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Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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10 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

The back ground picture )of the garages) to that Marina van look really familiar.  Is that a 'shiter's house? Not @triggerI know but something rings a bell.

I think he is a regular seller on ebay, previously under the name tonytheskip, or something similar. Was previously selling Consul’s and mk1 Granada’s now seems to be selling Marina van’s and pickup’s.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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Image 51 - Tx2-black-cab

 

Tx2 black cab | eBay

 

'Ladies love this car'

 

I reckon playing 'Fake Taxi' outside some scouse night club could be interesting.

 

R1152 Rank: Citroen Ami

R1152

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2 hours ago, Wilko220 said:

These are getting well out of my price range now - yet another example of "I wish I had done it when I could still afford to"

Image 1 - bedford-ha-van

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bedford-ha-van/284187764186?hash=item422ae925da:g:yjsAAOSwuBdgLRrx

Jeez... one of my uncles drove one of these for a company called Brock's Alarms in the early 70s. KGC 414K.

Yep, mine of useless info, me. 

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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ex gambian embassy 

"MY UNCLE IS A PRINCE IN GAMBIA AND AIR TO A COLLECTION OF DESIRABLE DAIMLER LIMOUSINES. TO PURCHASE THIS COLLECTION TRANSFER 1 MILLION GAMBIAN DOLLARS INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT PAYEE MR SMOKEY A BANDIT"

Other stereotypes apply

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-DAIMLER-DS-LIMO-4-2-EX-GAMBIAN-HIGH-COMISSION-LIMOUSINE-WITH-DOCUMENTS-V5/184683629329?hash=item2b00008b11:g:eSoAAOSwzUpgN9do

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New POD

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10 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Image 51 - Tx2-black-cab

 

Tx2 black cab | eBay

 

'Ladies love this car'

 

I reckon playing 'Fake Taxi' outside some scouse night club could be interesting.

 

I was waiting in the Honda accord, outside a comedy club at the Albert Dock, for my wife and her 3 mates to come out, and at least 6 people tried to open the back door, so i guess an actual real taxi, would get more. 

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New POD

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13 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

"MOT and tax exempt in 2022"

 

Brilliant! Just keep it until then and drive it with abandon 

I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. 

As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. 

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horriblemercedes Rank: Lancia Gamma

horriblemercedes

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40 minutes ago, New POD said:

I honestly think cars should require to have a had an MOT in the year before they become exempt, before they are allowed to be exempt. 

As in prove its road worthy, before you no longer have to prove it's road worthy. 

I'd endorse that too. And if it was SORN over the 40 year mark, an MOT before being granted MOT-exempt status

 

It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it 

vaughant Rank: Lancia Gamma

vaughant

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1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

It is a bit silly that I could drag some rotbox from 1980 out of a garage, get it running and as long as it doesn't have big rust holes in the bodywork and looks sort of ok, I'm pretty much guaranteed to get away with just driving it 

I remember junkman of this parish (in a previous life) doing just that with some old merc he had. 

Battery, fresh fuel, straight out of the garden it had been stored in for at least the last 10 years and put on the road..... 

I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway 

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Wilko220 Rank: Renault 16

Wilko220

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1 hour ago, vaughant said:

I thought it was a cool thing to do anyway

Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose.

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Conrad D. Conelrad Rank: Lancia Gamma

Conrad D. Conelrad

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13 minutes ago, Wilko220 said:

Very cool. Until the brakes fail or a wheel falls off and you end up running over a bus queue of schoolkids, I suppose.

That’s the best part. 

R1152 Rank: Citroen Ami

R1152

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I must confess I am very uneasy about this MoT exemption business - sure, I bet those who watch Roadkill/Vice Grip Garage etc. love how something gets hauled out of a scrappy and driven away with huge holes in the floor and of a standard akin to the Jag in Withnail and I, but I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure.

I once asked about this on an American channel and the response I got was "it's called freedom, you Europeans should try it sometime".

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New POD

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25 minutes ago, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

That’s the best part. 

More points if they are Retired nuns in a wheelchair, carrying a basket of kittens, and being pushed by a child. 

Wilko220 Rank: Renault 16

Wilko220

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19 minutes ago, R1152 said:

I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure.

Yeah - and it will only take a small number of such cases before certain types are putting it about that all classic / old cars are death traps etc.

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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TBF in the nearly nine years since the first MoT exemptions came into law, I have not heard of a single case of an 'unsafe' vehicle causing or being involved in an accident due to not being roadworthy. And believe me, if it had happened then the press would be all over it. I think for the most part people who own old cars are quite sensibleabout what they're driving, and much more attuned to faults developing than your average person on the street. And most people really don't want to risk writing off their pride and joy - even if it was recently pulled from a hedge - so tend to keep on top of upkeep.

I'd be much more worried about the thousands of people who drive modern cars without MoT, tax or insurance simply because they casn't be bothered/don't care about breaking the law

Rusty_Rocket Rank: Citroen Ami

Rusty_Rocket

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There's so few tax/ MoT exempt cars running around compared to the millions of newer cars on the road, it's unlikely to attract the attention of the authorities when Mr knowitall drives around in a dangerous 'classic'.

Sure, you'll get the idiots who happily drive around something they've dragged out of a barn with fresh air holding the rear suspension to the car, but they're thankfully few and far between.  When the brakes do fail or the wheel falls off, you can only hope they don't take someone else with them at the same time.

 

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SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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3 hours ago, R1152 said:

I must confess I am very uneasy about this MoT exemption business - sure, I bet those who watch Roadkill/Vice Grip Garage etc. love how something gets hauled out of a scrappy and driven away with huge holes in the floor and of a standard akin to the Jag in Withnail and I, but I don't want one of these pricks barrelling into the back/side of me because their brake pipes exploded under pressure.

I once asked about this on an American channel and the response I got was "it's called freedom, you Europeans should try it sometime".

What a load of bollocks. 

The data actually says accidents are far more likely to be human error than mechanical malfunction. By an order of magnitude. 

Also in a classic car, you're all too aware that a moderate sized accident that you'd survive in a modern, will leave you disabled or dead. 

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New POD

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3 minutes ago, SiC said:

What a load of bollocks. 

The data actually says accidents are far more likely to be human error than mechanical malfunction. By an order of magnitude. 

Also in a classic car, you're all too aware that a moderate sized accident that you'd survive in a modern, will leave you disabled or dead. 

We actually don't have enough data. 

We don't know how many miles are travelled by cars which have a serious fault.  If we assume that the vast majority of cars are more or less road worthy. Then the number of miles travelled by cars that are road worthy might be exponentially bigger than the miles travelled by unroadworthy vehicles.  And even when you have.an accident, it's rare that the car is inspected very deeply. 

So.my guess with no real data, is that of course 99.99999999999999999% of accidents are down to human error. 

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Supernaut

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I could be incredibly facetious and suggest that an accident caused by a mechanical failure is still caused by human error. That would be because the human who owns it failed to maintain it properly, thus it's their error.

I wouldn't suggest that though, I'm only suggesting that I might suggest that.

 

 

As others have said though, some demographics of modern car owners are somewhat unnerving too. It's scary how many sub 3-year old finance spec crossovers you see with a bald tyre or two.

 

 

 

Staying on thread though. Frisbee the trims but otherwise phwoooaaaar!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Mazda-1300-1-3-3dr-ORIGINAL-THROUGHOUT-LOW-MILES-72K/154345627569

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