bought the wife a new car

[homerjay]

c3 Picasso, (yes, yes i know)

but ive just google "c3 picasso" to find a pic to show someone, and our exact car has show up on what looks like a publicity shot.

is our car famous?

anybody seen their car pop up in an unexpected picture?

sorry if this is a boring anecdote, but i need to find some silver lining for this very grey cloud!

Edited by homerjay on Friday 9th July 13:47

Edited by homerjay on Friday 9th July 18:44

[OSGrooves]

Step 1 - Steal C3 Picasso
Step 2 - Google C3 Picasso
Step 3 - Get plates made up using registration plate from picture of C3 Picasso
Step 4 - Flog C3 Picasso
Step 5 - Run away with money

[jamieboy]

homerjay said:

anybody seen their car pop up in an unexpected picture?

Before I bought my GTV V6, I dug out the Auto Italia review and found that mine was a press car for the phase II launch.

[sday12]

Means it's been a Press Car.

Means it's been ragged to st.

[LuS1fer]

sday12 said:

Means it's been a Press Car.

Means it's been ragged to st.

A C3 Picasso? It may have been ignored to death in the Press car park but that's about the only risk, surely?

[was8v]

One of my old cars had been featured in "deals on wheels" with mike brewer.

[KenBlocksPants]

was8v said:

One of my old cars had been featured in "deals on wheels" with mike brewer.

Much better than having one that has previously appeared on 'Cut and Shut' eeeeerrr sorry i mean Wheeler Dealers.

[OnTheOverrun]

Who's the previous owner on the V5?

[sday12]

LuS1fer said:

sday12 said:

Means it's been a Press Car.

Means it's been ragged to st.

A C3 Picasso? It may have been ignored to death in the Press car park but that's about the only risk, surely?

I'd have nailed it out of pure hatred

[Hitch78]

homerjay said:

http://www.carpages.co.uk/citroen/citroen_images/c...

I'm telling Meldrews on the bad parking thread!

[Doofus]

I had a Triumph once which had been a prototype hack for the South African "Chicane", and apparently appeared in their press blurb, although I've never seen any.

It was given to Standard Triumph's Marketing Director when he retired (with a TR6 engine by now), and I bought it from his wiidow.

[BIST0]

Bought a Legacy Spec B and then saw a video of the Spec B being tested on Fifth gear - it was our car! VBH ragging it around Vs some hot volvo wagon. Needless to say she much preffered the Leggy.

[sday12]

sday12 said:

LuS1fer said:

sday12 said:

Means it's been a Press Car.

Means it's been ragged to st.

A C3 Picasso? It may have been ignored to death in the Press car park but that's about the only risk, surely?

I'd have nailed it out of pure hatred

The C3, not his wife, to be clear

[nonuts]

That looks really, really bad. Commiserations.

[homerjay]

OnTheOverrun said:

Who's the previous owner on the V5?

not got it yet, only bought car yesterday.

i bet you cant wait for the answer.........

[homerjay]

nonuts said:

That looks really, really bad. Commiserations.

its not so bad, she'll be driving. keeps the kids out of my car.

it ticks all the boxes, loadsa room, 50mpg, 2 years warranty, safe as 'houses'

does the job i guess.

[Podie]

LuS1fer said:

sday12 said:

Means it's been a Press Car.

Means it's been ragged to st.

A C3 Picasso? It may have been ignored to death in the Press car park but that's about the only risk, surely?

Garlick will have used it to...

• move house
• take stuff to the tip
• sleep in
• collect spare parts for his other cars

[homerjay]

OSGrooves said:

Step 1 - Steal C3 Picasso
Step 2 - Google C3 Picasso
Step 3 - Get plates made up using registration plate from picture of C3 Picasso
Step 4 - Flog C3 Picasso
Step 5 - Run away with money

ive never understood this, like people who blank their reg plate when posting on autotrader.

couldnt you do the above with every other car you see driving around on the round that have registration plates?

[funkyrobot]

My car was on a publicity shot before I bought it.

It was the ad that was used to sell it.

Edited by funkyrobot on Friday 9th July 16:31

[Aviz]

homerjay said:

OSGrooves said:

Step 1 - Steal C3 Picasso
Step 2 - Google C3 Picasso
Step 3 - Get plates made up using registration plate from picture of C3 Picasso
Step 4 - Flog C3 Picasso
Step 5 - Run away with money

ive never understood this, like people who blank their reg plate when posting on autotrader.

couldnt you do the above with every other car you see driving around on the round that have registration plates?

If a low life has just stolen a car and needs to clone it. What do you think they're going to do.?

1) Drive around for hours looking to find a perfect match
2) use Autotrader to find an exact match in seconds using the handy filters ?

Edited by Aviz on Friday 9th July 16:37