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Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye #1535168
23/04/2015 23:47
23/04/2015 23:47
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I really feel for the owner of this crashed n/a advertised on Gumtree .

I think it's had it, but he's keeping optimistic.

Last edited by HiraethHuw; 23/04/2015 23:58.
Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535171
24/04/2015 01:26
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Think it might be worse than 'bonnet, bumper and radiator'. Hope it isn't but... as they say 'another one bites the dust'.

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535177
24/04/2015 07:41
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That's fooked.

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535218
24/04/2015 15:39
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I think somebody has to really want that car in order to save it. You'd have to literally live next door to make it worth your time having a look. Which is a shame as it might look worse than it is. But from that picture it looks like cross beam and inner wings will have moved.

It'll end of getting crushed.

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535223
24/04/2015 15:46
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That's got to be 100mm shorter then the standard length chinny

This is a great example showing why Chris Bangle's design was so special for its day, the bonnet folds in the case of an accident and doesn't go back hitting the windscreen/A-pillars injuring or decapitating occupants of the vehicle sick

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535226
24/04/2015 15:58
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so we can all drive faster without the worry of harming ourselves smile

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535227
24/04/2015 16:01
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..... but keeping in mind the legal speed limit and stopping distances which clearly this owner ignored frown

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: Countrycruising] #1535229
24/04/2015 16:27
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Originally Posted by Countrycruising
That's got to be 100mm shorter then the standard length chinny

This is a great example showing why Chris Bangle's design was so special for its day, the bonnet folds in the case of an accident and doesn't go back hitting the windscreen/A-pillars injuring or decapitating occupants of the vehicle sick


Yes, all the pics of front-bashed coops that have surfaced over the years have demonstrated that it's a pretty safe car to be in.

There was one horrific incident involving a forum member from the southwest a couple of years ago where their coop ended upside down but the driver still emerged (some jolts and strains excluded) basically sound.


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Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535231
24/04/2015 16:32
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I'm looking for a set of standard, black 20vt wheels and keep looking at this ad trying to convince myself that it's got the thin spoke turbo wheels and not the standard 20V NA ones.

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535237
24/04/2015 17:24
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Defiantly 20v non turbo wheels on

Re: Gumtree ad that brings a tear to me eye [Re: HiraethHuw] #1535241
24/04/2015 17:37
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Time for a Bus pass me thinks. angel


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