Re: Oh borrocks


"DanB" <iridiumdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ideal car I'd have thought for the sort of trips you do across Europe,
i.e:
long distance motorway driving?

That's what the 911 is there for, at least once sort the roof seals.

Ok.. still not what one could view as a 'sensible car for all seasons /
reasons' though, is it?

Well, not for carrying a lot POV, but if there's just Timo + Mrs it'd do
for most stuff. They're comfy too for long distances - although I think
Timo's is a classic shape one, and I've only had experience of the newer
ones really.

It's an old Porsche - ergo it'll rot if used all year round.

The servicing isn't that cheap on these either from what my mechanic who
used to own a 1977 Carrera said, and that's with him doing the work himself.

Not a car I'd feel happy using day in day out, anyway.

All I am saying is... if you're going to own a fleet of sorts, why not have
something, dare I say it, terribly boring and reliable in it... it doesn't
even have to be boring, but dead reliable and not at the stage of life where
rot is setting in, is a definite bonus.

In fact given the OPs tendency to shift old bike related tat around, I'd
suggest an estate might even be in order, or even a van... something you can
leave parked up at the station and not give a feck about / lob the old dear
in the back etc, with the added bonus of being new enough not to need
corrective maintenance.

I only say this taking into account how much money the OP appears to throw
at past and present members of his fleet, just to keep them roadworthy.

Anyway, a mate and I managed to get enough in the Vee to be able to go
away for a few days and stay with some other mates. That included too
much beer, sleeping bags, beer, clothes, beer, a load of food for BBQing,
beer, pillows, beer, and finally, some bottles of wine/spirits too - which
were to be birthday presents. We got lucky in that it didn't rain, as the
Vee's under bonnet front storage wasn't waterproof, just a normal bonnet
only it had a plastic tub under it heh. The plastic, 'luggage tray' as
the manual referred to it, even had a drain hole in the bottom with a
rubber pipe heading off from it that poked through the sub frame to direct
the flow down to the floor.

Two words: It's French.

What else did you expect? ;-)

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JackH

98 Honda VFR800FiW
05 Sachs Madass
03 VW Passat TDI Sport
89 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 Pearl


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