DaveDorson Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 It was a hire car Things people do to get out of paying the excess after scratching a hire car eh? warren t claim, NorfolkNWeigh, Doctormop and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Who? Boom! I'm here all week, tell your friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Alex Kapranos has a very rusty W123 estate. That man has class. AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Junkie musician Pete Doherty had a fleet of shagged out Jags at one point. Also (allegedly) caught smuggling drugs across the Italian border in an XJ8.This is very true. He’d park them wherever, and should one get towed - he’d go buy another for £750 or whatever. I read it in something like Q magazine. (Must be true) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Junkie musician Pete Doherty had a fleet of shagged out Jags at one point. Also (allegedly) caught smuggling drugs across the Italian border in an XJ8. What a diabolical Libertine... Banger Kenny, AMC Rebel, Jerzy Woking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Apparently The Queen owns a one off Vauxhall Viceroy estate? The Civil List would be less of a burden on the taxpayer if Prince Andrew Ebayed off his MK2 RS2000. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Boris Johnson is the obvious choice here. He drives a Y reg Focus and a battered, M reg Toyota Previa. Mad Boris was also on countryfile pimping brexit in a fucked series on the "family farm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Apparently The Queen owns a one off Vauxhall Viceroy estate? Brenda owned/owns several special Vauxhall station wagons....I think the Viceroy may have escaped, unless there are others? Not MOT'd since 2009. Right colour though.... ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Mad Boris was also on countryfile pimping brexit in a fucked series on the "family farm". S3, worst of the lot. He's a proper shitter. AMC Rebel and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Post Yes and Genesis, frenzied drummer Bill Bruford carted his kit from gig to gig in the back of a Volvo estate. I bet his clutch pedal was hammering up and down like a bride's nightie on the drive home AMC Rebel, ProgRocker and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 One-eyed rock and roll pianist Freddy 'Fingers' Lee carried his battered upright piano and the rest of his band around the country in a LWB Bedford CF van. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Author, critic, and 'singer' George Melly waxed lyrical about the comfort of the VW LT band wagon in his book Mellymobile but only ever drove a moped himself. His tales of epic journeys in the back of 1950's British vans are entertaining but sadly lacking in details of the actual vehicles besides their acute discomfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Nile Rodgers still drives his yellow p38 Range Rover.We never got a yellow p38 over here, his was a special edition for the US market (unlike that badly painted mess in Layer Cake). A yellow P38? That sounds rather Chic. BorniteIdentity, yellowperil, AMC Rebel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Latter-day Rock & Roll band The Stingrays are still using and restoring a Smiley Transit.... As well as being one of the best bands around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Before he bought a Landspeeder Alec Guinness had both a Citroen DS and a Citroen CX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 If he owned a CX he should have been able to fix the millenium falcon with his eyes closed. Banger Kenny, 11001010, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Before he bought a Landspeeder Alec Guinness had both a Citroen DS and a Citroen CX He hadn't driven either in a very long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Author, critic, and 'singer' George Melly waxed lyrical about the comfort of the VW LT band wagon in his book Mellymobile but only ever drove a moped himself.image_236192_3_1_3_5_8_6_6_10_1_64356.jpgHis tales of epic journeys in the back of 1950's British vans are entertaining but sadly lacking in details of the actual vehicles besides their acute discomfort.When Melly played in Derby in the 80s he turned up in a CX estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 If he owned a CX he should have been able to fix the millenium falcon with his eyes closed.Especially as the landspeeder uses a Reliant chassis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This is the actual Fiat Doblo owned and driven by diminutive white funkster JayKay.Saw a recent ( post Evans) TopGear on Dave , yesterday where he says he uses it for running around because it's easy for the dog to get in and out. Although I have a client who is a neighbour of his and whenever I've seen him ! he's always been driving the expected stereotype Lambo,Ferrari or G Wagen. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This is the actual Fiat Doblo owned and driven by diminutive white funkster JayKay.Saw a recent ( post Evans) TopGear on Dave , yesterday where he says he uses it for running around because it's easy for the dog to get in and out.image.jpeg Although I have a client who is a neighbour of his and whenever I've seen him ! he's always been driving the expected stereotype Lambo,Ferrari or G Wagen. Jamiroquai's bass player lived in the same town as me for a long time (St Neots). The whole town got very excited when a Lambo suddenly appeared on a quiet unassuming driveway in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Jamiroquai's bass player lived in the same town as me for a long time (St Neots). The whole town got very excited when a Lambo suddenly appeared on a quiet unassuming driveway in town. I've got family in St Neots who have gone through a sucession of MK2 Cortina's, Montego's and recently Rover 75's, and I think are currently ferrying around in a 406 Estate When my cousin Phil told everyone that he'd seen Jay Kay in his Lambo at the local spa getting a packet of fags, no one believed him. Praps he wasn't telling fibs. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Pink Floyd did their best stuff when delivered by Bedford CA. Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Brenda owned/owns several special Vauxhall station wagons....I think the Viceroy may have escaped, unless there are others? DSCF5057.JPG Not MOT'd since 2009. Right colour though....The little known reason for HRH preferring Vauxhall estates was that during her time as amechanic in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the War, she learned to weld and liked to practice whenever possible. After doing the Viceroy's front turrets in about 1987 the advances in rust prevention meant she resigned herself to putting patches on the odd Rangie or Defender in moments of stress. Luckily Jaguar came to the rescue .... Cardinal Wolseley, Banger Kenny, Sudsprint and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This 50s Loadstar might have seemed an unpromising choice for the Great train robbery but I've had 65 out of one. They should have been as picky with the cleaners for Leather Slade Farm though. mercrocker and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I was the manager of a shop in Princes Risborough, the local high street for JK. It was completely normal to see one of his cars parked on the high street. A particular highlight was the LHD Merc Grosser that was often around. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This is the actual Fiat Doblo owned and driven by diminutive white funkster JayKay.Saw a recent ( post Evans) TopGear on Dave , yesterday where he says he uses it for running around because it's easy for the dog to get in and out.image.jpeg Although I have a client who is a neighbour of his and whenever I've seen him ! he's always been driving the expected stereotype Lambo,Ferrari or G Wagen. Not really car related but JK was the page boy at my mum and dad's wedding. It's my dad's claim to fame when he trys to get down with younger folk. Usually a young lady hair dresser. His Grandad was big pals with my Grandad, I remember his Grandad visiting quite often in his Alfa Romeo and later a Datsun 100Y. Maybe where he has got his Petrol genes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Peel was a yank licker too - had a '58 Chevy amongst other stuff. He spent a lot of time working over there in the 60s..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 ∆∆∆ I only believe this because she changed a wheel on a K2.The majority of the population can't change a bicycle tyre today. Update: the post this refers to has disappeared, perhaps because it was thought to be 'unqueenly'. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Ginger Baker drove one of these when we was with Graham Bond. He lamented outher band mates inability to come to terms with the pre-selector gearbox though. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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