My latest shed...

#11

In article <1j144ua.1b58eo91i0gk0nN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

Quote:

Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

In article <1j1426d.1nfme3yle26nuN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

More worthless shite....

Hit the nail on the head there.

It really is a worthless heap of shite.

Yet still manages after 24 years to be more reliable than your Alfas.

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#12

Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

In article <1j144ua.1b58eo91i0gk0nN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

In article <1j1426d.1nfme3yle26nuN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

More worthless shite....

Hit the nail on the head there.

It really is a worthless heap of shite.

Yet still manages after 24 years to be more reliable than your Alfas.

Now you're talking shite.

I think that car says it all about Crapi owners.

As did the one with the bonnet mural.

Tasteless tat for the working classes.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
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Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit

#13

Conor wrote:

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Paris blue...nice. Not a special so no LSD but it also won't try and
shove you in a hedge on bends either.

I take it you know everything to look out for?

I re-shelled a V6 Capri on the path, by myself, in under 3 days.

I'll post the pics one day.

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#14

In article <79ahd8F1pcu9nU2 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com says...

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In article <h0p14d$8ig$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org>, Pete M says...

Conor wrote:
Capri 2L Laser. Yes, another one.

Not sure where I'm going with it yet but at £500 with 11 1/2 month MOT
and 3 months tax, it was a steal.

It'd be cheap if it was a V6.

It'd not be roadworthy at that price if it was a V6, even 6 or 7 years
ago.

I'm on a mission to buy this, possibly.

http://tinyurl.com/lhwbb6

Paris blue...nice. Not a special so no LSD but it also won't try and
shove you in a hedge on bends either.

I take it you know everything to look out for?

Pete's a Ford man at heart. He knows.

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#15

"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Capri 2L Laser. Yes, another one.

Ewwww.

Not sure where I'm going with it yet but at £500 with 11 1/2 month MOT
and 3 months tax, it was a steal.

It was?

So much for not getting another one...

http://tinyurl.com/m8jdaq

No, it definitely wasn't 'a steal'.

Ebay seems to suggest that Lasers with no tax/Mot go for £300-£500. A

decent one went for over £2k. Shows what you know.

Nice one Conor, I'd love one of these one day - takes me back to my yoof,
cruising around in my mates 1.6 (LS I think?).

#16

Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

So much for not getting another one...

http://tinyurl.com/m8jdaq

No, it definitely wasn't 'a steal'.

Ebay seems to suggest that Lasers with no tax/Mot go for £300-£500. A
decent one went for over £2k. Shows what you know.

Erm, I think you've just proven my point, really.

It may have some kind of tax and MOT on it, but it's an utter shed
needing a lot of paint, wheels stripping etc.

So, £500 doesn't look so cheap now.

YMMV, especially as you have a perversion for overpriced heaps of tat,
too.
--
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Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit

#17

"Conor" <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

In article <1j144ua.1b58eo91i0gk0nN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

In article <1j1426d.1nfme3yle26nuN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

More worthless shite....

Hit the nail on the head there.

It really is a worthless heap of shite.

Yet still manages after 24 years to be more reliable than your Alfas.

How do you know that when you've only just bought it?

--
JackH

#18

Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

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You buy the same old shit, there's no variety, so actually you're probably
not more qualified than most, and I certainly can't see any evidence of
Capri ownership in there, which is what you are currently preaching about.

'The same old shit'....hmmmm.

I've had FWD, RWD, transaxle RWD, longitudunal FWD, inline 4, flat 4,
carburettor, EFI, 8v, 16v, SOHC, DOHC, QOHC, tin top and ragtop. Diesel,
petrol and hybrid. I've had 'British', Jap, German, and Italian.

Bikes may 'not count', but I've also had inline 4, V4, parallel twin, V
twin, carburettor and EFI, both 2 and 4 stroke.

I've spannered and bodged stuff, I've used 15 year old cars as daily
drivers. I've done 40k miles a year on 2 wheels.

That's more than enough, IMHO, to qualify me to comment in any NG with a
leaning towards powered transport.

And, as it happens, I'm quite enjoying my hybrid experience, too -
because I'm fairly open minded at times - I'd even have a Crapi, but it
would have to be a 2.8i with LSD, not a wheezy pinto.
--
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Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit

#19

SteveH wrote:

Quote:

Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

You buy the same old shit, there's no variety, so actually you're probably
not more qualified than most, and I certainly can't see any evidence of
Capri ownership in there, which is what you are currently preaching about.

'The same old shit'....hmmmm.

I've had FWD, RWD, transaxle RWD, longitudunal FWD, inline 4, flat 4,
carburettor, EFI, 8v, 16v, SOHC, DOHC, QOHC, tin top and ragtop. Diesel,
petrol and hybrid. I've had 'British', Jap, German, and Italian.

Bikes may 'not count', but I've also had inline 4, V4, parallel twin, V
twin, carburettor and EFI, both 2 and 4 stroke.

I've spannered and bodged stuff, I've used 15 year old cars as daily
drivers. I've done 40k miles a year on 2 wheels.

That's more than enough, IMHO, to qualify me to comment in any NG with a
leaning towards powered transport.

And, as it happens, I'm quite enjoying my hybrid experience, too -
because I'm fairly open minded at times - I'd even have a Crapi, but it
would have to be a 2.8i with LSD, not a wheezy pinto.

Despite your list I can't think of any of the cars you've owned that
have been anything other than shit.

--
Douglas

#20

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:26:03 +0100, "Carl Gibbs"
<cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:1j147j9.vvcddqsb5vc0N%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk...
Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

So much for not getting another one...

http://tinyurl.com/m8jdaq

No, it definitely wasn't 'a steal'.

Ebay seems to suggest that Lasers with no tax/Mot go for £300-£500. A
decent one went for over £2k. Shows what you know.

Erm, I think you've just proven my point, really.

It may have some kind of tax and MOT on it, but it's an utter shed
needing a lot of paint, wheels stripping etc.

I wouldnt say an utter shed TBH. But what the hell would you know about
proper cars?

Don't see many of them around here. 150mph+ and 5.5sec 0-60mph is
about the starting point for a proper car.
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