And of course it had an upgraded suspension, brake, tyre package, it was four am in the morning, your wife was in the last stages of labour, and no ambulance was available. If you answered no to more than three of the above, why not do us all a favour and by a bicycle.Anonymous wrote:And unbelievably i got a Nissan Maxima to 210 KPH on the freeway yesterday, braking down to 80 KPH just in time for a speed trap, and amazingly i got away with it......
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I never got to "full speed" in the hillman hunter I drove for a while. With that much power there was never enough road. Add the 4 wheel drum brakes and there really was never enough road. I have to admit I was impressed at the lack of damaged after I was sandwiched between an 80's laser and an old volvo. That much steel takes a lot to bend. Who needs crumple zones when you have a perfectly good neck? Or had I should say.julian mayo wrote:I once got a 1952 hillman up to 70 mph. When the engine started sending me some urgentt messages I decided it would be better to not see my impending doom
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Mine was a "minx" , a bloody good name, rhymes with jinx. It shed a front left wheel on a right hander in front of a motor bike cop.rah wrote:I never got to "full speed" in the hillman hunter I drove for a while. With that much power there was never enough road. Add the 4 wheel drum brakes and there really was never enough road. I have to admit I was impressed at the lack of damaged after I was sandwiched between an 80's laser and an old volvo. That much steel takes a lot to bend. Who needs crumple zones when you have a perfectly good neck? Or had I should say.julian mayo wrote:I once got a 1952 hillman up to 70 mph. When the engine started sending me some urgentt messages I decided it would be better to not see my impending doom
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hmmm, I like old cars. How is it something can cost you so much, then you spend so much more on it, then it brakes so it costs you so much more and yet I still love it. I used to like Alfa. I know how to hand over the hard earned. My dad unfortunately for him has an undying love of Jags. He knows better how to hand over the pay cheque.
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My -father in law has a fully restored manual mk2 jag sitting rusting at his placerah wrote:hmmm, I like old cars. How is it something can cost you so much, then you spend so much more on it, then it brakes so it costs you so much more and yet I still love it. I used to like Alfa. I know how to hand over the hard earned. My dad unfortunately for him has an undying love of Jags. He knows better how to hand over the pay cheque.
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A Mk 2 Jag was the first car I ever drove (legally). So many fond memories. Old english white, 3.4L auto. No power steering and only weighing about two tonne. That was a great car, you could feel and hear the twin cams doing their bit. hmm those were the days, the smell of freshly oiled wallnut.
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and oil fumes, and the smell of steam, and minor electrical fires, ah yes the Mk11.rah wrote:A Mk 2 Jag was the first car I ever drove (legally). So many fond memories. Old english white, 3.4L auto. No power steering and only weighing about two tonne. That was a great car, you could feel and hear the twin cams doing their bit. hmm those were the days, the smell of freshly oiled wallnut.
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Ahh yes the smell of coolant past the boiling temp. Thats a Mk2. Oil? an old english car? never!julian mayo wrote:and oil fumes, and the smell of steam, and minor electrical fires, ah yes the Mk11.rah wrote:A Mk 2 Jag was the first car I ever drove (legally). So many fond memories. Old english white, 3.4L auto. No power steering and only weighing about two tonne. That was a great car, you could feel and hear the twin cams doing their bit. hmm those were the days, the smell of freshly oiled wallnut.
Why is that I would be quite willing to repeatedly throw a large portion of my yearly income to support an ageing marque, yet if a new car did that to me I would not hesitate to get a new one.
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The same drive that forces you to fruitlessly hunt the kangawallafox. I shot the last one last kangawallafox season, and made pyjamas out of its skin.There are only platychidnaquolls leftrah wrote:Ahh yes the smell of coolant past the boiling temp. Thats a Mk2. Oil? an old english car? never!julian mayo wrote:and oil fumes, and the smell of steam, and minor electrical fires, ah yes the Mk11.rah wrote:A Mk 2 Jag was the first car I ever drove (legally). So many fond memories. Old english white, 3.4L auto. No power steering and only weighing about two tonne. That was a great car, you could feel and hear the twin cams doing their bit. hmm those were the days, the smell of freshly oiled wallnut.
Why is that I would be quite willing to repeatedly throw a large portion of my yearly income to support an ageing marque, yet if a new car did that to me I would not hesitate to get a new one.
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