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croakey
597 posts
57 months
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another one who preffered it before.
Should be a good adventure, would love to do it myself!
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1,791 posts
57 months
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Well... We successfully completed around 3,500 km around Europe without major incident. The route was something along the lines of this:  We had one semi breakdown en route. One of the checkpoints along the way was a volcano in France (Puy de Dome), and the organisers had stated that extra points would be awarded to teams who walked to the top and got a photo. However when we arrived, we noticed a train track (a la Snowdon) with an access road running along side. So we decided to take the road and drive to the top! Unfortunately, 2 tonnes of limo, a weedy 2.0 petrol engine, high altitudes and steep gradients do not make for an easy drive. We reached the top and it overheated, having put a small hole in the top of the radiator. Which, upon opening the bonnet squirted hot coolant directly into my face!  We were escorted back down by some friendly Gendarme shortly afterwards.  We also met another interesting character along the way, who was listening to U2 on his iPod and dancing around the limo while we were at some traffic lights.  He then had a sudden look of remeberance on his face and decided to show us what was lurking beneath his hoodie:  Now that came as a shock to all of us, and after what seemed like the longest red light of all time, we made our escape. The limo turned out to be the perfect car for the trip. It took 5 of us in comfort and even returned over 30 mpg cruising at 90-95 mph on French Autoroutes! We also raised somewhere around £800 for charity in the process. The detritus and general stench inside was something else after having 5 people essentially living in there for 5 days, but the friendly European chaps who run the car wash at my local Tesco did a cracking job cleaning it out for £15 and it's cleaner than it's ever been! She will be pressed in to service in June to ferry 6 of us to Le Mans, and after that will be up for sale! I will be taking sealed bids from any interested parties, guide price of £15-20,000.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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blank said: The Nur said: Megan fox. 20 mins!! 100 perv points to you, sir! is she on the blob?
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Hoofy
47,860 posts
151 months
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Awesome. 
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pistonchris
771 posts
50 months
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That bloke was not expecting that. Looked like a good trip 
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LouD86
1,208 posts
22 months
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Another Scumrunner, hope you enjoyed it! I have when I went!! Good choice on the limo too!!
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1,791 posts
57 months
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Sit-rep... A video with some pictures from our Scumrun trip (use volume with caution - There's nothing NSFW but there is Vengaboyz content!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IftuCLKGPA8After a successful Scumrun, Sheila was used for general running around (even used as a daily when some of us were between cars). We had a road trip to Wales planned for the Jubilee weekend, but one of the proposed road trip vehicles blew its radiator up on the M25 earlier in the day. So rather than take 2 cars we all piled into Sheila and set off for Welsh-land. Unfortunately the alternator belt made a bid for freedom somewhere on the A34. We managed to get to Bath before finally running out of electricity and tactically broken down outside a pub. A couple of pints while waiting for the recovery service and we were transported back to beautiful Milton Keynes like this:  We got new alternator and PAS belts from Halfords for a grand total of approximately £4 (you have to expect the odd big bill when running a performance vehicle) and she was back in action. This weekend was her final proper journey - 6 of us to Le Mans in stylish luxury! It didn't start well, with the volcano-induced radiator issue rearing its ugly head with a small but steady spurt of coolant before we'd even set off. We threw caution to the wind, chucked in a bottle of Radweld and hit the road! She did the whole journey without issue. A boot big enough for 2 tents, the luggage for 6 people, and a weekend's beer. It's a long process to get there, but she cruises beautifully on the Autoroute at 140 kph. Here she is showing her heritage in the VXR area of the Houx:  Tonight she is going on eBay - 99p start, no reserve and a BIN of a very reasonable £10,000. Get your bids in early!
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BriC175
883 posts
49 months
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Awesome video.. Looks like a right laugh! Good work
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Flying Toilet
2,884 posts
80 months
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I bet the MK Village residents will be glad to see the back of this one!
I remember when I lived there with my Folks they sneered at my car having yellow wheels....
Great work!
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0a
8,430 posts
63 months
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What did the Gendarmes think? Crazy Brits I bet!
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1,791 posts
57 months
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0a said: What did the Gendarmes think? Crazy Brits I bet! Yeah pretty much. They were pretty annoyed at the fact that I couldn't speak French. They muttered something along the lines of "if you come to France, you should be able to speak French" but I just played the dumb Englishman! The Limo is now on eBay if anyone's interested. Current bids value her at just under £4 per seat!
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Gingernuts
319 posts
79 months
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looked for it on ebay but cant find it. might be the ideal snowboarding wagon!
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LouD86
1,208 posts
22 months
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I shall be bidding on this in the morning! Hmm, wonder how much it will eventually go for!
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1,791 posts
57 months
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Good old ebay search system. It doesn't come up when searching for limo, despite having limousine in the title! And I can't find a way to add it.
Ebay item number is 140779115065 for those struggling to find it.
Hopefully mods will allow that, seeing as it's for charity!
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LouD86
1,208 posts
22 months
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I searched Eagle Quest. Found it pretty quick!
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Tyrewrecker
6,419 posts
23 months
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Max M4X WW
1,851 posts
51 months
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The paint 'job' really did de-value it then!
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1,791 posts
57 months
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Max M4X WW said: The paint 'job' really did de-value it then! I know.  Although you do have to expect to lose a little in depreciation with high end vehicles like this! The new owner trailered her away today, she is to be used on another banger rally, including a trip around the 'ring! In case anyone's wondering, we found out the other night that you can almost get a limo in a trolley park: 
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swifthobo
834 posts
39 months
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haha brillant just been round my mates and this beast was on the drive
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GC8
9,515 posts
59 months
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Which event will it be used on?
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