Jasper
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 posted on 10/10/07 at 11:33 AM |
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Got me a Shelby
So I get to Hertz car rental In Washington DC and what do they have sat there just waiting to be rented - and it's the convertible version.
Never driven anything with a big American V8 - so I'm a very happy chap - awesome sound system too with satelite radio.
Mind you - total crap car really - sounds great, looks god and goes like stink - but the interior is still 1980's European car....
BTW - you can't post images in 'Anything Else' then?
 
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If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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James
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 11:39 AM |
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You jammy git!
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Agriv8
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 11:46 AM |
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Was thinking about a couple os stripes for my black MNR I think you have just made the choosing a little easier.
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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nick205
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 11:50 AM |
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It's not the most attractive car in the world is it
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gezer
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 12:23 PM |
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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it bites my bullet any day, !!!
I'm to old to live and to young to die --- buggerit
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 12:26 PM |
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I'm going to america shortly and want to rent a convertible if possible, how much are they charging you and for how long may I ask? everywhere
I've looked sting you with a pile of taxes
Regards
Matt
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Jasper
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 12:38 PM |
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It ain't cheap - but then it is a business trip - $900 for 7 days - that's without the CDW insurance which I don't need as my Amex
card covers it.
You can get a regular V6 Mustang for $350 a week - it's 4L and only 200bhp - how do Yanks manage to get so little power from so much engine
......
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 12:51 PM |
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maybe low on power but plenty of torque ..... or not?
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nige
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 12:54 PM |
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im florida bound next wed
ive got a dodge rt estate ( chrysler 300 )
i hope
when you start this journey
you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time
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Alan B
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 04:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
it's 4L and only 200bhp - how do Yanks manage to get so little power from so much engine ......
Just a knack I guess......
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PaulBuz
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
It's not the most attractive car in the world is it
You ARE kidding, right!!
[Edited on 10/10/07 by PaulBuz]
ATB
Paul
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Simon
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 09:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Never driven anything with a big American V8 - so I'm a very happy chap-
Buy my ZT and you can drive a sweet handling British car, with America V8
ATB
Simon
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 09:15 PM |
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they told me i could upgrade to a hummer if i wanted
ps dont bother with a convertible if you're in florida, far too hot. You need aircon on full!
[Edited on 10/10/07 by JoelP]
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 10:05 PM |
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A friend of mine
Tim's just bought a Jeep with the economical 4 litre straight 6 engine
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Jasper
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 10:20 PM |
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Had the roof down today, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains - did lots of overtaking just to hear the engine hit 6k rpm 
Mind you - I'm only getting 16mpg
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 10:27 PM |
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Jasper, last time I was over there I drove over there several times, I burst into song several times, did you ? Come on admit it.
Great Indian in Charlottesville on the main road through, also a nice Chinese buffet too.........
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Jasper
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 10:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
Jasper, last time I was over there I drove over there several times, I burst into song several times, did you ? Come on admit it.
Great Indian in Charlottesville on the main road through, also a nice Chinese buffet too.........
Well yeah - I might have done
Do you mean a curry, or just a nice Native American chap
Off out for a nice cold beer to stave off the jet lag now.
Jon - Everything all right with your missus now?
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 11:00 PM |
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She is on the mend, told up to 6 months for full recovery, it cost me a trip to China and would have been in Shanghai for the GP. We have an
unbelievable storey to tell from start to finish, a 2 week honeymoon that turned into a month long 3 center disaster. We flew back via New York, (big
seats required for missus) called into news agents, some sweets n a drink, cost ? $9-11........
Where you staying ? I was working in a pharmaceutical factory just as you drop out of the mountains on the opposite side to Charlottesville, there was
a garage near by that sold those iccle caravans you tow behind a Harley. I also had the miss fortune of having some yank GM gutless hire
car...........Great bends or what ? those wagons are a tad big though.
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bob
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| posted on 10/10/07 at 11:31 PM |
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Glad to hear june is on the mend jon, i'm sure we wil all catch up in 08 and you can tell us the whole story over a pint or two 
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/10/07 at 11:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Buy my ZT and you can drive a sweet handling British car, with America V8
My friend part-exed his ZT400 for a TVR T350, and within a week rang up the guy he got the TVR from and asked if he could buy the MG back as he missed
it so much! Got both sitting on his drive at the moment
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Jasper
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| posted on 11/10/07 at 11:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
She is on the mend, told up to 6 months for full recovery, it cost me a trip to China and would have been in Shanghai for the GP. We have an
unbelievable storey to tell from start to finish, a 2 week honeymoon that turned into a month long 3 center disaster. We flew back via New York, (big
seats required for missus) called into news agents, some sweets n a drink, cost ? $9-11........
Where you staying ? I was working in a pharmaceutical factory just as you drop out of the mountains on the opposite side to Charlottesville, there was
a garage near by that sold those iccle caravans you tow behind a Harley. I also had the miss fortune of having some yank GM gutless hire
car...........Great bends or what ? those wagons are a tad big though.
Sounds like a nightmare ....
Started in Richmond on Tuesday, Roanoke last night, on to Galax today. A little bit of work and quite a lot of fun - just the way I like it and
it's 80 deg and sunny ....perfect!
And the Shelby even handles reasonably well (for a Yank tank). Even though it's an auto you can still get the rear wheels to light up at traffic
lights - I know I've been practicing
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Simon
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| posted on 11/10/07 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Buy my ZT and you can drive a sweet handling British car, with America V8
My friend part-exed his ZT400 for a TVR T350, and within a week rang up the guy he got the TVR from and asked if he could buy the MG back as he missed
it so much! Got both sitting on his drive at the moment
That'd be with a Dreadnought blower on it then
Luck git
ATB
Simon
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/10/07 at 11:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
That'd be with a Dreadnought blower on it then
Luck git
Yup, this is the car in question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFNkrwRmba8
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