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Boghog Rank: Toyota Starlet

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8 hours ago, Rod/b said:

Amen. When i’m President my first decree shall be that anyone (including marketing people at car companies) referring to a two-door saloon as a coupe will be placed on a register and forced to wear a metre tall, luminous yellow dunce cone on their stupid fucking head whenever they are in public. They will be barred from taking paid employment and / or receiving any form of state or charitable aid. 
 

Similar sanctions will be placed upon anyone referring to an estate car as a shooting brake or a longroof. In the latter case, they will also be required to shave their hair off and have the word CUNT tattooed on their stupid fucking head in case their dunce hat falls off. 

Can I add calling a Land Rover a 'Jeep' or a 'Truck' to the list. Just call it what it is and you will probably get more money for it.

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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3 hours ago, grogee said:

There's a similarly tacky C coupe near me - white bonnet stripe, window stickers, chrome piping etc. 

Got me wondering if there is a specific thread for 'polished turds' or whether we just stick them in 'Spotted' thread?

Those white wall tyre things that get fitted into the tyre are the absolute worst. At least the Chrome arches can be used to cover wobbed up body work.

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

The Mk1 Fabia (and I believe others too) were called the Combi in the 05 Brochure I have. The Fabia saloon (oh what a charming in an ugly sort of way thing that was) was referred to as the 'sedan'. The latter being something I'd associate as an 'Americanism'. :)

Combi I don't mind too much. Maybe it's because I appreciated the Skoda money-save of carrying over hatchback tailgate onto estate thereby saving tooling costs for a separate tailgate. 

Then they got all tied up in knots and produced the Superb MK2, which was a saloon and a hatchback at the same time.

I still don't know what niche that was trying to fill, but it's certainly novel. 

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Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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2 minutes ago, grogee said:

Where do you stand on 'sport brake' or 'sportbrake' @Rod/b?

My independent yet personally hand-picked judges shall be provided with similar sentencing instructions as previously noted.

 

 

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SteersWithThrottle Rank: BL Wedge

SteersWithThrottle

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On 12/19/2021 at 3:36 PM, DVee8 said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1341154503005538

May be an image of car and outdoors

HFM?!? Hopefully rectifying the stupid lowering which is ruining the rear camber won't be too pricey

 

 

On 12/19/2021 at 3:37 PM, DVee8 said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/556448535431661

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How has this acquired an SVA with open wheels? I thought that was a big no-no

 

 

On 12/19/2021 at 3:41 PM, DVee8 said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/641189233539088/

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HFM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? It's my favourite Type R, but geez...

grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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Rennow Gooner Coop. 2 litre dizzle. £1500 Gloucscxsxcsxc

Such a pretty thing. "Just" 160k on the clock. Admire on the hard shoulder while waiting for the fourth emergency service. 

(I know, I know, they're not that bad)

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/renault-laguna-coupe-2009-manual-1995-cc-3-doors/1422001974?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

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grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

grogee

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8 minutes ago, Rod/b said:

My independent yet personally hand-picked judges shall be provided with similar sentencing instructions as previously noted.

 

 

Fair*. I shan't be protesting, as it's now illegal. 

SportBack can get in the bin as well. 

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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25 minutes ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

How has this acquired an SVA with open wheels? I thought that was a big no-no

The same way people used to MoT hot rods. Clip on wings, attain certificate, remove wings. From my limited understanding of the process it seems that quite a lot of SVA/IVA tested vehicles have easily-removable mods to get through the test, which makes sense.

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AnnoyingPentium Rank: Isuzu Florian

AnnoyingPentium

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59 minutes ago, grogee said:

Then they got all tied up in knots and produced the Superb MK2, which was a saloon and a hatchback at the same time.

I still don't know what niche that was trying to fill, but it's certainly novel. 

Two birds, one stone. I imagine. :)

M'coli Rank: Isuzu Florian

M'coli

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Surely the defining feature of a coupé is that it has panels and bodywork that don't fit anything else in the range, with the exception being the Triumph Herald coupé? For example, the (I think) the BMW e30 3-series was never offered as a 2-door saloon, but no panels were i interchangeable with the 4-door saloon.

Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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13 hours ago, D.E said:

Ah, and what will we do with the people who come up with four-door suv "coupes"?

They should be tortured then shot. There is no excuse for these! What moron thought an X6 was a good idea, possibly a similar one who thought ridiculously low profile tyres where the rims constantly crack on the roads would also be ideal for a 4x4! FFS And while I am on this rant why are there lowered 4x4’s?surely the whole point of a 4x4 is better off road capability.

 People carriers are bad enough but were  possibly well intentioned. I would prefer 7 seater estates such as Mercedes, Peugeot’s, Volvo’s, Montego’s, CX’s etc. or Transit minibuses. Before the nanny state went out of control we just sat in the boot of estate car’s if you couldn’t fit everyone on seats.

barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

barrett

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31 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Same goes for 3door & 5 door it's a fucking hatchback you fucknugget.

Bit strong, old chap. What if you want to know how many doors it has? You might as well just remove all definitions and refer only to 'cars' and that's it. Body style? Car. Colour? Car. Engine size? Car.

That'll make things easy, eh!

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Fabergé Greggs Rank: Renault 16

Fabergé Greggs

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21 minutes ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

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The madman had it MOT'd up until last year...

Fucking hell that’s incredible! We need @Conrad D. Conelradto make some sort of new award for bodged arches. 

 

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Yoss Rank: Lancia Gamma

Yoss

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8 hours ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

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The madman had it MOT'd up until last year...

Jesus. HFM! I accidentally clicked on the link. You'd expect it to be on gumtree or FB wouldn't you. No, it's on Car and Classic and it's £2.7k. Good luck with that. 

Shite Ron Rank: Citroen Ami

Shite Ron

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10 hours ago, barrett said:

Bit strong, old chap. What if you want to know how many doors it has? You might as well just remove all definitions and refer only to 'cars' and that's it. Body style? Car. Colour? Car. Engine size? Car.

That'll make things easy, eh!

SheffieldCortinaCentre makes a good point. 3 door and 5 door is usually used to describe an estate or hatchback and I have even seen it as a description on mk1 and 2 Escort saloons! The odd numbered door is the boot or on a hatchback or estate a tailgate. The rear wiper is usually referred to as a tailgate wiper, I have never seen reference to a door wiper. A door is used for access and egress and I understand the tailgate is also used for this on 7 seaters but it is still a tailgate ( or boot in my terminology) Cars are 2 door Saloons, 2 door hatchbacks or 2 door estates etc. My house has windows and doors, I can enter and leave by the windows if I wish to but they are still windows and are not doors. My father had  a mk4 Escort with Chubb locks which stopped working so I had to climb in through the boot. (Tailgate) to open the doors, it was not a door and my dad refused to enter the car in this manner.

Case for defence closed!

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Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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3 hours ago, Yoss said:

Jesus. HFM! I accidentally clicked on the link. You'd expect it to be on gumtree or FB wouldn't you. No, it's on Car and Classic and it's £2.7k. Good luck with that. 

It also benefited from an almost 50k mile haircut in 2009, so a 220k miler. 

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