FoTU 2022? Completed it, M8.

[Talbot]

Quite amused that I managed to have a car there that was so absolutely unexcptional and ignorable that I don't think anyone took a photo of it.  Literally everyone was walking straight past it.

Does that mean I acheived the brief?

[Kiltox]

2 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Quite amused that I managed to have a car there that was so absolutely unexcptional and ignorable that I don't think anyone took a photo of it.  Literally everyone was walking straight past it.

Does that mean I acheived the brief?

I mean what did you expect taking a 71 plate Maserati? 😉 

[Spottedlaurel]

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Did anyone manage to get a decent pic of @Grey the Floydian Sergal's (formerly my) beige Alpine?  The one I took didn't come out very well.

I didn't, but there was a point at the end of the day when it was being lined-up with the Horizon and Solaras so somewhere there'll be a group shot. As to be imagined, it wasn't the quietest affair....

[Soundwave]

14 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Quite amused that I managed to have a car there that was so absolutely unexcptional and ignorable that I don't think anyone took a photo of it.  Literally everyone was walking straight past it.

Does that mean I acheived the brief?

Mine is much the same, nobody ever takes pics of it. I'm putting it down to there being a far better and near identical example in the concourse. Also possibly due to Rover R8s just not being a very interesting car even by FoTU standards, unless they're totally mint. Still, I like it do that's what matters.

 

What car were you in? 

[Soundwave]

1 minute ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I didn't, but there was a point at the end of the day when it was being lined-up with the Horizon and Solaras so somewhere there'll be a group shot. As to be imagined, it wasn't the quietest affair....

 Rumour has it the tappet noises are still echoing around the castle grounds... 

[GR8 PL8 M8]

48 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

I mean what did you expect taking a 71 plate Maserati? 😉 

I, um, I took a photo of it.

Sorry.

[GrumpyCat]

Maserati, TVR, Porsche, Ferrari.

Yeah, unexceptional. 😆

[Talbot]

10 minutes ago, GR8 PL8 M8 said:

I, um, I took a photo of it.

Sorry.

*not actually mine

[Skcat]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I didn't, but there was a point at the end of the day when it was being lined-up with the Horizon and Solaras so somewhere there'll be a group shot. As to be imagined, it wasn't the quietest affair....

Ive seen the photos! I will give him a poke to upload them! 

[High Jetter]

The Renner 12 gave me the horn. Solid cars.

[alcyonecorporation]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

Quite amused that I managed to have a car there that was so absolutely unexcptional and ignorable that I don't think anyone took a photo of it.  Literally everyone was walking straight past it.

Does that mean I acheived the brief?

Smashed it fam, though the tank cannon you showed up with on your 5D was probably out of spec! 

[mat_the_cat]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

Quite amused that I managed to have a car there that was so absolutely unexcptional and ignorable that I don't think anyone took a photo of it. 

I had to wait for a gap in the crowd, but i managed to get a snap eventually. 

[alcyonecorporation]

I forgot - again - to take a pic of my car at the event, though @Schaefft managed it - appreciated. 
I courageously borrowed* the ladder and no-one seemed to notice, or care. I did, however, manage to lose my jacket in Vanbrugh Hall. 

I think the sheer variation of guest cars was down to the ground staff rather than the organisers; how you train agency staff to appreciate the relative merits of old Vauxhalls, I've no idea. 

[The SVX broke down outside an EXTREMELY posh pub after I went for a post-FOTU drink with @Captain Slow; it was so full I had to park on a grass bank.  My mate and channel colleague JJ brought a more powerful booster pack before twatting the starter with a piece of JDM wood I use to prop the bonnet up with - they actually work if you give them a chance to lock. The looks of disgust from guests were obvious, and poorly disguised]. 

[Lacquer Peel]

10 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Did anyone manage to get a decent pic of @Grey the Floydian Sergal's (formerly my) beige Alpine?  The one I took didn't come out very well.

 

[Talbot]

7 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

I had to wait for a gap in the crowd, but i managed to get a snap eventually. 

I trust you noted the extreme cleanliness of the car and a distinct lack of rubbish in the footwells.

um... hang on...

[juular]

29 minutes ago, Talbot said:

I trust you noted the extreme cleanliness of the car and a distinct lack of rubbish in the footwells.

um... hang on...

Papped twice. Essentially famous m7.84.

[Talbot]

ye gads that does look tatty.

But it did do 450 miles yesterday in one hit in superb comfort and nearly 40mpg,  so...

[mat_the_cat]

12 hours ago, Talbot said:

I trust you noted the extreme cleanliness of the car

I did. I deliberately didn't wash mine either, as it struck me in previous years that my memory of the cars present was not of them showroom fresh, but dirty and well-used. I think it just looked like I couldn't be arsed though!

But doesn't this Cortina look so 'right'?

[GR8 PL8 M8]

4 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said:

I did. I deliberately didn't wash mine either, as it struck me in previous years that my memory of the cars present was not of them showroom fresh, but dirty and well-used. I think it just looked like I couldn't be arsed though!

I didn't wash mine either, although it looks deceptively shiny in photos. In fact I am yet to wash it in 8 months of ownership!

I was slightly embarrassed when someone wanted to see under the bonnet and were greeted by a small Saharan sand dune on top of the slam panel...

[High Jetter]

Don't you have rain there?

[Lacquer Peel]

10 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

I did. I deliberately didn't wash mine either, as it struck me in previous years that my memory of the cars present was not of them showroom fresh, but dirty and well-used. I think it just looked like I couldn't be arsed though!

But doesn't this Cortina look so 'right'?

The Stellar looked just right to me, just as it was driven in. 

[captain_70s]

I attended this, tacked onto the end of a holiday on the Derbyshire border. Good show, don't think anybody realised my car was there, on account of there being about a dozen 700/900 series Volvos attending.

[Rod/b]

Prime Sport Quattro replica donor that yellow Audi

[Zelandeth]

I have much want for that Proton...

[High Jetter]

The Innocenti failed MOT on June 16th for 'headlamp aim too high. Again, on June 22nd, for 'headlamp aim too low'. 3rd time lucky on June 24, but a sudden appearance of the advisory 'corrosion to some body panels'!

[N19]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

The Innocenti failed MOT on June 16th for 'headlamp aim too high. Again, on June 22nd, for 'headlamp aim too low'. 3rd time lucky on June 24, but a sudden appearance of the advisory 'corrosion to some body panels'!

Odd as I thought most places would PRS headlamp aim?

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

Odd as I thought most places would PRS headlamp aim?

They would have done, except one of the beam deflectors had fallen off.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

They would have done, except one of the beam deflectors had fallen off.

Both sides, tho...

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Both sides, tho...

It was a bit pointless them adjusting one headlight when the other one was going to fail anyway...

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, captain_70s said:

 

who knows what tomorrow brings............