Hi all,
I'm not sure if this has been done before but where are all the backroomers from?
I am from Wollaton in Nottingham and drive a Toyota Avensis diesel and a Golf VR6.
Where y'all from?
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SE London, Audi Avant 1.9Tdi & Honda Jazz. Both bought new - now less so!
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RLBS & Bicester
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I run a 1992 1.6 Escort - bought very cheaply from SWMBO's father about a year ago.
SWMBO runs a 53 reg Astra 1.6, which was a reasonably good deal, nearly new, about 3 months ago.
We both lurk in Derby, although I work in Wolverhampton - doh!
BTW, BB until recently, SWMBO worked in the Jubilee campus library - quite near you I think.
number_cruncher
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An Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, in Congleton, Cheshire.
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Currently in Hove, driving a VW Polo Saloon (P reg), Land Rover Discovery (52) and Jag XK8 (53)
Soon to give it all up though for a life of sin in Thailand :-)
Bought my ticket - leave on the 26th October. :-)
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My name is Rob and I'm a Vectraholic. Currently residing in RLBS.
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I'm in Warwick, just down the road from RLBS - perhaps we should be having a RLBS meet!
I mainly drive a 2000 Mondeo 2.0 Zetec petrol, bought (by me) to replace the 94 Cavalier my wife had been driving for many years. She has just bought herself a new (04) Micra 1.4SE Extras. We also have an 02 Peugeot 106 that my daughter seems to think is hers.
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RLBS & Bicester
Isn't it about time you changed 'RLBS' to 'RLBS & B'? That'll confuse even more people then ;o)
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About a mile north of Junction 4 of the M65, Blackburn Lancs.
As per profile I still have a Matiz.
Regards,
John R @ Work :¬)
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Near Louth in Lincs, home to a 2000 Subaru Legacy saloon, 1971 Morris Minor saloon, 1968 Morris Minor van and a 1973 Rover 3500S.
Dreaming of an Impreza WRX or Legacy B4.
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Near Louth ......
Bamberinos?
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>> Near Louth ...... Bamberinos? -- L'escargot by name, but not by nature.
Not far away! I know the guy from Bamberinos, he's the Mayor of Louth.
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" About a mile north of Junction 4 of the M65, Blackburn Lancs.
As per profile I still have a Matiz.
Regards,
John R @ Work :¬)"
Apparently John R and I are neighbours. Sorry about the noisy dogs, John, I do try not to let them out for too long.
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Sunny Stoke On Trent, mostly driving a skyline gtr-32.
teabelly
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I am from Forest Fields, Nottingham and drive a Citroen ZX TD.
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I'm in sunny Luton, driving a diesel Cavalier or an Astra convertible
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Sunny (but not today) East Yorkshire.
'90 Mazda MX5, Yamaha R1, Honda SLR650
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North Yorkshire, near Northallerton.
It's a VW Passat for me.
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Living and working from home in North Dorset.
Driving a Toyota Estima (Japanese import, like a Previa with diesel engine and 4wd)
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Camberley (Surrey/Berks/Hants border) - not far from Blackbushe.
Currently driving:
X-reg BMW 330d estate (90,000 miles)
N-reg Mondeo 2.0 Estate (35,000 miles)
X-reg Yamaha Fazer 600 motorcycle (very few miles)
New Mondeo TDCi Estate on order to replace the BMW
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Living in sunny Sheffield, and working in the oldest building in town. Currently driving a Rover 420 diesel (95000 miles) and driving Mrs O's shiny new-ish MX5 as often as I can!
O
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Good old Wigan in Lancashire. Just got a Focus Saloon (laugh all you want - I love it!!!)
Adam
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Good old Wigan in Lancashire. Just got a Focus Saloon (laugh all you want - I love it!!!)
So i'm not the only pie eater in the backroom then ?
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
curious ? see www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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Really? If you don't mind me asking, whereabouts in Wigan do you live?
Adam
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currently in glorious Winstanley, previously Beech Hill, Bryn & Ashton before that
(bur' a wer born in Sint'ellins)
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
curious ? see www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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You will not believe this. I too live in Winstanley - it get's more weird - I moved from sunny St Helens 3 years ago!!
I don't live too far from Holmes House Avenue.
Adam
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and I live just off Tan House Drive - it's a small world !
ever go in The Poacher
p.s. - i'll be keeping my eyes open for a Focus saloon now
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
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I live off Tan House too - honestly! The estate built about 10 years ago before you get to the new Barratt houses.
I go in The Poacher occasionally but I'm assured by my Dad it's changed a lot!
P.S. Gold Focus, Irish plates beginning V J I
P.P.S. - Without getting too specific, if you live anywhere near Shefford Crescent then we're neighbours.
Adam
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A bit further down TanHouse and on the other side to Shefford !
look out for a 51 reg octavia estate
(or we could arrange to meet under the clock at the shopping arcade - you could carry a copy of Top Gear and i'll wear driving gloves....... ;-))))
I bet we bump into each other (*) within the week
(not literally !)
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
curious ? see www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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>>look out for a 51 reg octavia estate<<
If you see a suspicious person hovering around it tonight, with a dog weeing over the wheel then that will be me!
It really is a small world though!
Adam
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whose' dog is it that wees on it every flipping morning then ?
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
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Not mine! - he goes for a proper walk in the morning in the woods. I take him for the lazy walk at night which is bacially to the primary school and back again!
Out of interst (and noseyness) where in St Helens did you use to live? We moved from near Sherdley park 3 years ago, I used to go to Cowley and Mum works there too!
