HMC- New- 500 Twinair

[timolloyd]

My money is on this being a Nairobi taxi in a former life.

[HMC]

DOY also has a west london connection…. and OY is a north west london issue. Presumably in 1999 they still issued area specific numbers to imports? @LightBulbFun

[LightBulbFun]

59 minutes ago, HMC said:

DOY also has a west london connection…. and OY is a north west london issue. Presumably in 1999 they still issued area specific numbers to imports? @LightBulbFun

im honestly not sure to be honest! its seems they both do and dont from my findings I almost wonder if it depends who your V55 application lands with, as I have seen some people get location related plates and other people dont

and I do wonder if you you could explicitly request one to ensure it "hey I am registering this from London, if possible can I please get a London issue number plate for it as thats where its being registered"

I have noticed that it seems like when you rob a car of its number, your more likely to get an location related age related plate, ie if you rob a car in London you get a London mark (this is in reference to post Suffix/Prefix and modern style plates of course)

but when registering an import or ex army or what have you, can be more of a crap shoot! 

obviously things where different when LVRO's still existed!

and I have noticed for the older stuff, that the DVLA does seem to have a preferred series, for example I noticed a lot of B suffix imports where given YHH-B Carlisle plates for example

 

you can also just apply a personal plate right from the get go, if you include your application to apply your personal number in with the registration application, this creates the fun rare situation of a private plate on a car, that legitimately has no previous plate history

 

but yeah in 1999, I imagine this would of been a location related age related plate  

[HMC]

Fleet news- normally victims are to be found in the boot of a battered w140

Alas this w140 was itself a victim, a scene victim. Check out the tyres!

Anyway besides possibly invalidating my insurance as the tyres were “stretched)” the speedo was all to cock. Plus mike tyson in ballet shoes is not a good look.

So ive shod DOY with the fat rubber it originally  came with. 

[HMC]

Also- please keep up at the back- ive sold everything except DOY, above.

And something is arriving tonight.  Wierdly going from a focus 1.6 to tomights arrival gave me a refund of £1.39. 

[dave j]

Looks Much better with the right tyres! Probably drives a lot better too! 

[Schaefft]

Major improvement indeed, I cannot believe that someone willingly put these tiny tires on it before.

[loserone]

So hang on, are you driving the new arrival to France tomorrow?

[HMC]

10 minutes ago, loserone said:

So hang on, are you driving the new arrival to France tomorrow?

Either the new arrival or the w140. Well both are new really. France sounds dramatic but its 12 miles to the ferry here and a similar distance in france. Its further mileage  on the road to go from here to Exeter, going sat. eve

[loserone]

Ah of course 🤣 our trips tend to be 2500-3500 miles round trip 

[Cookiesouwest]

48 minutes ago, HMC said:

Also- please keep up at the back- ive sold everything except DOY, above.

And something is arriving tonight.  Wierdly going from a focus 1.6 to tomights arrival gave me a refund of £1.39. 

I suspect no one manages to keep up with your fleet changes

 

[HMC]

So Muhammad from swansea delivered in more than one sense…..

Old Bill Lyons used to rate assessing the lines of a new jag, in black, and so do i. I have always wanted a black jag, and also one of the v8 x308s.

Its in black, with ivory leather. Pornographer spec. Its in decent condition and drives well, although a few bushes up front are a little tired as although its slop free, its a bit clunky over pot holes. Generally a nice, slightly sinister looking thing. Its a 3.2 as I didnt particularly fancy taking a chance on a bargain bucket ropey xjr for my money.

 

[Schaefft]

They are coming in hot, an X300/308 XJR is a bucket list car for me. This one looks good at a first glance. Make sure to offer either of these on here before you let them go, just in case...

[grogee]

Ah yes, the perfect fleet. An S-class for those wafty cruises and an XJV8 for... slightly different wafty cruises. Best of all, west Devon is known* for its billiard-table flat roads, so you should easily get about 10mpg from both. 

I'm glad the S-class has proper tyres on now, the old ones were making my teeth itch.

There is nothing not to like about the Jag. I look forward to buying it, or at least ferrying it up the M5.

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, Schaefft said:

They are coming in hot, an X300/308 XJR is a bucket list car for me. This one looks good at a first glance. Make sure to offer either of these on here before you let them go next weekend...

FTFY

[timolloyd]

I ran one of these in the exact same spec. Probably one of the nicest all-round cars I’ve owned.

Does yours have the hidden button for folding mirrors?

[wesacosa]

Very nice. I looked at buying one of the straight six ones with the more square dash years ago as I need an auto as I had broken my shoulder. I didn't go for it in the end , partly because the test drive was a bit awkward as I suffered full on catastrophic structural failure of the main seam of my jeans which split from cock to arse as I entered the vehicle 

[HMC]

37 minutes ago, timolloyd said:

I ran one of these in the exact same spec. Probably one of the nicest all-round cars I’ve owned.

Does yours have the hidden button for folding mirrors?

I’ll have to check, where is it? 😂

[HMC]

Just in the middle of a remote delivery……

[DaveDorson]

14 hours ago, HMC said:

So Muhammad from swansea delivered in more than one sense…..

Old Bill Lyons used to rate assessing the lines of a new jag, in black, and so do i. I have always wanted a black jag, and also one of the v8 x308s.

Its in black, with ivory leather. Pornographer spec. Its in decent condition and drives well, although a few bushes up front are a little tired as although its slop free, its a bit clunky over pot holes. Generally a nice, slightly sinister looking thing. Its a 3.2 as I didnt particularly fancy taking a chance on a bargain bucket ropey xjr for my money.

 

That's ace.  

[gadgetgricey]

How are you finding rear seat legroom. Really liked the look of car but ended up with an E38 instead as was to tight in the back. 

Probably just me having front seat in a weird position. 

[HMC]

6 hours ago, gadgetgricey said:

How are you finding rear seat legroom. Really liked the look of car but ended up with an E38 instead as was to tight in the back. 

Probably just me having front seat in a weird position. 

Its definitely snug in the back, i tend to like to be sat with my legs quite bent so for my height the seat is fairly far forward. even so its not generous back there.

Home made beam benders in place for tonight….

 

[camryv6]

8 hours ago, wesacosa said:

Very nice. I looked at buying one of the straight six ones with the more square dash years ago as I need an auto as I had broken my shoulder. I didn't go for it in the end , partly because the test drive was a bit awkward as I suffered full on catastrophic structural failure of the main seam of my jeans which split from cock to arse as I entered the vehicle 

That's what happens when you get in a Jag lol

[Cento16v]

Wow that's a late one, must have been one of the end of production cars?

Lovely cars.

[HMC]

16 minutes ago, Cento16v said:

Wow that's a late one, must have been one of the end of production cars?

Lovely cars.

Yes i think this was at the very end of production. It “feels” like an old jag, and though the x300 and the xj40 its got a bit of a connection to the old days. 

Ive got my passenger lined up with snacks, a foot warmer and the motherland’s (and her) favoured tipple. I hope this doesnt cause navigation issues in france 😂

 

[timolloyd]

12 hours ago, HMC said:

I’ll have to check, where is it? 😂

There’s a round button that adjusts the position of each door mirror. From memory, you can pull this button backwards. If folding mirrors are fitted, then they will close.

It’s unmarked on the button, so owners don’t always realise they have them.

[HMC]

le queue

[Tepper]

You are well and truly on top form, both the quality* and rate of purchases are unrivalled. Chodspeed good sir.

[HMC]

[gadgetgricey]

So you are returning from France with Crabs.

Lobsters look good as well.

Car performing as expected and not got too lost,