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23 minutes ago, cort16 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?

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1 hour ago, LT84 said:

Its back. It was up for sale on ebay for £1200 then made its way down too £600 as the weeks went on. Someone on here suspects it has a failing head gasket. 

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4 minutes ago, Yoss said:

My old skoda brochures call the Favorit and Felicia estates a Combi.  That's never seemed to catch on over here.  We get lots of Americanisms but very few Europeanisms. 

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'. :)

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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.

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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.

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

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:

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:

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

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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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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. 

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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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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.

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