rustyarchs
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righto my new car is is chichester (west sussex) miles away from me edinburgh in sunny old scotland
i have 2 options,,
1.fly down to gatwick(cheapest flight to a nearby airport) then hop on a train and go get my car give it a quick check up then drive the distance back! car has no tax so i would need to get it while down there if i can find an open post office,the car was hardly used as its the previous owners second car so il be hopeing that the 410 miles of motorway driving doesnt cause any problems that render me fu(ked,spend a few bob in petrol and have at least a 7-8 hour drive back home depending on traffic
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2. spend 250+vat geting my mates misses firm to bring it upto me on the back of a transporter?? problem with this is i dont get to see my car until its dropped off at my door
would yous spend a few grand on a car yous have never seen before just to save all the possible hastle of geting it taxed and driving a good 410 mile journey
i vote for 1 but kirsty thinks 2 is the better idea
i hate cars 
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VegasPhil
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Number 1. Then you get a huge first drive in it 
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big eck
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Number 1 for def, that way if anything is wrong with the car you'll find out that day and not a few days later
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VegasPhil
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Can't you pay him some extra money to get the car some Tax prior to you getting there?
Would probably be better to get a Plane straight to Southampton Airport anyway. Then get a train from Parkway Station.
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rustyarchs
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see thing is its a 16yr old car and i really dont want stuck in the middle of a motorway with a fucked car,, wouldnt be so bad if it was used every day but it was only used as a weekend toy up until about 6months ago when it was taken of the road
i know if i get it on the motorway im gonna floor it to see what she does no matter how hard i say i wont!
its got a brand new mot but i still feel funny about taking it such a big drive after all the time its basically done fu(k all
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big eck
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what car is it???
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rustyarchs
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tried to get him to retax it mate but hes not insured anymore,,
kirst got all the details for the flights and to another airport (dont know which one) the flights were 180quid for the 2 of us hence why im going to gatwick lol
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rustyarchs
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eck porsche 944
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big eck
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ooooo fancy
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CorsAsh
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It'll be fine, did you see the state of the 944 Clarkson drove round that time?
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rustyarchs
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na not really,, needed a new car while the fto went in the bodyshop-started looking at cheap civics golfs then went to crx del sols,,mercs bmws another fto couple of other things then seen a 944 and thought fuck it i want it,,,,,now have blown all of the fto bodyshop money all my lose change and spent enough money to make me cry when thinking about it
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rustyarchs
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quote:
Originally posted by Ash
It'll be fine, did you see the state of the 944 Clarkson drove round that time?
didnt mate,,details please 
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CorsAsh
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T'was an absolute shitter, but it still ran, killed it on the TG Test Track eventually, then stripped it, made the interior and engine into a lounge suite and sold the lot on ebay for a couple of grand 
What I'm gettin at is that they seem to be pretty sturdy cars, if it's been mot'd it'll prob make it ok (fingers crossed)...
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rustyarchs
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fingers crossed indead lol
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AK
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that was a 928 ash....
Any pics of it? Always fancied getting one as a run around....
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big eck
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The 928 was driven by Richard Hammond Adam, clarkson drove the brown 944
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Chris S
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an mot mite make it safe but it wont make it reliable
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Claire
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fly down and get a b and b for a night - gives u more time to sort things out and u wont be so tired when driving back!
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
The 928 was driven by Richard Hammond Adam, clarkson drove the brown 944
the 928 was driven by clarkson, who painted it matt black
james may had a white 944
richard hammond had a blue 924
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Tom J
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get RAC/AA cover beforehand.
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rustyarchs
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adam il be more than likely be bringing to the rr day if your going and wanna have a look
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rustyarchs
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i know tiff nedell (spelling) owned 1 and said it was 1 of his fav cars but i have the feeling that is totally not related to what yous are talking about :s
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