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chriskay
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Post by chriskay » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:54 pm

My car went in today for some work. This is the loan car they gave me. Is there a prize for the most revolting colour? If so, I claim it.
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Post by avaconirl » Mon Oct 04, 2010 4:46 pm

Not just the colour but it has a face only a mother could love. :shock: :shock:

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Post by Captain Slow » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:26 pm

surely its face cant be worse than the cruze?!
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Post by Rachel » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:07 pm

:lol: I bet you loved driving that around ;) ....I think I was lucky, I got a V40 which was, by far, much better than that monstrosity :sick:

Edit....just noticed it's the same colour as what the sick smilie is throwing up :lol:
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold

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Post by bigdickbuster » Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:12 pm

Don't dramatise. They could gave you something like this:

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or this:

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Post by ChrisRidett » Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:13 am

They only gave it to you so they could get it off the front lot! :lol:

Ahh the Morris Marina, hope thats the 1.8 TC version.......roadholding as good as its rust proofing.
Cars: Bond Bug 700ES, Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5A,Vauxhall Carlton CDX 2.6, Nissan 200 SX , MG-ZR, Rover 25 , Volvo V40 1.9TD, 480 Turbo..POPPY- to be released back into the wild, Volvo V70 D5 (ExWife nicked it, gave it back broken,I fixed it temp, flogged it to WeByAnyCr before it broke again :). Hyundai Elantra 2.0 CDX ( Strangest car ever).
Now have a full OBD software so although the 480's didnt have it - any members need a cars Engine Management Light reset post 1999 get in touch :)

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