Adam
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Adam - I think we should take this 'of forum' before the mods start charging premium rates for running a dating service and everybody else gets bored stupid
you can find my website in my profile or signature, and if you click on my name at the bottom of the page, it will reveal my email address - drop me an email (it's amazing how paranoid you get about email addresses once youve had 2000 emails a day !)
I'll try and respond when I've come out of this afternoons training session. zzzzz.... zzzz. zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Sept 2004 - 'Britain on the Move'
curious ? see www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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Living in
Halesowen, west midlands
used to drive (we sold them both 2 days ago)
saab 2.0t Shiny laser red vector convertible tiptronic 03 plate
silver Land cruiser LC4 3.0 d-4d 53 plate
now we have
214 rover metalic red r reg 98! (lol, we can laugh, from a 27K saab to a £1.5K rover, all she needs is a supermarket trolly with a 50cc engine strapped to it!)
and still looking for me, going to hire a car for 1 week, till i get myself sorted
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Sure we've had this thread before but:-
Live in one Bugbrooke, one of Northampton's larger dormitory villages. Drive a Xantia with a BX as back up. And use a folding bike, hence the username.
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Hello stackman.
I've got a low kilometerage 92 Toyota Estima.
Have you had any problems with the engine over-revving and/or the orange turbo failure light coming on after about 1/2 hours driving?
The above has happened to my (otherwise excellent) Toyota Estima.
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Live in Wiltshire, Audi A4 1.8 SE (mine), Audi A6 1.8T SE (hers), work in Madrid, waiting on new Audi TT DSG having just ditched A4 1.9 TDi quattro
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Live and work in Plymouth, drive a 92 Toyota Celica GT-Four.
Looking forward to a drive to London this evening!
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Live in Poole, Dorset and currently work in Newbury (although my contracts tend to have me belting all over the country, from Edinburgh to Swindon via Peterborough, London and Reading).
I drive an Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Sportwagon. Mrs No Dosh currently has a Laguna 1.6RN 16v but this is shortly to be replaced by a Mitsubishi L200 GL DoubleCab (currently sat on a boat somewhere between the factory in Japan and Southampton Docks).
WLTM NSF, GSOH for.....
Oh, sorry, wrong forum. :o)
No Dosh - Backroom Moderator
mailto:moderators@honestjohn.co.uk
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Live in Chatham, Kent, but work in Bracknell (oh the joys of contracting!) Drive X reg Alfa 156 2.4 JTD Sportwagon in Red, also have W Reg (80) TR7V8 freshly rebuilt & E reg (88) Reliant Scimitar SS1 looking a bit forlorn on the drive.
Mrs TR7V8 drives (53) Toyota Corolla 1.4 Co Car.
Jim
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Hello,
I live in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
I drive a '97 Punto , 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider, 02 147 1.6 until recently I also had a '97 Alfa Romeo GTV.
Cheers
;) JaB
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Suffolk and North Cyprus. Passat W8 Fourmotion (silly name!)Tiptronic, Passat 1.8, Polo 1.4 (in Cyprus) and for sunny w/ends, R-R Silver Spirit III, previous (and first) owner the founder of DynoRod, so all the pipes should be clean....
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Another in the RLBS area - Village on the Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire borders. Like many others, currently passing my weeks away from home, on an assignment in Croydon (and it comes little more glamorous than Croydon, I can assure you all).
Drive a '95 Cavalier - 20K miles in 18 months, and few problems. Not glamorous, hot in summer (no a/c) but a good mile muncher. Wife has a Modeo Zetec Estate for family movements
Jono
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Woodford, Essex.
Mondeo estate, Renault Savanna Td & Triumph 650 TR6P
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>>Village on the Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire borders.
Let me guess, Wormleighton?
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Live near Ashford, Kent. Drive a 1999 Mondeo 1.6LX a 2003 Toyota MR2.
Andy
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A tiny village outside Melton Mowbray and work (mostly) in Derby.
The car is a Citroen Xsara which does everything I need of it.
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live in burgess hill west sussex
drive a mb ml270.
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Worthing, Sussex - work in mmm so lovely Crawley. Kennybase will doubtless be able to sympathise with my feelings about the A23 as a daily commute.
Drive (and very comfortably, too) 53-reg Honda Civic 1.6; Mrs B now happily trundling around in 54-reg Fiat Panda Dynamic and wondering why on earth she kept her Punto for as long as she did...
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Snap...another Worthing inhabitant here....also driving a Honda, Jazz SE though.
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we've done it before in this thread :- www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=17018
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West of Huddersfield (Slaithwaite) in the foothills of the Pennines. Driving a Golf GT 130 Diesel on a 51 plate.
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Forgive my ignorance, where is 'RLBS'?
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Royal Leamington Bl**dy Spa
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RLBS = Royal Leamington B***** Spa
I don't live there. I went there once. I drank from the spa. It's lovely.
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Live in a north Leicestershire village, and drive a Subaru Impreza Turbo. Partner drives a Discovery.
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I live in Ealing, West London. I drive a BMW 525i H-reg which may soon become an MR2. Still considering a change.
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Live in Old Windsor (betwen Windsor and Staines) I drive a 1997 Mondeo 2ltr petrol and SWMBO an 03 Picasso HDi
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Hi - Live in Totteridge, North London. Own a Vauxhall Senator and a VW Corrado VR6. Both 10 yrs old and still going strong. Unlike me!
Regards DougB.
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I live in Monaco, just next door to the bikini models training school and I drive a vintage Bristol at weekends and a Ferrari to the helipad.
