Cars You Never See Anymore
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surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Brown interior is probably quite forgiving, though doubt you’d fit a modern child seat on the back bench…Nice car but white again
hash tag
Reaching out
If that were a cooper, people would be fighting over it, offering thousands ( remember the wreck on bangers and cash).There's been a planning application put in recently for a plot near me which was completely overgrown.
They've cut back all the vegetation and this has now become visible.
Looking at the DVLA website the tax expired on 31st August 1987 and the last V5 was issued 1998.
Leafster
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If that's the Auction House programme then I think I remember it.
A few months ago, when they started cutting back the undergrowth (including a thick hedge), I caught a glimpse of this mini so I've been keeping an eye on it as they've slowly cleared everything away. After they cleared everything it was a bit disappointing to see the state of it. I know it's only a basic mini but it's a shame to see it in such a poor state. My first two cars were minis so I have a sentimental attachment to any older minis. I did think about "rescuing" it but I have no where to put it, even if I knew who owned it. It's been sat there for a while now. I hope someone has plans for it.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i've never quite understood how citroen went from producing the DS to that sort of thing...
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Reaching out
Yes Mathewson's as featured in bangers and cash. I think it was one of the earlier episodes, but it's often repeated.
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Reaching out
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Those things use the same coil packs as the mighty Celica, which gladdens my heart a little.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Just driving back from N Berwick. This is my fuel consumption according to the car info screen.
I'm impressed.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
My C3 has started showing the MPG (I'm not sure how I have set it to do that, or how to un-set it...)
It varies wildly and I'm not sure it's worth taking a lot of notice...
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
If you passed a white Hyundai i30 being driven by a white haired chap with a beard, it was me. We were giving the car its exercise in that airt this afternoon.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
What time? I was heading towards Aberlady and Haddington, about 15:15 - 15:30If you passed a white Hyundai i30 being driven by a white haired chap with a beard, it was me. We were giving the car its exercise in that airt this afternoon.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I have found the secret button.
the display can alternate between -
a bad estimate of how many miles' worth of fuel i have left (which is what i was used to)
a very bad estimate of MPG
a cumulative mileage (although no idea since what)
an MPH figure (presume an average over some unspecified amount of time)
the date (at least this is correct so i've stuck with that)
i suppose i ought to re-read the instruction book one of these days - there's still a few buttons that i don't really know what they do. i bought it in a bit of a hurry a few years back when previous car got stole and written off...
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
I got stuck behind what I believe was a 1979 (or thereabouts) mustard coloured Austin Allegro on the A55. I slowed down and got lost in a reverie of nostalgia about white dogshit and 5p bags of crisps 
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Not many Citroen Xantias have survived in running order. That crazy hydraulic suspension didn’t help. Prone to breaking and expensive to fix because it wasn’t easy to work on, or so I was told many years ago by a Xantia owner whose 5 year old car was already causing trouble.
I always did like the shape though. Like a French designer had pondered a wedge of cheese over lunch, then doodled a wedge shaped car which somehow got built.
This one is listed for a princely £800 asking price, available in Gävle, Sweden
I always did like the shape though. Like a French designer had pondered a wedge of cheese over lunch, then doodled a wedge shaped car which somehow got built.
This one is listed for a princely £800 asking price, available in Gävle, Sweden
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
A neighbour here in France bought a Dyane about 20 years ago, in theory as a holiday run around…it has never moved. I can’t see the French being sentimental about cars like this. 
