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Can't click that link...

 

Many many moons ago, 18 years or so, I worked for a large multinational car hire firm. The branch I worked at couldn't rent out cars without ABS and airbags for various reasons and because of a cock-up elsewhere we ended up with two transporters arriving loaded with 12 brand spanking new, 10 miles on the clock, boggo spec Renault Clios. Eight of which were in a truly hideous bluey purple colour, another two were silver, and two were red automatic 1.4s.

 

We had to get a load of drivers together to move them to another branch and find a branch that would actually take the things from us and swap some of them for cars with ABS and airbags. This meant a mad 15 mile sprint to another depot in a load of sequentially registered, mainly identical, Clios. This of course descended into the wacky races as 11 blokes and a very geezerish manageress all ended up driving like utter wankers all the way. Huge wheelspins, handbrake turns, going around roundabouts two or three times each, generally pissing about and all going the long way because it was a laugh. An afternoon of harmless idiocy that resulted in a couple of broken reg plates, a few hundred miles worth of abuse to a load of Clios and a lot of silly grins.

 

This afternoon I'm at a friends garage when outside a battered, bluey purple Clio 1.2 "Prima" 5dr pulls up. It's the one I was driving that afternoon. Still had its identifying marks from the hire company, still had a cracked front reg plate. Thing must have passed 14 or 15 mots with it.

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After much faffing I've finally got the door lock working on the Alfa by boshing in a replacement I got for 30 quid off ebay.

The remote lockings even working now. I'm well chuffed as I no longer have to pretend to lock it when I park on the drive outside the house.

F-You Gino Ginelli!

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It's a Sun journalist?

 

I think it's a Liverpool F.C tattoo :D

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Titus Ncube from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane 5 suburb in Zimbabwe, said he was so shocked at seeing his daughter that he fell to the ground.

 

The 20-year-old woman, who has not been named, was so upset she fled the hotel in tears.

 

 

I wonder who it could be?

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Titus Ncube from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane 5 suburb in Zimbabwe, said he was so shocked at seeing his daughter that he fell to the ground.

 

The 20-year-old woman, who has not been named, was so upset she fled the hotel in tears.

 

 

I wonder who it could be?

 

His picture is priceless. Ta.

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Crystal Palace :lol:

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More importantly who's X image?

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i cant an image, just the word image

 

i had to quote to get the address, but when copied and pasted it just says 'bad request'

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Its from where I "nicked" it from :roll: Rehosted and working now. :D

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But a car won't throw a drink in your face or take out one of those pesky restraining orders when you try and start them

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But a car won't throw a drink in your face or take out one of those pesky restraining orders when you try and start them

 

You've not had a BX before have you?

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Cor, this thread's on form tonight! Cavette's BX reply, the Tourettes T-shirt and excellent photoshoppery have left me grinning for sure.

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As i was bored i decided to ring the missus up for abit of phone sex..

she answered and i said 'tell me your not wearing any knickers' she replied, 'im actually not' in excitement i said 'oo so what are you doing then you naughty girl'

she replied 'im having a shit'

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Just back from Hamsterley - wow! Shame I mucked up the camerawork when the Stratos came past.

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Just back from Hamsterley - wow! Shame I mucked up the camerawork when the Stratos came past.

 

bloody bollockx. i thought it was just monday at hamsterley :(

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Actual MG press release reportage snaps live from the Ace cafe* with bonus Primera owners club blotting (enhancing?) the backdrop - Desperation in a finer form :lol:

 

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Actual MG press release reportage snaps live from the Ace cafe* with bonus Primera owners club blotting (enhancing?) the backdrop - Desperation in a finer form

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That's really quite terrible. Surely they could have just said "ayeup, primera lads, could you just shift your motors over 'tother end for 5 minutes? We're trying to do a low rent photoshoot of some other chod that's fifteen years out of date and fairly undesirable"

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Non photoshopped image this. Oh How I loved playing with the Hanover destination units on these buses. I wonder if any of you in East Angular can guess the location?

 

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Yup, same here, esp after a Dutch bird decided to crash into me in her Skoda Favorit near Fingeringhoe. Was an overnighter with severe whiplash & she had the cheek to try and blame me!

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