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L100NYY
26,784 posts
112 months
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Great Pretender said: 7SS said: cmoose said: Stock from other dealers at inflated prices but advertised on one handy "lifestyle" webpage? "Curating a Heritage Lifestyle". FFS  I've emailed them so will be interesting to see what they come back with....
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Great Pretender
23,743 posts
83 months
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L100NYY said: I've emailed them so will be interesting to see what they come back with.... I mean I get it, but this whole Coucher Chic is naff beyond belief.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Great Pretender said: 7SS said: cmoose said: Stock from other dealers at inflated prices but advertised on one handy "lifestyle" webpage? "Curating a Heritage Lifestyle". FFS Via Ones iPad, no doubt. 
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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L100NYY said: Didn't even realise it was still for sale, pinched the link from when I posted it before. I declare it genuinely my favouritest car in the world.
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CampDavid
7,702 posts
67 months
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W00DY said: Great Pretender said: 7SS said: cmoose said: Stock from other dealers at inflated prices but advertised on one handy "lifestyle" webpage? "Curating a Heritage Lifestyle". FFS Via Ones iPad, no doubt. Oddly it doesn't work that well on the iPad, it's quite clunky. Agree with GP - it's a bit much. As are some of the prices. £950 for a Longines seems a hell of a lot, as does £42k for a 993 in entirely the wrong spec
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L100NYY
26,784 posts
112 months
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DJRC
19,831 posts
105 months
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Great Pretender said: L100NYY said: I've emailed them so will be interesting to see what they come back with.... I mean I get it, but this whole Coucher Chic is naff beyond belief. But Goodwood was doing Coucher before Coucher. Loon and I were doing Coucher before The Driver persona was around. The difference is I presume that it was/is just normal life to us, not some "lifestyle" branding. I dont actually mind a lot of Coucher and stuff, what I loathe is the perfectification of all the cars. They are all "lovely old things", etc. You would never get him or his ilk referring to something as a "knackered old piece of Italian crap" or "some Brummie commie's POS" and treating it all with a healthy, cynical, humerous British contempt for taking such things too seriously. Something The Thread can be guilty of aswell sometimes actually, esp when it comes to mundane BMW crap, treating them as important! Its why I like Olly and Chuckles talking about their motors, their f  ked whether their are POS or "mint" and get talked about it as if they are b d hunks of tinworm that need kicking. I like that.
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cmoose
18,596 posts
98 months
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Great Pretender said: I mean I get it, but this whole Coucher Chic is naff beyond belief. Indeed. Analogous to coolness. Conscious effort = fail. And that website is a very large effort. Still, I won't let that stop me attending the launch event.  And it is kind of interesting.
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L100NYY
26,784 posts
112 months
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DJRC said: Great Pretender said: L100NYY said: I've emailed them so will be interesting to see what they come back with.... I mean I get it, but this whole Coucher Chic is naff beyond belief. But Goodwood was doing Coucher before Coucher. Loon and I were doing Coucher before The Driver persona was around. The difference is I presume that it was/is just normal life to us, not some "lifestyle" branding. I dont actually mind a lot of Coucher and stuff, what I loathe is the perfectification of all the cars. They are all "lovely old things", etc. You would never get him or his ilk referring to something as a "knackered old piece of Italian crap" or "some Brummie commie's POS" and treating it all with a healthy, cynical, humerous British contempt for taking such things too seriously. Something The Thread can be guilty of aswell sometimes actually, esp when it comes to mundane BMW crap, treating them as important! Its why I like Olly and Chuckles talking about their motors, their f ked whether their are POS or "mint" and get talked about it as if they are b d hunks of tinworm that need kicking. I like that. Pretty much my thinking there Deej (funnily enough), the Couch- ness I do find interesting reading the majority of the time and dang I even enjoyed the jaunt with the Bug' and Gullwing avec Simon through Europe, try not to take it all too seriously and it is good reading in my opinion. The lifestyle/look-at-me-aren't-I-wealthy mindest is rather irksome but I don't take it to heart and is surely the rich tapestry of life. I don't watch Eastenders Street as it's not my cup of tea but I don't lambast those that do feel the need to watch it.  
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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I know we seem to live in a world where 80's cars are stupid priced if they are in good condition or have been looked after. But. Is this worth almost 1/4 of a defender?  Especially considering you may be forced to negotiate with a weirdo who think he can control how you look after your investment. Advert said: This car is for sale to a PROPER owner and should at the very least be garaged. It is quite possible that you will be vetted for suitability by the present owner. If I were suitably financially comfortable I'd use the car to launch 'topless bangers' a wonderfully cheeky grass roots motorsport event.
