2008 by Greg W, on Flickr
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MrGTI6 reacted to quicksilver in Late registration madness
There's a batch of 10, built in 2003 for a taxi company in Bermuda. The buyer had gone bust by the time they arrived there and after sitting at the docks for a few years they eventually found their way back to the UK and were registered on RK08 plates.
Discussion here: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=200966
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MrGTI6 reacted to KWhite in Late registration madness
Going through old photos and I found this from 2015. It was scrapped not long after I took this
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MrGTI6 reacted to GrumpiusMaximus in More tax
Who has been in government for the last fourteen years?
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MrGTI6 reacted to sierraman in More tax
This is the mentality you are dealing with that they think by putting up the tax a hundred quid a year will have you all running out and buying a £40,000 electric car. Life is very straightforward in the minds of a lot of the middle/upper class that are in Government. Simply put your hand in your pocket and spend your way out of the issue, I can honestly see a situation coming about where the average working person is put back to a position they’d be in the fifties where access to a car was unlikely unless you had a fair bit of wedge in your pocket.
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MrGTI6 reacted to Spottedlaurel in Memoirs from the Hard Shoulder: bASeman's Spot of the Year award.
Blimey! I saw the Space Cruiser in Norfolk back in 2016:
Great to see it still about.
But, that Granada! Fantastic to see one without chrome arch trims, wheel embellisher rings etc. Such a clean design.
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MrGTI6 reacted to BorniteIdentity in Memoirs from the Hard Shoulder: bASeman's Spot of the Year award.
Quite the morning! I had a client meeting in Ely which is always a pleasant jolly. Once completed, I decided to take a middle-class deviation to Waitrose for a Bear Claw pastry and orange juice following a productive appointment.
Then, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. I was so excited, I abandoned my car in a bus stop and forgot to put my handbrake on in a fluster!
Communications were sent to @Skizzerand @Cheggers, with whom - via Whatsapp - we share our love of the unloved.
Things then took a very quick change of direction as I pulled into Waitrose
This is the best thing I've spotted in years. Actual years. A Pre-facelift MK2 Granada 2.3 L in full 'Euston Films/Minder' condition and spec. Just. Simply. Amazing.
These still look so bloody good. I wanted it, there and then.
I've had to come home for a sweet cup of tea and a lie down.
PS - this is a maximum 2 hour car park, so it's definitely being used. Fair play to them too.
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MrGTI6 reacted to Floatylight in Floatylights Fleet - One in, one to go out
So now to spruce up the Insignia and get it ready for sale, but after 400 miles behind the wheel today time for a cuppa and some TV
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MrGTI6 reacted to brownnova in Floatylights Fleet - One in, one to go out
Oooh a great purchase. I thought this looked a decent buy!
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MrGTI6 got a reaction from tooSavvy in Floatylights Fleet - One in, one to go out
Was great to meet you both! I'm sure you will enjoy the car @Smoll Floatylight. 😁
Have a safe journey back. 👍
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MrGTI6 reacted to Floatylight in Floatylights Fleet - One in, one to go out
2 hours in another 1.5 to go, currently at Greggs getting breakfast of champions, transport of choice MrsFL's Volvo