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Alright, north of Manchester and I drive an ageing A6 estate that is starting to drive me nuts and I've just bought a Yaris as a runabout.
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Live in Stoke on Trent, formerly from Shropshire, work in Burton On Trent selling Toyota's. Drive a 205 STDT and whatever i'm given at work.
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I live in the suburbs of Warrington, driving a pearlescent blue Accord Type-S.
Andy
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I live in Bradford, West Yorkshire. No wheels for last few years (thanks to my friendly local arsonists), but hope to get back on t'road within the next year, piggybank permitting. Most likely in something smallish and Japanese.
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>>No wheels for last few years (thanks to my friendly local arsonists)<<
NW, you didn't have a conversation with them about speed limits did you?
;-)
Sorry - couldn't resist.
Adam
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NW, you didn't have a conversation with them about speed limits did you?
Adam, If I had been able to talk to them, I fear that one or other of us would have ended up greatly exceeding a speed limit :)
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I know I know....Sorry - it is a Friday though.
Adam
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Most likely in something smallish and Japanese.
If you want a car from an Axis power but can switch to something smallish and German, let me know and I'll keep an eye out for a nice 911.
;-)
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A nice 911? Your eye is going to be kept very busy :)
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A nice 911? Your eye is going to be kept very busy :)
Of course it will, what with there being so many. But it doesn't mind, taking in the beautiful and elegant curves of 911s old and new is its second favourite pastime.
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I live in Ashington, Northumberland and drive a '93 Polo Genesis.
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Epsom, Surrey - A3
PS fastest growing thread ever?
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Epsom, Surrey.
But moving to Dorset soon.
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Bristol and i drive a mondeo ghia estate v reg 2000 silver with nice shiny alloys it's not bad for a ford
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Looks like only one member of the Backroom has cause for concern. Polo and I live in Wolverhampton.
Been here for over 2 years now and think I've just about served my sentence! Mind you, I spent 6 months in the student part of Stoke on Trent before moving here, and that was six months too long!
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Exiled Yorkshireman in village south of Loughborough.
Drive a Berlingo HDi to work 5 miles away. SHMBO drives Xantia HDi, daughter a Clio DCi and son a C2 HDi. What was that about French cars and diesels??!!
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Epsom, Surrey. But moving to Dorset soon.
::waves::
Howdy neighbour to be
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Chelmsford, county town of Essex (birthplace of radio)
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Bucklebury area, near Newbury. Mondeo TDCi130 estate.
Work in sunny Slough. Who got stuck in the traffic on the M4 westbound last night because jcn. 10 sliproad closed for roadworks? Got off at Maidenhead just in time. Eventually it was solid from jcn. 11 back to 5 I understand (20 miles?). M4 clear tonight though which is strange even though jcn. 10 sliproad still closed until Sunday.
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Arlesey Bedfordshire, with a Hitchin 'phone code & Stevenage postcode - work that out!!
Still chugging around in my 320,000 mile, Maestro van, reg VAN580Y & occassionally (passenger) in Mrs Vansboys Mx5 Montana.
VB
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Dundee, Peoples Republic of Scotland, but some useful, little used roads not too far away.
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Wolfsburg. (Now)
Leeds (born, bred, educated (in Yorkshire-speak)
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Up North of the border about 8 miles outside Stirling, driving a china blue N Peugeot 406, although currently working just outside Cambridge. It's only about a 6 1/2 hour drive home!
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Oops, where did that screw go!!
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A village in the outskirts of Leicester
Cars
2002 BMW 318iSE
1998 Mondeo 1.8LX
1994 Fiesta 1.1i
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Woodham (nr Woking) in Surrey. Laguna 1.9dCi Dynamique and a Clio 1.2 Grande.
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Cjay and Bradgate
It's a small world! I used to live in Leicester. I worked at the only Saab dealership in Anstey (Langrops) before they became Subaru and Isuzu.
Bradgate I assume is from Bradgate Park, or The Bradgate (pub)?
I used to live off Glendield Road near the Charles Napier pub.
Marc four
I live around 20 miles north of Plymouth, just inside the Cornish boarder.
I currently drive the following
Land Rover Discovery 200 TDi
Wife's Nissan Almera Auto T reg - usually when it needs petrol!
New aquisition for work 54 reg Nissan Primastar LWB van. This is fast becoming my regular transport. I haven't driven the Disco since I got this van!
Oh and I have a 1996 Renault Trafic SWB van with an aplogy for a gearbox! This is up for sale for a very reasonable sum to anyone with the inclination to either repair it or have it for spares. See the Classified section of this forum or view it on Ebay for the next 4 days - yes it is that colour!
4 cats, 4 chickens, 2 gunipigs, 2 hampsters, several fish, a wife and 2 kids....
...no dog...
That's all folks!
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Hi Hugo,
Spot on, mate.
I live in one of the villages close to Bradgate Park, hence the alias. As you know, this is a lovely area with some excellent driving roads available to 'exercise' my Scooby.
Langrops are still in business, and have recently changed to a Kia franchise. I understand they are doing well, with high demand for the Sorento. Must be something to do with HJ's repeated recommendations in the Torygraph!
The Bradgate pub in Newtown Linford hasn't changed much, still a family eatery owned by Everards.
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"one of the villages close to Bradgate Park"
Newtown Linford? Cropston? Swithland? Woodhouse Eaves? Thurcaston?
Not far from Barrow on Soar then!!
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Hi Bradgate,
Do you know where the name Langrop came from?
