RE: Limping Cat: Dying XJ220 Spotted
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Morningside said:
Bizarre.
It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
You'd need a 'hands free' driving system if you wanted to continue nicking cars after the first offence. We may like to knock our Arab friends but they do have some very good ideas for social control.It's not all that bad...I am flying in to see the car in a couple of days and will post an update up on my site.
The pics are taken just after the car arrived at the workshop in the Industrial area and is not representative of where it has been all this time.
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RSPhilip said:
It's not all that bad...I am flying in to see the car in a couple of days and will post an update up on my site.
The pics are taken just after the car arrived at the workshop in the Industrial area and is not representative of where it has been all this time.
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that wold be great if you could keep us updated with maybe a bit of the story?The pics are taken just after the car arrived at the workshop in the Industrial area and is not representative of where it has been all this time.
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What does not seem consistent for me, is that all the tyres are still inflated. If that has sat for such a long time as to look like that, I would expect at least one flatty. All four seem ready to roll.
Looking at it, it does look like it's simply been left parked near a building site where the excessive just has 'aged' the car in a matter of days and not years.
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edit - the above poster beat me to it!
Looking at it, it does look like it's simply been left parked near a building site where the excessive just has 'aged' the car in a matter of days and not years.
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edit - the above poster beat me to it!
Edited by PhantomPH on Tuesday 6th April 11:50
DonkeyApple said:
Morningside said:
Bizarre.
It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
You'd need a 'hands free' driving system if you wanted to continue nicking cars after the first offence. We may like to knock our Arab friends but they do have some very good ideas for social control.
Isn't the Jeep in photo just behind the yellow truck looking rather dusty as well? Headline tomorrow 'Dying Jeep Spotted. Local loony Jeep enthusiast that keeps a record of all the Jeeps he see's spots a Jeep he snapped previously looking dirty up the road a few months later'.
Ground breaking stuff!
Ground breaking stuff!
TimmmyT said:
Isn't the Jeep in photo just behind the yellow truck looking rather dusty as well? Headline tomorrow 'Dying Jeep Spotted. Local loony Jeep enthusiast that keeps a record of all the Jeeps he see's spots a Jeep he snapped previously looking dirty up the road a few months later'.
Ground breaking stuff!
Agreed, if you look at the road/pavement/cars etc in the background it just looks like a sand storm has passed thru and everything has a layer of dust/sand. Non-story me thinks...Ground breaking stuff!
Edited by lordturpin on Tuesday 6th April 11:55
louismchuge said:
It looks like a building nearby has colapsed or something? It could have been clean and loved a day or so earlier!
Quite. I had some tradesman or delivery driver tell me that I didn't "deserve" my Chimaera because it was covered with leaves and looked dirty, and I obviously didn't look after it enough (cheeky b
d). I'd only cleaned it two days before but it was autumn and we'd also had that dirty rain that has loads of sand and dirt in it. Never underestimate just how quickly a car can get dirty.
JonRB said:
louismchuge said:
It looks like a building nearby has colapsed or something? It could have been clean and loved a day or so earlier!
Quite. I had some tradesman or delivery driver tell me that I didn't "deserve" my Chimaera because it was covered with leaves and looked dirty, and I obviously didn't look after it enough (cheeky b
d). I'd only cleaned it two days before but it was autumn and we'd also had that dirty rain that has loads of sand and dirt in it. Never underestimate just how quickly a car can get dirty.
Erich Stahler said:
JonRB said:
louismchuge said:
It looks like a building nearby has colapsed or something? It could have been clean and loved a day or so earlier!
Quite. I had some tradesman or delivery driver tell me that I didn't "deserve" my Chimaera because it was covered with leaves and looked dirty, and I obviously didn't look after it enough (cheeky b
d). I'd only cleaned it two days before but it was autumn and we'd also had that dirty rain that has loads of sand and dirt in it. Never underestimate just how quickly a car can get dirty.
williamp said:
Why is the XJ220 so unloved??
Its still a 217mph car- the third fastest production car ever. Only the Mclaren F1 and Veyron are quicker.
I always get the impression that if it had anything other then a Jaguar badge on it, it would be reverred as the car it is.
Mainly the fact that it was advertised with a V12 then sold with a V6 twin-turbo (worse...derived from the Metro 6R4 engine!).Its still a 217mph car- the third fastest production car ever. Only the Mclaren F1 and Veyron are quicker.
I always get the impression that if it had anything other then a Jaguar badge on it, it would be reverred as the car it is.
That and brakes like blocks of wood...even from an era where braking wasn't as effortless as today!
Morningside said:
Bizarre.
It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
That's because if the person taking it from beside the M25 were caught they'd face nothing more than a slap on the wrists, and probably would never see the inside of a court room, rather than having to spend the rest of their life without hands.It also shows the social difference between countries. If this left by the M25 I would give it less than 6 hours.
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