I came upon a mobile speed camera in a village this morning.
When I saw it I didn't even need to brake :-(
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i know what you mean RR, i did similar but not only did i not need to slow down but the speed camera had been removed, it had been there for years but had suddenly vanished overnite
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>> i know what you mean RR, i did similar but not only did i not
>> need to slow down but the speed camera had been removed, it had been there
>> for years but had suddenly vanished overnite
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On the A3 London bound near Tolworth there is the site of a camera that was zapped and removed some years ago.
You can always identify strangers who are monitoring their Prat Navs or those who panic at the sight of the road markings while the locals sail on:-)
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Round here, breaking the speed limit means you just get closer to the motorist in front so it's the preserve of idiots with no brains or BMW/Audi drivers.
(Is there a distinction I ask myself?)
Last edited by: madf on Thu 7 Feb 13 at 18:48
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Oi! madf! That's not fair! You can't lump those speed-loving, risk-taking pushy BMW types with those careful, discerning, considerate Audi drivers. ;-)
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Or indeed the Mercedes drivers who just sort of look benignly and charitably upon the "others" as they go about their trivial little lives....
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>> I came upon a mobile speed camera in a village this morning.
>> When I saw it I didn't even need to brake :-(
Yep, I had that last week just inside an "enticing" 50mph limit on a fast A-road. These days I simply don't speed at all, ever. I need a clean licence to do bits of my job and I *really* like those bits :)
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Thu 7 Feb 13 at 19:30
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Ay up Londoner, isn't it vice versa?
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>> Ay up Londoner, isn't it vice versa?
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Tut! No! Only a subset of Audi drivers are bad, and they have to make sure that their cars are one of the following colours in order to let the general public be aware of them:
Black, Grey, Silver, White, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Bronze and Yellow.
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Thats ok then.
As the owner of 2 previous Audis...an 80 Sport (B626 VCX) and a Quattro (G646 JNV) neither fulfilled those criteria.
An even surer sign of getting old is remembering the damned reg numbers when I cannot remember my last but one!
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>> Thats ok then.
>> As the owner of 2 previous Audis...an 80 Sport (B626 VCX) and a Quattro (G646
>> JNV) neither fulfilled those criteria.
>> An even surer sign of getting old is remembering the damned reg numbers when I
>> cannot remember my last but one!
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SC528 was my first car 45 years ago.
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"SC528 was my first car 45 years ago"
But Madf, that's an even surer sign of old age - I can remember my first car, KVN 588, but can I remember the thing I sold 2 years ago? No. But then the old ones were easier to remember rather than these modern things with letter, numbers, letters.
By the way, heard on radio the other day that, because March numbers were going to have "unlucky 13" in the middle, people were going to be able to choose a 62 instead if they wanted. Not sure if it's true - won't affect me if the old W reg Xantia keeps going (and then I'd only have to find an 02 ish thing!!)
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I've only ever known the number of one car ever, my old Hillman Hunter. I don't know why that one, because since then I've had the embarrassment of telling many policemen that I don't know the reg no of the car I am actually driving.
There are four cars out on the drive right now and I couldn't tell you the numbers of any of them. Or even a rough approximation.
Telephone numbers on the other hand stick with me like glue. But the trouble with that is I know the number, but I don't necessarily remember who it belongs to.
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I remember the reg plate of every car I have had. Okay it only goes back to 1995. I also remember the reg of my eldest brother's first brand new car - a 1980 new model Ford Escort.
I've not tried to remember these - I just do. No idea why.
Last edited by: rtj70 on Fri 8 Feb 13 at 21:23
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I had a Hillman Hunter when working for Lombank, We had a choice of a funded company car or an expensed private car and the Hunter was my chance to choose a car I wanted and basically get it paid for by my employers.
For its day it was a great car and I remember is reg. no. even now - EMT777J.
I bought it from a supporting dealer and got the three sevens with little persuasion.
Sadly Lombank was sold to Natwest and merged with North Central Finance who had a company car only policy.
We were allowed to get a PX price for our private cars as part of a deal in sourcing a company lump.
I finished up with a Fiat 128, better round corners, but not so good on a haul to St.Tropez!
Last edited by: Roger on Fri 8 Feb 13 at 23:31
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>>For its day it was a great car and I remember is reg. no. even now - EMT777J.
I had the 1725. I'd swear that it was a big, heavy car with a powerful engine. But I saw one a few years ago and it was quite small and a bit wimpy.
Mind was white with red plastic seats. Painful & sticky on a hot day.
OGO276E
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>> I had the 1725. I'd swear that it was a big, heavy car with a
>> powerful engine.
IIRC there were several variants on the 1725 Hunter. Some had an all iron version but further up the range (GL?) there was a more powerful version with an alloy head. GLS and the Humber badged version brought in twin carbs and possibly Holbay tuning as in the Sunbeam Rapier.
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"An even surer sign of getting old is remembering the damned reg numbers when I cannot remember my last but one!"
I'm not sure it is, even though at 64 I am getting old....but I can remember all the numbers of the cars I've had since 1969 (OCE 340, LPA 566D, then my first new one, AOT 373J) and SWMBO's since 1974, all the way up to 2001, but the ones with the new type of number since then are much harder to remember.
