What does your user name mean, and why did you choose it...?
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irocfan said:
Funkycoldribena said:
Ummm...
whenever I see your name this is what plays on my internal jukebox...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OP5EnaaYjQ
Jimmy Recard said:
I really want a Camaro in that shape just because I love the looks.
Are they actually any good?
depends, if you're only used to driving modern cars I suspect you may find them a disappointment. Think of them like a bigger, quicker Capri/Manta - I always thought that the handling was quite good and the noise lovely... interior (as with many older cars is where the disappointment comes in). Would I have another? If I had the funds for a spare car BUT it would have to be in good nick (there are a LOT of scabby ones out there) and the problem is that they are just starting to rise in value Are they actually any good?
irocfan said:
depends, if you're only used to driving modern cars I suspect you may find them a disappointment. Think of them like a bigger, quicker Capri/Manta - I always thought that the handling was quite good and the noise lovely... interior (as with many older cars is where the disappointment comes in). Would I have another? If I had the funds for a spare car BUT it would have to be in good nick (there are a LOT of scabby ones out there) and the problem is that they are just starting to rise in value
Yeah, I've noticed they're rising. I'd only get one if I can get a garage. Probably a 5.7 but a 5.0 would be ok too. I wouldn't bother with a V6I have a poster of them that I've had since I was a child. I might dig it out. I loved it.
I've had mine since the mid-nineties when I used it on IRC (showing my age and nerdiness at the same time there) - it doesn't mean anything in particular. I happened to like the letter 'K' (I had a tendency at the time when saying "OK" to have it come out being much more 'K') so used that, I like palindromes so made the last letter the same, my initials are AA (another palindrome - yay!) and I really needed a middle letter because otherwise I would have been KaaK (which is just not good) hence the 'r' in the middle.
In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
KaraK said:
I've had mine since the mid-nineties when I used it on IRC (showing my age and nerdiness at the same time there) - it doesn't mean anything in particular. I happened to like the letter 'K' (I had a tendency at the time when saying "OK" to have it come out being much more 'K') so used that, I like palindromes so made the last letter the same, my initials are AA (another palindrome - yay!) and I really needed a middle letter because otherwise I would have been KaaK (which is just not good) hence the 'r' in the middle.
In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
I wonder if appearing like a girl to everyone but yourself has increased/decreased you appeal on forums... In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
Swampy1982 said:
KaraK said:
I've had mine since the mid-nineties when I used it on IRC (showing my age and nerdiness at the same time there) - it doesn't mean anything in particular. I happened to like the letter 'K' (I had a tendency at the time when saying "OK" to have it come out being much more 'K') so used that, I like palindromes so made the last letter the same, my initials are AA (another palindrome - yay!) and I really needed a middle letter because otherwise I would have been KaaK (which is just not good) hence the 'r' in the middle.
In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
I wonder if appearing like a girl to everyone but yourself has increased/decreased you appeal on forums... In a supreme moment of dimness I completely missed the fact that it makes it appear that I'm a girl called "Kara" with a surname beginning with K. Neither of which are true! By the time I realised that I'd already been using it for about 15 years so was too settled to change really
To be fair I probably come across as enough of an arse to cancel out any effect that has
The inextricable connection between the opening scene of one of my favourite films (original Italian Job) with that Miura making swift progress through the Alps (up to a point I suppose!) and my love for cars, given I've watched it repeatedly since about 8. The song by Matt Monro is where I get the name from, and I love that too, sums up memories and thoughts of old/thwarted love perfectly.
Absutely iconic scene, smartly dressed chap in sunglasses flicking through the gears, cigarette held nonchalantly all the while, the contrast between the then space-age Miura and ordinary cars, the Bizzarini V12 that lived on until the Aventador howling melancholicly...
Absutely iconic scene, smartly dressed chap in sunglasses flicking through the gears, cigarette held nonchalantly all the while, the contrast between the then space-age Miura and ordinary cars, the Bizzarini V12 that lived on until the Aventador howling melancholicly...
Days Like These said:
The inextricable connection between the opening scene of one of my favourite films (original Italian Job) with that Miura making swift progress through the Alps (up to a point I suppose!) and my love for cars, given I've watched it repeatedly since about 8. The song by Matt Monro is where I get the name from, and I love that too, sums up memories and thoughts of old/thwarted love perfectly.
Absutely iconic scene, smartly dressed chap in sunglasses flicking through the gears, cigarette held nonchalantly all the while, the contrast between the then space-age Miura and ordinary cars, the Bizzarini V12 that lived on until the Aventador howling melancholicly...
This very car I was looking in just last month.Absutely iconic scene, smartly dressed chap in sunglasses flicking through the gears, cigarette held nonchalantly all the while, the contrast between the then space-age Miura and ordinary cars, the Bizzarini V12 that lived on until the Aventador howling melancholicly...
Edited by GAjon on Friday 25th September 22:16
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