paging Blaney

not looking for a new motor, are you?

Just seen something suitable: Metallic Purple Rover 100 "Kensington",
reg. P222HOM.

Alternatively, just seen on Autotrader:

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/ww...category=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200522194319679

well, it was the colour scheme that reminded me of you.

 

darsy emerged from their own little world to say

sensibly, they avoided a close up of the Wedgewood interior

 

Go **** yourself.

I'd never buy a TVR with 48 thousand miles on it.

I'd never buy a TVR that wasn't a convertible.

Why?

 

I'm getting "sense of humour failure" here...

the colours are similar to that crappy football team you follow...

 

Not at all. Just wanted to get the message across, loud and clear.

The colour is slightly similar - to my colour-blind eyes - to the
elegant and stylish claret, as sported by the noble Premiership club
that I support, true.

 

the interior leather is also a light blue...

 

Despite my reasons for not buying it, I might buy it.

 

it's tasteless. Do it.

I'm vaguely contemplating buying a TVR myself, though I probably
won't[1].

I can't understand anyone in the UK wanting a softtop /anything/,
though.

[1] not going to do a "which one of these should I buy" post, at least
not here.

 

It's an odd one. Apparently, the uk is the biggest market for soft
tops in europe.

But, when you're actually in one, it's a very different motoring
experience, and hugely enjoyable.

 

Strange but true. I was using a friends Boxter at the weekend, it
rattles, you drive a bit slower but it's lots of fun

'Hog

 

I just love the feel of it. And even if the weather is cold it's
okay; just wear a coat and put the heater on.

It's shit when it rains, though.

 

No worries. Stop the car, push the button, wait 30 seconds, continue
on journey.

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Exactly. It's a little annoying. And some cars don't have an
electric roof or any roof at all).

 

Champ wrote

I loved my MGB on a sunny summers day.

 

Quite. I was very sceptical, but when we got an MX5 for the wife I
adored driving it.

 

Champ wrote

The odd thing is that with the roof down I was quite happy to bimble
along in no tearing hurry and pose for my adoring public and save the
naughty bits for when the roof was up. It goes without saying that it
was better than the lime green midget I had before it.

When I first bought it The Mother of Them All was heavily pregnant with
Firstborn and she wouldn't let me sell it until she was nearly as
heavily pregnant with #1 Son. She loved it.

 

My sister recently bought one (Audi A4) and I suppose it's a nice
motor. I just don't like soft tops. Older soft-tops invariably look
shoddy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against convertibles, just don't like
soft-tops.

 

Sure, sure, *convertibles* I like. I just hate rag-tops. They *always*
look shit after a couple of years putting them up and down.

well, yes. At least with soft-tops you can (eventually) put the roof
up.

You're pretty fucked if you're out and about in a Citroen Pluriel in
roofless mode, though...

 

darsy wrote

Well actually you don't and for the very reason you mention.

There comes a point though where the top simply has to go up but as long
as it is not actually raining enough to use the wipers on high speed you
do all your driving 'au natural'. Good it is.

 

Until you get to so-old-they're-classic.

How about no-tops (Caterham 7, etc)?