480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

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480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

Post by jamescarruthers » Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:45 pm

Spotted this white S model on Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 somewhere near Luton airport. I was in my wife's Mini and thought I'd speed up to take a closer look after it overtook me but stood no chance as the Mini's lights are terrifyingly dim at night and the 480 was being driven rather fast! I'd say it was up around 90 mph.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: 480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

Post by Jay-Kay-Em » Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:42 pm

Isn't that The Master Yeti here?

Mr. Yeti Sir, you were speeding :rofl:
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Re: 480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

Post by Themasteryeti » Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:41 pm

jamescarruthers wrote:
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:45 pm
Spotted this white S model on Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 somewhere near Luton airport. I was in my wife's Mini and thought I'd speed up to take a closer look after it overtook me but stood no chance as the Mini's lights are terrifyingly dim at night and the 480 was being driven rather fast! I'd say it was up around 90 mph.

Indeed that's mine! 😂 My parents live in luton so I'm over there most weekends working on my old beetle!
&& Probably guilty of driving a wee bit fast but I do try not to go over 80, I'm surprised how quickly it picks up speed tho sometimes 😂 but when it's late and there isn't many cars about it's the perfect opportunity to give it a bit of Welly 😂😁

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Re: 480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

Post by jamescarruthers » Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:14 pm

Hello. Keep an eye out for my red one which I take to Luton some times. It likes a good thrash too!
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: 480 S spotted in Luton (L887 LRB)

Post by Themasteryeti » Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:07 pm

jamescarruthers wrote:
Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:14 pm
Hello. Keep an eye out for my red one which I take to Luton some times. It likes a good thrash too!
I'll keep my eyes peeled! I'm yet to see another one in the wild! 😁
1973 vw beetle
1993 480s

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