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Bought a new car!

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Pondrew
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Bought a new car!

Post by Pondrew » Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:33 pm

Thrustyjust wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:11 pm Neighbour recently bought a '65 one. Different game to yours.
No it isn't, it's 90% the same! :D
Good luck with the farming life; I presume that's why you bought it? :)
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.

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Bought a new car!

Post by Pondrew » Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:33 pm

I'm gonna be in trouble with that last post aren't I? :cry:
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.

F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!

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Bought a new car!

Post by Thrustyjust » Sat Jan 30, 2021 11:18 pm

Pondrew wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:33 pm
Thrustyjust wrote: Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:11 pm Neighbour recently bought a '65 one. Different game to yours.
No it isn't, it's 90% the same! :D
Good luck with the farming life; I presume that's why you bought it? :)
He's always wanted one and sold a lovely MG Midget to buy it. I am sure it was an ex farm vehicle. He is a serial tinkerer, so just done the steering box, so one turn of the steering wheel now means the wheels now move a bit . He has replaced all the diff and gearbox seals to try and stem the oil slick on the floor and re- rollered the paint on the roof , in the cream colour and blue everywhere else :D
He keeps his fishing rods in it and parks in a tarmac carpark,so the only off road it does is into his garage from the street , which is block paving :?
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Bought a new car!

Post by Chris_D » Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:49 am

Pointless.
Cool if ur a farmer. But utterly pointless if not.
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Bought a new car!

Post by Zedebee » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:20 am

Each to his own. Some might say a sports car like the zed is a pointless given the state of our roads and a 60mph national speed limit. You’re much closer to the limit in a Landy at that speed and it’s OK to put dogs in ‘em.
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Bought a new car!

Post by Commando_Rob » Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:45 pm

Cheers for all the reply’s, I guess some love them or hate them, though they really are a piece of British heritage now. And so so unique to drive, there really is nothing like it.

It’s actually quite civilised compared to the defenders I drive and instruct on for a living! it’s got heated seats, electric windows, a radio and central locking, and has a 6th gear aswell 😂 so sits at just over 2k rpm at 70mph so not too noisey either.

It’s been bought as abit of an investment, so won’t be used everyday got the X5 and Z4 for that.
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