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ferrisbueller
14,693 posts
96 months
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L100NYY said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y&ob
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S3_Graham
10,677 posts
68 months
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L100NYY said: Pretty much my thinking there Deej (funnily enough), the Couch- ness I do find interesting reading the majority of the time and dang I even enjoyed the jaunt with the Bug' and Gullwing avec Simon through Europe, try not to take it all too seriously and it is good reading in my opinion. The lifestyle/look-at-me-aren't-I-wealthy mindest is rather irksome but I don't take it to heart and is surely the rich tapestry of life. I don't watch Eastenders Street as it's not my cup of tea but I don't lambast those that do feel the need to watch it. I love you put about the 'look at me' stuff and then post yourself in a 458. Jammy bugger. To think you call it work also!! You coming tomorrow still? What time is everyone's eta?
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L100NYY
26,784 posts
112 months
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S3_Graham said: L100NYY said: Pretty much my thinking there Deej (funnily enough), the Couch- ness I do find interesting reading the majority of the time and dang I even enjoyed the jaunt with the Bug' and Gullwing avec Simon through Europe, try not to take it all too seriously and it is good reading in my opinion. The lifestyle/look-at-me-aren't-I-wealthy mindest is rather irksome but I don't take it to heart and is surely the rich tapestry of life. I don't watch Eastenders Street as it's not my cup of tea but I don't lambast those that do feel the need to watch it. I love you put about the 'look at me' stuff and then post yourself in a 458. Jammy bugger. To think you call it work also!! You coming tomorrow still? What time is everyone's eta? I meant to put a instead of the smiley in my post, tongue in cheek ness comes second nature to me My cousin and I are aiming to be there between 10 and 10:30 depending on traffic really.
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Justayellowbadge
29,451 posts
111 months
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Chrisw666 said: If I were suitably financially comfortable I'd use the car to launch 'topless bangers' a wonderfully cheeky grass roots motorsport event. That would be a little spiteful. However, a bodykit, neons, spinners and big sound system and playstations would be suitable enhancements before taking it to your first Saab owner's club meeting.
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L100NYY
26,784 posts
112 months
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ferrisbueller said: L100NYY said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkg4cwJp1Y&ob 
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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Justayellowbadge said: Chrisw666 said: If I were suitably financially comfortable I'd use the car to launch 'topless bangers' a wonderfully cheeky grass roots motorsport event. That would be a little spiteful. However, a bodykit, neons, spinners and big sound system and playstations would be suitable enhancements before taking it to your first Saab owner's club meeting. A good idea but then I don't get to market my smutty motorsport event  While I'm on though I'll buy a Colvin 911 kit and take it to the next PCGB bash, and I'll refuse to iron my shirt.
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richtea78
2,696 posts
27 months
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Chrisw666 said: A good idea but then I don't get to market my smutty motorsport event While I'm on though I'll buy a Colvin 911 kit and take it to the next PCGB bash, and I'll refuse to iron my shirt. Why not just get one of those RWB cars and take that instead. I can hear the gasps now :O
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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richtea78 said: Why not just get one of those RWB cars and take that instead. I can hear the gasps now :O  
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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  http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3880632.htmThe seller may be one of those annoying types that try to convince you they're selling the greatest machine ever to have existed, but it sounds rather decent. Something very appealing about a well-loved 214k Alpina.
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Great Pretender
23,743 posts
83 months
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DJRC said: But Goodwood was doing Coucher before Coucher. Loon and I were doing Coucher before The Driver persona was around. The difference is I presume that it was/is just normal life to us, not some "lifestyle" branding. I dont actually mind a lot of Coucher and stuff, what I loathe is the perfectification of all the cars. They are all "lovely old things", etc. You would never get him or his ilk referring to something as a "knackered old piece of Italian crap" or "some Brummie commie's POS" and treating it all with a healthy, cynical, humerous British contempt for taking such things too seriously. Something The Thread can be guilty of aswell sometimes actually, esp when it comes to mundane BMW crap, treating them as important! Its why I like Olly and Chuckles talking about their motors, their f ked whether their are POS or "mint" and get talked about it as if they are b d hunks of tinworm that need kicking. I like that. Whereas I just expect things to work. If they don't, then I get upset. If they do, you won't really hear a peep out of me. Bimmers aren't mundane though. No £5k saloon which will (theoretically at least) do the far side of 180 can be described as mundane. At £50k I'd agree with you, but part of the reason we're all in this cell together is our mutual affection for cheap, fast/interesting metal.
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