The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XVIII)

[zippyonline]

I spent a bit of my childhood being ferried around in the back of a cinquecento sporting. All the other kids used to laugh at me – but hey, it had red seatbelts, leather steering wheel and a wheel right on the corners – it made good progress down the back roads due to it’s narrow width! We had it from new, and I think the only thing it needed was a new exhaust.

It really was however a tinbox and wouldn’t want to do any long trips in it!

[Crook]

anonymous said:

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RAD

and don't do the sums

ever.

HTH

ETA SL is currently on its 3rd garage visit...

[Leins]

anonymous said:

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My mum had one in exactly the same colour and spec back in the 80s. Traded for a new yellow 205 1.1 XL. Neither was fast, but both were brilliant little cars

[dom9]

I had a black Fiat Panda Seat Marbella as my first car!

Still had it when I worked at Lotus Motorsport and it died with gearbox failure ~2001

The roundabouts near Hethel were terrorised by that thing - possibly the most fun I've had on 4 wheels (often just 2)!

[L100NYY]

There are some fantastic roads around Hethel, many a great drive out in various new Lotus' out there and obviously there is that pub.

[Leins]

dom9 said:

I had a black Fiat Panda Seat Marbella as my first car!

Still had it when I worked at Lotus Motorsport and it died with gearbox failure ~2001

The roundabouts near Hethel were terrorised by that thing - possibly the most fun I've had on 4 wheels (often just 2)!

Actually the Seat probably has greater motorsport provenance (check the driver name):

[Rocket.]

L100NYY said:

Nnnnnggghhhh........

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Nice car that, sadly life is to short to bother dealing with them though.

[L100NYY]

MSC you mean?

[Rocket.]

Yep, bad experience I'll leave it at that.

[L100NYY]

Rocket. said:

Yep, bad experience I'll leave it at that.

Did you have/have you got Honda'd S1?

pm me

[barchetta_boy]

My Elise is with them at the moment... should I be worried?

[L100NYY]

This morning I am feeling lightweight.

£45k

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£70k

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£175k

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£6.5k

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£22k

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£4.8k

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[LHD]

£45k for a 968CS?

bks.

[L100NYY]

Sorry Lefty......

£17k

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[DeejRC]

Howdo chaps, long time etc, etc.

How are we all doing?

[L100NYY]

Deej?

[DeejRC]

Indeed, for I have returned.

For the record chaps - try a 4C. It is astonishingly hilarious! Hyperactively frenetic.

I don't think I have laughed so much in a car in a long time.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

DeejRC said:

Indeed, for I have returned.

<PH Mode>. Hadn't realised you'd gone. <PH mode>.

DeejRC said:

For the record chaps - try a 4C. It is astonishingly hilarious! Hyperactively frenetic.

I don't think I have laughed so much in a car in a long time.

I was looking at one today, but have never driven one. I like. A lot.

[Crook]

Crook said:

and don't do the sums

ever.

HTH

ETA SL is currently on its 3rd garage visit...

And Seat Toledosportscommutabout is in next week for new brakes and hopefully just a CV joint.

But two roles, two cars although maybe seeing how much I spend on the Seat expressed as petrol may be interesting as a consideration to running the SL full time...

[Cheburator mk2]

anonymous said:

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I know where the sister car lives and have first dibs on it... Seriously tempted as it is priced low to take into account that it has not turned a wheel in 7yrs... What could possibly go low?