Famous people and the cars you have seen them in?
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nw28840 said:
Robbie Williams on the M4 after the 2005 Cup Final between United and Arsenal in Cardiff.
He was sitting in the back of a Roller (i think) with the number plate 'ROBBIE' or something like that.
They were doing well over a ton when they passed us.
-Definately not him.. That roller belonged to a London boy who has since gone AWOL
Jason Dodd ex-captain of Southampton in a 330d saloon , he was checking out my 330 Cab
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Dennis Bergkamp during the time he played at Arsenal , back in Holland near where his wife lives - he was in a Merc 500 or 600 SEL
He was sitting in the back of a Roller (i think) with the number plate 'ROBBIE' or something like that.
They were doing well over a ton when they passed us.
-Definately not him.. That roller belonged to a London boy who has since gone AWOL
Jason Dodd ex-captain of Southampton in a 330d saloon , he was checking out my 330 Cab
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Dennis Bergkamp during the time he played at Arsenal , back in Holland near where his wife lives - he was in a Merc 500 or 600 SEL
onyx39 said:
Does he still have his Ferrari, IIRC he had the plate MAG1C on it...
he clearly moves the plate around:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulannett/159353413/
I saw Mr Daniels on the M40 many years ago in a Bentley with the MAG1C plate on. he clearly moves the plate around:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulannett/159353413/
Oh, and Prince Charles driving one of his classic Aston's in Wokingham, also many years ago.
Saw a black Ferrari California heading south on the M3 over Christmas with the number plate 1 OFF. Surely someone famous!
I don't get out much these days!
Edited by Madrabbit on Wednesday 25th January 21:38
Martin350 said:
Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. (a bit of an obscure one, I know, but I was a big fan at the time and still am) - red Vauxhall Cavalier (if you know who this is, I know how unlikely that seems too!) in Sutton Valence, I'm guessing on his way to Eagle E-Type who used to be based near there, where he had his three E-Types fettled.
Awesome!Mine all seem to be in petrol stations...
Murray Walker in a petrol station in Buckingham filling up an Escort Cosworth and Paul Daniels and Debbie Magee in a Mk2 RX7 in a motorway petrol station.
The best one was when I worked in an old fashioned petrol station where I had to go out and fill the customers cars up. Sat in my little hut I could just hear the scream of an engine as the driver downshifted, hard on the brakes and then the flat nose of a bright red Esprit Turbo came roaring onto the forecourt still carrying so much speed I was sure it was coming straight through the my little hut! It stopped neatly next to the pump closest to me and out jumped Mika Hakkinen - to be fair I didn't know it was him until I saw his name on the credit card!
I'll never forget the scream of that engine!
Murray Walker in a petrol station in Buckingham filling up an Escort Cosworth and Paul Daniels and Debbie Magee in a Mk2 RX7 in a motorway petrol station.
The best one was when I worked in an old fashioned petrol station where I had to go out and fill the customers cars up. Sat in my little hut I could just hear the scream of an engine as the driver downshifted, hard on the brakes and then the flat nose of a bright red Esprit Turbo came roaring onto the forecourt still carrying so much speed I was sure it was coming straight through the my little hut! It stopped neatly next to the pump closest to me and out jumped Mika Hakkinen - to be fair I didn't know it was him until I saw his name on the credit card!
I'll never forget the scream of that engine!
Madrabbit said:
Saw a black Ferrari California heading south on the M3 over Christmas with the number plate 1 OFF. Surely someone famous!
Not necessarily?sday12 said:
and couldn't be further way from...but
Michael Fish and Fish family, overtook us
on the way back to Boulogne to catch the ferry in 1982, he trundled up 45 minutes later and boarded the ferry in front of us, bloody celebrities!
What was he in then?! Probably more famous than many people.Michael Fish and Fish family, overtook us
on the way back to Boulogne to catch the ferry in 1982, he trundled up 45 minutes later and boarded the ferry in front of us, bloody celebrities!
donz29 said:
Mine all seem to be in petrol stations...
Murray Walker in a petrol station in Buckingham filling up an Escort Cosworth and Paul Daniels and Debbie Magee in a Mk2 RX7 in a motorway petrol station.
The best one was when I worked in an old fashioned petrol station where I had to go out and fill the customers cars up. Sat in my little hut I could just hear the scream of an engine as the driver downshifted, hard on the brakes and then the flat nose of a bright red Esprit Turbo came roaring onto the forecourt still carrying so much speed I was sure it was coming straight through the my little hut! It stopped neatly next to the pump closest to me and out jumped Mika Hakkinen - to be fair I didn't know it was him until I saw his name on the credit card!
I'll never forget the scream of that engine!
I keep getting reminded of people watching this thread. A couple of years ago i popped into a petrol station close to work as i walked in, a man walked out carrying a coffee and jumped into a golf diesel. " did you see who that was "asked the man behind the counter? " was Damon Hill" Murray Walker in a petrol station in Buckingham filling up an Escort Cosworth and Paul Daniels and Debbie Magee in a Mk2 RX7 in a motorway petrol station.
The best one was when I worked in an old fashioned petrol station where I had to go out and fill the customers cars up. Sat in my little hut I could just hear the scream of an engine as the driver downshifted, hard on the brakes and then the flat nose of a bright red Esprit Turbo came roaring onto the forecourt still carrying so much speed I was sure it was coming straight through the my little hut! It stopped neatly next to the pump closest to me and out jumped Mika Hakkinen - to be fair I didn't know it was him until I saw his name on the credit card!
I'll never forget the scream of that engine!
12gauge said:
Max Clifford in a Bentley Arnage 8 or so years back.
Thats it.
I beat him away from the lights in my Mum's Volvo about 8 years ago in the Wandsworth one-way system. He was in the Arngahe. I don't think he was trying Thats it.
.The orange antiques tw@ - David Dickinson - Bently Continental GT on the M25 (when they'd only just come out).
JK - Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, Kensington a couple of years ago.
Charles and Camilla a few times near Buck Pal.
Prince Harry in an unmarked Discovery on the M4.
JPJPJP said:
sparkyhx said:
dragons den's James Caan - JC1 - Roller
Dragons Den's Theo Paphitis - R4Man or RYM4N - Maybach
I would be surprised if Caan has got his hands on JC 1 as, according to the owner quite recently, 'he never, ever, ever will whilst I have a breath in my body'Dragons Den's Theo Paphitis - R4Man or RYM4N - Maybach
Also Alan Sugar - Roller, Reg AMS something. Again noticed the number plate first.
I was based in Wardour Steet in Soho for a while and saw masses of famous people walking around at lunch times.
mantis84 said:
Dickson Etuhu (kind of famous - plays for Fulham FC for the benefit of non-footballing types) in a 'pimped' Audi Q7 on Putney High Street more times than I care to remember.
Oh dear. As a Fulham fan of many years suffering, I had thought better of Big Dickson. Sylvain Legwinski used to turn up to the Cottage in a very battered old Golf, MK1 I think. The most down to earth footballer there has ever been, well maybe apart from Moritz Volz who used to turn up on a folding bike. To give credit to an ex-Spurs player (*mini sicks in mouth*), Jurgen Klinsmann used to drive a 1970s Beetle when he was in London.
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