Well, it's a combination of the sirnames of the two founding directors;
Langford and Roper
Possibly a little known fact your way.
I helped to manage their trailer sales and hire business over the Summer of 88. I was at Leicester Polytechnic - now De Montford University doing engineering.
They opened Bond Street Saab in Leicester on Vaughen way, but I noticed that had either closed down or moved last time we were there.
If you should see Mr Langford, remember me to him. My alias is my real christian name btw.
H
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Small world indeed.... I live in groby, perhaps within 2 miles of Bradgate Park
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"Small world indeed" ....
and I have hired trailers from Langrop a couple of times - can't remember the year though, may even have been in 1988!!!
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Only been a resident of Groby since 2003....
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"Small world indeed" .... and I have hired trailers from Langrop a couple of times - can't remember the year though, may even have been in 1988!!!
If you were served by a 6'4" dark haired 21 year old student type with a posh accent during the summer of 88, then my friend, we have met!
If you were served by a middle aged to elderly gent with a moustach, that was my esteemed colleague Peter.
H
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Definitely a youngish bloke but not 6'4" and it was end of April time - I presume it was just a summer job for you? Office was on left side of building and trailers round the back. Switched to another place after a couple of years - trailers not so new but much cheaper!!
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If you were served by a 6'4" dark haired 21 year old student type with a posh accent during the summer of 88, then my friend, we have met! If you were served by a middle aged to elderly gent with a moustach, that was my esteemed colleague Peter.
Also samll world - grew up in Cropston, hired a trailer from Langrops in summer 1988 to move to Bolton Road at the end of which was the Charles Napier pub.
Five degrees of separation?
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>> >> If you were served by a 6'4" dark haired 21 year >> old student type with a posh accent during the summer of >> 88, then my friend, we have met! >> >> If you were served by a middle aged to elderly gent >> with a moustach, that was my esteemed colleague Peter. >> Also samll world - grew up in Cropston, hired a trailer from Langrops in summer 1988 to move to Bolton Road at the end of which was the Charles Napier pub. Five degrees of separation?
I lived in Henton Road then No 17 to be precise!
Did you know Trever Davies who lived at the top of Bolton Road?
H
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The name doesn't ring any bells but it's been a few years!
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Was he a policeman by any chance? Used to play cricket with a Trevor Davies
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Was he a policeman by any chance? Used to play cricket with a Trevor Davies
No he wasn't - not whilst I knew him anyway. He did an HNC in engineering at Leiceter Poly and is now in his 50s I guess.
He was ex RAF
Hugo
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Right age, wrong jobs, probably wrong village (Quorn) - good bloke though!
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Basingstoke, land of many roundabouts: drive a Merc 220 diesel.
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Basingstoke, land of many roundabouts: drive a Merc 220 diesel.
Ahhhhh....my hometown! Roundabouts are great - long may Basingstoke resist the temptation to put pointless traffic lights on all of them!
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Just outside Fishguard, Pembrokeshire since moving from East London / Essex area three years ago.
96 Mondeo diesel and Suzuki GSX 750 on some of the most traffic free roads in the country. Humps, lights, Gatso's? Just memories now, and hopefully that's how they will stay.
Large collection of Scalextric and radio controlled cars and bikes as I regress into second childhood, though SWMBO claims I am still in my first.
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Basingstoke, land of many roundabouts: drive a Merc 220 diesel.
It may be land of many roundabouts but my home town of telford is surely king of the roundabout!
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Park Gate, Hants just off M27. MkIV golf (Soon to be replaced by a 1 series) and Mitsubishi Spacewagon.
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Nice to know there are so many of us!
Woodley, near Reading: A4 Avant 2.5 TDI and Honda Civic type S. daughter has Yaris 1.3. All excellent so far.
Training manager for large firm of chartered accountants - therefore can claim to be boring twice. Also church organist at Sonning-on-Thames.
Main claim to fame on this forum is that in my previous job I had seven trouble-free company-owned Renaults over 20 years.
I'm 56 and may be the oldest member - you all sound young....
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"I'm 56 and may be the oldest member"
no chance!!
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I'm 56 and may be the oldest member
Like this thread, we've already had that discussion as well:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=16929
And no, you are certainly not the eldest.
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At the foot of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire where I run an in need of chipping BMW 320d Y reg.
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Oh dear. I'm 19 but I don't think I'm the youngest. Isn't Roberson starting Uni now which I guess would put him at 18.
Adam
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From South Wales, drive a '91 Toyota Celica GT.
Ummm, I'm starting uni on Monday (20th) and I'm 30, Thought it was time for a career change!!
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Sunny Somerset for me, near to Taunton....Cider Country.
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I live at St. Bees, West Cumbria, which probably sounds quite nice but if I said 8 miles north of Sellafield, would you think the same? But then we all need jobs.
I drive a '99 2.5v6 Omega and 'erindoors has a polo. Guess which is the more reliable.
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Nice place, St Bees and some excellent driving roads around.
Dodgy cafe near the seafront though ;-)
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MINI adventure in progress
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Camberley, Surrey. A desert as far as good pubs go.
Local pub however is the Prince of Wales Farnborough North, 10 real ales usually on the go.
BMW 320d or SWMBO's Renault Clio know the way.
Oz (as was)
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Motherwell in Lanarkshire, which is in a wee village called Scotland just North of Carlisle :)
Are there really only the 3 Scots so far?
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Another Scot but currently based in Bamako, Mali, which has some of the worst car/motorbike exhaust pollution I have seen. Ride to work in a 3.0D Toyota Prado Landcruiser or a Mitsubishi Delica 2WD TD.