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A real sign of getting old is not seeing the mobile camera, and getting caught :D.
Most the people I know who have been caught by cameras are over 60.
I must admit I sometimes go a little bit too fast, but I get scared that Amel Coussine is behind me although there is only one Cruiser left in the country, so it he was behind me I would know it was him!
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My Fathers green Triump Herald estate was EKW 212D followed by a Simca 1100 (5 door hatch, remember them?) JAK 642F, then 2 Hunter estates which I cannot remember the reg numbers. Then the first Passat estate in the UK, bought unseen before they arrived in the country PKY 888M...next door neighbour was a good friend and VW salesman, then my Fathers final car, another Passat estate RWX 567R.
Blimey.
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Like many here I've loved cars all my life. The thought has occurred to me though that when I become old and provided of course I can still afford to drive, am I really going to let myself default to a Nissan Micra or the like?
I'd like to think I'll want, or find a way to have something I'll enjoy driving even if it's not an expensive thing.
My dad always had fairly big, fairly powerful cars when he was working but when he retired he got a Van Den Plas 1300 automatic. He never said as much, but I'm sure he didn't especially like it.
I'd like to think I'll have something others will almost certainly regard as unsuitable.
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Ditto Humph.
I have two retired acquaintances who Sorn their soft tops (a Boxster and an MX5) Nov/April. Not because of financial circumstances. I would like to think I would just buy a warmer hat and get some decent base layers. My old Spitfire, i couldn't afford 2 cars in my yoof, nor can i now, was a daily runner throughout winter and never complained.
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I had a Mk3 Spitfire as a student Legacylad. It didn't have a roof as that must have rotted off years before. It did have a tonneau cover though and I used it for two Scottish winters like that. It was replaced by a Midget which did have a roof which did feel fairly luxurious at first !
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>> It was replaced by a Midget
>> which did have a roof which did feel fairly luxurious at first !
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I'm now trying to get my head around the concept of something that could make a Midget feel luxurious.
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>>I'm now trying to get my head around the concept of something that could make a Midget feel luxurious<<
I was thinking along those lines too - I tuned and drove enough of them :(
The B was better though, I even had one myself!
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>>I'm now trying to get my head around the concept of something that could make a Midget feel luxurious...
>>>I was thinking along those lines too...
With all the cars we've owned I've never quite got basic sports cars. In the late 70s a mate took me for a run in a Midget he'd bought for his Mrs. It was a rubber bumper model in orange with a blue plastic interior. The front suspension clacked away on every bump and the rear springs bounced away nicely on undulating corners. The engine sounded "sporty" but the sense of speed was so great due to the ride and noise 50mph felt like 100.
At the time for the same price Mrs F (to be) had just bought a 3500S P6 Rover which was far more fun.
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>>With all the cars we've owned I've never quite got basic sports cars<<
Eh, I wouldn't call the MG Midget a sports car :-)
I wasn't over-enamoured with the Spitfire either come to that, although I quite liked the Vitesse.
The Stag didn't really do a lot for me either TBH, and I tuned an awful lot of those.
I quite liked the MGB/C/A, and the TR Triumphs - I wouldn't say no to one now, as a weekender.
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>>>Eh, I wouldn't call the MG Midget a sports car :-)
Well quite... take an Austin 1300GT, chop the roof off and lose the back seats and you're about there. Actually that's a good example... I'd far rather the Austin. There's a nippy car...
www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=3819
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>>I'd far rather the Austin
^ I'm with this geezer ;)
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I too had an (Austin?) Van Den Plas 1300 auto, like your Dad's, Humph: dark blue, leather etc.. main memory was that the picnic tables on back of front seats performed better than the gearbox. Just loved the smell when opening the doors. Got rid after autobox rebuild.
EH
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>> My Fathers green Triump Herald estate was EKW 212D followed by a Simca 1100 (5
>> door hatch, remember them?) JAK 642F, then 2 Hunter estates which I cannot remember the
>> reg numbers. Then the first Passat estate in the UK, bought unseen before they arrived
>> in the country PKY 888M...next door neighbour was a good friend and VW salesman, then
>> my Fathers final car, another Passat estate RWX 567R.
>> Blimey.
A West Riding heritage there LL. AK was, I think, Bradford.
Mother had a similar selection MWW 684D then a PWY K plate, both Minis.
Dad's were sometimes Leeds but it depended on his company's model and sourcing policy. The Simca 150GLS estate from 66 - 69 was GBN 611D - Bolton where the company was headquarterd. Vauxhalls tended to come from Wallace Arnold in Leeds.
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Bradford born and bred. Ive now left the 'wessies' behind and reside in leafy North Yorks.
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A sure sign of my generation if not increasing age; my mind still picks up the old county letters for Nottinghamshire, my home county, even on modern plates where of course they're totally irrelevant.
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S5756 was the reg. of Dad's Rover 75 (1948 vintage). Can't remember the reg. of my Morris Minor - but I can recall my first bike JOK753E, Yamaha, nicked from All Saints Asylum grounds. 2nd car HUT98D (Imp). Most of the subsequent cars I'd have to look up.....
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