David James drives a 'banger'

[retro80sboy]

well, not exactly, its a mk 4 Astra, An old car for a famous person to drive yes, but not exactly a 'banger'.

 

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/wor ... 24638.html

[Cavcraft]

Third division player, PREMIER LEAGUE CAR.

[warren t claim]

David James was involved in a fatal accident in an XJR a few years ago so you'd think he'd of learned his lesson.

[Pete-M]

In 1998 David James drove a dark blue Passat TDi. One of the frumpy ones, not a B5. It was full of 'cig' burns.

 

Eventually it went back to VW, and I sold it to a pair of boring old pensioners from Stockport.

[ProgRocker]

Respect to David James for being a down to Earth kinda guy.

 

In 1998 David James drove a dark blue Passat TDi. One of the frumpy ones, not a B5. It was full of 'cig' burns.

 

Ooh I've learnt something today - never realised Passats had code numbers. *goes off to Google Images* His frumpy Passat TDi must have been a B4 shape one. Quite like the B1 and B2 shape ones myself.

[Cavcraft]

David James was involved in a fatal accident in an XJR a few years ago so you'd think he'd of learned his lesson.

 

I thought I recalled something about that, wasn't it near Two Mills somewhere?

[retro80sboy]

Be a much better story if he was in a tatty H reg Escort Eclipse with a different coloured passenger door, mismatched wheel trims and a badly botched back arch repair.

 

and when stopped said he had no idea how fast he was going as the speedo was knackered.

[Volksy]

Who's David James?

[chaseracer]

Apparently, he used to be a footballist of some description.

[ashmicro]

David James tried to commit suicide yesterday. He jumped into the road in front of a bus, but all is OK as it went under his arm.

 

David James was walking down the Shore Road in Belfast and Rite Price Carpets was on fire (again). At the upstairs window a woman was screaming "SOMEONE CATCH MY BABY!". David James says "Throw him to me! I am David James!"

 

The woman says "Erm, can someone phone Pat Jennings?"

 

 

[AndyW201]

Aw crap! I got hold of a cheap-ish Mk4 Astra this week until I get the 190 back on the road. Didn't realise I was buying the type of car a bloody footballer drives...

[Spiny Norman]

caught doing 90mph on the M5 in the V-reg banger

 

I've only ever owned 3 cars newer than a V reg.....

[warren t claim]

David James was involved in a fatal accident in an XJR a few years ago so you'd think he'd of learned his lesson.

 

I thought I recalled something about that, wasn't it near Two Mills somewhere?

 

It was outside Gordale garden centre. He's the reason they now have traffic lights there.

[Cavcraft]

Never been a fan of that road and I'm glad there's a 50mph limit now. Not that it stops some of the arseholes trying to crack a ton down there still.

[MK5 Escort]

There’s too many traffic lights along it these days (A540 for those who don't know) for my liking, although I can reluctantly see why. More often than not you find yourself just coming up to speed when you have to brake for the next set of lights. GR8 for economy... Keep within the limit (as I do anyway) and you end up stopping at near enough every single one. Those who break the limit tend to fly through the lot. To be honest though, Gordale did need traffic lights...

 

(Uselss fact of the day - Gordale is my local (but one) garden centre. They do great Pasties in there... )

 

Back on Topic, there's no way I'd class a V reg Astra as a 'banger' yet. Still a modern car to me and a car which only went out of production in 2004. Are designs which only left the new car market barely eight years ago now 'bangers'?

 

If a mk4 Astra is now going to be classed as a footballer's car then I'm going to be ashamed to say my father once had one...

[Pete-M]

When I worked in Chester I used to do the commute in my old Twin Turbo Sierra 4x4 Estate. Down that road.

 

Only dangerous thing about that road is the dawdlers.