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Sunny Somerset for me as well. Right on the edge of Taunton...love the apples.
P reg Mondeo TD Estate (commuting)
04 reg Zafira 2.0 TD (SWMBO school run& shopping)
any reg CBR 1000F ( LOOKING!!)
25 mile daily commute A358/A303 to Yeovil. GATSO free at the moment
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That is very true Adski, I am 18. But been a member since I was 17. Oh Dear.
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Originally from the Northwest of England. Now living in Munich, Germany.
Presently driving a silver BMW M3, Mrs. B has a Ford Ka.
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On a Golf Course in Livingston 15 miles from Edinburgh. Golf 1.8 3 Door and Volvo 240 SE Est ( One of the last ones made )
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Stokesley, just outside Middlesbrough
Cars, an Alfa 156 GTA, gf has a 147 JTD
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Another from Scotland - in my case the outskirts of Edinburgh, moved 9 years ago with work, before that lived in Warrington.
Drive a Berlingo HDI 03 reg
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any animals with antlers nearby?
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That was to Peter D
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Single-storey snailshell near Mablethorpe, Lincs. Slither around in a 2 litre Focus Ghia hatch.
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Retired to the Costa del Sol - driving a Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi- (diesel here is around the eqivalent of 55p per litre so that's a no brainer!)
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You'll find me in Yorkshire, with the trusty Clio and Mini Cooper.
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Lee
MINI adventure in progress
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North Manchester (Bury, Salford, Manchester border).
New Trajet Diesel Auto which I'm running in for SWMBO and HOnda CR-V Auto 2001 with just 11,000 miles. Bought at 3yo with 3,800 and had to run it in properly!!
Will change CR-V within the year; probably for a Tucson. I like sitting high but don't want or need full size 4x4. But do want diesel and auto. May wait for Merc A-class Mk 2. Any thoughts?
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Oh - A Class Mk2.
Sat in all of them this week (Champs Elysses in Paris no less) and they're quite nice. Even the Classic comes with climate control. They look and feel bigger than the current model (perhaps because they are), but the driving position is about the same - better finished interior but very definitely A Class.
Couldn't drive them, and that's probably the most important thing, but from what I could establish by prodding and poking around, they're a nice evolution of the original.
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Lee
MINI adventure in progress
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"any animals with antlers nearby?"
Possibly.
Nuvolari collided with one in his Auto Union (now these would save F1!) during training at Donington in 1938. He was presented with the head properly mounted, and preserved it among his manifold trophies.
Admittedly that event was further south.
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"He was presented with the head properly mounted, and preserved it among his manifold trophies."
A photo of Nuvolari and said trophy was in the programme of the VSCC meet at Donington 3 years ago when the 1930s Auto-Unions returned to Donington. They were a magnificent sight but the sound of those V12 and 16 cylinder cars was even more magnificent. Nuvolati won the 1938 race with Lang 2nd and Richard Seaman 3rd in Mercedes (Seaman died in the Belgian GP the next year)
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Orpington in kent. Currently running Rover 218sld Turbo. 2nd owner and cannot fault it. I know most will Laugh.I dont really care.does me.At 48 MPG in town near 60 on motorway. thought I`d mention as I post a lot.
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Portishead, near Bristol.
Currently drive a '96 306 XTDT, and work in a white 2002 Merc Sprinter 311CDi.
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Malvern, Worcestershire. Just bt the Three Counties Showground. Run a fantastic MG ZT at home and either a 3.2 Vectra, 3.2 Omega, BMW 530d Touring at work. (Fitted with flashing blue lights!!)
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Hi Midlife
Have you ever been to the steam fair in Welland?
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I'm sane, it's the rest of the world that's mad.
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Never been to the fair, despite it being only a minutes drive from my house. However, I have escorted numerous, well oiled visitors to the Station after they've left in their cars!
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I'll give you three guesses.
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>>I'll give you three guesses.
A Ford Anglia ?
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>>I'll give you three guesses. A Ford Anglia ?
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With flame throwers under the doors?
Ah! CPT the only BMW showroom I have visited that had bullet proof cars on display.
But still my favourite regular holiday destination.
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Interesting thread, this. Why not keep it on the permanant bold header at the top of the page so that it can be added to as people join the backroom?
Nice to know a bit about people on here as well as just reading their posts.
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It would seem that to date, I am the only backroomer to hail from the beautiful Duchy of Cornwall. Still enjoying my 320dSE Touring, but only getting 42 mpg around the Cornish lanes, where it is difficult to find a decent enough stretch of road to engage 5th gear.!!!
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Giggleswick.
Lovely (pub)s and only a short stroll away.
currently driving Japanese (surprise surprise)but LWB HiRoof Transporter on permanent loan, until I can sell the Sub.Recently returned to the joys of selling rabbit food, budgies and fish (if it dies dear, please dont bring it back!!)
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It would seem that to date, I am the only backroomer to hail from the beautiful Duchy of Cornwall.
Er Dude not quite...
I am currently in East Cornwall, close to Callington!
Agree with you about the roads though!
Too many Emmits!
H
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Near Swindon, Wiltshire.
MX5 1.8Sport and a Volvo 945 to keep it in.
Oh, and a Guzzi 850T3 and a Suzi TS250.
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Christchurch, New Zealand. Lived just north of Derby from 1997 - 2002, in Kilburn. Ran a couple of Volvo 340s, a Mazda 626 4WD, and a Rover 214Si over the five years. Oh and a '78 Suzuki GS550.
