D Spares & Tyres Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 That sent a cold chill down my spine. I once caused the demise of a silver Ferrari 400. Such a similar looking car. Never seen a Bitter up close but the Ferrari was beautiful, far better than in photos Nice car eddyramrod and Scruffy Bodger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59Impala Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 What a marvellous vehicle! By a coincidence when I was trying to register my recently imported 1959 Impala at the Southwark office of the DVLA (which involved much argument with a very stupid woman) I was sort of cheered on by a couple of guys who had also been trying to do the same with their Bitter with the same stupid cow. I got applause for standing my ground against her refusing to issue an age related plate (she was adamant that the documents I had provided didn't say what the year of the car was) and showing her up in front of her boss who took one look at my paperwork and told her to issue the plate and not a Q-plate. Yoss and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Sweet I had the opportunity to buy a solid example of an SC ten years ago for £2.5k, as usual I declined...doh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Sweet I had the opportunity to buy a solid example of an SC ten years ago for £2.5k, as usual I declined...doh.But like a Murphy's, you're not bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Wow. What an absolute stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Strela. 6 posts, 80 likes. welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Just looking at the aforementioned Pistonheads thread. Stopped at a service station on the motorway and came back to the car to find a portly cigar-smoking Austrian taking photos as he'd never seen one in this colour. I see you've met Junkman... Brodders, RobT, Junkman and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 My word that Bitter looks fantastic, you don't get more 80s than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Holy flip! Talk about opening with a wallop! That is wedgetastic, and you have just outwedged Vulgalour. It clearly does resemble the unloved Fezza wedge, well bought & welcome to the beige place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Cor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 SiC, HarmonicCheeseburger, Mrs6C and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Wikipedia says: 'Bitter currently produces luxury versions of the Opel Adam and Opel Mokka.'I don't know what to think. Plah? alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Welcome along, Pop-up headlights rock, as do obscure 80s motors. Was it Colc that bought one with "issues"? I did....spiteful bloody thing.I bought a wrong un though...in the dark.....in a rather less than salubrious part of Birmingham. Prices are all over the place for them I'd have another though....... Talbot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I’m very excited this is on the forum - I was severely tempted when it came up for sale and I had to have a stern word with myself about too many cars (see signature for details - it would fit right in with my shedful of old sheds). It looks like a really good one. Much jealousy, and welcome along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 phwoar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Wow, from the thread title and the first post I was expecting a 1983 Opel Senator with a bodykit or something, not a Bitter! Look forward to hearing how you get on with it. I didn’t even know they were sold new in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 That is absolutely superb - 35.7/10 and far better looking than the Ferrari 400! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 If you're staying locally to Silverstone on the Saturday night, why not pop by the Field of Dreams on the Sunday, on your way home? It's near Buckingham and a selection of AS folk will be there for a natter and some tinkering with old cars in the sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The driver’s belt on my merc feels damp. I expect it’s the seal letting the rain in. I’ve not worked up the enthusiasm to actually take the interior panel apart yet. The side profile of the bitter reminds me of the big fiat 130 coupe which is another favourite of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngsod Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 You weren't driving this on Madingley Road in Cambridge this week were you? If so then the guy in the Corolla staring at you literally open mouthed in surprise was me. I must have looked like Cleetus the slack jawed yokel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngsod Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Well I apologise again if you happened to look out and see some muppet gawping at you as if you were piloting some spaceship from another world. Which to be fair you were. Nice car by the way. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 What a fabulous machine. I've only ever seen this on a top trump card that I had about 40 years ago.Think it might have been a Bitter CD though. Don't know where the cards are but I did photograph them a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 ....I've only ever seen this on a top trump card that I had about 40 years ago.Think it might have been a Bitter CD though.Don't know where the cards are but I did photograph them a while back.IMG_1200.JPGI think that might be a Monteverdi, Switzerland's other car, and even more exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I'm only at Silverstone on Saturday but I may be passing Buckingham anyway on Sunday. What's Field of Dreams and when?The FoD was the legendary location for Shitefest 2016. Six-cylinder and I now open it up as a venue for informal AS get-togethers on weekends throughout the spring/summer/autumn months. It's a little farmstead out in the countryside near Buckingham, with a nice view, the kettle on, good company and various old mechanical things available for fixing/tinkering/polishing/admiring/driving (according to the weather and ground conditions). It's a nice place to pass the time and you're welcome to join us. The gate is open from around 10am. PM Six-cylinder for directions. See thread: Six-cylinder's Motoring Notes - Sunday 6th May meeting at FoD is GO!http://autoshite.com/topic/19386-six-cylinders-motoring-notes-sunday-6th-may-meeting-at-fod-is-go/page-87 Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I think that might be a Monteverdi, Switzerland's other car, and even more exclusive.Top right is a Monteverdi 375, middle left is a Bitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngsod Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Cheers. I only bought such a distinctive car to try and deflect attention from my two heads.Ah! You are Zaphod Beeblebrox and the Bitter is the Heart Of Gold. That actually explains a lot. RobT, Mrs6C and Skut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Like for the general Bitter / orange R107 loveliness, not for the keying incident, obvs. What kind of Charlie Uniform thinks a gussied-up Opel Senator (no offence) is a good target for keying? I had the same on my ratty old Golf convertible back when it was a daily driver. Not just arseholes, stupid and incompetent arseholes. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 They probably were mistaking it for the Ferrari most people hate, some people are utter grade one cunts, and you cannot have anything nice these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Oh that Merc is bloody lovely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Gorgeous car. Better proportioned than a Ferrari 400 and far rarer and more interesting. Was that yours parked in the Excel car park for the London Motor Show earlier this year? Love the colour of the Mercedes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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