Holiday Snaps back from Boots.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The memory on my phone is full apparently and I've got to pay some fruit based fucker to keep more of em on a cloud somewhere.

So I'm clearing out the shite.

First up, France this August:

[NorfolkNWeigh]

There's more, the Fergie was one of 3 we saw in this small seaside town- one of them was painted in US Army colours!

[dollywobbler]

Ah yes. Like me, you've discovered that the French apparently bought an absolute metric SHITLOAD of Twingos. They're bloody everywhere! Those and Peugeot 205s.

[Skizzer]

Blimey, that yellow thing is a bit tasty and properly obscure - it's a De Fremond Fargo. Pug 106 underpinnings.

 

More here: http://www.lesrendezvousdelareine.com/2015/06/la-fargo-francaise-lancee-dans-les-annees-2000.html (in French)

[Supernaut]

That very first photo. Fiat's attempt at turning the Stilo estate into an Audi Allroad / Subaru Legacy Outback competitor?

[vulgalour]

That Kangoo/Berlingo white van thing looks too long somehow.  Maybe it's not a Kanlingo, maybe it's something like it that isn't it.

[Junkman]

Ah yes. Like me, you've discovered that the French apparently bought an absolute metric SHITLOAD of Twingos.

 

You should see how many of them are still littering German streets.

I still find it hard to believe they didn't see fit to sell those in the UK.

[For Fiats Sake]

You should see how many of them are still littering German streets.

I still find it hard to believe they didn't see fit to sell those in the UK.

 

I still hate them for that.

[andrew e]

A real Renault Talisman outside of a motorshow!!!!

[Vin]

That Kangoo/Berlingo white van thing looks too long somehow.  Maybe it's not a Kanlingo, maybe it's something like it that isn't it.

 

I remember seeing one like that in Paris in 2008 and thinking that Kangoo is unusual with the massive rear overhang...then I saw another, and another, and another, you get the picture...common as muck...

[Felly Magic]

Use Flickr, it's free for the first TERABYTE for image hosting, screw that fruit based money grabbing corporation and their overpriced trinkets. Nice spots BTW

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Next up was a Dirty Weekend, erm.. I mean a Cultural City break to Budapest.

I was expecting wall to wall Ladas, rear engined Skodas etc. But in much the same way I was dissapointed in 1985 not to see a single DS or 204 on my first visit to Paris, this was not to be.

Shit loads of Suzukis though.

[Squire_Dawson]

Excellent, and not an SUV in sight!

[Spottedlaurel]

Do like the Taunus.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Last year we had week in Kuwait, not the most popular holiday destination - but it was free!

The Landcruiser ( or Lexus GX570) was my wheels for the week, I'd just had a go in this Viper , the owner , a cousin of my mate had spent £10kon a retrim because it was tacky- apparently. He also set off 2 speed cameras in the Lexus whilst I was driving his Viper at about 30 mph ." Don't worry, I'll make a call" you get the impression it'd be the same if they killed someone.

We went to the Kuwait Car Museum- all the cars were out! At a shopping centre in Bahrain or something. Anyway this was sitting outside the entrance.

These were the only cars in the museum, actually a building where kids can drive little electric cars round a street circuit. Judging by the standard of driving there,bathe only training they get - ever.

These two were parked round the back of the museum- Kuwati's don't understand why anyone would be interested in anything that's not the latest or fastest.

 

What's Arabic for Redneck? We went into the desert to fly kites, half the lads that turned up were in Yank trucks. Most of them had super cars for Thursday night.

Mrs N and my* Landcruiser in the desert- the camper was only there in case she needed the bog- they don't usually have women at kite flying !

[3VOM]

You should see how many of them are still littering German streets.

I still find it hard to believe they didn't see fit to sell those in the UK.

Wasn't the excuse something to do with the difficulty of making it RHD? I too have always fancied one as a town runabout.