Now back home, to '84 Jaguar Vanden Plas H.E. (V12)(mine), '97 Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4(the wife's), '76 Mini with 1275, wide wheels etc(for daughter eventually), and '82 Suzuki 750 Katana(mine, all mine..). Motoring is not quite so expensive here, and there is definitely less traffic about. Large numbers of Japanese performance imports here, and driving age of 15 (with some restrictions) means 'boy racer' culture very strong. Cars are often very quick, driver skill somewhat slower.
Lots of speed cameras and police mean open road speeds around 110 - 120 km/hr. No inter-city motorways. Is that good or bad?
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I told Big Stuff (my GRowler)he must post here but he made bola-bola and said no he posts too much I gotta do it this time.
We live in a sub-division in South Metro Manila, Philippines, 20+ active volcanos, 7,107 islands, and sometimes an earthquake (we had 4.2 aftershocks the other night), lots of typhoons. Bad roads till you get in the provinces. Anyway I got a 2001 Ford Lynx Gsi auto (silver) and a red and silver Harley 1200 Sportster (just came from California). He got a 2003 Ford Lynx Esi manual (black) and a 2000 Harley Custom Softail (blue) which he loves so much I told him why don't you marry it. We are both very keen bikers, best way to see Philippines which is really beautiful, beaches, forest, mountains and rare wildlife. We ride every chance we get. Our group is The Chosen Ones, but sometimes we ride with the Manila Mad Dogs or American Steel Bikers. Then we got this monster Mustang he bought and wants to sell. I hate it. Sometimes I can't control him, now he wants to take it drag racing. Ay naku!
He is Brit (old and retired) I am Filipina (young!, well a bit) and I have my own mini-store and a clothing business.
Enough from me. Salamat po at ma ingat ka!
G'ette.
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Uttoxeter about 20 miles west of Derby. Pete M from New Zealand I pass Kilburn regularly and used to live in Belper nearby.
You would remember Geoff Cox cars near the traffic lights which would have been just a cabin when you lived there. Well its a huge new building now selling everything from Campervans downwards.
I actually bought a new Beetle from Geoff (who I was at school with) when he worked for main VW dealer in Derby for £624.00 which was a long time ago.
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Near Richmond, North Yorkshire. I drive a red '96 Citroen Synergie diesel just turned 116K miles (it's days are numbered) and ride a black Suzuki Bandit 600 with nearly 8K miles. Mrs H drives a Citroen C3 HDi 90 in misty lilac with 22K miles.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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Basildon, Essex - homeplace of large hoop earrings... Originally from Sandbach/Middlewich area of Cheshire.
Currently driving an N plate Rover 820i which this Friday is being passed onto my brother in favour of a new Mazda6 1.8TS.
Also have an 2004 600S Bandit for the fast stuff :)
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Sunny Sarfend, as the Estuary English speakers would have it.
Cockle
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Like DL, Sunny Somerset, just north of Bridgwater, originally from newcastle under lyme, Staffs.
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Haywards Heath (or Lindfield as SWMBO insists) in West Sussex, work in Horsham so a delightful commute along country roads avoiding A23 completely.
Have a 1997 Alfa 155 and a 92 Celica, both a delight.
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Also near Sarfend.
But not too near.
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Alfafan- i have been offered a 92J Celica GT, do you have any advice as to what i should look out for when i inspect the vehicle? Any idea what a well serviced 92J in good nick with 80k miles is worth?
Thanks.
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Alfafan- i have been offered a 92J Celica GT, do you have any advice as to what i should look out for when i inspect the vehicle? Any idea what a well serviced 92J in good nick with 80k miles is worth? Thanks.
Ben,
I'm struggling to advise you here. The only thing that went wrong with the car was a cracked coolant sensor which caused the car to occasionally stall at roundabouts (very disconcerting). Andrew Moorey of Tune-Up sorted that for me. The air con works a treat, just as it did on the previous 88 Celica we had. Car has averaged about 28 mpg. Might be worth checking uneven tyre wear at the front.
As for value, no idea sorry. I bought the car nearly 2 years ago with 104k on the clock, paid £2,750 then.
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Sunny Sarfend, as the Estuary English speakers would have it. Cockle
'ome of the glottal stop.
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Central London (but not inside the CC zone). Wife drives the 1992 Camry V6, it's unbreakable so there's still no business case for binning it. When it finally wears out I'm gonna get back to basics, buy an Alfa Coupe and take no passengers. Hah!
MH
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Live in Purton - a village outside of Swindon, but I'm originally from Southport up there on the Merseyside Riviera. Old enough to remember when Southport was in Lancashire. Daft enough to ahve voted in the "Southport back in Lancashire party" in my first general election in 1983 !!
I now drive a Jaguar X-type 3.0 SE, and work all over the country from Chelmsford to Swansea - Glasgow to Southampton. SWMBO doesn't like to drive so can't use the "I'll drive there, you can drive back" routine !! Definitely having a diesel next time.....
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Live in Tunbridge Wells, although originally from Eastbourne (hmm - not too many stereotypes there then).
Swapped my Citroen ZX td on Friday for a Honda Accord SE. Must be the Eastbournian in me...
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an exiled Scot in Biddulph, North of Stoke on Trent, South of Machetser.
1.6 Fiesta ghia, SWMBO Peugoet 106
Sold the Lotus Elan.. :-( when I retired .. no I'm not that old!
madf
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Did you know... Tunbridge Wells is one of only two towns in the UK to boast the "Royal" prefix. The other, or course, is our very own RLBS!
