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This South Africa forum has to be one of the quietest on PH. Anyone here?  So, in a bid to get some conversation going, I put this to you: who has a South African flag sticker on their car? Multiple choices for those who have more than one car. Why? Or why not?
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lenandsons
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Proudly on my car. Both in SA when I lived there, then in the UK and now in Canada, and when I return home eventually it will be on my car there as well
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lenandsons said: Proudly on my car. Both in SA when I lived there, then in the UK and now in Canada, and when I return home eventually it will be on my car there as well Which flag?
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lenandsons
842 posts
102 months
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Technicolour Y fronts aka the SA flag
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lenandsons said: Technicolour Y fronts aka the SA flag  Love the description.
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Alfanatic
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88 months
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No flags on my car. In fact, I don't think there are any SA flags in our house. No particular reason, though oddly enough I as a kid I used to walk around Boksburg in a parka with a huge union jack on the back... on the one day of the year when it was cold enough to wear a Parka in Boksburg.
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That reminds me, I used to have a large St George's flag draped over the parcel shelf of my Ford Laser back in SA. I took being a "soutie" to a whole new level. 
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Alfanatic
5,990 posts
88 months
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Ahhh I haven't heard that term for years! Funny how in SA I was a soutie and in England I'm a saffer. I feel like the man from Atlantis...
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lenandsons
842 posts
102 months
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I tended to confuse people back in the Republic, had the Cornish flag on my bumper and the Liverpool flag with a Springbok flag on the rear parcel shelf ... was fun watching the 1-2-3 specials trying to figure it all out 
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rossw46
924 posts
29 months
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Yup,I'm in the UK and have a South African sticker on my car!
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rossw46 said: Yup,I'm in the UK and have a South African sticker on my car! How long have you been here? What's your reason for having the flag?
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rossw46
924 posts
29 months
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I came over in 2005,and only planned on staying a couple of years,save some dough,and go back to uni at PUKKE in Potchefstroom.I left after my mom passed away,just needed the get away from everyone and everything I knew for a while!
On a happier note,I ended up rather liking it,the money and lifestyle was/still is pretty good,I was able to buy myself a decent bike,I met a lovely girl,and managed to persuade my employer at the time to pay for all my studies.
I suppose the fact that I earnt really crap money (as a barman) back in SA didn't help the cause,especially when I got here and started earning some really good money,life just became a blast!
I adorn the flag,I guess,because although I won't likely ever go back (permanently at least),I still love the country,and I'm grateful for what it gave me in my youth,and I'm still a proud saffa.
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Sorry to hear about your mom, but really glad things have turned out well for you. 
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rossw46
924 posts
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rossw46
924 posts
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And I agree,this SA forum needs to wake the &*^£ up,the automotive scene there is quite lively,always has been,maybe it the fact that TELKOM is crap and/or expensive???
Merry Xmas to you all.
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14,697 posts
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Nice pics, and I agree with Ross. We need to drag the South African petrolheads kicking and screaming in the century of the mopani worm.
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Zeptepi
23 posts
17 months
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hi guys. Happy New year to you.
Regarding the apathy up on the S.A. section, I think that this can be attributed to the fact that most of the motoring P.H.ers have left South Africa and are either in Wimbledon, Australia or New Zealand.
I don't have a flag on any of my cars, but having CX registration and often being asked if I live in Knysna, I have a sticker below the numberplate on all of my cars saying "Plett. Actually".
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wildheb
5 posts
21 months
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Personally I think it's more to do with the fact that the petrolheads in SA are out enjoying the weather and living their lives as opposed to sitting on their pc's or laptops etc .
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wildheb
5 posts
21 months
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And no I don't have a SA flag on my car. I think if you are that patriotic then you should live there!
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wildheb said: And no I don't have a SA flag on my car. I think if you are that patriotic then you should live there! That would explain why I neither live there, nor have the flag on my car.
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) There's something that cannot be explained in words about being out in the middle of the bush in complete quietness.
