HMC 4 door saloon bought.

[HMC]

Fleet news.

The escort brakes defeated me. Turns out the hoses had partially collapsed internally and at times were acting like a 1 way valve. Thats far to clever for my skill level of diagnostic ability.

Anyway, i sent it to my locaI shite friendly garage, collected it today and papped another customers heap…

I then went shopping and parked next to some chod

[HMC]

In other news the omega has gone in a shiter px deal, so

Ive got that lovely 406 coupe from the for sale ads.

 

[HMC]

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

[hairnet]

therell be something else bought between now and friday

 

[grogee]

  On 11/07/2023 at 16:23, HMC said:

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

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Escrot please. It's the shitiest of the three. Plus you'll be able to enjoy* our glorious* summer* with the top down. Don't get cloudburn though. 

[HMC]

i did look at a rover 800 limo, thought that would be ideal for the shitefest aeroplane museum leg of the trip, but i was concerned a 43k 23yo KV6 with no belt history would be asking for it being caned for 600 miles.

[Bren]

  On 11/07/2023 at 16:23, HMC said:

Trouble is, what do i take to shitefest?

406 v6 coupe- not shite

escort drop top - shit or shite?

passat- vag shite

really it should be the escort, or should it?

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Take the passat and give everybody respiratory issues......

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 11/07/2023 at 17:38, hairnet said:

therell be something else bought between now and friday

 

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Friday? That's a bit late innit?

[edit] - take the 406, if you time it right we can cross paths on the M6 in a cloud of emissions.

[2flags]

  On 11/07/2023 at 17:44, HMC said:

i did look at a rover 800 limo, thought that would be ideal for the shitefest aeroplane museum leg of the trip, but i was concerned a 43k 23yo KV6 with no belt history would be asking for it being caned for 600 miles.

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Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

[HMC]

  On 12/07/2023 at 08:37, 2flags said:

Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

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I did look at this cheap mulsanne turbo but ive learnt since my first hands burning experience- buy a good one, or dont buy one at all 😂

[beko1987]

It's got to be the escort convertible... 

 

[HMC]

  On 12/07/2023 at 09:16, beko1987 said:

It's got to be the escort convertible... 

 

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Rusty Escort convertible in welsh drizzle. YES

[2flags]

  On 12/07/2023 at 09:13, HMC said:

I did look at this cheap mulsanne turbo but ive learnt since my first hands burning experience- buy a good one, or dont buy one at all 😂

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You are quite right about the Bentley. Get a really good one or simply don't bother. I don't think there are enough brave pills out there to convince me to get a cheap one. 😂

[grogee]

  On 12/07/2023 at 08:37, 2flags said:

Come now sir, where is your sense of adventure? You have breakdown cover don't you?

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He's blacklisted from all UK breakdown organisations. 

[HMC]

Got a new millstone on the way today. It features in this Ronin car chase. Alas its not the 6.9 merc! Any guesses?

[Bren]

The silver megane on the mountain road?

[Supernaut]

Audi S8?

[grogee]

The only other Ronin car chase star is a 406 V6. There was one on the Ebay tat thread so I imagine @HMC has immediately impulse purchased it. 

[Mrs6C]

The XM, hopefully... 

[gadgetgricey]

  On 17/07/2023 at 12:34, grogee said:

The only other Ronin car chase star is a 406 V6. There was one on the Ebay tat thread so I imagine @HMC has immediately impulse purchased it. 

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What an 812 V12 , as he's already got the coupe.

[gadgetgricey]

  On 17/07/2023 at 12:59, Mrs6C said:

The XM, hopefully... 

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Dibs

 

[Cookiesouwest]

Is it the dump truck they narrowly avoid?

[HMC]

IIRC theres also an e34 and another chase sequence (iirc with a 406 ) where loads of chod gets trashed on a dual carriageway but its specifically the ambush chase with the lovely 6.9 it features in. Not only the model but also (if its not been overdubbed) also the same engine.

It was due tonight but now due during tomorrow. 

[HMC]

Its been in the e bay tat thread within the last few weeks IIRC (that was the inspiration behind the purchase basically) plus obv i want to drive it aggressively in the south of france.

[gadgetgricey]

If it was the parts Megane in wolverhampton pop in and say hi.

[Schaefft]

Im pretty sure I posted a cheap V6 XM somewhat recently, I have definitely not seen an S8!

Edit: Or could it possibly be!?

[hairnet]

renault 25

the truck that surfs along the cars on the dual carriageway

the T2 at the beginning where they all meet?

one of the post vans when gregor collects the parcel

[hairnet]

535 pretending its an m5? [nerd]

[hairnet]

  On 17/07/2023 at 16:28, HMC said:

 but its specifically the ambush chase with the lovely 6.9 it features in. Not only the model but also (if its not been overdubbed) also the same engine.

 

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the fiat panda one of them hides behind in the shootout before the 6.9 smoky burnout

[HMC]

Well, its here. What is it?

It has a v6. It has hydropneumatic suspension. Lots of buttons, some of which work. And a lot of waft factor.