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>Basingstoke, land of many roundabouts: drive a Merc 220 diesel.
The land of many roundabouts where no-one seems to have a clue how to negotiate them correctly.
I'm also in Basingstoke using an XJ8 for work/commuting and a Chevy Z28 for fun.
Kevin...
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Near Chippenham, Wilts but work in Reading ...
(M4 is so interesting - not just the common single shoes in the central reservation but also an electric toothbrush there last week...!)
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On Monday there was a kitchen sink, complete with worktop, on the hard shoulder of the M3 near Winchester. The highlight of my week, which says something about my lifestyle!
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For the record. Bush Hill Park (that's Enfield) and as for wheels, a proper car BMW 330d Sport, kinda handy don't need to slow down for the bends too much! Oh and I'm a Scot!
Douglas
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Live in Lincoln work outside Leicester, drive a black Focus estate (1.6 zetec)
(Glass-Tech)
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Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.
MG ZT (previously two 75's) and no complaints at all with any of them.
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Ashtead, Surrey. Probably moving to East Dorset in next 6 months.
Jeep Grand Cherokee for towing and Citroen Berlingo for everyday.
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I'm from Sheffield, wonderful place, and when attempting to get an education I live in Aberdeen. This making me the furthest north [very occasional] correspondant, I think!
I only drive my girlfriend's Seat Arosa, my ex and now my mum's Punto [when it needs parking], but hoping to buy either a Mondy or a 406 in a few months for meself.
Kev
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I'm the Back Roomer who is perfectly satisfied with his Passat TDI.
Close to J11 M5 in deepest Gloucestershire.
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Hats off to you NoWheels - I too live and work in a subdistrict of Bradford.
It bid for city of culture.
I think of a petri dish.
I drive a VW LT van and an Audi A4 diesel estate.
But I keep hankering after a Lexus.
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Home in Watford <--- I know there are others in the BR too!, Uni in Loughborough
Drive a '95 Escort 1.6 Zetec
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Home and work near Horsham in West Sussex with frequent sojourns to the headquarters of my company in the Middle East from my helipad in the back garden ( otherwise known as Gatwick Airport ).
Drive my own Civic plus company Vectra and SWMBO drives a Yaris.
Looks as though Alfafan is not too distant a neighbour.
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Home in Watford <--- I know there are others in the BR too!, Uni in Loughborough Drive a '95 Escort 1.6 Zetec
I too went to Loughborough Uni to do my masters!
I was in the Dept of Manufacturing Engineering from 1991 to 1992.
Hugo
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Hawesy and Hugo,
You are both very lucky to have only spent a few years there - I've lived near Loughborough for 20. And you were at the Uni which is the best thing about Loughborough!!
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I'm in a process of moving from Canary Wharf to my first own house in Chatham, Kent using Nissan Almera 1.5 SE and Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G.
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I too went to Loughborough to be educated. 1993 to 1999 - happy years, passed by in an alcoholic haze!
number_cruncher
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Southport - where nothing happens. A heck of a lot of nothing, mind you...
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One a-ha-ha, two a-ha-ha, I love to count a-ha-ha-ha-ha!
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Hugo - I go back to the Manufacturing Engineering department next week for my third academic year (just finished a placement year working in a well-known chocolate factory!).
Its all changed from when you were there, nice new building called the Wolfson School now. I think my course head has been there for decades - Dr Bob Young ring any bells?
Loughborough is still a great place to be, officially consuming the most alcohol per student head in the country for the last three years running! The worrying thing is that we're also still winning the BUSA championships every year - not entirely sure that those two records compliment each other but im not complaining!
PhilW - Village just South of Loughborough: would that be Quorn by any chance?
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"Hugo - I go back to the Manufacturing Engineering department next week for my third academic year (just finished a placement year working in a well-known chocolate factory!).
Its all changed from when you were there, nice new building called the Wolfson School now. I think my course head has been there for decades - Dr Bob Young ring any bells?"
I have to say I can't remember many of the academic staff there. The two that spring to mind are Professor Burns, who was also a Director at Morris Cranes at Loughborough and another Professor who's name I cant remember, but was the head of the school. He was an eccentric and likeable chap who taught systems and drove a Land Rover Defender.
When I get time I'll look at some of my old assignments and remind myself of some of the lecturers. I was at Leicester Poly for ages before then and can remember most of the staff there, but I was only at LUT for a year.
I'll never forget turning up to the first day of the course with confetti in the car. I got married two days before in Scotland - Inverkeithing to be absolutely precise, and those new inlaws had done the car proud!
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This is very interesting. I am currently a lecturer at the Business School at Lough Uni.
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CJay,
you wouldn't happen to be Dr Jayawardhena at all would you?
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40 miles northwest of aberdeen ,not in the snowy season yet but wont be long.drive defender,disco and best of all volvo940.often down midlands to see relatives
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"PhilW - Village just South of Loughborough: would that be Quorn by any chance?"
Good guess but next village - Barrow on Soar. Played cricket for Quorn for many years occasionaly against the Uni and Uni staff in local cup matches so been in the student bar occasionally. Can vouch for the students' beer capacity!
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Carlisle. Just before passport control at Gretna.
Galaxy Ghia 115 TDI. 12months old. 40,000 miles. Ouch.
Er indoors - Vectra 1.8LS. Don't all shout at once. Cost a mere £8k at 6 months old and those indicators aren't that bad. No really, they aren't.
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Eesher spelt Esher, Surrey
Just off the A3 with Sandown race course in the middle of town and near Henry VIII old place.
