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10 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

It was a 300 quid shite Rover product with fucked paint & lacquer and dents with almost no MOT, some awkward rot, a dying clutch, a broken brake adjuster, a vacuum leak and a dirty interior. 

Now it's got a paint job, a new clutch, rebuilt rear brakes, repaired bodywork and a full MOT. Oh, and it's a damn sight cleaner too. 

Nobody except @jollyfkr2 has actually seen this car up close, so it's funny that people think it was a 'lovely' low mileage car - it really wasn't. 

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No, I don't believe AS should be censored or controlled, I just don't see the point in negative comments anywhere in life. Do you go up to people in the supermarket and tell them you don't like their clothes? Do you knock on your neighbour's door to tell him his curtains are shit? I just don't see the point in spreading negative energy - if you don't like something, don't look / read. Commenting just makes you look like a prick. 

But then I'm a pansexual lefty liberal snowflake anyway, I obviously don't understand what makes a real man. 🤔🙄

My advice? If what I do bothers you, get off my thread and go be negative somewhere else. Or feel free to carry on being a dick and get added to my ignore list, there's already a few in there, should be a decent party of negative Nellie's in there soon. 

Love you all 😘

I don’t care one way or another what you’ve done to your car, it’s yours after all. However if you post pictures of it on a public forum you should expect comments both pro and anti. Especially if what you’ve done could be seen as controversial. 

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Paint your car whatever colour you like..

If you post pictures you will get comments. You don't get to say I only want 'good ones'.  That's not what a forum is.  If people don't like it, they can scroll by, if you don't like their comments, ignore them (your choice) if you want, or ignore them. If people overstep the mark, well, that's what Moderation used to be about, clue is in the name, with a big or little 'm'.  If you don't want to read comments, don't post pictures in a forum. 

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1 hour ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

That’s come up terrific! Can’t wait to see it with all the bits and bobs fitted again.

Reminds me of the chrome and carbon fibre wrapped Metro they did on Fifth Gear, it looked ace too.

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Apart from.the lights, I approve.

Doctor, I'm not keen on pink, I'm not keen on 5 door metros, but it's your car. 

What I would say, I once had a chance conversation in a petrol station near Longbridge on the A38 Bristol Road.

It was about 7pm on a Sunday night, and it turned out we were both filling up our respective wife's mini.

Mine a yellow T reg 850, with a black roof and red wheels.

His, a pink 1275 V reg with white roof and white wheels.

Initially my "nice mini" seemed to re ask my upset him, until he realised I wasn't taking the piss. 

Turned out that every time he drove it he was subjected to homophobic comments and had recently been attacked by some "Gay Bashing Skin heads", and was trying to persuade her to paint it red. 

I'm not sure much of society had moved on in 29 years. 

Be prepared to be subjected to homophobic comments and bigotry. 

I mean you might as well buy a smart roaster, and can your self Quentin.

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59 minutes ago, Rovorsche said:

I think it is ace, Polarising but still ace.

I bought a pink van, on purpose and drove about in it for a year.

 

Those who cannot see it for what it is need some new glasses from the emporium of Mr Clive Devonshire (Retired) MBE CSE FRO DiP

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http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28302

Its a bit late for secret Santa but I'm on the brink of buying some underbody neons for this... But what colour to buy ?

May have some neons in the shed. Postage cost only

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I don't mind the pink, but if I painted a car pink I would expect and joke with negativity.

Your car, your choice - but it should be obvious that it's controversial.

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8 hours ago, M'coli said:

I'm a big believer in, "don't do something attention-seeking if you can't cope with the attention it creates".

I think this might be the most puzzling piece of internet wisdom I've ever seen!  Where does it lead us to? A sort of self-elected commander of blandness that gets to point and shout at peoples trainers? Dunno man, sounds dull. Sometimes people might just want to be different without attracting negativity and I reckon they’d be entitled to that. 

Doc, you're the colour scheme hero of my 16 year old self. Don't ever change 👍

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7 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

I think this might be the most puzzling piece of internet wisdom I've ever seen!  Where does it lead us to? A sort of self-elected commander of blandness that gets to point and shout at peoples trainers? Dunno man, sounds dull. Sometimes people might just want to be different without attracting negativity and I reckon they’d be entitled to that. 

Doc, you're the colour scheme hero of my 16 year old self. Don't ever change 👍

It has vibes of the 'Well what was she wearing' kind of person. 😬😳

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18 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

I'm not sure whether to leave the sill panel pink or repaint it black 🤔

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Paint the sills black - partly because of the angle of Metro sills, they never catch the light well hence end up looking grubby, it's either that or paint the bumpers body colour.

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4 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

It has vibes of the 'Well what was she wearing' kind of person. 😬😳

So true! “Don’t be wear clothes that make you feel sexy if you can’t handle me being a pervert” 😂

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41 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

It has vibes of the 'Well what was she wearing' kind of person. 😬😳

Does it fuck. It's a bright pink car, quelle surprise it's got comments, some good, some bad.  

Sills need to be black - they never look finished off otherwise, like it's missing a sill trim or similar. Imho, naturally. 

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While a Metro painted pink isn't for me personally, I can still appreciate the effort that's gone into it. An in the photos the finish looks pretty decent, compared to the peeling dodgy old paint so hats off to you chap. At the end of the day, everyone is entitled to do as they wish with there own property.

I've seen people do far worse with other cars, at least he's making an effort to keep it on the road. So if you don't like pink cars or Metros or whatever then fine.. just scroll on an read someone else's post it's as simple as that.

Making disparaging remarks against people who like the pink paint, an being insulting about what the owners done with the car etc..  Theres a line between harmless fun an banter, and just being very insulting and personal. An it seems people don't understand the difference, or perhaps they don't care. Guess it's very easy to do behind a keyboard, wielding excalibur without a thought.  However if the shoe was on the other foot, an it was me saying personal or insulting things to you, your other half, your kids or relatives or even your friends about something they've done. How would you feel about those remarks, something tells me it wouldn't be just harmless fun, banter or the AS way would it.

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1 hour ago, Rovorsche said:

Needs a Gaffer Tape "BadBoy" headlight conversion

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Mirror tint windows
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A sticker for the back window, Have you got a Poodle, yet ?
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This proves bumpers and details deffo work best in black 

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I've painted a car pink before and can confirm it's an instant panty dropper with bimbos, I'd post pictures but I don't want to incriminate myself as someone who drove a pink Ford Escort to pick up girls. 

Although I always got funny looks when me and my mates drove around town. 

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If you want it to look lower, leave the sills pink.  Easier to keep them looking clean if you paint them black, but it won't look as low.  Satin black and hot pink is a great combo and the Metro already has plenty of OEM satin black options.  Now it looks like a car somebody cares about, before you painted it the Metro looked like any old banger (which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing).  If you really want to wind people up, stick some three spoke alloys on it too.  The amount of OPINIONS I got from random strangers about the gold three spokes on the Rover was quite something.  But hey, I didn't do it for them, I did it for me.  You do you.

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11 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said:

I've painted a car pink before and can confirm it's an instant panty dropper with bimbos, I'd post pictures but I don't want to incriminate myself as someone who drove a pink Ford Escort to pick up girls. 

Although I always got funny looks when me and my mates drove around town. 

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Pics or it didnt happen!

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