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Old 17th February 2022, 10:30 PM
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Default Wow! Beautiful vehicle, amazing picture

I love everything about this picture.

That Car, its so muscular, alive and beautiful IMO
I want to be the person driving it and I'd be so pleased if I'd taken that photograph. Not at the same time of course

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Old 18th February 2022, 07:56 AM
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That is very cool
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Old 18th February 2022, 08:59 AM
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"Physical" is the word that came to my mind when I saw this (beautiful) picture. Worlds away from a modern driving experience....
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(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Old 18th February 2022, 09:53 AM
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That could be our very own Librarian in the hot seat.....
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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When we used to buy new coaches they arrived on a wagon as a bare chassis with engine and wheels. We fitted two large diesel tanks and a Telma retarder. Then we drove them to Duple in Blackpool for a body to be fitted.
I've often driven one sitting on a wooden box.
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Old 18th February 2022, 05:20 PM
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When we used to buy new coaches they arrived on a wagon as a bare chassis with engine and wheels. We fitted two large diesel tanks and a Telma retarder. Then we drove them to Duple in Blackpool for a body to be fitted.
I've often driven one sitting on a wooden box.
LOL I've seen this back in the day, did you get fly's stuck in your teeth if you smiled?
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Old 19th February 2022, 08:24 AM
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LOL I've seen this back in the day, did you get fly's stuck in your teeth if you smiled?

Trust you Nick.
Not me, it was gauntlets, crash helmet and a scarf. And prayed for NO rain.
Much different on the return journey in a newly built coach.
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Old 20th February 2022, 08:24 PM
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What i love about cars of that era is the size of wheels.
Lovely 80cm tall wheels.

On modern cars wheels are so small and because of this they look sick.
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