Event Watch a full size Rover 75 clay model get demolished going off a 10 metre ramp in Cannock Chase - 30-09-2017

[Heidel_Kakao]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/man-making-rover-75-out-13554281.amp

 

Bit of a bizarre event this. I was going to be in Oslo when it's happening but thanks to Ryanair's incompetence I can go to this instead.

 

Tickets are £5 and need to be booked in advance. Who else is up for it?

 

http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/exhibitions/joyride-jerwood-open-forest-commission/

 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keith-harrison-presents-joyride-a-jerwood-open-forest-commission-tickets-36256036782

[MarvinsMom]

why?

 

eh, i mean.....

 

why??

[Heidel_Kakao]

why?

 

eh, i mean.....

 

why??

It's art I guess. Better than a dirty bed or a shark in a tank of formaldehyde but I am not really an art connoisseur. Should be a good spectacle at the very least.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Barmy.

I salute the fella. We need more people like him.

[John F]

I can think of better things to spend £30,000 on.

[chaseracer]

Seventy-five Rover 75s?

[Split_Pin]

The only attraction I can fathom here would be the other total barmy sauce pots you would have the pleasure of meeting, should you attend.

[brownnova]

That is... erm.... interesting....

[BavarianRetro]

I heard on the radio the other day about an art installation.

 

Some "artist" took a dod of granite from the bottom of a quarry in Aberdeenshire (apparently the lowest point in the UK) to the top of Ben Nevis and brought a chuckie from there and lobbed it into the bottom of the quarry.

 

Talented.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Pointless

 

Give me £30k to waste and I could show you something way more entertaining!

 

Maybe launch 60 real 75s off that rollercoaster?

[oldcars]

I could get a lot of lager with 30k.

[lisbon_road]

Well, it is better than being sane, right?

 

Still, I don't entirely get it.  Why not use a real one?  I know it is always a shame to see cars destroyed, but there's a fair few 75s going everyday, one wouldn't hurt, would it?

 

£30K?

[castros_bro]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/man-making-rover-75-out-13554281.amp

 

Bit of a bizarre event this. I was going to be in Oslo when it's happening but thanks to Ryanair's incompetence I can go to this instead.

 

Tickets are £5 and need to be booked in advance. Who else is up for it?

 

http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/exhibitions/joyride-jerwood-open-forest-commission/

 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keith-harrison-presents-joyride-a-jerwood-open-forest-commission-tickets-36256036782

 

I'm just whittling a Autoshite sticker out of clay and will pop it in the oven with one of Ginsters foulest later today, if i post it to you (sticker not Ginsters) can you pop it on the 75's back "window"  ?  

[Heidel_Kakao]

I'm just whittling a Autoshite sticker out of clay and will pop it in the oven with one of Ginsters foulest later today, if i post it to you (sticker not Ginsters) can you pop it on the 75's back "window"  ?  

 

I could give it my best shot. I don't know what "security" will be like though.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm going to this. Looks splendidly barmy

[hairnet]

http://fr-prod-static-pdf.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/flightcancellations.pdf

 

theres only two oslo flights affected FROM oslo not to

 

which one is yours??

[Heidel_Kakao]

http://fr-prod-static-pdf.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/flightcancellations.pdf

 

theres only two oslo flights affected FROM oslo not to

 

which one is yours??

My flights were FR1396 outward and FR1397 return. I have not applied for my refund yet but I have decided I can't be bothered to go to Oslo now. Can I claim compensation? I can cancel my hotel booking for free so the only thing I cannot cancel is my advance train tickets to the airport.

[Heidel_Kakao]

I'm going to this. Looks splendidly barmy

Are you going to go in a Rover 75 as well? I have lost track of whether you still have one or not? I will be in a green XM estate of either petrol or diesel engine depending on how I feel on the day.

[oldcars]

I'm going to this. Looks splendidly barmy

See if you can pick up the rear kerb side jacking point please, mine is getting a bit scabby.

[Heidel_Kakao]

I may be going to Oslo after all. That stupid list of cancelled flights shows both of my flights but when I log into my account only my outbound flight has been cancelled as Hairnet says and I can still take an earlier or later outbound flight.

 

I need to toss a coin or something to decide. Screw you Ryanair!

[Cheggers]

I may be going to Oslo after all. That stupid list of cancelled flights shows both of my flights but when I log into my account only my outbound flight has been cancelled as Hairnet says and I can still take an earlier or later outbound flight.

 

I need to toss a coin or something to decide. Screw you Ryanair!

I love Oslo, it's a fantastic city and one of my favourite destinations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it's no freefalling clay Rover 75

 

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[Heidel_Kakao]

Well I have decided and am definitely going to this event now. Oslo will have to wait for another day.

[Junkman]

This sounds artsy fartsy enough to annoy the living shit out of me, so I'm in.

[Heidel_Kakao]

This is tomorrow so just bumping in case anyone decides to come last minute.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Bought my ticket this week!!! Seemingly there will be a small gathering of Rover lickers displaying their motors.

[chaseracer]

Since I live three miles away, I may bimble along...

[beko1987]

Can someone take a disposable 75 along and drive it off the ramp afterwards?

[oldcars]

Can someone take a disposable 75 along and drive it off the ramp afterwards?

Bad man, no 75s are disposable 

[Heidel_Kakao]

 

I am here.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Where's the fake Rover?!