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[Spiny Norman]

Regular readers of the For Sale section might have spotted a few cars oop north (3 in Scotland, one in the Lake District) all being offered for sale and quickly having 'Pending' tags added. Fevered secret negotiations followed and today in what must be a forum first, myself, @Jazoli, @Split_Pin and @aldo135 all met up at a secret location in Glasgow for a bit of keys-in-the-bowl action where everyone drove home in a different car to the one they arrived in.

So... Jazoli now has my Mercedes SLK, Split Pin now has Jazoli's BMW 330 convertible, Aldo has Split Pin's BMW E60 and I've got Aldo's VW Polo.

Pleasure meeting you all again chaps, hope everyone had a good journey home. 😛

[loserone]

Never in the history of autoshite have four automatic vehicles sold in such a short time, nevermind one of them being an SLK

[sutty2006]

Now expecting 4x poo counts, 4x pez shots and 4x woolarding poses. 
 

carry on. 

[mk2_craig]

A remarkable average/cumulative age of vehicle in that photo.

[hairnet]

how garbage is STV now if this thing happens

 

[Split_Pin]

Great to meet everybody, there was indeed a lot going in.

It was fucking roasting in Glasgow. Got stuck in a massive traffic jam on the Clydeside expressway but the temperature guage never moved, so that was a success.

The 330 drives lovely but it's very firm and the exhaust is loud! 

Hame.

Still roasting but it's a different kind of heat out in the sticks, which I love.

 

[Jazoli]

I’ve just got back, 145 miles, roof down all the way in the SLK (couldn’t do that in the bmw as it needs a wind deflector) it’s very comfortable at speed and not terrible around the twisties chasing motorbikes over Shap, it’s definitely not a sports car though 🤣

it’s also got a quite loud exhaust too 🤨

No poo count or any of that nonsense as I’m not a child and I would have fallen over woolarding as I’m on crutches for three months 😛

A good day out, didn’t really have time to hang around, nice to meet you all.

[Jazoli]

  On 31/07/2024 at 15:45, mk2_craig said:

A remarkable average/cumulative age of vehicle in that photo.

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The average age of the owners was fairly high too!

[HMC]

Great! IIRC @RobT @wuvvum and myself did something similar a few years ago possibly also involving @bramz7 and an xj6, renault 19 and a rover 45 , (?) but my memory is quite hazy.

[eddyramrod]

I did a threeway a while ago but that included a train (or in fact two) so doesn't even approach this.  Kudos, chaps.

[Spiny Norman]

  On 31/07/2024 at 16:06, Split_Pin said:

The 330 drives lovely but it's very firm and the exhaust is loud!

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  On 31/07/2024 at 16:41, Jazoli said:

it’s also got a quite loud exhaust too 🤨

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So the two cars with new-ish exhausts were loud enough to be slightly bothersome over a long distance, but the wee Polo with an exhaust held together by a Coke can and some exhaust paste was whisper quiet! 🤣

The thing that struck me most about that Polo was how quick off its mark it is with only the slightest touch of throttle, I don't think I've ever had anything as fast from 0-10mph before. Caught me out a couple of times edging forwards in traffic, other cars must have thought I was a right Maureen lurching forwards then stamping on the brakes to avoid rear ending the one in front.
And that's without my heavy work boots on...

[aldo135]

I’m also happy with my purchase!

 

Here is a petrol station shot to keep the traditionalists happy, don’t need a PC as I brought 2 little shits with me… they are not happy, as we are not going home via Scarborough this week 😂. Good to see you all 👍

[barefoot]

  On 31/07/2024 at 17:15, eddyramrod said:

I did a threeway a while ago but ...

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Me too, she was lovely,  but I didn't much care for her chap.

[Split_Pin]

  On 31/07/2024 at 17:29, aldo135 said:

I’m also happy with my purchase!

 

Here is a petrol station shot to keep the traditionalists happy, don’t need a PC as I brought 2 little shits with me… they are not happy, as we are not going home via Scarborough this week 😂. Good to see you all 👍

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Good to see you making use of the awesome cupholder. Great cars these, once I'm done with the E46 I'm having another!

[eddyramrod]

  On 31/07/2024 at 17:46, barefoot said:

Me too, she was lovely,  but I didn't much care for her chap.

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Now there's a door I've never opened...

[aldo135]

  On 31/07/2024 at 18:47, Split_Pin said:

Good to see you making use of the awesome cupholder. Great cars these, once I'm done with the E46 I'm having another!

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My V70 didn’t have one, I’ve missed a cup holder! I seen that was one of @reb first fixes on it.

 

[Spiny Norman]

Couldn't think of anywhere else to put this, but I made an attempt to clean up the Polo's headlamps which were showing the usual clouding and discolouration, so using a basically free magic potion I've had success with before (Lidl's cheapest toothpaste and baking soda) I went to work on them with a little abrasive pad on my drill.
Not perfect but a huge improvement, you can now see the bulbs inside which you couldn't before.