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Posted
5 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Have a Merry Christmas everybody...

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Were the TT plates the white on red tax exempt plates for cars that had to be exported to maintain purchase tax exemption? I can remember my Dad buying a Renault Dauphine that one of his work colleagues had brought over to England in the 50s.

Posted
8 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

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May I ask where this place is?

Posted
24 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

May I ask where this place is?

Google image search points at a Daily Telegraph article about the lake district, but I don't subscribe so can't read it.

 

Edit to add; it's a Getty Images pic; A road sign in the Lake District, Cumberland, reading 'Motorists... News Photo - Getty Images

Posted
15 hours ago, Andrew353w said:

May I ask where this place is?

I think it's Hardknot Pass near Ambleside (ish), but not being a Torygraph subscriber either this is just a guess.

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Fuck it, Jeeves forgot to put petrol in the tank. Now I will have to abandon the thing in the middle of the road.

Posted
22 hours ago, Remspoor said:

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Fuck it, Jeeves forgot to put petrol in the tank. Now I will have to abandon the thing in the middle of the road.

Charles: Did I get Andrew?

Bodyguard: Alas no sir, another miss...

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Charles: Bloody tow-rope busted again.

Bodyguard: Tell your mother to get a new battery next time...

Posted
1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

1977 Press Photo Extra Security Measures at Balcombne Street Siege Tri |  Historic Images

Copper 1 : Somebody's nicked his engine

Copper 2 : I'm going to piss in the tank - nobody will ever guess it was us...

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Posted
1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

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I guess Paris 1968.

Paris at any time from my experience driving there.

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