Brad's cars... 4 more Mark 1's

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Post by Richard Moss » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:03 pm

Mo, you need to grab a dictionary and look up the words "cheesey" and "bad taste".
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Post by 47p2 » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:33 pm

richard moss wrote:Where did you find that picture of John Turner?
Thanks pal, now everyone will recognise me when I go out kerb crawling :cry:
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Post by Very Tall Brad » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:54 pm

Great phone picture, Mo.

Me and my mate (let's call him "Paul") had these in the 80's - Motorola's, they were and tough as anything.

One day, Paul left his on the roof of his car and drove off. It bounced into the road and was run over by several vehicles. He went back for it and it still worked. Superb.

(He was later done for running over his own dad and letting his mom sit in the back of the car whilst he let it roll down the hill backwards and through a garden wall. He was a little insane. He was also later done for importuning a Minor in public toilets. But these are other issues. Oh, and armed robbery at Midland Bank in Blackheath. I haven't seen him for a very l o n g time...I guess he hasn't seen much of anyone else, either...)
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Post by JulianO'Connor » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:50 pm

Don't make em like they used to? Phones that is, not mates!

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We decided to kill it one day. Eventually we had perfected the technique of getting a Peugeot 106 up to 25 mph and braking at just the right point to drag the laptop across the car park under the drivers side front wheel. It still worked. Well gouged though.
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Post by CHR15E » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:59 pm

Mark827 wrote:I positively hate those body kits, doesn't anyone else think they look so plastic and add on.
The wheel spats and rear spoiler are enough on a Vitesse or any 800.

Less is more.
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I like them but prefer them on a saloon because of the big spoiler.

I think a Vitesse looks better without them though.
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Post by Vard66 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:50 pm

Mark827 wrote:I positively hate those body kits, doesn't anyone else think they look so plastic and add on.
The wheel spats and rear spoiler are enough on a Vitesse or any 800.

Less is more.
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Post by Very Tall Brad » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:25 pm

[quote="Very Tall Brad"]Great phone picture, Mo.

Me and my mate had these in the 80's - Motorola's, they were and tough as anything.

One day, Paul left his on the roof of his car and drove off. It bounced into the road and was run over by several vehicles. He went back for it and it still worked. Superb.
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Re: Brad's cars... 4 more Mark 1's

Post by BlueRover » Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:02 pm

This is strange happenings ....
Gordon:-
Only two 800's now,white 1991 820i with TWR and full special order leather (been stood for 15 years) and now a Nightfire red Tickford with 135k on the clock
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Re: Brad's cars... 4 more Mark 1's

Post by mjc9967 » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:39 am

Hmmm, yes it is....

But I enjoyed re-reading the thread though!
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