Channel Island Chod: Mystery old yad

[cobblers]

On 1/29/2023 at 2:43 PM, SiC said:

It's always the BL wing badge area that survives but rusts around it. 

The badge uses the car as a sacrificial anode

[Joey spud]

2 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

You need to find a Fiat Idea on Jersey plates.

I'd forgotten all about those.

Back in the day my mum had an auto one on Motability after not being able to get a new Rover 100 auto anymore and absolutely loved it.

Sadly it was picked up from her home by the dealership for it's three year service and got severly rear ended on the A28 Ashford road by a kamikarzi tipper driver.

She wanted another to replace "Oliver" but they had stopped making them.

[Aston Martin]

1 minute ago, Joey spud said:

I'd forgotten all about those.

I saw one on the m62 and remembered they existed. 

[timolloyd]

On 1/29/2023 at 2:43 PM, SiC said:

It's always the BL wing badge area that survives but rusts around it. 

If BL had made entire cars from the same material as the badges, the survival rate would be much greater.

[mk2_craig]

On 5/10/2023 at 10:14 AM, Aston Martin said:

Mon frere, I'm setting you a challenge.

You have until the 1st of June to find a certain car, I've just seen one and I haven't seen one in years.

So there's either 4 billion or 0 of them on the island.

 

You need to find a Fiat Idea on Jersey plates.

Worlds crappiest photos but from FIVE MINUTES AGO:

[Aston Martin]

Well done, here's your second challenge.

 

I require a picture of a Hyundai Trajet

[AnnoyingPentium]

9 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Worlds crappiest photos but from FIVE MINUTES AGO:

[mk2_craig]

On 5/12/2023 at 4:54 PM, Aston Martin said:

Hyundai Trajet

[Aston Martin]

4 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

 

Fuck me, I thought I was being obscure.

 

Gonna have to think hard about the third challenge.

[Aston Martin]

OK you cocky bastard.

 

Mk1 Yaris... In gold.

[mk2_craig]

On 5/14/2023 at 4:41 PM, Aston Martin said:

Yaris

I thought you said obscure? But I can't be arsed. Have a decaying left hand drive 164, in V6 flavour, instead.

 

[mk2_craig]

And what's hiding behind that fence infront of the Alfa? 

Why, its only our old friend from way back on page 1 of this thread! 

[mk2_craig]

On 10/05/2023 at 10:14, Aston Martin said:

Fiat Idea on Jersey plates

One day I’ll snap this from the front. 
 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Just now, mk2_craig said:

One day I’ll snap this from the front. 
 

Ooh - a full frontal would be lovely

[mk2_craig]

On 23/12/2023 at 20:41, EyesWeldedShut said:

Ooh - a full frontal would be lovely

Not currently possible. But check out this genuine Christmas Day spot!!! Italian plates though. 
 

[EyesWeldedShut]

+100 points - I had to GoogleFoo that - a car wot I never knew existed.
Full frontal on that does look to be possibly fugly though?

Ace spot

[grogee]

Wow I didn't know there was a tarted up Lancia version either. Massive want

[Aston Martin]

Spot of the fucking year.

[mk2_craig]

Also found at garden centres. 
 

[Aston Martin]

2 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Also found at garden centres. 
 

 

Amazing. 👏👏👏👏

[mk2_craig]

On 30/05/2007 at 10:16, mk2_craig said:

Veevah

From (gulp) nearly 17 years ago. 
 

Today:

 

Hasn’t moved an inch. Except possibly the floor pan is an inch nearer the surface. 
 

Also an interesting variation on a theme : 

Shit rather than shite, likely. 

[Split_Pin]

Christ that must be a record for a car that hasn't moved and isn't in a hedge/mud.

I hate those 'Citroen H' things, for hipster Insta-slaves "look at me I started my own business" types.

[mk2_craig]

On 08/03/2024 at 18:54, Split_Pin said:

I hate those 'Citroen H' things

Yeah, there must be literally zero in the British isles that have the actual appearance of an authentic working French van. I’d love to be proven wrong. 
 

Here’s another one seen today, this time capable of moving under its own steam. Owners made a cunt of the number plates though. 
 

[Rocket88]

9 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Yeah, there must be literally zero in the British isles that have the actual appearance of an authentic working French van. I’d love to be proven wrong. 
 

Here’s another one seen today, this time capable of moving under its own steam. Owners made a cunt of the number plates though. 
 

DVS must be slacking, allowing this pile of leaky French shite to be registered….

[mk2_craig]

On 13/01/2008 at 23:29, mk2_craig said:

Another big old sausage-eating motor that I've paid little attention to until now, but elderly Audis are rare here. Non-original rims, they look a bit Saab-ish to me?

 

Great to see this old Audi still in daily use almost 17 years after the first photo. I believe in the same ownership and always kept outside in a public car park. 

[mk2_craig]

Cat piss tarp challenge. 

[somewhatfoolish]

The wheel and hubcap look like Morris which would suggest either a Morris, a Wolseley or possibly an MG but my nerding has hit a dead end at that point.

[Verysleepyboy]

23 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

The wheel and hubcap look like Morris which would suggest either a Morris, a Wolseley or possibly an MG but my nerding has hit a dead end at that point.

Pretty good guess!!!