Oooo editors choice!

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Oooo editors choice!

Post by esta » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:24 pm

Apparently the editor of classic Car weekly very proudly owns a 480 ES!!

Good on him! CCW has gone up in my esteem!! :lol:
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Post by 480 Tatey » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:54 pm

Shows he knows his cars! :wink:
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Post by jamooga » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:05 pm

no links????

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Post by SteveR » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:54 am

'Which' magazine did an article on roof racks eons ago and no prizes for guessing which car they used - I seem to recall it was a TT.
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Post by esta » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:43 pm

Aw see? People slag of the 480 but secretly they love it really ;)
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Volvo 480 ;)

WANT: 480 GT-Turbo & Jaguar XJR-S
HAVE: Jaguar XJ40 4l Sov
HAD: 480 GT (Lula) & 480 ES (Lulu), Mk4 XR3i (Wall*E), Rover 416i (Junior-R.I.P. bud), X2 (Percy) & Tahiti (Tati)

www.projectjaguar.co.uk

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Post by 480 Tatey » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:45 pm

Hey a guy i work with, his brother came into work today (he's a supercar salesman) and he liked my 480 and commented on what a nice car it was! Thats true Esta, people who slate the 480 drive the most boring kack common cars ever, so F**k em!!!!! :kill:
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Post by piper1st » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:32 pm

480 Tatey wrote:people who slate the 480 drive the most boring kack common cars ever
So true ... and i recon it's gotta stem half of lack for interest in cars and the other half jealousy! ;)
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Post by SMOOTH 480 » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:10 pm

its true the only guy who slates my car at work drives a rover 75 :rofl:
when he starts i just point out that its a poormans jag with shoddy build quality and canal barge handling :lol:
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