Recently bought a MK II Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X auto saloon to replace an old Mk II Sierra saloon. Learning to live with power steering, auto box, electric windows and lots of toys.
Will have to learn to live with the bills for experts to fix it and bills for fancy tyres.
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I live in Victoria, B.C. Canada (on Vancouver Island)
We drive an '87 Westfalia now, but have owned a large number of cars over the years, some interesting. Also ride an '87 Matchless motorcycle (the one with the Rotax engine) and a titanium frame mountain bike of local design.
I was born in London and lived there and in Wales until I was 9, then came out here with my parents in 1953 and been here ever since and love it.
I am a recording engineer and specialize in location acoustic recordings, usually classical and jazz. Just spent July and August in Armenia, recording the National Chamber Orchestra and Choir for 4 CDs and a DVD.
I drop in and read the Back Room occasionally and it's always worth a chuckle!
Fading back into anonimity......
'Bye for now
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I live off the West coast of Ireland on a remote island with some priests and a mad housekeeper who keeps offering me tea and sanwiches....
No not really though I am from Dublin originally :o)
Currently living in New Haw which is near Weybridge / Woking in Surrey.
Drive a 53 Vectra Sxi and its my second Vauxhall - the previous one was an A reg Chevette in a charmingly entitled colour of Brazil brown :o)(this was in 1990 though a looooonnngg time ago)!
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Live in Hythe, near the New Forest.
Drive a Y reg Focus Zetec, 90k on the clock but still love her, aaargh.
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V8man residing in sunny Eastbourne and currently trundling around in a Range Rover 4.2LSE. Mrs V8man has a Skoda Felicia Fun pickup.
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When I started reading/posting in the BR I was resident in Outback NSW, now more likely to be found in West Oxfordshire (probably waiting for a train into Oxford most weekdays).
StarGazer
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Peterborough here. Drive a Mitsi Galant V6 and a 1988 RS Escort Turbo. Or will be when I get an MOT back on it. It's been sat in the garage for months.
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Mr and Mrs Wibble live in Marlow, Bucks. I'm originally from Richmond, Yorks and she is from Taunton.
She drives an 04 Audi A3 2.0 TDI DSG (2k) and I drive a 94 Camry V6 Estate (167k)
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Another exiled Scot here. I used to live in Carluke, Lanarkshire. Just down the road from BobbyG in Motherwell. Now in Phoenix, Arizona. Drive a 3dr Ford focus 2.0 zetec. Want a TDCi but can't get one here.
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I am American, I currently am living in Kansas City but I call Boston my home.
I drive an Acura (Honda) RSX. You guys don?t have them over there.
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Currently residing in the beautiful Cotswold village of Muchpiddling In The Marsh.
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I am, as always, late to this - sorry for dredging up a dormant thread.
I have to confess to Orpington, Kent - and it's interesting to see that at least more than one other member of the BR is with me in this unfortunate experience.
Pastures new pretty soon, if all goes to plan.
Quick hello to Hugo and others who remember me from all that time ago (a month?) when I last posted. So many new names now...
HF
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Welcome back HF!
And that might be the 200th reply in the thread......
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Thank you Phil, it's good to see you again!
I thought mine was only 198th, but it seems you're right.
Take care and see you soon,
HF
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Originally Bradford. Osnabruck, Munster, Blackpool, Brum, Ipoh, Singapore, Southend on Sea, Berlin, Coleshill, Brum, Keele, Sheffield, Rednal, Worcs, now Longridge Lancs. Not a very strong allegiance to Yorkshire....
Have Honda Civic Type S.
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Would that tbe the Longridge in Preston?
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Well, near Preston - 7 miles out. Different LA, MP etc.
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Just moved to the village of Kingsclere on the Hampshire/Berkshire borders. Previous to that, just up the road in Thatcham (except for the last two years spent in Guernsey).
Our cars are a '99 Honda Accord 2.0iLS auto and a '94 VW Golf 1.4CL. Currently eyeing the large, empty garage with a view to it housing an early MX5 when the right car coincides with adequate finances.
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>>I have to confess to Orpington, Kent
Cant say I was happy mentioning Orpington.
>>Pastures new pretty soon
Wish you luck..If I could get out I would. Sure has gone downhill..No signs of any change either
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Edinburgh and London, an accord 1.8, and an S60 D5 for a bit as well.
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Solihull, West Midlands. Drive a 306 Gti 6 which is awesome but costly. Been registered on here for years, before i was old enough to drive! Read often but only post occasionally.
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I live in Attleborough, Norfolk and work in Cambridge. We have an ever faithfull (up to now) Vectra 1.8 and a not so faithfull ever Punto.
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Northam, West Australia. Originally from Glasgow but I left when I was 23 and have spent the best part of the last 34 years in Australia. I guess that makes me more Australian than Scots. I came out overland in 1970 which means that I was probably on the same road as Growler about the same time. I didn't take the split windscreen Kombi though. I am a mechanical ignoramus so I hitchhiked, and travelled on local buses. That way when it blew up it was someone else's worry.
1978 Holden Kingswood 3.3lt (red motor)
1999 Ford Laser 1.6 hatch (rebadged Mazda 323)
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i drive a kia sedona and she a saxo diesel around dunfermline scotland
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Hi
We live in London - moved from leeds in 79.
Main drive is a BMW 5 series. Mondeo V6 from new, 1999 model used as a run around. A Fiesta flame, 3 door for our kids on the 53 plate - will change on 05 plate.
LD
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